Dr. Waseem Mushtaq

Dr. Waseem Mushtaq is an accomplished Plant Scientist (molecular biology) with a demonstrated record of research success in agroecology and plant secondary metabolites.

Fondation Universitaire de Belgique financial support, Belgium, 2024.

IPD-STEMA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Belgium, 2022.

Best Research Paper at National Seminar on "Advances in Plant Science Frontier: Development and Environment" India, 2016.

• Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences
• Indian Society of Weed Science

• Invited talk, Assessment of Induced Allelopathy in Crop-Weed Co-Culture Using the Rye-Pigweed Model, International Symposium on Crop Protection (ISCP), 21 May 2024, Ghent University, Belgium
• Invited talk, Weed fights weed in the pasture, Ecological Forum of the SCO University, 22-24 December 2021, China

• Date of Birth: 01/12/1991
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: India

Books

• Allelopathy: potential for green agriculture, Mushtaq W*, Siddiqui M.B. and Hakeem K.R., 2020, Springer Briefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40807-7
• Allelopathy: Bioactive Secondary Metabolites for an Eco-Friendly Agriculture, Tonelli FMP., Mushtaq W., Roy A., Öztürk M., Tonelli FCP., Hakeem KR., 2024, https://rb.gy/g065lm

Research papers

• Phenolic profiling unravelling allelopathic encounters in agroecology, Mushtaq, W*, Fauconnier, ML., 2024, Plant Stress (IF 5), (accepted, in press)
• Assessment of induced allelopathy in crop-weed co-culture with rye-pigweed model, Mushtaq, W*, De Clerck, C., Fauconnier, ML., 2024, Scientific Reports (IF 4.6), https://rb.gy/bj05v1
• Allelopathy: an alternative tool for sustainable agriculture, Ain, Q., Mushtaq, W*, Shadab, M. and Siddiqui M.B., 2023, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants (IF 3.10), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-023-01305-9
• Application of silver nanoparticles synthesized through varying biogenic and chemical methods for wastewater treatment and health aspects, Rasheed A, Hussain S, Mushtaq W, …. Chen Y., 2023, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF 5.80), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-24761-4
• Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) gum: A functional ingredient with promising properties and applications in food and pharmaceuticals-A review, Dhull S., …. Mushtaq W., 2023, (IF 3.4), https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.176
• Biochar Effect on the Benzo[a]pyrene Degradation Rate in the Cu Co-Contaminated Haplic Chernozem under Model Vegetation Experiment Conditions, Sushkova S……. Mushtaq W., 2022, Processes (IF 2.84), 10(6), 1147, https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10061147
• Interspecific inhibitory interference of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. on Pisum sativum L., Mushtaq W*, Quratul-Ain, Siddiqui M.B., Alharby H.F. and Hakeem K.R., 2020, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (IF 4.8), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00344-020-10247-5
• Cytotoxic allelochemicals induce ultrastructural modifications in Cassia tora L. and mitotic changes in Allium cepa L., Mushtaq W*, Quratul-Ain, Siddiqui M.B. and Hakeem K.R., 2019, Protoplasma (IF 3.4), 256, 857-871, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-018-01343-1
• Allelochemicals change macromolecular content of some selected weeds, Mushtaq W*, Quratul-Ain, Siddiqui M.B. and Hakeem K.R., 2020, South African Journal of Botany (IF 3.5), 130, 177-184, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S025462991930064X?via%3Dihub
• Drug Standardization through Pharmacognostic Approaches and Estimation of Anticancer Potential of Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) using Prostate-Cancer cell lines: An In-vitro Study, Khan N., …Mushtaq W., Masoodi K., 2023, Journal of Cancer (IF 4.47), https://www.jcancer.org/v14p0490.htm
• Phytotoxicity of above-ground weed residue against some crops and weeds, Mushtaq W*, Mehdizadeh M., Siddiqui M.B., Ozturk M., Jabran K. and Altay V., 2020, Pakistan Journal of Botany (IF 1), 52(3), 1-10, http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2020-3(40)
• Assessment of the contribution of foliar trichomes towards allelopathy, Mushtaq W*, Siddiqui M.B. and Hakeem K.R., 2020, Phyton (IF 1), 89(2), 291-301, http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v89n2/38673
• Impact of plant invasions on local vegetation: an Indian perspective, Mushtaq W*, Shakeel A., Mehdizadeh M. and Alghamdi S.A. and Hakeem K.R., 2019, Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia (NAAS rating: 4.93), 16(4), 763-771, http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2792
• Allelopathy in Solanaceae plants, Mushtaq W*, Siddiqui M.B., 2018, Journal of Plant Protection Research (IF 1), 58(1), 1-7
• Antioxidant potential and element contents of wild edible mushroom Suillus granulatus, Mushtaq W*, Baba H., Akata I. and Sevindik M., 2020, KSU J. Agric Nat, 23(3), 592-595, DOI:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.653241
• Screening of allelopathic activity of the leaves of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. on some selected crops in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mushtaq W*, Quratul-Ain and Siddiqui M.B., 2018, International Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2(1), 1-4

Book chapters

• Halophytes: A phytoremediation tool for salt-affected soils with special reference to the Indian subcontinent, Mushtaq W*, Bedair H. and Shakeel A., 2020, Handbook of Halophytes: From Molecules to Ecosystems towards Biosaline Agriculture, Grigore, Marius-Nicusor, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 1-16
• Pros and cons of nano-agrotechnology, Mushtaq W, Shakeel A., Raina A. and Fazli A., 2020, Nanobiotechnology in Agriculture, Hakeem K., Pirzadah T., Springer, 207-222
• Biological control of weeds by allelopathic compounds from different plants: a bioherbicide approach, Mehdizade M. and Mushtaq W., 2020, Natural Remedies for Pest, Disease and Weed Control, Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Barbara Sawicka, Academic Press, 107-117
• Strategies to reduce the arsenic contamination in the soil-plant system, Mehdizade M., Mushtaq W……., 2022, Prabhat Kumar Srivastava, Rachana Singh, Parul Parihar, Sheo Mohan Prasad, Wiley online library

• Prof. Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Postdoc promoter, Gembloux Agrobiotech, Liege University, Belgium, marie-laure.fauconnier@uliege.be
• Prof. M.B. Siddiqui, PhD promoter, Botany Department, AMU, Aligarh, India, badar.zaman.amu@gmail.com
• Prof. Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kur.hakeem@gmail.com