Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 58

lt;b>Dr. Asif Iqbal is Postdoctoral Fellow at Cotton Research Institute (CRI), Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS), Anyang, Henan, China. His current research project is "The Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Cotton". He completed his Ph.D. on "The Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Cotton" from CRI, CAAS. He has worked in the areas of crop production, plant nutrition, and plant stress physiology at CRI, CAAS. His main research interests include genetic evaluation of crop germplasms for efficient nutrients utilization and adaptive mechanisms in crop plants under abiotic stresses, especially nutrient stress. He has been awarded Gold Medal in Master, Outstanding International Graduate Student in Ph.D. studies and also nominated for best thesis award by the Crop Science Committee of the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. He has been honored by different authorities due to his outstanding performance in the Department of Agronomy the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan. He has also received State Level Merit Scholarship for Master studies from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, Chinese Government Scholarship for Ph.D. studies from the Chinese Scholarship Council, and an Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellowship from China Postdoctoral Organization and CRI, CAAS. He is the author and co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 6 conference proceedings and abstracts, 3 chapters, 1 book, and 4 articles for growers. He is also serving as the editorial board member and reviewer for certain international peer-reviewed journals.
Mr. Mazhar Iqbal is Lecturer in the Department of Botany Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal Dir (U), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan since 2014. He has received his B.Sc (Hons) in Botany from the Department of Botany the University of Malakand, KPK, Pakistan. He has completed his Master of Philosophy in Botany (Weed Ecology and Physiology) from the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. He has worked in the areas of Phytosociology, Ethnobotany, and Weed Ecology. His main research interests include the identification and utilization of economic botanical flora of Northern Pakistan (Malakand Division) and the management of important weeds in major field crops. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on important aspects of ethnobotany, weed ecology, crop production, and stress physiology in internationally renowned publishers. He has organized and attended many national and international conferences in Pakistan. He has supervised three B.Sc (Hons) students and four M.Sc students as the main supervisor and one as a co-supervisor. He has been associated with Teaching, Research, and Administration in the field of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Madeeha Alamzeb is Assistant Director Plant Protection in the Directorate of Agriculture Extension, Peshawar, Pakistan. She has received her BSc (Hons) and MSc (Hons) in Agriculture (Agronomy) with distinction from the Department of Agronomy, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. She completed her Ph.D. on "Phosphorous Source Management With and Without Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria and Rhizobium for Improving Chickpea Productivity" from the Department of Agronomy, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. Her main research interests include integrated nutrients management, crop production, protection, and physiology. She has published many peer-reviewed articles book and book chapters on important aspects of crop production, nutrients management, and stress physiology in internationally renowned publishers. She has attended many national and international conferences in Pakistan. Presently, she has been associated with Research and Administration in the field of Plant Nutrition and Prot

1. Permaculture principles, practices, and environmentalism (Jungho Suh).- 2. Sources and solubilization of phosphatic fertilizers (Waleed Fouad Abobatta, Amr Mahmoud Abdel Gawad, Haythum M. Salem, Mohamed A. Abdel-Salam, Taghred A. Hashim).- 3. Organic phosphorous as an alternative to mineral phosphatic fertilizers (Muhammad Zaina, Muhammad Adeelb, Noman Shakoor, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Saliha Maqboole, Jiusheng Li, Shafeeq Ur-Rahman, Xu Ming, Asif Iqbal, Waqar Afzal Malik, Aiwang Duan).- 4. Adaptive responses of crop species against phosphorus deficiency (Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Aisha Lawan Idris, Eyalira Jacob Okal, Muhammad Waseem).- 5. Biochar for sustainable phosphorus management in agroecosystems (Komel Jehangir, Muhammad Riaz, Rashid Mahmood, Muhammad Arif).- 6. Phenotyping for assessing genotypic variation in phosphorus use efficiency (Amjad Farooq, Waqas Shafqat Chattha, Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Azeem Iqbal Khan, Amir Shakeel).- 7. Advanced biotechnological tools for improving phosphorus 1 use efficiency (Hafiza Aasia Malik, Atta Ur Rahman, Fazal Akbar, Nisar Ahmad, Syed Shujait Ali, Muhammad Suleman, Shahid Ali, Zahid Hussain, Nasib Zaman, Akhtar Rasool, Muzafar Shah, Muhammad Israr, Asif Iqbal).- 8. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant phosphorus acquisition for sustainable agriculture (Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Muhammad Kamran, Omar Aziz, Xiurong Wang).- 9. Phosphorus cycle enzymes to remedy soil phosphorus deficiency (Alhassan Idris Gabasawa).- 10. Phosphorus nutrition enhancement of biological nitrogen 1 fixation in pastures (Suleiman Kehinde Bello1, Taofeek Olatunbosun Muraina, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Ibraheem Olamide Olasupo, Samaila Usman).- Index.