Aaqil Khan

ORCID: 0000-0002-3054-6907
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Research Areas
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Agricultural Science and Fertilization
  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Silicon Effects in Agriculture
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Guangdong Ocean University
2023-2025

Shanghai Innovative Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024-2025

Sichuan Agricultural University
2020

Bacha Khan University
2020

The University of Agriculture, Peshawar
2017-2020

Anhui Agricultural University
2017-2018

A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of paclobutrazol on ear characteristics and grain yield by regulating root growth root-bleeding sap maize crop. Seed-soaking at rate 0 (CK1), 200 (S1), 300 (S2), 400 (S3) mg L-1, seed-dressing (CK2), 1.5 (D1), 2.5 (D2), 3.5 (D3) g kg-1 were used. Our results showed that improved yield, consistently higher than control during 2015-2016. The average S1, S2 S3 18.9%, 61.3%, 45.9% higher, while for D1, D2 D3 20.2%, 33.3%, 45.2%,...

10.1038/s41598-018-23166-z article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2018-03-13

Abstract Drought stress is one of the most immense and permanent constraints in agriculture, which leads to a massive loss crop productivity. However, little known about mitigation role exogenously applied abscisic acid (ABA) jasmonic (JA) pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.) under PEG‐induced drought stress. Therefore, current study investigated putative exogenous ABA JA improving tolerance millet. Thirteen‐day‐old seedlings were exposed six different treatments as follow; control (ck),...

10.1111/ppl.13247 article EN Physiologia Plantarum 2020-10-23

Abstract Background Salinity stress is an environmental constraint that normally develops concurrently under field conditions, resulting in drastic limitation of rice plant growth and grain productivity. The objective this study was to explore the alleviating effects NaCl pre-treatment on seedlings as well salt tolerance mechanisms by evaluating morph-physiological traits. Results Variety Huanghuazhan, either soaked distilled water or 25 mg/L Prohexadione calcium (Pro-Ca), were first...

10.1186/s12870-024-04723-3 article EN cc-by BMC Plant Biology 2024-01-10

Salt stress is an important factor affecting the growth and development of rice, prohexadione calcium (Pro-Ca) plays role in alleviating rice salt improving yield. However, there are few studies on how Pro-Ca improves yield under by regulating source–sink metabolism. In this study, we used Guanghong 3 (salt-tolerant variety) Huanghuazhan (salt-sensitive as experimental materials to investigate dynamic changes synthesis partitioning nonstructural carbohydrates among source–sink, related...

10.3390/plants14020211 article EN cc-by Plants 2025-01-13

Abstract Strip width management is a critical factor for producing higher crop yields in relay intercropping systems. A 2‐year field experiment was carried out during 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the effects of different strip treatments on dry‐matter production, major‐nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) uptake, competition parameters soybean maize system. The (SW) were 0.40, 0.40 m (SW1); 0.50 (SW2); 0.60 (SW3); 0.70 (SW4) row spacing, spacing between rows, respectively. As compared...

10.1002/fes3.199 article EN Food and Energy Security 2020-04-04

Plants react to the environment and management interventions by undergoing architectural structural modifications. A field trial was conducted in China 2016 study effects of plant population on morphological development maize canopy. The main objectives current were (i) characterize increased density canopy morphology stalk lodging (ii) explore relationships between organ lodging. experiment composed five densities (4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, 15 plants m-2) three cultivars: Zhengdan 958...

10.3389/fpls.2018.01047 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Plant Science 2018-09-11

Salt stress is a vital environmental that severely limits plant growth and productivity. Prohexadione-calcium (Pro-Ca) has been extensively studied to regulate growth, development, responses. However, the constructive role of Pro-Ca in alleviating damages enhancing rice tillers’ morph-physiological characteristics under salt remains largely unknown. The results showed significantly improved Changmaogu’s (CMG’s) productive tillering rate total yield per by 17.1% 59.4%, respectively. At stage,...

10.3390/plants14020188 article EN cc-by Plants 2025-01-11

Salt stress is considered to be one of the major abiotic stresses influencing rice growth and productivity. To improve crop productivity in saline soils, it essential choose a suitable variety for mitigating salt gain deep understanding underlying mechanisms. The current study explored tolerance mechanism wild 'HD96-1 (salt resistive)' conventional 'IR29 sensitive)' by evaluating morph-physiological, transcriptomic, metabolomic approaches. Physiological data indicated that HD96-1 had higher...

10.1186/s12870-025-06300-8 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMC Plant Biology 2025-03-15

Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that damage structure and composition cell walls. Alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) have been advocated to significantly improve plant tolerance. The metabolic mechanism by which AOS induces salt tolerance in rice walls remains unclear. Here, we report impact foliar application on wall seedlings using salt-tolerant variety FL478 salt-sensitive IR29. Data revealed decreased biomass, stem basal width, breaking strength, lodging resistance;...

10.3390/plants13091215 article EN cc-by Plants 2024-04-28

Introduction Salt stress is a major abiotic that affects crop growth and productivity. Choline Chloride (CC) has been shown to enhance salt tolerance in various crops, but the underlying molecular mechanisms rice remain unclear. Methods To investigate regulatory mechanism of CC-mediated rice, we conducted morpho-physiological, metabolomic, transcriptomic analyses on two varieties (WSY, salt-tolerant, HHZ, salt-sensitive) treated with 500 mg·L -1 CC under 0.3% NaCl stress. Results Our results...

10.3389/fpls.2024.1440663 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Plant Science 2024-08-01

Salinity stress severely restricts rice growth. Prohexadione calcium (Pro-Ca) modulation can effectively alleviate salt in rice. In this study, we explored the effects of Pro-Ca on enhancing tolerance two varieties, IR29 and HD96-1. The results revealed that markedly enhanced root shoot morphological traits improved plant biomass under stress. Chlorophyll a b content were significantly increased, which photosynthetic capacity. Transcriptomic metabolomic data showed up-regulated expression...

10.3390/ijms25169124 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024-08-22

Abstract Influences of planting density and nitrogen rate have been investigated frequently in targeted wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) research. Few studies interactions between these inputs. The objective was to determine the combine effect N seeding rates on culm morph‐physiological traits for lodging tolerance grain yield. experiment used a split‐split randomized block design using two varieties ‘AnNong0711’ ‘YanNong19’, split by four (180, 240, 300, 375 × 10 4 ha −1 ) (0, 180, 300 kg )....

10.1002/agj2.20211 article EN Agronomy Journal 2020-03-28

Salt stress severely restricts rapeseed growth and productivity. Hemin can effectively alleviate salt in plants. However, the regulatory effect of on is unclear. Here, we analyzed response remediation mechanism application to before after 0.6% (m salt: m soil) NaCl stress. Experiment using two Brassica napus (AACC, 2n = 38) varieties Huayouza 158R (moderately salt-tolerant) 62 (strongly salt-tolerant). To explore best optional ways improve resistance rapeseed.Our findings revealed that...

10.1186/s12870-023-04595-z article EN cc-by BMC Plant Biology 2023-11-14

This study aimed to investigate whether presoaking with hemin (5 μmol·L−1) could alleviate NaCl stress during rapeseed seedlings’ growth and its role in the regulation of photosynthesis. In this experiment, ‘HUAYOUZA 62 (HYZ 62)’ 158R (158R)’ were used as materials for pot experiments morphology, photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant activity, osmoregulatory factors seedlings under different salt concentrations, well regulatory effects hemin-presoaked seeds. Our findings revealed that,...

10.3390/metabo14010057 article EN cc-by Metabolites 2024-01-15

Abstract In order to evaluate the impacts of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) priming on rapeseed germination and seedling growth under salt stress, we conducted pot experiments using salt-sensitive variety 'Zhongshuang 11'. To study influence seed morph-physiological traits, plants were treated with 150 mm NaCl after GABA (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 mM). Data morphological oxidation damage antioxidant system contrasted before. Our findings revealed that significantly reduced root activity,...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3132215/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2023-07-20

Nitrogen fertilization plays a very important role for crop productivity. New developed wheat varieties need proper improved The present study was carried out to quantify, the effects of nitrogen derived from urea and FYM on four newly i.e. Siran-2009, Ata Habib, Janbaz-2009 Pirsabak-2008 yield improvement, quality soil fertility status. N treatments were control, 100% recommended as well FYM, 50% each source. experiment at Developmental Farm, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University...

10.4236/ajps.2017.83039 article EN American Journal of Plant Sciences 2017-01-01

Salinity stress imposes severe constraints on plant growth and development. Here, we explored the impacts of prohexadione-calcium (Pro-Ca) rapeseed under salt stress. We designed a randomized block design pot experiment using two varieties, 'Huayouza 158R' 62'. conducted six treatments, S0: non-primed + 0 mM NaCl, Pro-Ca+S0: Pro-Ca primed S100: 100 Pro-Ca+S100: S150: 150 Pro-Ca+S150: NaCl. The morphophysiological characteristics, osmoregulatory antioxidant activities were compared for...

10.7717/peerj.17312 article EN cc-by PeerJ 2024-04-26

Dragon fruits have abundant nutritional and antioxidant properties. High temperatures limit the growth production of dragon fruits. Hemin can effectively alleviate abiotic stress in plants. However, regulatory effect on fruit under heat remains unclear. In this study, we explored impacts foliar application size, yield quality during high summer season. experiment, variety ‘Jindu No. 1’ was used as material treated with three concentrations, i.e., H1: 1 μmol.L−1, H2: 10 H3: 100 compared CK:...

10.3390/agronomy14081850 article EN cc-by Agronomy 2024-08-21

Salt stress is a key environmental factor altering rice plant growth. Strigolactones (GR24) play vital role in responding to various abiotic stresses and regulating However, the regulatory mechanisms of SLs on seedlings under salt have not yet been clarified. A pot experiment was undertaken evaluate effects GR24 soaking variety ‘Huanghuazhan’ (salt-sensitive) seedling growth, antioxidant metabolism, endogenous hormones NaCl stress. Results showed that significantly inhibited growth;...

10.3390/agriculture14091662 article EN cc-by Agriculture 2024-09-23

In recent years, pigment rice has been the focus of much attention due to its high nutritional value and ornamental value. To gain a better understanding pigmented rice, we studied morphological, physiological, yield characteristics four varieties, i.e., light green (LG), deep purple (DP), black-purple (BP), white (WR), as plant material. The field experiment was conducted using randomized complete block design at Guangdong ocean university research farm during 2023 2024. data varieties...

10.3390/agronomy14123038 article EN cc-by Agronomy 2024-12-19
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