Dr. Faisal Hussain

Associate Professor
Department of Botany, Ghazi University, College Chowk, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan


Highest Degree
PostDoc. in Plant Sciences from Kanazawa University, Japan

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Area of Interest:

Plant Sciences
Phytopathology
Plant Ecology
Plant Environmental Stress Physiology
Biological Sciences

Selected Publications

  1. Raza, G., S.N. Mirza, M. Akbar, M. Ali and F. Hussain et al., 2022. Variation in productivity along the altitudinal gradients in Central Karakorum National Park (CKNP), Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 54: 2273-2279.
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  2. Farzana, M. Abid and F. Hussain, 2022. Screening of ethnomedicinal plants for their antifungal and nematicidal activities against soil-borne phytopathogens. South Afr. J. Bot., 147: 18-23.
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  3. Afzal, J., M. Abid, F. Hussain and A. Abbas, 2021. Nematicidal activity of different plants extracts against root knot nematodes. Pak. J. Nematol., 39: 1-7.
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  4. Shirazi, M., M. Abid, F. Hussain, A. Abbas and U. Sitara, 2020. Antifungal activity of some medicinal plant extracts against soil-borne phytopathogens. Pak. J. Bot., 52: 679-685.
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  5. Salam, I.U., M. Ahmed and F. Hussain, 2018. A study of different parameters of osmotic potential compared with weed (Chenopodium album) on wheat and chickpea crop. Pak. J. Bot., 50: 963-967.
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  6. Khan, S.A., M. Abid and F. Hussain, 2017. Antifungal activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of some seaweeds against common soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi. Pak. J. Bot., 49: 1211-1216.
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  7. Hussain, F., M. Abid, I.U. Salam, Muhammadi, Farzana, M. Akbar and A. Hussain, 2017. Occurrence of fruit-rot of chilli in Sindh and their biomanagement under laboratory conditions. Pak. J. Bot., 49: 1593-1597.
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  8. Akbar, M., M. Ahmed, F. Hussain, M.F. Siddiqui, G. Raza, S. Hyder and N. Abbas, 2017. Relationship of forest vegetation and environmental gradients (adaphic, topographic and soil nutrients) from some frosted areas of Himalayan, Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges of Gilgitbaltsitan, Pakistan-(a multivariate approach). Pak. J. Bot., 49: 255-272.
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  9. Hussain, F., M. Abid, S.S. Shaukat, Farzana and M. Akbar, 2015. Anti-fungal activity of some medicinal plants on different pathogenic fungi. Pak. J. Bot., 47: 2009-2013.
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  10. Usman, F., M. Abid, F. Hussain, S.A. Khan and J. Sultana, 2014. Soil borne fungi associated with different vegetable crops in Sindh, Pakistan. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 57: 140-147.
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  11. Faisal, H. and M. Abid, 2011. Pests and diseases of chilli crop in Pakistan: A review. Int. J. Biol. Biotechnol., 8: 325-332.
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