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Ishtiaq Ahmad, Date of Birth 22/06/1988 Lodhran (Punjab)Pakistan,University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, BJ. Campus The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Email:ishtiaq@iub.edu.pk, Skype:ahmadiub1 Practical Experience Working as lecturer in Horticulture since September, 2012 at IUB, Pakistan. Horticulture Nursery Incharge Since August, 2014 till date. Working as Greenhouse/tunnel farming consultant under the project AVRDC in south Punjab, Pakistan since September, 2011. (Part time) '''Publications 1.Ahmad, I., M.J. Jaskani, M. Nafees, I. Ashraf and R. Qureshi. 2016. Control of media browning In micropropagation of guava (Psidium guajava L.). Pak. J. Bot., 48(2): 713-716, 2016. 2.Hussain, T., I. Ashraf, I. Ahmed, T. Ruby, M. Rafay, M. Abdullah, N. Siddiqa, S. Nawaz and S. Akhtar. 2016. Comparison of Diet Analysis of Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus and Black Kite, Milvus migrans (Accipitridae: Accipitriformes) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 48(3): 789-794. 3.Irfan Ashraf, I. Ahmad, Syed Asad Hussain Bukhari and Ambreen Maqsood. 2016. Trapping efficacy to control the wild Boar (Sus scrofa) population in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pure and Applied Biology. 5 (1): 177-182. 4.Ashraf, I., I. Ahmad, M. Nafees, M. M. Yousaf and B. Ahmad. 2016. A review on organic farming for sustainable agricultural production. Pure Appl. Biol., 5(2): 277-286. 5.Amber, N., I. Ashraf, T. Hussain and I. Ahmad.2015. Studies on the Diversity and Relative Abundance of Orthoptera and Lepidoptera Species in Urban and Crop Land Areas of Dera Ghazi Khan. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 15: 1693-1699. 6.Maqsood, A., A. Rehman, I. Ahmad, M. Nafees,I. Ashraf, R. Qureshi, M. Jamil, M. Rafay and T. Hussain1. 2014. Physiological attributes of fungi associated with stem end rot of mango (mangifera indica l.) Cultivars in postharvest fruit losses. Pak. J. Bot., 46(5): 1915-1920. 7.M. Rafay, T. Hussain, T. Ruby, F. Rehman, M. Abdullah and I. Ahmad. 2014. Role of weeds in creating agro-ecological stability. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 51: 529-536. 8.Nafees, M., S. Ahmad, R. Anwar, I. Ahmad, Maryyam and R.R. Hussnain. 2013. Improved horticultural practices against leaf wilting root rot and nutrient uptake in mango (Mangifera indica L.). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 50: 393-398. 9.Ahmad, I., T. Hussain, I. Ashraf, M. Nafees, Maryam, M. Rafay and M. Iqbal. 2013. Lethal Effects of Secondary Metabolites on Plant Tissue Culture. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 13: 539-547. 10.Ahmad, I., T. Hussain, M. Nafees, Maryam, M. Jamil, I. Ashraf, M. Fakhar-u-Zaman Akhtar, M. Iqbal, M. Rafay, T. Ruby and L. Ali. 2013. Morphological Dissimilarity Between Tetrapoloid and Diploid Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.).World Applied Sciences Journal, 21(6):858-861. 11.Ashraf, I., T. Hussain, M. Jamil, I. Ahmad, M. Ahmad, G.H. Abbasi, M. Akram, M.A. Sammar Raza. 2012. Assessment of diversified vegetation community in Islamabad vicinity, Pakistan. Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 12:37- 40. 12.Nafees, M., I. Ahmad, I. Ashraf, M. Jameel, T. hussan and Maryam. 2013. Sustainable Production of Mango Fruit by Managing Irregular Bearing Through Foliar Spray of Urea at Critical Growth Stages. World Applied Sciences Journal, 24: 1368-1372. 13.Hassan, M.W., M. Jamil, J. Iqbal, T. Hussain, M. Iqbal, M. A. Khan, I. Ahmed and L. Ali. 2013. Comparative Infestation of Some Date Fruit Varieties by Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) as a Storage Pest. World Applied Sciences Journal, 25: 1130-1133. Trainings/Seminars & Conferences: Seminar entitled “FLORICULTURE INDUSTRY: EXPLORING NEW AVENUES IN PAKISTAN” on 25th March 2010 at UAF. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATE PALM (ICDP): PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. September 02-03, 2013 (secretary of conference) WORLD MANGO CONFERENCE (WMC). June 24-25, 2014 (secretary of conference) TRAINING OF FACILITATORS ON FEED ASSESSMENT (FEAST) Tool, Islamabad, Pakistan, Organized by CIMMYT and ILRI. 6-9 November, 2014. The INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITRICULTURE, organized by the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Department of Hotriculture from 11th February to the 13th February 2015.