Muhammad Ahsan Altaf male (男), Assistant Professor（硕士生导师）

邮 箱：ahsanaltaf@hainanu.edu.cn; ahsanaltaf8812@gmail.com

通讯地址：海南省海口市人民大道58号

邮政编码：570228

研究领域：1. 园艺植物的应激生理与遗传学

1. Stress physiology and genetics of horticultural plants

招生专业：园艺及植物相关专业硕士学位

Master's degree in horticulture and plant related fields

教育背景：

2017.09-2021.06   博士  植物学  海南大学 

2014.09-2016.08   硕士  园艺  BZ大学（巴基斯坦）

2010.09-2014.08   学士  农业  Sargodha大学（巴基斯坦）

工作简历：

2023.09-至今 海南大学热带农林学院园艺系 Assistant Professor

2021.08-2023.08 海南大园艺学院, 博士后研究员

Published Books:

Volume I

Melatonin in Plants: a regulator for plant growth and development

Editors:

Ravinder Kumar

Muhammad Ahsan Altaf

Milan Kumar Lal

Rahul Kumar Tiwari

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6745-2

Volume II

Melatonin in Plants: a pleiotropic molecule for abiotic stresses and pathogens

Editors:

Ravinder Kumar

Muhammad Ahsan Altaf

Milan Kumar Lal

Rahul Kumar Tiwari

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6741-4

学术援助Scholarly Assistance (Role as a Guest Editor)

Plant Cell Report-Springer

Plant Stress-Elsevier

Brazilian Journal of Botany

International Journal of Phyton

Functional & Integrative Genomics-Springer

MDPI-Horticulturae

Scientia Horticulturae

South African Journal of Botany-Elsevier

Frontiers in Plant Science

发表论文：Publish during last 3 year

[1] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Naz S. Kumar R. et al. 2023. Unraveling the mechanism of cadmium toxicity in horticultural plants: Implications for plant health. South African Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.10.064

[2] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Lal P. et al. 2023. Current understanding of boosting power of salicylic acid for abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops. South African Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.10.048

[3] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Sharma N. Srivastava D. et al. 2023. Deciphering the melatonin-mediated response and signalling in the regulation of heavy metal stress in plants. Planta. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04146-8

[4] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Hao Y. Shu H. et al. 2023. Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation. Journal of Hazardous Material. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131468

[5] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf.  Hao Y. Shu HY. et al. 2023. Melatonin mitigates cold-induced damage to pepper seedlings by promoting redox homeostasis and regulating antioxidant profiling. Horticultural Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpj.2023.02.006

[6] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Sharma N. Singh J. et al. 2023. Mechanistic insight on melatonin-mediated plant growth regulation and hormonal crosstalk in solanaceous vegetables. Scientia Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111570

[7] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Mandal S. Behera B. et al. 2023. Salinity Stress Tolerance in Solanaceous Crops: Current Understanding and Its Prospects in Genome Editing. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10890-0

[8] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shu H. Hao Y. et al. 2022. Melatonin affects the photosynthetic performance of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seedlings under cold stress. Antioxidant. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11122414

[9] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Behera B. Mangal V. et al. 2022. Tolerance and Adaptation Mechanism of Solanaceous Crops Under Salinity Stress. Functional Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP22158

[10] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Kumar R. et al. 2022. Phytohormones Mediated Modulation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Potential Crosstalk in Horticultural Crops. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10812-0.

[11] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Mumtaz MM. Shu H. et al. 2022. Physiological and biochemical responses of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seedlings to nickel toxicity. Frontiers in Plants Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.950392

[12] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Altaf MM. et al. 2022. Melatonin: First-line soldier in tomato under abiotic stress current and future perspective. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.06.004

[13] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Ming-Xun Ren et al. 2022. Melatonin Improves drought stress tolerance of tomato by modulating plant growth, root architecture, photosynthesis, and antioxidant defense system. Antioxidants. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11020309

[14] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Ming-Xun Ren et al. 2022. Melatonin mitigates cadmium toxicity by promoting root architecture and mineral homeostasis of tomato genotypes. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-021-00720-9

[15] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shu HY. Hao Y et al. 2021. Vanadium Toxicity Induced Changes in Growth, Antioxidant Profiling, and Vanadium Uptake in Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) Seedlings. Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8010028

[16] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Ming-Xun Ren et al. 2021. Protective Mechanisms of Melatonin Against Vanadium Phytotoxicity in Tomato Seedlings: Insights into Nutritional Status, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Machinery. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-021-10513-0 I.F. 4.169

[17] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Altaf MM. et al. 2021. Melatonin alleviates salt damage of tomato seedling: A root architecture system, photosynthetic capacity, ion homeostasis, and antioxidant enzymes analysis. Scientia Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110145

[18] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Ming-Xun Ren 2021. Melatonin mitigates nickel toxicity by improving nutrient uptake fluxes, root architecture system, photosynthesis and antioxidant potential in tomato seedling. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-021-00484-2

[19] Muhammad Ahsan Altaf. Shahid R. Ming-Xun Ren et al. (2021). Phytomelatonin: An overview of importance and mediating functions of melatonin against environmental stresses”. Physiologia Plantarum. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13262

Corresponding Author Publication:

[20] Muhammad Saqib. Khalofah A. Rehman A. Muhammad Ahsan Altaf*. 2024. Alleviating effects of exogenous melatonin on nickel toxicity in two pepper genotypes. Scientia Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112635

[21] Hafiza Muniba Din Muhammad. Ahmad R. Nawaz MA. Das R. Muhammad Ahsan Altaf*. 2024. Melatonin in business with abiotic stresses in vegetable crops. Scientia Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112594

[22] Riaz Ahmad Naz S. Tiwari RK. Lal MK. Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2023. Scenarios for Improvement of Jujube Tolerance against Drought via molecular basis. Erwerbs-Obstbau. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10341-023-00979-5

[23] Safina Naz. Din Muhammad HM. Ramzan M. Sadiq B…….Muhammad Ahsan Altaf*. 2023.  Seaweed Application Enhanced the Growth and Yield of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Altering Physiological Indices. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.10070/s42729-023-01475-1

[24] Riaz Ahmad. Alsahlib AA. Alansib SS. Muhammad Ahsan Altaf*. 2023. Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant defense system of pea (Pisum sativum L.). Scientia Horticulturae https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112431

[25] Muhammad Aamir Manzoor. Shah IH. Sabir IA...Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2023. Environmental sustainable: Biogenic copper oxide nanoparticles as nano-pesticides for investigating bioactivities against phytopathogens. Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115941

[26] Muhammad Saqib. Shahzad U. Zulfiqar F..........Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2023. Exogenous Melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced inhibition of growth and photosynthesis through upregulating antioxidant defense system in strawberry. South African Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.03.039

[27] Riaz Ahmad. Manzoor M. Din Muhammad HM........Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2023. Exogenous Melatonin Spray Enhanced Salinity Tolerance in Zizyphus germplasm: a brief theory. Life. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020493

[28] Safina Naz. Anjum MA. Sadiq B.......Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2022. Purification of Sewage Wastewater though Sand Column Filter for Lessening of Heavy metals Accumulation in Lettuce, Carrot, and Cauliflower. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223770

[29] Safina Naz. Mushtaq A. Ali S..........Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2022. Foliar Application of ascorbic acid Enhances Growth and yield of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)  Under Saline Conditions by Improving Antioxidant Defense Mechanism. Functional Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP22139

[30] Safina Naz. Bilal A. Saddiq B..........Muhammad Ahsan Altaf* 2022. Foliar application of salicylic acid improved growth, yield, quality and photosynthesis of pea (Pisum sativum L) by improving antioxidant defense mechanism under saline conditions. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114180