Muhammad Asif Sajjad (PhD)
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) PakistanÂ
Member Advisory Board, Journal of Environmental and Agricultural SciencesÂ
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Education
- PhD, Agronomy, 2012, Department of Entomology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- MSc (Hons) Agriculture, Agronomy, 2005, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- BSc (Hons) Agriculture, Agronomy, 2003, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Research Interests
Agri. Entomology, Mango
Work Experience
- Associate Professor, 2019-2012, Department of Entomology, The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) PakistanÂ
- Assistant Professor, 2003-2009, Department of Entomology, The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) PakistanÂ
- Program / Project Coordinator, 2011-2014, WWF-Pakistan
- Research Associate, 2010-2011, IPM of Aphids on Wheat Crop Project (Faisalabad), CABI South Asia Â
Academic Honors and Awards
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Featured Publications
- Usman M., Sajjad A., Bashir H. S., Akram W., Parveen R., Mustafa F., Sarmad M., and Lalika H. A. (2023). Role of Insects in Cross-Pollination and Yield Attributing Components of Fenugreek. Plant Bulletin, 2 (2): 82-87.
- Sajjad A., Maqsood S., Abbasi A., Awais M, Rafiq S, Rafique Mk, Riaz I and Haq I U (2023) Comparison of wild honeybees in the pollination of strawberries in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.  Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 82 (3): 1-8, 2023. (Impact factor: 0.5)
- Ali, Q., Ali, M., Ahmad, M.A., Sajjad, A. and Saeed, S., (2023). Pollination Improve physico-chemical properties of litchi fruit (Litchichinensis). Journal of Innovative Sciences, 9(2): 217-225.
- Mustafa, F. Sajjad, A. Rehman, A. Arshad Ullah, M. Bashir, H.S., and Eshaan,S. 2023. Seasonal tropic niche breath and overlap in a guild of six most frequent bee species in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Agricultural Sciences Journal. Â 5(2): 38-46.
- Ghassemi‑Khademi T., Khosravi R., Sadeghi S., Hedayat N., Silva D.P., Shebl M., Sajjad A., and Al‑Raisi A.A. (2023). Phylogenetic structure and ecological niche modeling of the red dwarf honey bee across its native range. Apidologie (2023) 54:47.
- Ahmad, M.A., M. Ali, A. Sajjad and S. Saeed. (2023). Assessment of effectiveness among native bees in enhancing Trifolium alexandrinum seed production. Sarhad Journal of Agricultur. 39(2): 390-395.
- Afzal H., Ali M., Sajjad A., Nawaz F. and Saeed S. (2023). Heavy metal concentrations of copper and nickel in peri-urban vegetable agro-ecosystem of Multan, Pakistan. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 33 (2).
- Akram,W., Sajjad, A., Ghramh, H.A., Ali, M., Khan, K.A. (2022). Nesting Biology and Ecology of a Resin Bee, Megachile cephalotes (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera). Insects 2022, 13, 1058.
- Anees, M., Ali, M., Ghramh, H.A., Sajjad, A., Ali Khan, K., Saeed, S.;,Razzaq, K. (2022). Impact of Bee and Fly Pollination on Physical and Biochemical Properties of Strawberry Fruit. Horticulturae. 8: 1072.
- Ali, S., Sajjad, A., Shakeel, Q., Farooqi, M.A., Aqueel, M.A., Tariq, K., Ullah, M.I., Iqbal, A., Jamal, A., Saeed, M.F., et al. (2022). Influence of Bacterial Secondary Symbionts in Sitobion avenae on Its Survival Fitness against Entomopathogenic Fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium brunneum. Insects. 13: 1037.
- Karar H., Javed M.U., Yaseen M., Bashir M.A., Sajjad A., Essa M., Wajid M., Mubashir M., Mustafa G., Zubair M., Alreshaidan S., Atta S., Ibrahim M., Alajmi R.A. (2022). Comparative efficacy of conventional vs new chemistry insecticides against mango thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis hood (Thripidae: Thysanoptera). Journal of King Saud University – Science 34, 102233.
- Akram W. Sajjad A, Ali M, Ahmad A, Ali I,SaddiqB, Yasin M,Aqueel MA. (2022). Comparative effectiveness of wild bee pollination on the post-harvest characteristics of Grewia asiatica (Malvaceae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 25: 101958.
- Ali, M., Ahmad M.A., SajjadA. and Saeed S. (2022). Diversity and effectiveness of native insect pollinators in carrot seed production. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 35(1): 197-202.
- Younas M, Ali M., Matloob A., Sajjad A., Gul H.T., Saeed S. (2022). Effect of drought stress on the foraging behavior of insect pollinators and the reproductive success of canola (Brassica napus L.). Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 2022. 34(2): 170-175.
- Ali, M., M.A. Ahmad, A. Sajjad and S. Saeed. (2022). Diversity and effectiveness of native insect pollinators in carrot seed production. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 35(1): 197-202.
- Ali, M., Ahmad M.A., SajjadA. and Saeed S. (2022). Effectiveness of native solitary bees in seed production of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 38(3): 1069-1075.
- Ghassemi-Khademi, T., Khosravi, R., M., Sajjad A. (2022). Climate niche modeling of Scorpio kruglovi (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in Iran, Iran. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity,6 (1), 87-101.
- Zameer S, Ali M, Sajjad A., Saeed S, Matloob A, Bashir M.A, Alajmi R.A, Hargis B.M., Hashem M., Alamri S., Atta S. (2022) Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes. Journal of King Saud University – Science 34: 101744
- Akram W, Sajjad A. (2022). Pollination of Brassica campestris (Cruciferae) by Andrena savignyi (Andrenidae: Hymenoptera): Female vs. Male Pollination. Sociobiology 69(1): e7300.
- Sajjad A., Akram W., Ali S., Ali M., I. Ullah M.and Ahmad A. (2022). Effect of anthropogenic land-use on arthropods diversity in sub-tropical Punjab, Pakistan. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 32 (3)
- Ali I, Zhang S, Sajjad A, Khaliq G, Basit M et al. (2021). Evaluating the effects of Bt protein Vip3Aa on immature Propylea japonica (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 31:145.
- Yasin M , Wakil W , Qayyum MA, Ali S, Sajjad A , Aqueel MA and Shakeel M.(2021) Â Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes and bacteria against Rhynchophorusferrugineus (Olivier). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 31:138
- Saddiq B., Afzal MBS., Sial AA., Abbas N., Shad SA., Sajjad A., Ali S. (2021). Biochemical resistance characterization to chlorpyrifos, acetamiprid, spinosad, and emamectin benzoate in PhenacoccussolenopsisTinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Pakistan. Phytoparasitica50: 223-232.
- Sajjad A, Liu J, Wang Y, Farooqi MA, Zhao Z, Ahmad A, et al. (2021) Plant communities exhibit low resource partitioning for pollinator guilds under sub-tropical conditions of Pakistan. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0247124.
- Farooqi MA, Aslam MN, Sajjad A, Akram W, Maqsood A. (2021). Impact of abiotic factors on the foraging behavior of two honeybee species on canola in Bahawalpur, Punjab-Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 1:1-9. DOI: 10.35495/ajab.2020.06.373.
- Ullah M.I., Ali S., Khalid S., Mehmood N, Aatif H.M., Sajjad A., Saeed M.F., Hanif M.S., Muqaddas H., Ahmad M.H., Zahid S.M.A., Arshad M., Abdullah A., Altaf N., Afzal M. (2021). Risk assessment of heavy metal induced toxicity in hadda beetle, Epilachnavigintioctopunctata (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera). Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 30(1): 103-111.
- Rehman, A.U., A. Sajjad, W. Akram and A. Ahmad. (2020). Abundance of autumn bees and their natural enemies in sub-tropical Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Journal of Environmental & Agricultural Sciences. 22(3): 1-6.
- Sajjad A., Ullah M.I, Sajjad A., Majeed M.Z., Farooqi M.A., Rizwan M.S., Shakeel Q., Akhter S., Raheel M. and Arshad M. (2020). Physicomorphic Response of Polyphagous HelicoverpaarmigeraHübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) towards different host plants. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52(5): 1833-1839.
- Khaliq A., Ullah M.I., Afzal M., Ali S. Sajjad A., Ahmad A. and Khalid S. (2020). Management of Triboliumcastaneum using synergism between conventional fumigant and plant essential oils. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 40: 781-788. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-020-00131-w. (Impact factor: 0.915)
- Farooqi M.A, Irsa B., Ali S., Sajjad A., Hassan M.W. and Akhtar S. (2020). Impact of Selected Insecticides on Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) under Controlled Conditions. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52(1): 193-198.
- Ali M., Sajjad A., Farooqi M.A., Bashir M.A., Aslam M.N., Nafees M., Aslam M.N., Adnan M and Khan K.A. (2019). Assessing indigenous and local knowledge of farmers about pollination services in cucurbit agro-ecosystem of Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 27(1):189-194.
- Faheem M, Saeed S, Sajjad A, Wang S, Ali A (2019) Spatio-temporal variations in wheat aphid populations and their natural enemies in four agroecological zones of Pakistan. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222635.
- Faheem M., Saeed S, Sajjad A, Razaq M and Ahmad F. (2019). Biological parameters of two syrphid fly species Ischiodonscutellaris (Fabricius) and Episyrphusbalteatus (DeGeer) and their predatory potential on wheat aphid Schizaphisgraminum (Rondani) at different temperatures. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 29:2.
- Akram, Sajjad A., Ali S., Farooqi M.A., Mujtaba G., Ali M., Ahmad A. (2019). Pollination of Grewia asiatica (Malvaceae) by Megachilecephalotes(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Male vs. Female Pollination. Sociobiology.66(3): 467-474
- Sajjad A, Ali M., Saeed S. and Ali I. (2018). Yearlong association of insect pollinator Pseudapisoxybeloides with flowering plants: planted forest vs. agricultural landscape. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26(7): 1799-1803.
- Bashir M.A., Saeed S., Sajjad A., Khan K.A., Ghramh H.A, Shehzad M.A., Mubarak M., Mirza N, Mahpara S., Rehmani M.I.A., Ansari M.J. (2018). Insect pollinator diversity in four forested ecosystems of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26(7): 1835-1842.
- Ali S.,  Farooqi M.A., Sajjad A., Ullah M.I., Qureshi A.K., Siddique B., Waheed W., Sarfraz M. and Asghar A. (2018). Compatibility of entomopathogenic fungi and botanical extracts against the wheat aphid, Sitobionavenae (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 28:97.
- Ahmad F, Sanjrani M.W., Khuhro S.N., Sajjad A., Ali A., Khan R.R., Ahmad F. and Liu J. (2018). Spatial field survey of cotton whitefly and its pupal parasitism in relation to temperature and humidity in Southern Pakistan. Pakistan. Journal of Zoology. 50(4): 1231-1236.
- Ali I,Shuai Z, Sajjad A, Rehman HR and Jin-Jie C.  (2018). Artificial diet based investigation on the impact of purified Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa and Cry2Ab on the survival and reproductive performance of adult green lacewing, Chrysopapallens (Rambur) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Phytoparasitica.46: 127–135.
- Saeed S., Bashir M.A., Khan K.A., Sajjad A., Alvi A.M., Atta S. and Ansari M.J. (2017) Assemblage of pollinator communities in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26(4): 860-865
- Zameer S.U, Fazal M.I, Bilal M. and Sajjad A. (2017). Foraging behavior of pollinators leads to effective pollination in radish Raphanus sativus L.Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 54):57-50
- Sajjad A., SaeedS., Ali M, KhanF.Z.A., Kwon Y.J. and Devoto M. (2017). Effect of temporal data aggregation on the perceived structure of a quantitative plant-floral visitor network. Entomological Research47: 380–387
- Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Ali M, Saeed S. (2017). Yearlong association of Apisdorsata and Apisflorea with flowering plants: planted forest vs. agricultural landscape. Sociobiology. 64(1): 18-25.
- Faheem M., Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Shafique R.M., Rehman A. and Aslam M.N. (2016). Field evaluation of different insecticides against wheat aphids and their natural enemies in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology. Â 4(4): 147-155.
- Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Bhutto A.R., Imran A. and Makhdum A.H. (2016).Impact of better management practices on farmland biodiversity associated with sugarcane crop. Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences. 7:48-54
- Ali M., Saeed S., Muhammad Asif Sajjad. (2016). Pollen deposition is more important than species richness for seed set in Luffa Gourd. Neotropical Entomology.45:499-506.
- Ali M., Saeed S., Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Akbar A. (2015). Linking pollination efficiency and interspecific displacement success in bees. Neotropical Entomology.44(2):101-108.
- Bashir M.A., Saeed S., Muhammad Asif Sajjad and Ali M. (2015) Seasonal variations in abundance and diversity of insect pollinators in forest ecosystems of Southern Punjab Pakistan. Pure and Applied Biology, 4(3): 441-452
- Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Imran A., Akbar S and Makhdum A.H. (2015). Current trends of decent work in cotton ginning SMEs of Pakistan. Journal of Environment and Agricultural Sciences. 2:10.
- Ameen F., Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Makhdum A.H. Imran A. and Akbar S. (2015). Decent work trends and work life quality among rural communities of district Jhang, Pakistan. Academic Research International. 6(1): 214-221.
Research Keywords
Muhammad Asif Sajjad, Entomology