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Profile
| Academic position | Post Doc |
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| Research fields | Soil Sciences,Plant Cultivation, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Technology |
| Keywords | Soil science, Plant nutrition, Magnesium, Potassium, Photosynthesis |
| Honours and awards | 2023: Postdoctoral High-Level Talent and Lixin Scholar Award by Shenzhen Government (China) 2018: China Scholarship Council (CSC)-Chinese Government Scholarships (CGS) 2018: International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) Scholar Awards 2018: Scientific poster award (2nd position) presented in 17th International Congress of Soil Science |
Current contact address
| Country | People's Republic of China |
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| City | Shenzhen |
| Institution | Shenzhen University |
| Institute | College of Life Sciences and Oceanography |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Christoph-Martin Geilfus | Institut für Bodenkunde und Pflanzenernährung, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim |
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Programme(s)
| 2025 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs (Global Minds Initiative Germany) |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Shakoor, Noman; Rillig, Matthias C; Geilfus, Christoph-Martin: Airborne microplastics in leaves and food safety risks. In: Trends Plant Sci., 30, 2025, 1063-1065 |
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| 2025 | Ishfaq, Muhammad Beyond biofortification: Rethinking iron nutrition in crops through phosphorus-limited adaptation. In: Plant Cell Environ., 48, 2025, 8024–8026 |
| 2025 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Tam, Nora Fung-Yee; Lang, Tao; Hussain, Muzammil; Zhou, Haichao: Nitrogen-phosphorus conservation and trade-offs in mangroves. In: Plant Soil, 512, 2025, 241-260 |
| 2025 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Wang, Yongqi; Nawaz, Muhammad Azher; Zhou, Haichao; Li, Xuexian: Transcriptome profiling of tomato fruit ripening and postharvest quality response to magnesium deficiency stress. In: Plant Soil, 513, 2025, 2077-2096 |
| 2023 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Kiran, Aysha; Wakeel, Abdul; Tayyab, Muhammad; Li, Xuexian: Foliar-applied potassium triggers soil potassium uptake by improving growth and photosynthetic activity of wheat and maize. In: J. Plant Nutr., 46, 2023, 2691-2706 |
| 2023 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Wang, Yongqi; Xu, Jiuliang; Hassan, Mahmood Ul; Yuan, Hao; Liu, Lianlian; He, Boyi; Ejaz, Irsa; White, Philip J; Cakmak, Ismail; Chen, Wei-Shan; Wu, Jiechen; van der Werf, Wopke; Li, Chunjian; Zhang, Fusuo; Li, Xuexian: Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis. In: Agron. Sustain. Dev., 43, 2023, |
| 2022 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Kiran, Aysha; ur Rehman, Hafeez; Farooq, Muhammad; Ijaz, Naseem Hassan; Nadeem, Faisal; Azeem, Imran; Li, Xuexian; Wakeel, Abdul: Foliar nutrition: Potential and challenges under multifaceted agriculture. In: Environ. Exp. Bot., 200, 2022, 104909 |
| 2022 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Wang, Yongqi; Yan, Minwen; Wang, Zheng; Wu, Liangquan; Li, Chunjian; Li, Xuexian: Physiological essence of magnesium in plants and its widespread deficiency in the farming system of China. In: Front. Plant Sci., 13, 2022, 802274 |
| 2021 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Zhong, Yanting; Wang Yongqi; Li, Xuexian Magnesium limitation leads to transcriptional down-tuning of auxin synthesis, transport, and signaling in the tomato root. In: Front. Plant Sci., 12, 2021, 802399 |
| 2021 | Wakeel, Abdul; Ishfaq, Muhammad: Potash use and dynamics in agriculture. Springer, 2021 |
| 2021 | Ishfaq, Muhammad; Wakeel, Abdul; Shahzad, Muhammad Nadeem; Kiran, Aysha; Li, Xuexian: Severity of zinc and iron malnutrition linked to low intake through a staple crop: a case study in east-central Pakistan. In: Environ. Geochem. Health, 43, 2021, 4219-4233 |