Dr. Sara Zafar

Associate Professor at Government College University Faisalabad

Dr. Sara Zafar

Contact Details

Email Address sarazafar@gcuf.edu.pk
Phone Number 041-9201488
Office Address GC University Faisalabad
Academic Profiles
Basic Information
Full Name
Dr. Sara Zafar
Designation
Associate Professor
Department
Botany
Faculty
Life Sciences
Email Address
sarazafar@gcuf.edu.pk

Brief Statement of research work

My research focuses on environmental stresses, particularly salinity, drought, heavy metals, and nutrient imbalances, with the goal of developing climate resilient crops. I have worked extensively on seed priming, foliar application, plant growth regulators, micronutrients, and nanotechnology based approaches to enhance plant growth and yield under adverse conditions. My work integrates plant physiology, biochemistry, and nanotechnology to improve stress tolerance in crops and to provide practical solutions for sustainable agriculture and food security under changing climate conditions.

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Research Publications
SR. AUTHORS PAPER TITLE JOURNAL PAGE# YEAR VOL. IMP.F VIEW
1 Atif, Muhammad, Shagufta Perveen, Farah Saeed, Abida Parveen, Sara Zafar, and Naeem Iqbal Thiamine and Indole-3-acetic Acid Mediated Detoxification of Arsenic in Maize to Improve Grain Proximate Components, Yield, and Nutrient Ingredients Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 1-14 2026 237 0
2 Ali, Abid, Sara Zafar, Kashf Mehmood, Zuhair Hasnain, Muhammad Nawaz, Syed Muhammad Junaid Jalal Gilani, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Saud Alamri, and Shahbaz Khan. Silicic acid seed pre-treatment modulates growth and antioxidant responses in maize under drought stress The Science of Nature 1-15 2025 112 0
3 Umbreen Bibi and Sara Zafar Enhancing drought stress resilience in maize plants by exogenous application of gibberellic acid (GA3) Pakistan Journal of Botany 1977-1984 2025 57 0
4 Chengyi Zou, Sara Zafar, Umbreen Bibi, Manzar Abbas, and Zuhair Hasnain. " Reviving Contaminated Soils: Microbe-Aided Phytoremediation for Sustainable Metal Pollution Cleanup Phyton 1-14 2025 94 0
5 Javaria Anum, Saqib Mehmood, Nabila Farah, Sara Zafar and Beenish Afzal. Lysine priming improved cadium stress tolerance and nutraceutical potential of Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY 1-10 2025 35 0
6 Ali, Mohsan, Sara Zafar, Zuhair Hasnain, Abdulaziz Abdullah Alsahli, Javaid Akhter Bhat, and Parvaiz Ahmad. Synergistic role of melatonin and indole-3-acetic acid in alleviating salinity stress in maize through regulation of antioxidant defense mechanism and nutrient uptake Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 9011-9025 2025 25 0
7 El-Sappah, A. H., Abdel-Kader, H. H., Abbas, M., Sara Zafar, & Li, J Impact of Heavy Metal on Aquatic Life and Human Health Frontiers in Genetics 1-8 2025 16 0
8 Abid Ali, Sara Zafar*, M. Yasin Ashraf Assessment of growth and biochemical indicators for drought tolerance in maize genotypes Pakistan Journal of Botany 125-134 2025 57 0
9 Parveen, Abida, Muhammad Atif, Faiza Akhtar, Shagufta Perveen, Sara Zafar, Khadija Hafeez, and Nadia Yasmeen Elucidating the protective role of manganese seed priming in mitigating lead-induced oxidative stress: enhancements in growth, grain yield, and antioxidant activities of wheat Environmental Science and Pollution Research 64228-64247 2024 31 0
10 Anam Ayyoub, Qasim A.Sara Zafar,Diana Zhanakhmetova,Beenish Afzal,Johannes Liesche. The Dual Function of Lysine as Iron Chelator and Active Compound Benefts Productivity and Drought Tolerance of Nigella sativa L Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 1801-1813 2024 43 0
11 Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, Sana Tariq, Muhammad Atif, Farah Saeed, Sara Zafar Protective role of manganese, proline and rice straw extract in wheat against drought driven oxidative stress Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 1-14 2024 46 0
12 Sara Zafar*, Shahbaz Khan, Danish Ibrar, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Zuhair Hasnain, Kashf Mehmood, Afroz Rais, Safa Gul, Sohail Irshad, Muhammad Nawaz Application of zinc nanoparticles as seed priming agent improves growth and yield of wheat seedlings grown under salinity stress by enhanced antioxidants activities and gas exchange attributes Cereal Research Communications 1551???1564 2024 52 0
13 Sara, Zafar, Zuhair Hasnain, Subhan Danish, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Shah Fahad, Mohammad Javed Ansari, and Sulaiman Ali Alharbi. Modulations of wheat growth by selenium nanoparticles under salinity stress BMC Plant Biology 1-14 2024 24 0
14 Ahmed, Adnan, Sara Zafar, and M. Yasin Ashraf. Evaluation of growth indices for salt tolerance potential in mungbean cultivars at seedling stage??? Pakistan Journal of Botany 2073-2077 2024 56 0
15 SARA ZAFAR, M.YASIN ASHRAF & MUHAMMAD SALEEM Shift in Physiological and biochemical processes in wheat supplied with zinc and potassium under saline condition Journal of Plant Nutrition 1-10 2018 41 .565
16 ZAFAR, S.- ASHRAF, M. Y.-ALI, Q.-ASHRAF, A.-ANWAR, S.- IQBAL, N.-KAUSAR, A.- NOUMAN, A.- ALI, M.- ZAFAR, M. A.- FEROZ, K. ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND SECONDARY METABOLITES IN SELECTED VEGETABLES IRRIGATED WITH SEWAGE WATER APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 35-48 2016 14 .5
17 KAUSAR, A.- ASHRAF, M. Y.-GULL, M.- GHAFOOR, R.- ILYAS, M.- ZAFAR, S.- NIAZ, M.- AKHTAR, N.- KANWAL, H.- IQBAL, N.-AFTAB, K. ALLEVIATION OF SALT STRESS BY K2SO4 IN TWO WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) CULTIVARS APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 137-147 2016 15 .5
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