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Muhammad Ansar Farooq

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity
Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceHeavy metals in environmentAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animalsSilicon Effects in AgricultureArsenic contamination and mitigation

Publications

55

Citations

2,379

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

Muhammad Ansar Farooq works on how crops respond to environmental stresses such as heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, chromium, nickel), salinity, drought, and extreme temperatures, and on strategies to help plants tolerate or detoxify these stresses. Much of the work explores soil amendments and treatments—such as biochar, nanomaterials, plant growth-promoting bacteria, and compost—that improve soil health and reduce contaminant uptake in crops like rice, wheat, maize, and tomato. The research combines plant physiology and biochemistry with applied soil and environmental management aimed at safer, more sustainable agriculture.

Heavy metal and metalloid stress in plants (arsenic, cadmium, lead, chromium, nickel)Soil amendments and remediation (biochar, nanomaterials, compost)Plant stress physiology and antioxidant defense mechanismsSustainable and climate-resilient crop productionEnvironmental contaminants (microplastics, antibiotics) in agricultural systems

Publication output has grown from a low base around 2017-2018 to a steadier, higher rate of roughly 6-9 papers per year from 2022 through 2025, suggesting an overall increasing and currently active publication pace.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 8 publications222023: 9 publications9232024: 6 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×5
  • Elsevier eBooks×5
  • Chemosphere×3
  • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry×2
  • Environmental Technology & Innovation×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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