Syed Adeel Zafar

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Syed Adeel Zafar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Syed Adeel Zafar has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Syed Adeel Zafar's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (7 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (6 papers). Syed Adeel Zafar is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (7 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (6 papers). Syed Adeel Zafar collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Syed Adeel Zafar's co-authors include Xueyong Li, Jingjing Fang, Jinfeng Zhao, Mehmood Ali Noor, Ashwani Pareek, Muhammad Ramzan Khan, Sneh L. Singla‐Pareek, Shoujiang Yuan, Shahid Mansoor and Syed Shan‐e‐Ali Zaidi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Syed Adeel Zafar

28 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Thermal Stresses in Maize: Effects and Management Strategies

2021 129 citations Muhammad Ahmed Waqas, Xiukang Wang et al. Plants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Syed Adeel Zafar China	17	882	410	122	93	73	29	1.1k
Maria Wędzony Poland	18	823 0.9×	375 0.9×	82 0.7×	111 1.2×	56 0.8×	55	914
Arif Hasan Khan Robin Bangladesh	21	1.1k 1.3×	550 1.3×	55 0.5×	83 0.9×	54 0.7×	81	1.3k
Gang‐Seob Lee South Korea	15	789 0.9×	318 0.8×	155 1.3×	72 0.8×	40 0.5×	92	919
Jin‐Dong Fu China	20	1.1k 1.2×	618 1.5×	77 0.6×	81 0.9×	29 0.4×	31	1.2k
Gaofeng Zhou Australia	21	1.2k 1.4×	230 0.6×	270 2.2×	107 1.2×	103 1.4×	46	1.3k
Tsutomu Ishimaru Japan	18	1.1k 1.3×	225 0.5×	360 3.0×	141 1.5×	121 1.7×	42	1.3k
Hua Qin China	19	1.2k 1.4×	481 1.2×	92 0.8×	39 0.4×	20 0.3×	31	1.4k
Jinmi Yoon South Korea	18	1.5k 1.7×	899 2.2×	240 2.0×	66 0.7×	100 1.4×	37	1.8k
Zhongli Zhou China	28	1.6k 1.8×	726 1.8×	95 0.8×	47 0.5×	48 0.7×	80	1.8k
Gulzar S. Sanghera India	11	628 0.7×	285 0.7×	71 0.6×	32 0.3×	32 0.4×	46	716

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Uzair, Muhammad, S. B. Patil, Syed Adeel Zafar, et al.. (2022). Screening Direct Seeding-Related Traits by Using an Improved Mesocotyl Elongation Assay and Association between Seedling and Maturity Traits in Rice. Agronomy. 12(4). 975–975. 12 indexed citations

Zafar, Syed Adeel, Muhammad Uzair, Umer Rashid, et al.. (2022). Agronomic and Physiological Indices for Reproductive Stage Heat Stress Tolerance in Green Super Rice. Agronomy. 12(8). 1907–1907. 7 indexed citations

Naeem, Muhammad Kashif, Hussah I. M. AlGwaiz, Muhammad Uzair, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Green Super Rice Lines for Agronomic and Physiological Traits under Salinity Stress. Plants. 11(11). 1461–1461. 5 indexed citations

Uzair, Muhammad, Syed Adeel Zafar, S. B. Patil, et al.. (2021). Narrow Leaf21, encoding ribosomal protein RPS3A, controls leaf development in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 186(1). 497–518. 44 indexed citations

Khan, Muhammad Ramzan, et al.. (2021). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3I1gene is recruited in conferring multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Plant Biology. 24(1). 85–94. 11 indexed citations

Waqas, Muhammad Ahmed, Xiukang Wang, Syed Adeel Zafar, et al.. (2021). Thermal Stresses in Maize: Effects and Management Strategies. Plants. 10(2). 293–293. 129 indexed citations breakdown →

Patil, S. B., François Barbier, Jinfeng Zhao, et al.. (2021). Sucrose promotes D53 accumulation and tillering in rice. New Phytologist. 234(1). 122–136. 71 indexed citations

Fang, Jingjing, Tingting Guo, Zhiwei Xie, et al.. (2021). The URL1–ROC5–TPL2 transcriptional repressor complex represses the ACL1 gene to modulate leaf rolling in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(4). 1722–1744. 33 indexed citations

Zafar, Syed Adeel, Muhammad Uzair, Muhammad Ramzan Khan, et al.. (2021). DPS1 regulates cuticle development and leaf senescence in rice. Food and Energy Security. 10(1). 22 indexed citations

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Rehman, Nazia, et al.. (2021). CRISPR/Cas9 mediated disruption of Inositol Pentakisphosphate 2-Kinase 1 (TaIPK1) reduces phytic acid and improves iron and zinc accumulation in wheat grains. Journal of Advanced Research. 37. 33–41. 86 indexed citations

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Zafar, Syed Adeel, Amjad Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, et al.. (2020). Agronomic, physiological and molecular characterisation of rice mutants revealed the key role of reactive oxygen species and catalase in high-temperature stress tolerance. Functional Plant Biology. 47(5). 440–453. 57 indexed citations

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Zafar, Syed Adeel, S. B. Patil, Muhammad Uzair, et al.. (2019). DEGENERATED PANICLE AND PARTIAL STERILITY 1 (DPS1) encodes a cystathionine β‐synthase domain containing protein required for anther cuticle and panicle development in rice. New Phytologist. 225(1). 356–375. 80 indexed citations

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Patil, S. B., Syed Adeel Zafar, Muhammad Uzair, et al.. (2019). An Improved Mesocotyl Elongation Assay for the Rapid Identification and Characterization of Strigolactone-Related Rice Mutants. Agronomy. 9(4). 208–208. 4 indexed citations

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Zafar, Syed Adeel, Syed Shan‐e‐Ali Zaidi, Sneh L. Singla‐Pareek, et al.. (2019). Engineering abiotic stress tolerance via CRISPR/ Cas-mediated genome editing. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(2). 470–479. 169 indexed citations

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Ayoub, Muhammad, et al.. (2018). Experimental Study on Comparison of Strength Properties of Natural Waste Fiber (Coir and Jute) Reinforced Concrete. 7(2). 105–110. 4 indexed citations

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Wattoo, Fahad Masoud, Rashid Mehmood Rana, Sajid Fiaz, et al.. (2018). Identification of drought tolerant maize genotypes and seedling based morpho-physiological selection indices for crop improvement. Sains Malaysiana. 47(2). 295–302. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Minxia, Yanling Qin, Yan Chun, et al.. (2018). Characterization of a Novel Semi-dwarf GID1 Allele Identifies an Amino Acid Required for Its Interaction with SLR1 in Rice. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 37(3). 840–848. 4 indexed citations

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Hayat, Faisal, Syed Adeel Zafar, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, et al.. (2017). Surface Coating and Modified Atmosphere Packaging Enhances Storage Life and Quality of ‘Kaghzi lime’. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. 19(5). 1151–1160. 12 indexed citations

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Zafar, Syed Adeel, Muzammil Hussain, Mubashar Raza, et al.. (2016). Genome wide analysis of heat shock transcription factor (HSF) family in chickpea and its comparison with Arabidopsis. Plant Omics. 9(2). 136–141. 13 indexed citations

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Zafar, Syed Adeel, et al.. (2015). Assessment of salinity tolerance in rice using seedling based morpho-physiological indices. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23 indexed citations

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