Faculty
Dr. Muhammad Asif Aziz
Associate Professor

(HEC Approved Supervisor)


Ph.D (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Department of Entomology
Phone : +92-51-9062288  
Cell : +92-322-6862246  
Fax : +92-51-9290160
Email : [email protected]; [email protected]
Address : Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
Work Experience : 14 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • IPM
  • Life table studies
  • Modern Beekeeping
  • Varroa mite Management and Royal Jelly Production
  • Entomological Entrepreneurship
  • Total Publications : 47
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Javed Iqbal, Shah Alam, M. Asif Aziz, Imran Bodlah, Gulzha Irshad, Ali Zeshan. 2025. Microsporidian Nosema spp. and honey bee colonies: Insight into incidence, molecular characterization and environemental correlatons. JAS 35(6). (Impact Factor= 0.5).

    2. Sheikh, U.A.A., Ahmad, M., Aziz, M.A., Imran, M., Rahim, J., Roulston, T.A., Guo, S. and Sun, C., 2024. Rearing of native bumblebee species Bombus haemorrhoidalis for greenhouse pollination in Pakistan. Agriculture. 14(4): 590. (Impact Factor= 3.6)

    3. Khan, K., Malik, K., Ahmad, M., Qureshi, R., Aziz, M.A., Gul, S., Al-Qahtani, W.H. and Khan, R., 2024. Diversity of melliferous flora (apiaries) in honey and microscopic authentication using LM and SEM Techniques. Flora. 312: 152477. (Impact Factor= 1.9)

    4. Khaliq, S., Aziz, M. A., & Ata-ul-Mohsin, I. A. H. (2024). Performance and parasitism rate of Diadegma insulare (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a larval parasitoid of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) on brassica genotypes: a life table analysis. Asian J Agric Biol. 1(1): 2023175. DOI: 10.35495/ajab.2023.175. (Impact factor=2.2)

    5. Iftikhar, A., Hafeez, F., Aziz, M.A., Hashim, M., Naeem, A., Yousaf, H.K., Saleem, M.J., Hussain, S., Hafeez, M., Ali, Q. and Rehman, M. (2022). Assessment of sublethal and transgenerational effects of spirotetramat, on population growth of cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae L. (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Frontiers in Physiology, 13, 1014190. (Impact factor=4.06)

    6. Nasir, A., Ullah, M. O., Yousaf, M. H., and Aziz, M. A. 2021. Acquisition of 3-D trajectories with labeling support for multi-species insects under unconstrained flying conditions. Ecological Informatics, 64, 101381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101381 (Impact Factor =4.498)

    7. Begum, H. A., Iqbal, J., and Aziz, A. 2021. Characterization of pollen profile of Apis mellifera L. in arid region of Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(5), 2964-2974. (Impact Factor=4.052)

    8. Asghar, M., Hassan, T. U., Arshad, M., Aziz, A., Latif, M. T., and Sabir, A. M. 2021. Effect of plant spacing on incidence of rice planthoppers in transplanted rice crop. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 41(1), 575-585. (Impact factor= 0.82)

    9. Jamal, M., Aziz, M. A., Naeem, M., Iqbal, Z., Khalid, A., Siddique, F., Khalid Ali Khan, K. A., Ghramh, H. A., 2020. Detection of flumethrin acaricide residues from honey and beeswax using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique. Journal of King Saud University. 32(3): 2229-2235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2020.02.035. (Impact Factor=4.011)

    10. Iftikhar, A., Hafeez, F., Hafeez, M., Farooq, M., Aziz, M.A., Sohaib, M., Naeem, A. and Lu, Y., 2020. Sublethal effects of a juvenile hormone analog, Pyriproxyfen on demographic parameters of non-target predator, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Ecotoxicology 29(7): 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02159-7 (Impact Factor=2.706).