Muneer Ahmad Sofi

Monitoring Studies of Arthropod Complex Fauna Associated with Rapeseed- Mustard Crop Grown in Kashmir Himalayas

Muneer Ahmad Sofi, Bashir Rather, Mushtaq Dar, Shafeeq hakeem, Faisul Rasool, Latief Ahmad, Aamir Hussain & Bismat Un Nisa · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2023

Kashmir has quietly undergone a yellow revolution as thousands of hectares of land have been brought under mustard cultivation to double the farmers' income. Earlier, most of the land in Kashmir was used only for growing a single crop -- paddy in most areas but now farmers are ro...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193579

Phytoremedation: An Effective Way to Treat Heavy Metal Contamination- A Review

Faisul Ur Rasool, Latief Ahmad, Amir Hassan, Shahida Iqbal & Muneer Ahmad Sofi · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2023

Over the years there has been a drastic increase in heavy metal contamination in the soil due to a number of natural and industrial processes. As these heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature, they remain in the environment for long periods of time and may infiltrate into th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2023/v42i474320

Saffron Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini (Claparede) Its Occurrence, Biology and Chemical Intervention Tactics on Saffron Corms in Kashmir, India

Asma Sherwani, Malik Mukhtar, Saima Maqsood, Tahmina Mushtaq, Muneer Ahmad Sofi & Parveena Bano · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2023

Saffron corms are attacked by a wide variety of arthropod pest species and mites are one of them. Among Arachnida class bulb mite causes considerable damage to saffron crop and presence of this pest is a regular feature in its cultivation. To record the occurrence of saffron bulb...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193704