Assistant Professor


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Mohmad Arief Zargar is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany University of Kashmir Srinagar. He has been teaching various PG Courses in Botany such as Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Postharvest Technology of cut flowers Crop Physiology, Biostatistics, Commercial Floriculture, and Fruits of Kashmir for the last 11 years. His area of research is Postharvest Physiology and Phytochemical Analysis of Medicinal Plants.

He obtained M. Sc. degree from the University of Kashmir and qualified reputed national level examination CSIR-UGC NET in 2001. He started his research career in the same University to obtain M. Phil. degree on the topic "Physiology of Senescence and Regulation of Vase Life in Some Ornamental Flowers of Kashmir". He worked for his Ph D on the topic, “Phytochemical Analysis and Development of Conservation Strategies for Epimedium elatum”.
He has published many research papers in the reputed journals, authored 1 book and attended many national and international conferences. He has been awarded an international award, “2016 Kader Awards in Postharvest Training” by the Board of Directors of The Postharvest Education Foundation, USA. He is a reviewer of many reputed scientific journals.