Draft:Mohammad Israil Ansari

• Comment: While you may well pass WP:NPROF you have not furnished this draft with sufficient references to verify the facts you state.
  The immense publications list needs to be cut substantially, leaving only the most significant, perhaps five. Wikidata is designed to hand the overblown list, which does the draft no favours
  You may wish to read WP:ACADEME to start to understand that Wikipedia is not the world you are used to
  Researchgate is deprecated as a source for anything 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:23, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

---

Mohammad Israil Ansari
File:Mohammad Israil Ansari.jpg
Born	June 7, 1969 Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Known for	Characterization of GABA gene in relation to rice leaf senescence and development of GABA-functionalized nanoparticles.
Awards	Academia Sinica Fellow by the Government of Taiwan
Scientific career
Fields	Plant nanotechnology, stress physiology, molecular biology
Institutions	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology National Taiwan University Amity University University of Lucknow
Website	https://udrc.lkouniv.ac.in/department/ViewProfile?EId=45

Mohammad Israil Ansari (born 7 June 1969) is a Biologist and Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Lucknow., Lucknow, India. He is known for his research contribution in the field of plant nanotechnology and molecular biology of leaf senescence. He has been recognized as an Academia Sinica Fellow by the Government of Taiwan and is also a Fellow of the Indian Botanical Society

Biography

Ansari was born in 1969 in Mallawan, a town in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He conducted his doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, earning a PhD from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India. He has been associated with the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and the Graduate Institute of Plant Biology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan from 2000 to 2007. Prior to his current appointment as Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Lucknow, Lucknow, he served as Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, India from 2007 to 2016. He is an editorial board member of several international journals as well as an active member of various academic and research committees. He has research collaboration with several international groups and has delivered numerous keynote and invited lectures at national and international levels.

Professional Profile

Ansari’s research focuses on characterizing the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) gene in relation to rice leaf senescence and developing bioengineered GABA-functionalized nanoparticles to enhance the nutritional composition and physiological resilience of leafy vegetable crops, thereby extending their shelf life. His work utilizes the stress-alleviating properties of GABA to improve nutrient uptake, stimulate plant growth, and strengthen tolerance to various abiotic stresses. By integrating nanotechnology with plant metabolic pathways, his studies aim to optimize crop development, nutrient density, and overall plant health under challenging environmental conditions. He has over 33 years of research experience and 22 years of teaching experience, with more than 120 publications listed on ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles. His high citation index and h-index reflect the quality and impact of his research. Additionally, he has authored and edited several books published by Springer Nature and Elsevier, and has completed multiple research projects funded by the Government of India.

Academic Honors and Fellowships

Ansari was awarded the National Science Council Fellowship in Taiwan in 2000 for a period of two years. In 2002, he received the Academia Sinica Fellowship, which he held for four years. Immediately following this, he was again granted the National Science Council Fellowship in 2004, this time for a period of three years. He has also received fellowships from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, in 1997, and from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, in 1993. In 2022, he was elected as a Fellow of the Indian Botanical Society. He is also a recipient of the Excellence Award from the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists in 2023 for his significant contributions in organizing the National Conference on Current Trends in Biological Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health under Climate Change, and the XV Convention of the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists at the University of Lucknow, India.

Selected Bibliography

Books

• Al-Khayri, J. M., Ansari, M. I., & Singh, A. K. (Eds.). (2021). Nanobiotechnology: mitigation of abiotic stress in plants. Springer Nature.
• Ansari, S. A., Ansari, M. I., & Husen, A. (Eds.). (2022). Augmenting crop productivity in stress environment. Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN 978-981-16-6361-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6361-1
• Sachdev, S., Ansari, S. A., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Reactive oxygen species (ROS): An introduction. In Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants: The Right Balance (pp. 1-22). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN 978-981-19-9884-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9884-3_1

Chapters

• Gupta, K., Saxena, G., Ansari, M. I., Srivastava, R. P., & Kumar, A. (2022). Toxic potential of arsenic and its remediation through microbe-assisted phytoremediation. In Advances in microbe-assisted phytoremediation of polluted sites (pp. 347-360). Elsevier. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-823443-3.00019-3.
• Iqbal, M. S., Iqbal, Z., Ansari, M. I., Yadav, G. K., Singh, S. P., Pandey, B., ... & Singh, A. K. (2020). Contributions of Fingerprinting Food in the Detection of Food Adulterants. In Biotechnological Approaches in Food Adulterants (pp. 180-203). CRC Press. DOI:10.1201/9780429354557-8.
• Iqbal, M. S., Iqbal, Z., Ansari, M. I., Singh, S. P., Pandey, B., Srivastava, J. K., & Singh, A. K. (2020). Impacts of soil pollution on human health with special reference to human physiognomy and physiology. Plant Responses to Soil Pollution, 163-177. DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-4964-9_10. ISBN 978-981-15-4964-9
• Jalil, S. U., & Ansari, M. I. (2020). Stress implications and crop productivity. Plant ecophysiology and adaptation under climate change: mechanisms and perspectives I: general consequences and plant responses, (pp. 73-86). Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-2156-0_3. ISBN 978-981-15-2156-0
• Jalil, S. U., & Ansari, M. I. (2020). Isoprenoids in plant protection against abiotic stress. Protective chemical agents in the amelioration of plant abiotic stress: biochemical and molecular perspectives, (pp. 424-436). Wiley. DOI:10.1002/9781119552154.ch21.
• Misra, V., Mall, A. K., Khan, M. I. R., & Ansari, M. I. (2021). Phytohormone transporters during abiotic stress response. In Transporters and Plant Osmotic Stress (pp. 235-260). Academic Press. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-817958-1.00016-5.
• Misra, V., Solomon, S., Mall, A. K., Abid, M., Abid Ali Khan, M. M., & Ansari, M. I. (2022). Drought stress and sustainable sugarcane production. In Microbial biotechnology for sustainable agriculture volume 1 (pp. 353-368). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-4843-4_11. ISBN 978-981-16-4843-4
• Naaz, S., Raheem, A., Amir, M., Yadav, P., Husain, R., Singh, V. K., & Ansari, M. I. (2024). Paramylon marvels: enhancing plant productivity and resilience. In Biostimulants in Plant Protection and Performance (pp. 73-87). Elsevier. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-443-15884-1.00001-4.
• Naaz, S., Sachdev, S., Husain, R., Pandey, V., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Nanomaterials and nanocomposites: significant uses in plant performance, production, and toxicity response. In Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites Exposures to Plants: Response, Interaction, Phytotoxicity and Defense Mechanisms (pp. 1-18). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI:10.1007/978-981-99-2419-6_1. ISBN 978-981-99-2419-6
• Pal, P., Ansari, S. A., Jalil, S. U., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Regulatory role of phytohormones in plant growth and development. In Plant hormones in crop improvement (pp. 1-13). Academic Press. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-91886-2.00016-1.
• Pal, P., Kumar, A., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Role of nitric oxide in regulation of biotic and abiotic stresses tolerance in plants. In Nitric Oxide in Developing Plant Stress Resilience (pp. 135-155). Academic Press. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-91209-9.00008-7
• Pal, P., Rani, H., Ansari, S. A., Sachdev, S., Raheem, A., Amir, M., & Ansari, M. I. (2024). Soil Microbes as a Tool for Industry and Research. Industrial Applications of Soil Microbes: Volume 4, 4, 112. DOI:10.2174/9789815124996124040010.

Articles

• Amir, M., Raheem, A., Yadav, P., Kumar, V., Tewari, R. K., Jalil, S. U., ... & Ansari, M. I. (2024). Phytofabricated gold nanoparticles as modulators of salt stress responses in spinach: implications for redox homeostasis, biochemical and physiological adaptation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1408642. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1408642.
• Amir, M., Raheem, A., Kumar, A., Jalil, S. U., Shadab, M., Ansari, N. G., & Ansari, M. I. (2024). Role of phytofabricated gold nanoparticles for enhancing sustainable Spinacia oleracea L. production. South African Journal of Botany, 166, 386-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.01.028.
• Ansari, M. I., & Chen, S. C. G. (2011). Leaf senescence-an overview. International journal of recent trends in science and technology, 1(3), 110-114.
• Ansari, M. I., & Chen ShuChen [Chen, S. (2009). Biochemical characterization of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA): pyruvate transaminase during rice leaf senescence.
• Ansari, M. I., Hasan, S., & Jalil, S. U. (2014). Leaf senescence and GABA shunt. Bioinformation, 10(12), 734. DOI:10.6026/97320630010734.
• Ansari, M. I., Jalil, S. U., Ansari, S. A., & Hasanuzzaman, M. (2021). GABA shunt: a key-player in mitigation of ROS during stress. Plant Growth Regulation, 94, 131-149.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-021-00710-y.
• Ansari, M. I., Lee, R. H., & Chen, S. C. G. (2005). A novel senescence‐associated gene encoding γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA): pyruvate transaminase is upregulated during rice leaf senescence. Physiologia Plantarum, 123(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2004.00430.x.
• Ansari, M. I., & Lin, T. P. (2010). Molecular analysis of dehydration in plants. Int Res J Plant Sci, 1(2), 21-25.
• Ansari, M. I. (2018). Plant microbiome and its functional mechanism in response to environmental stress. International Journal of Green Pharmacy (IJGP), 12(01).
• Ansari, M. I. (2017). Functional complementation of pop2-3 T-DNA insertion mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana by overexpression of gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase gene to reveals its role in complex pattern of leaf senescence. International Journal of Green Pharmacy (IJGP), 11(03).
• Iqbal, M. S., Iqbal, Z., Hashem, A., Al-Arjani, A. B. F., Abd-Allah, E. F., Jafri, A., ... & Ansari, M. I. (2021). Nigella sativa callus treated with sodium azide exhibit augmented antioxidant activity and DNA damage inhibition. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 13954. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93370-x
• Iqbal, M. S., Iqbal, Z., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Enhancement of total antioxidants and flavonoid (quercetin) by methyl jasmonate elicitation in tissue cultures of onion (Allium cepa L.). Acta Agrobotanica, 72(3). https://doi.org/10.5586/aa.1784
• Iqbal, Z., Iqbal, M. S., Ahmad, A., Memon, A. G., & Ansari, M. I. (2020). New prospects on the horizon: genome editing to engineer plants for desirable traits. Current Plant Biology, 24, 100171.
• Iqbal, Z., Iqbal, M. S., Hashem, A., Abd_Allah, E. F., & Ansari, M. I. (2021). Plant defense responses to biotic stress and its interplay with fluctuating dark/light conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 631810. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.631810
• Iqbal, Z., Iqbal, M. S., Khan, M. I. R., & Ansari, M. I. (2021). Toward integrated multi-omics intervention: rice trait improvement and stress management. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 741419. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.741419
• Iqbal, M. S., Jafri, A., Arshad, M., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Stress response due to sodium azide treatment inside Nigella sativa L. plant and its effect on antioxidative property. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 19, 101171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101171
• Jalil, S. U., Ahmad, I., & Ansari, M. I. (2017). Functional loss of GABA transaminase (GABA-T) expressed early leaf senescence under various stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Plant Biology, 9, 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2017.02.001.
• Jalil, S. U., Khan, M. I. R., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Role of GABA transaminase in the regulation of development and senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Plant Biology, 19, 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2019.100119.
• Jalil, S. U., Zahera, M., Khan, M. S., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Biochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles from leaf protein of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. xanthi and their physiological, developmental, and ROS scavenging responses on tobacco plant under stress conditions. IET nanobiotechnology, 13(1), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-nbt.2018.5148
• Khan, M. I. R., Jalil, S. U., Chopra, P., Chhillar, H., Ferrante, A., Khan, N. A., & Ansari, M. I. (2021). Role of GABA in plant growth, development and senescence. Plant Gene, 26, 100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2021.100283.
• Kumar, A., Singh, P. K., Srivastava, S., Dwivedi, S., Tripathi, R. D., Awasthi, G., ... & Ansari, M. I. (2020). A Comparative Study on Effect of Arsenic on Thiolic Ligands and Phytochelatins in Contrasting Arsenic Accumulating Rice Genotypes. International Journal of Plant and Environment, 6(02), 110-117.
• Misra, V., Mall, A. K., Ansari, S. A., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Sugar transporters, sugar-metabolizing enzymes, and their interaction with phytohormones in sugarcane. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 42(8), 4975-4988. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00344-022-10778-z
• Misra, V., Mall, A. K., Solomon, S., & Ansari, M. I. (2022). Post-harvest biology and recent advances of storage technologies in sugarcane. Biotechnology Reports, 33, e00705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2022.e00705
• Misra, V., Mall, A. K., Ansari, S. A., Raheem, A., Tripathi, M. K., & Ansari, M. I. (2023). Silicon as a beneficial nutrient for productivity augmentation and abiotic/biotic stress tolerance in sugarcane. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 54, 102944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102944
• Misra, V., Mall, A. K., Shrivastava, A. K., Solomon, S., Shukla, S. P., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Assessment of Leuconostoc spp. invasion in standing sugarcane with cracks internode. Journal of Environmental Biology, 40(3), 316-321. DOI:10.22438/jeb/40/3/MRN-650
• Misra, V., Shrivastava, A. K., Mall, A. K., Solomon, S., Singh, A. K., & Ansari, M. I. (2019). Can sugarcane cope with increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration?. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 13(5), 780-784.
• Misra, V., Solomon, S., Mall, A. K., Prajapati, C. P., Hashem, A., Abd_Allah, E. F., & Ansari, M. I. (2020). Morphological assessment of water stressed sugarcane: A comparison of waterlogged and drought affected crop. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 27(5), 1228-1236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.02.007.
• Misra, V., Solomon, S., Mall, A. K., Prajapati, C. P., & Ansari, M. I. (2020). Impact of chemical treatments on Leuconostoc bacteria from harvested stored cane/stale cane. Biotechnology Reports, 27, e00501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00501
• Misra, V., Solomon, S., Shrivastava, A. K., Shukla, S. P., & Ansari, M. I. (2016). Post-harvest sugarcane deterioration: Leuconostoc and its effect. DOI: 10.5958/2231-1750.2016.00001.9
• Misra, V., Solomon, S., & Ansari, M. I. (2016). Impact of drought on post-harvest quality of sugarcane crop. Adv Life Sci, 20(5), 9496-9505.
• Rani, H., Singh, S. P., Yadav, T. P., Khan, M. S., Ansari, M. I., & Singh, A. K. (2020). In-vitro catalytic, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of bioengineered copper quantum dots using Mangifera indica (L.) leaf extract. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 239, 122052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122052.
• Rani, H., Singh, V. K., Asif, S., & Ansari, M. I. (2018). Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization from Leaf Extract of Psoralea corylifolia (Babchi). Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 34(5), 2673.

See also

• https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/464025/bio
• https://indianbotsoc.org/assets/upload/gallery/IBS-2022-Invite_program__1___1_.pdf
• https://actascientific.com/as-editorial_popup-asmi.php?aseb_id=313
• https://livedna.net/?dna=91.2871
• https://sciprofiles.com/profile/291517