our Scientific publications
Agriculture & Environment
Wakelin, S. A., Eslami, Y., Dake, K., Dignam, B. E. A., & O'Callaghan, M. (2016). Cost of root disease on white clover growth in New Zealand dairy pastures. Australian Plant Pathology, 45: 289-296. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13313-016-0411-x
Berenji, S., Mills, A., Moir, J. L., Pollock, K. M., Murray, W., Murray, E., & Moot, D. J. (2018). Dry matter yield of six perennial legume species in response to lime over 3 years at Glenmore Station, Mackenzie Basin. Journal of New Zealand Grasslands, 80, 81–90. https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2018.80.338
Rafat, A. and Hussain, M.A. (2014). Environmental ethics in animal farming: Agricultural probiotics. American Journal of Agricultural Science, 1(1): 1-6. http://www.aascit.org/journal/archive2?journalId=892&paperId=1241
Berenji, S., Moot, D., Moir, J., Ridgway, H., Rafat, A. (2017). Dry matter yield, root traits, and nodule occupancy of lucerne and Caucasian clover when grown in acidic soil with high aluminium concentrations. Plant and Soil. 416 (1–2): 227-241. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-017-3203-3
Rafat, A., Aziz, M.A., Rashid, A.A., and Abdullah, S.N.A, Kamaladini H., Sirchi, M.H.T., and Javadi, M.B. (2010). Optimization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation and shoot regeneration after co-cultivation of cabbage (Brassica oleracea subsp. capitata) cv. KY Cross with AtHSP101 gene. Scientia Horticulturae, 124 (1): 1-8. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423809004993
Berenji, S., Asghari, J., & Matin, A. A. (2008). Allelopathic potential of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties on seedling growth of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17429140802032855
ecology
Rafat, A., Ridgway, H.J., Cruickshank, R.H., and Buckley, H.L. (2015). Isolation and co-culturing of symbionts in the genus Usnea. Symbiosis, 66(3): 123-132. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13199-015-0343-1
Buckley, H.L., Rafat, A., Ridden, J.D., Cruickshank, R.H., Ridgway, H.J., and Paterson, A.M. (2014). Phylogenetic congruence of lichenised fungi and algae is affected by spatial scale and taxonomic diversity. PeerJ, https://peerj.com/articles/573/.
Dent, J.M., Curran, T.J., Rafat, A., and Buckley, H.L. (2013). Microhabitat variation in Usnea spp. biomass on mountain beech in Nina Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 51(4): 328-333. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0028825X.2013.825633.
Usnea ciliifera as a Potential Endemic Bioindicator of Climate Change in New Zealand. (2016). International Conference on Agriculture and Environment: Food, Water, Soil, Air, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
medicinal plants & antioxidants
Khorasani, A., Sani, W.B., Philip, K., Taha, R.M., and Rafat, A. (2010). Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Ethanolic Extracts of Asparagus officinalis cv. Mary Washington: Comparison of In vivo and In vitro grown plant bioactivities. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(49): 8460-8466.https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/view/130888
Nasab, M.F., Hadi, A.H.A., Najmuldeen, I.A., Awang, K., Sohrab, A.D., Ebrahimi, R.F., Rafat, A., and Khorasani, A. (2011). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of ferulic acid esters from Ochrosia oppositifolia. Malaysian Journal of Science, 30(2): 154-160. https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/7260
Rafat, A., Koshy, P., and Muniandy, S. (2011). Antioxidant properties of indigenous raw and fermented salad plants. International Journal of Food Properties, 14(3): 599-608. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10942910903312395
Rafat, A., Koshy, P., and Muniandy, S. (2012). A novel source of bioactive compounds: Endophytic bacteria isolated from Centella asiatica. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 6(1): 11-20. https://microbiologyjournal.org/a-novel-source-of-bioactive-compounds-endophytic-bacteria-isolated-from-centella-asiatica/
Imdadul, H., Sani, W.B., Philip, K., Rafat, A., and Shariff, A.B.M. (2011). Valuable antioxidant and antimicrobial source from Asiatic mangrove forests: Rhizophora mucronata. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 6(1): 10-14.https://worldresearchersassociations.com/Archives/RJBT/Vol(6)2011/february2011.aspx
Rafat, A., Koshy, P., and Muniandy, S. (2010). Antioxidant potential of Centella asiatica-associated endophytic bacteria. Journal of Biotechnology, 150:534. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168165610017773?via%3Dihub
Rafat, A., Koshy, P., and Muniandy, S. (2010). Antioxidant potential and phenolic Contents of selected parts of Andrographis paniculata. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 4(3): 197-202. https://academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR/article-full-text-pdf/FDDB47F15186