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Agricultural & Food R&D Consultant | Postharvest, Tissue Culture & Functional Foods | Date Palm Expert | 70+ Publication
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Data Processing
Product Development
Stability/Shelf Life Testing
Work Experience
Researcher
Shah Abdul Latif University
August 2007 - Present 
Postdoc Fellow
University of Zagreb
December 2014 - July 2017
Education
PhD in Biotech
Dept. of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
December 2014 - May 2017
MPhil (Botany)
Shah Abdul Latif University
August 2010 - December 2013
Certifications
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International Training Workshop on Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Cold Chain Technology
Jinan Fruit Research Institute all-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, Jinan, Chi
November 2022 - December 2022
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International Course on Postharvest and Fresh-cut Technologies
postharvest & Refrigeration Group, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Murcia, Spain.
April 2021 - November 2021
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Plant Genetic Resources & Genebank Management System (PGR & GMS)
National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan
December 2017 - December 2017
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Consultation on Dates Production and Processing for Export
Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC) in collaboration of Date Palm Research In
September 2013 - September 2013
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Training on Innovative Date Fruit Drying Techniques Using Solar Energy
Date Palm Research Institute (SALU), USAID’s Agribusiness Project (UAP)
October 2012 - October 2012
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Training Course on Biochemical and Molecular Techniques in Plant Breeding
Marker Assisted Breeding Group, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pun
September 2011 - September 2011
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training course on commercial plant tissue culture and biotechnology
Institute of Agri-Biotechnology & Genetic Resources, National Agriculture Research Center, Islamabad
March 2010 - March 2010
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Mengru Ning, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi, Nazish Muzaffar, Hazrat Usman (2025). A gastronomic exploration of protein digestibility, antioxidant activity, and bioavailability of selenium-enriched germinated brown rice under various cooking methods . Journal of Agriculture and Food Research.
Najamuddin Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Abdul Aziz Mirani, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand (2024). Date Palm Cultivation, Consumption and Export: Current Status and Future Challenges - A Review . Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Mengru Ning, Kalim Ullah, Asif Wali, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi, Nazish Muzaffar (2024). Enhanced antioxidant activity of selenium-enriched brown rice protein against oxidative stress in mammalian erythrocytes under various cooking conditions . Journal of Agriculture and Food Research.
Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi (2024). Value Addition: Strategies for Pakistani Date Fruits.
Najamuddin Solangi, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Nizamuddin Tunio, Abdul Aziz Mirani, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand (2024). Fruit Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Three Saudi Arabian Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars Grown in District Khairpur, Pakistan . Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences.
Najamuddin Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand, Muhammad Aslam Solangi, Abdul Aziz Mirani (2023). Developing Micropropagation Protocols of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Barhi Using Shoot Tip Explants . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences.
Najamuddin Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Abdul Aziz Mirani, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand (2023). Micropropagation of elite date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars Samany and Bertamoda through immature inflorescence explants . Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences.
Mislav Kaučić, Marko Vuković, Luka Gašpar, Goran Fruk, Rajko Vidrih, Marijan Nečemer, Mladen Fruk, Mushtaque A. Jatoi, Daqi Fu, Matej Bernard Kobav, et al. (2023). The Effect of Canopy Position on the Fruit Quality Parameters and Contents of Bioactive Compounds and Minerals in ‘Braeburn’ Apples . Agronomy.
Mislav Kaučić, Marko Vuković, Luka Gašpar, Goran Fruk, Rajko Vidrih, Marijan Nečemer, Mladen Fruk, Mushtaque A. Jatoi, Daqi Fu, Matej Bernard Kobav, et al. (2023). The Effect of Canopy Position on the Fruit Quality Parameters and Contents of Bioactive Compounds and Minerals in ‘Braeburn’ Apples . Agronomy.
Najamuddin Solangi, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Abdul Aziz Mirani, Waheed Ali Mirbahar, Muhammad Aslam Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand (2023). Influence of Basal Salts, Sucrose and Plant Growth Regulator Levels on Nucellar Embryogenesis and Plantlet Regeneration in Monoembryonic Mango Varieties . Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Deng-Zhong Wei, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Qingyun Li, Frederick Sarpong (2023). Drying kinetics and quality dynamics of ultrasound-assisted dried selenium-enriched germinated black rice . Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Simeng Hen, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Frederick Sarpong (2023). Nutritional composition and volatile compounds stability in dry‐heat and extruded stabilised rice bran during storage . International Journal of Food Science & Technology.
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi (2023). Structural characterization, physicochemical and rheological characteristics of flaxseed gum in comparison with gum Arabic and xanthan gum . Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Simeng Han, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi, Frederick Sarpong (2023). Optimization of Extrusion Treatments, Quality Assessments, and Kinetics Degradation of Enzyme Activities during Storage of Rice Bran . Foods.
Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi (2023). In vitro regeneration potential of different offshoot-derived explants of date palm (cv. Begum Jangi and Halini). The Blessed Tree Magazine.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Simeng Han, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi, Frederick Sarpong (2023). Optimization of Extrusion Treatments, Quality Assessments, and Kinetics Degradation of Enzyme Activities during Storage of Rice Bran . Foods.
Maqsood Ahmed Lakho, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Najamuddin Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Muneer Ahmed Qazi, Gholamreza Abdi (2023). Optimizing in vitro nutrient and ex vitro soil mediums-driven responses for multiplication, rooting, and acclimatization of pineapple . Scientific Reports.
Najamuddin Solangi, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Abdul Aziz Mirani, Muhammad Aslam Solangi, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand (2023). Factors Influencing Somatic Embryogenesis and Plantlet Regeneration of Date Palm using Immature Floral Buds . Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Simeng Han, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi (2022). The Effects of Thermal Treatment on Lipid Oxidation, Protein Changes, and Storage Stabilization of Rice Bran . Foods.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Simeng Han, Mushtaq Ahmed Jatoi (2022). The Effects of Thermal Treatment on Lipid Oxidation, Protein Changes, and Storage Stabilization of Rice Bran . Foods.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Bushra Safdar, Dingyang Lv, Qingyun Li (2022). Energy efficient drying technologies for sweet potatoes: Operating and drying mechanism, quality-related attributes . Frontiers in Nutrition.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Kunlun Liu, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Bushra Safdar, Dingyang Lv, Dengzhong Wei (2022). Developing ultrasound-assisted hot-air and infrared drying technology for sweet potatoes . Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Mushtaque Ahmad Jatoi, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid(2022). Rheological and tribological nature of flaxseed gum influenced by concentration and temperature and its application as a coating agent for potato chips . Journal of Food Science. Wiley
Ghulam Hussain Jatoi, Manzoor A. Abro, Syed M. Ahmed, Laith K. T. Al-Ani, Umed Ali, Mushtaque A. Jatoi, Isabel M. G. Figari, Jahansher Qambrani, Irfan Ahmed, Abdul S. Soomro, et al. (2022). Preliminary Selection and Evaluation of Fungicides and Natural Compounds to Control Grey Mold Disease of Rose Caused by Botrytis cinerea . International Journal of Phytopathology.
Najamuddin Solangi, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Muhammad Aslam Solangi, Tahira Jatt, Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar, Abdul Aziz Mirani (2022). Optimizing Tissue Culture Protocol for In Vitro Shoot and Root Development and Acclimatization of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Plantlets . Erwerbs-Obstbau.
Abdul Aziz Mirani, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Lal Bux, Chee How Teo, Arinaitwe Ivan Kabiita, Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand, Tahira Jatt, Najamuddin Solangi, Sabra Abro, et al. (2022). Genetic stability analysis of tissue culture derived date palm cv. Dedhi plants using IRAP markers . Acta Ecologica Sinica.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Bushra Safdar, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Najamuddin Solangi, Asif Wali, Nawazish Ali, Kunlun Liu(2021). Structure, rheology, and tribology of date fruit paste procured from different date palm cultivars . Journal of Food Process Engineering. Wiley
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Bushra Safdar, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Najamuddin Solangi, Asif Wali, Nawazish Ali, Kunlun Liu (2021). Structure, rheology, and tribology of date fruit paste procured from different date palm cultivars . Journal of Food Process Engineering.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Frederick Sarpong, Malik Muhammad Hashim, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Bushra Safdar, Mohammad Safdar Baloch (2021). Quality Changes in Diet Phalsa Squash Formulation during Storage: A Kinetic and Statistical Interpretation of Key Parameters Degradation Mechanism . International Journal of Fruit Science.
Ali Z, Jatoi MA, Al-Wraikat M, Ahmed N, Li J(2020). Time to Enhance Immunity via Functional Foods and Supplements: Hope for SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak . Alternative therapies in health and medicine.
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Bushra Safdar, Asif Wali, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Frederick Sarpong, Haile Ma (2020). Modeling the drying of ultrasound and glucose pretreated sweet potatoes: The impact on phytochemical and functional groups . Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
Bushra Safdar, Pang Zhihua, Liu Xinqi, Mushtaque Ahmad Jatoi, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid (2020). Influence of different extraction techniques on recovery, purity, antioxidant activities, and microstructure of flaxseed gum . Journal of Food Science.
Atia Younas, Summar A. Naqvi, Moazzam Rafiq Khan, Muhammad Asim Shabbir, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Farooq Anwar, Muhammad Inam‐Ur‐Raheem, Nazamid Saari, Rana Muhammad Aadil(2020). Functional food and nutra‐pharmaceutical perspectives of date ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit . Journal of Food Biochemistry. Wiley
Najamuddin Solangi, Adel Ahmed Abul-Soad, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Tahira Jatt, Abdul Aziz Mirani (2020). Comparison among different auxins and cytokinins to induce date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) somatic embryogenesis from floral buds . Pakistan Journal of Botany.
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid(2020). Optimising deproteinisation methods and effect of deproteinisation on structural and functional characteristics of flaxseed gum . International Journal of Food Science & Technology. Wiley
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Muhammad T. Rashid, Mushtaque A. Jatoi (2020). Structural and functional properties of raw and defatted flaxseed flour and degradation of cynogenic contents using different processing methods . Journal of Food Process Engineering.
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Mushtaque Ahmad Jatoi, Arshad Mehmood, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Nawazish Ali, Muhammad Naveed (2020). Flaxseed gum: Extraction, bioactive composition, structural characterization, and its potential antioxidant activity . Journal of Food Biochemistry.
Marko Vuković, Josip Buhin, Mia Brkljača, Mushtaque Jatoi, Tomislav Jemrić (2020). Postharvest quality of 'Granny Smith' apple grown under photo-selective red net . Journal of Central European Agriculture.
Lal Bux Bhanbhro (2019). Agronomic performance of some alien bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) lines under agro-ecological conditions of Sakrand, Pakistan . Pure and Applied Biology.
Tahira Jatt, Moon-Sub Lee, A. Lane Rayburn, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Abdul Aziz Mirani (2019). Determination of genome size variations among different date palm cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by flow cytometry . 3 Biotech.
Bushra Safdar, Zhihua Pang, Xinqi Liu, Mushtaque Ahmad Jatoi, Arshad Mehmood, Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Nwazish Ali, Muhammad Naveed(2019). Flaxseed gum: Extraction, bioactive composition, structural characterization, and its potential antioxidant activity . Journal of Food Biochemistry. Wiley
Muhammad Tayyab Rashid, Haile Ma, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Asif Wali, Hany S. El‐Mesery, Zeshan Ali, Fredrick Sarpong(2019). Effect of infrared drying with multifrequency ultrasound pretreatments on the stability of phytochemical properties, antioxidant potential, and textural quality of dried sweet potatoes . Journal of Food Biochemistry. p. e12809. Wiley
Rashid, M.T., Ma, H., Jatoi, M.A., Wali, A., El-Mesery, H.S., Ali, Z., Sarpong, F.(2019). Effect of infrared drying with multifrequency ultrasound pretreatments on the stability of phytochemical properties, antioxidant potential, and textural quality of dried sweet potatoes . Journal of Food Biochemistry. 43. (4).
Rashid, M.T., Ma, H., Jatoi, M.A., Hashim, M.M., Wali, A., Safdar, B.(2019). Influence of Ultrasonic Pretreatment with Hot Air Drying on Nutritional Quality and Structural Related Changes in Dried Sweet Potatoes . International Journal of Food Engineering.
Tahira Jatt, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand, Lane Rayburn, Ray Ming, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar (2019). Karyotype Variations among Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars of Sindh, Pakistan . Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.
Rashid, M.T., Ma, H., Jatoi, M.A., Safdar, B., El-Mesery, H.S., Sarpong, F., Ali, Z., Wali, A.(2019). Multi-frequency ultrasound and sequential infrared drying on drying kinetics, thermodynamic properties, and quality assessment of sweet potatoes . Journal of Food Process Engineering. 42. (5).
Rashid, M.T., Ma, H., Safdar, B., Jatoi, M.A., Wali, A., Sarpong, F., Zhou, C.(2019). Synergy of ultrasound and osmotic dehydration in improving drying kinetics and quality of dried sweet potato (Ipomea batatas L.) . Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality. 70. (3). p. 72-81.
Safdar, B., Pang, Z., Liu, X., Jatoi, M.A., Mehmood, A., Rashid, M.T., Ali, N., Naveed, M.(2019). Flaxseed gum: Extraction, bioactive composition, structural characterization, and its potential antioxidant activity . Journal of Food Biochemistry.
Drvodelić, D., Oršanić, M., Vuković, M., Jatoi, M.A., Jemrić, T.(2018). Correlation of fruit size with morphophysiological properties and germination rate of the seeds of service tree (Sorbus domestica L.) . South-East European Forestry. 9. (1). p. 47-54.
Jatoi, M.A., Fruk, M., Buhin, J., Vinceković, M., Vuković, M., Jemrić, T.(2018). Effect of Different Storage Temperatures on Storage Life, Physico-chemical and Sensory Attributes of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum L.) Fruits,Einfluss verschiedener Lagertemperaturen auf Lagerfähigkeit sowie physikalisch-chemische und sensorische Eigenschaften von Früchten der Goji-Beere (Lycium barbarum L.) . Erwerbs-Obstbau. 60. (2). p. 119-126.
Fruk, M., Jatoi, M.A., Fruk, G., Vuković, M., Buhin, J., Jemrić, T.(2018). Effect of timing and rates of NAA chemical thinner on fruit quality of apple cv. ‘Granny Smith’ . Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 83. (3). p. 219-222.
Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Tomislav Jemrić, Stjepan Sito (2017). Mehanizacija u uzgoju i posliježetvenim postupcima u proizvodnji bobičastog i jagodičastog voća . Glasnik zaštite bilja.
Jatoi, M.A., Jurić, S., Vidrih, R., Vinceković, M., Vuković, M., Jemrić, T.(2017). The effects of postharvest application of lecithin to improve storage potential and quality of fresh goji (Lycium barbarum L.) berries . Food Chemistry. 230. p. 241-249.
Fruk, M., Vukovic, M., Jatoi, M.A., Fruk, G., Buhin, J., Jemric, T.(2017). Timing and rates of NAA as blossom and fruitlet chemical thinner of apple cv. braeburn . Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 29. (2). p. 156-162.
Goran Fruk, Mladen Fruk, Marko Vuković, Josip Buhin, Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Tomislav Jemrić (2016). Colouration of Apple cv. ‘Braeburn’ Grown Under Anti-Hail Nets in Croatia . Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae.
Vuković, M., Pilipović, P., Buhin, J., Fruk, M., Jatoi, M.A., Jemrić, T.(2016). A comparative study of some local genotypes with commercial cultivar of black elder (Sambucus nigra L.) regarding vegetative and reproductive traits . Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 81. (3). p. 149-153.
Jemrić, T., Buhin, J., Fruk, M., Gašpar, L., Mrčela, A., Važić, T., Jatoi, M.A., Vuković, M.(2016). Analysis of acoustic impulse method for determining firmness and other quality parameters of ‘Gloster’ apple . Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 81. (3). p. 167-171.
Mikulić, J., Vuković, M., Buhin, J., Fruk, M., Jatoi, M.A., Jemrić, T.(2016). The heating and cooling of ‘Idared’ apple with respect to the duration of the hot water dip heat treatment . Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 81. (2). p. 109-113.
Vuković, M., Brkljača, M., Rumora, J., Fruk, M., Jatoi, M.A., Jemrić, T.(2016). Vegetative and reproductive traits of young peaches and nectarines grown under red photoselective net . Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 81. (3). p. 181-185.
Jatoi, M.A., Abul-Soad, A.A., Markhand, G.S., Solangi, N.(2015). Establishment of an efficient protocol for micropropagation of some Pakistani cultivars of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using novel inflorescence explants . Pakistan Journal of Botany. 47. (5). p. 1921-1927.
Abul-Soad, A.A., Jatoi, M.A.(2014). Factors affecting in vitro rooting of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) . Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 51. (2). p. 477-484.
Ali Maitlo, W., Markhand, G.S., Abul-Soad, A.A., Lodhi, A.M., Jatoi, M.A.(2013). Chemical control of sudden decline disease of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Sindh, Pakistan . Pakistan Journal of Botany. 45. (SPL.ISS). p. 7-11.
Abul-Soad, A.A., Jatoi, M.A., Markhand, G.S.(2013). Performance of three Saudi Arabian date palm varieties under the agro-climatic conditions of Khairpur . Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 50. (4). p. 571-576.
Rahmatullah Qureshi (2012). In vitro callus induction protocol for Leptadenia pyrotechnica using various explants . Journal of Medicinal Plants Research.
BOOK CHAPTER
Mushtaque Ahmed Jatoi, Tomislav Jemrić (2020). Innovations in Improving Storage Potential of Fresh Goji Berries (Lycium barbarum L.) . Phytochemicals in Goji Berries.
Adel A. Abul-Soad, S. Mohan Jain, Mushtaque A. Jatoi (2017). Biodiversity and Conservation of Date Palm . Sustainable Development and Biodiversity.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Marko Vuković, Josip Buhin, Mia Brkljača, Tomislav Jemrić(2020). Effect of photoselective netting on productivity and pre and postharvest quality traits of 'Cripps Pink' apple . Unpublished. Unpublished
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