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Dr. MM Khan
Department Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Marine Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-khod 123, Oman

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0 Horticulture
0 Sustainable Agriculture
0 environment
0 Abiotic stress Plant nutrition Plant physiology horticulture

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Dr. Mumtaz Khan earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Hons.) from the Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad followed by a Ph.D. and postdoctoral training from the University of Sheffield, UK. He is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. His main research interests are in sustainable agriculture production, abiotic plant stress mechanism and disease-free citrus nursery production system.

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Published: 18 November 2020 in Sustainability
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Sufficient production, consistent food supply, and environmental protection in urban +settings are major global concerns for future sustainable cities. Currently, sustainable food supply is under intense pressure due to exponential population growth, expanding urban dwellings, climate change, and limited natural resources. The recent novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crisis has impacted sustainable fresh food supply, and has disrupted the food supply chain and prices significantly. Under these circumstances, urban horticulture and crop cultivation have emerged as potential ways to expand to new locations through urban green infrastructure. Therefore, the objective of this study is to review the salient features of contemporary urban horticulture, in addition to illustrating traditional and innovative developments occurring in urban environments. Current urban cropping systems, such as home gardening, community gardens, edible landscape, and indoor planting systems, can be enhanced with new techniques, such as vertical gardening, hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, and rooftop gardening. These modern techniques are ecofriendly, energy- saving, and promise food security through steady supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables to urban neighborhoods. There is a need, in this modern era, to integrate information technology tools in urban horticulture, which could help in maintaining consistent food supply during (and after) a pandemic, as well as make agriculture more sustainable.

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Muhammad Khan; Muhammad Akram; Rhonda Janke; Rashad Qadri; Abdullah Al-Sadi; Aitazaz Farooque. Urban Horticulture for Food Secure Cities through and beyond COVID-19. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9592 .

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Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Akram, Rhonda Janke, Rashad Qadri, Abdullah Al-Sadi, Aitazaz Farooque. Urban Horticulture for Food Secure Cities through and beyond COVID-19. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9592.

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Muhammad Khan; Muhammad Akram; Rhonda Janke; Rashad Qadri; Abdullah Al-Sadi; Aitazaz Farooque. 2020. "Urban Horticulture for Food Secure Cities through and beyond COVID-19." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9592.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Journal of Horticulture
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-Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing) a Perilous Threat to Global Citrus Industry

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Mumtaz Khan M; Fakhar Ud Din Razi M. Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing) a Perilous Threat to Global Citrus Industry. Journal of Horticulture 2018, 5, 1 -3.

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Mumtaz Khan M, Fakhar Ud Din Razi M. Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing) a Perilous Threat to Global Citrus Industry. Journal of Horticulture. 2018; 5 (3):1-3.

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Mumtaz Khan M; Fakhar Ud Din Razi M. 2018. "Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing) a Perilous Threat to Global Citrus Industry." Journal of Horticulture 5, no. 3: 1-3.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2015 in Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization
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Date palm is the primary agricultural crop in Oman, and it constitutes 80 % of all fruit crops produced and 50 % of the total agricultural area in the country. Oman is the eighth largest producer of dates in the world with an average annual production of 260,000 mt per annum. There are approximately more than over seven million date palms and 250 cultivars in cultivation, primarily in the northern governorates of the sultanate. However, around 70 % of the total date production is harvested from only 10 cultivars, and a small fraction (2.6 %) of the total date production is exported. Only half of the dates produced are used for human consumption, with the other half being utilized primarily for animal feed or considered surplus and wasted. Dates are mainly harvested for fresh fruit consumption; however, alternative uses such as date syrup, date sugar, and other by-products can also be found in the local market. Dubas bug and red palm weevil are the dominant biotic factors that affect date quality and yield in Oman. Traditional methods of cultivation, small farm size, enough labor available, and poor postharvest handling and marketing are the main issues that face date palm production in Oman. New plantlets are produced from tissue culture with a primary focus on superior cultivars that are kept, among other cultivars, in the only date palm ex situ gene bank in the interior of Oman. Enhancing fruit quality by optimizing fruit size and nutritional content and rapid cultivar selectivity based on molecular techniques for better or improved commercial cultivars will increase the marketability of Omani dates. Furthermore, employing modern orchard layouts and mechanization of the labor-dependent cultural practices such as irrigation, pruning, pollination, and harvesting is vital for the sustainable and profitable production of dates in Oman.

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Rashid Al-Yahyai; M. Mumtaz Khan. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Oman. Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization 2015, 207 -240.

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Rashid Al-Yahyai, M. Mumtaz Khan. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Oman. Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization. 2015; ():207-240.

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Rashid Al-Yahyai; M. Mumtaz Khan. 2015. "Date Palm Status and Perspective in Oman." Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization , no. : 207-240.

Book chapter
Published: 15 May 2014 in Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
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Agriculture in the Sultanate of Oman is mostly small scale and is a part of the traditional way of life. The majority of the population benefit from agriculture, however little. The 67 % of the population was in households that had at least one crop or livestock holding where the output contributed to consumption or income. Since the year 2000, the Government spent Rial Omani (RO) 20.1 million on agriculture and fishery development, and another RO 39.4 million on water resources development. Furthermore, the government encourages farming by offering land, machinery, and extension services. However, during the period 2000 till 2007, crop production has in fact gone down. In other words, despite being a capital rich country, substantial investment in agriculture, it is increasingly becoming a food insecure country. An in-depth analysis of Oman’s agricultural sub-sectors shows that, household sub-sector contributed 27 % of the total value. Primary crop production in Oman in 2005/2007 was 486.872 metric tons of which contribution of fruits and vegetables were 353,072 metric tons and 102,606 respectively. In comparison, only 26,206 metric tons of cereals were produced. The value of production of cereals and vegetables were 7.8 and 17.6 million RO respectively. This comparison confirms that Omanis prefer producing high value vegetables to cereal crops. In addition to vegetables produced locally, Oman imported 148,345 metric tons during the same period. Therefore, it is interesting to explore, if vegetable production in Oman can be further increased, resulting in increased income and near self-sufficiency in vegetables. If Oman chooses to increase vegetable production, then it has to come from a major shift in its current land and water use practices, because almost all of its cultivable lands and available freshwater are fully utilized at present. In this chapter we explored if the Salalah region of Oman could be transformed into Oman’s vegetable basket, leading to self-sufficiency in its vegetable needs.

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Sanmugam A. Prathapar; Mumtaz Khan; Msafiri Daudi Mbaga. The Potential of Transforming Salalah into Oman’s Vegetables Basket. Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries 2014, 83 -94.

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Sanmugam A. Prathapar, Mumtaz Khan, Msafiri Daudi Mbaga. The Potential of Transforming Salalah into Oman’s Vegetables Basket. Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. 2014; ():83-94.

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Sanmugam A. Prathapar; Mumtaz Khan; Msafiri Daudi Mbaga. 2014. "The Potential of Transforming Salalah into Oman’s Vegetables Basket." Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries , no. : 83-94.