• B.Sc. (Hons.), Botany, University of Karachi, 1973 
• M.Sc., Plant Physiology, University of Karachi, 1974 
• Ph.D., Physiological Ecology, Ohio University, 1985 

Salt tolerant plants (halophytes), physiology, biochemistry and ecophysiology; Cash-crop halophytes

Development of varieties of halophytes for special uses
Salt tolerance mechanisms
Seed biology of halophytes 

Physiological Ecology of Plants
Plant Ecology
Plant Population Biology
Seed Biology
Evolutionary Ecology

• M. Ajmal Khan 2007. Biosaline agriculture in Pakistan. In M. Kafi & M.A. Khan (eds.), Crop and Forage Production using Saline Waters. Vol: X, 5-10. ( PDF )
• Raziuddin Ansari, M. Ajmal Khan and Bilquees Gul 2007. Gainful utilization of salt affected lands: prospects and precautions. In M. Kafi & M.A. Khan (eds.), Crop and Forage Production using Saline Waters. Vol: X, 103-108. ( PDF )
• Gulzar, S., M.A. Khan and Xiaojing Liu. 2007. Seed germination strategies of Desmostachya bipinnata: A fodder crop for saline soils. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60: 401-407. ( PDF )
• Weber, D. J., R. Ansari, B. Gul, and M. A. Khan. 2007. Potential of halophytes as source of edible oil. Journal of Arid Environment 68: 315–321. ( PDF )
• M. Ajmal Khan and M. Qaiser 2006. Halophytes of pakistan: characteristics, distribution and potential economic usages. In M.A. Khan, G.S. Kust, H.-J. Barth and B. Böer (eds.), Sabkha Ecosystems. Vol: II, 129-153. ( PDF )
• Khan, M.A., I.A. Ungar, and A. M. Showalter. 2005. Salt stimulation and tolerance in inter-tidal stem-succulent halophyte. Journal of Plant Nutrition 28: 1365-1374. ( PDF )
  
• Zia, S. and M. A. Khan. 2004. Effect of light, salinity and temperature on the germination of Limonium stocksii. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 151-157. ( PDF )
• Khan, M.A. and S. Gulzar. 2003. Light, salinity and temperature effects on the seed germination of perennial grasses. American Journal of Botany 90: 131-134. ( PDF )
• Khan, M. A. and B. Gul. 2002. Salt tolerant plants of coastal sabkhas of Pakistan. In H. Barth. and B. Boer. Sabkha Ecosystems: Volume 1: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries. pp. 123 - 140. Kluwer Academic Press, Netherlands.
• Gulzar, S. and M.A. Khan. 2001. Seed germination of a halophytic grass Aeluropus lagopoides. Annals of Botany 87: 319-324. ( PDF )
• Allen, P.S., S.E. Meyer, and M.A. Khan.2000. Hydrothermal time analysis as a tool in comparative germination studies. In: Black, M., Bradford, K.J. and Vasquez-Ramos, J. (Eds.) Seed Biology: Advances and Applications. CAB International, pp. 401- 410. ( PDF )
• Duke, N.C. and M.A. Khan. 1999. Structure and composition of the seaward mangrove forest at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. In ‘Proceeding of the International Workshop on the Mangrove Ecosystem of Deep Bay and the Mai Po Marshes’. (Ed.) S. Y. Lee, Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong. pp. 83-104.