Publications
Tahira Pirzada, Antoine Affokpon, Charles H. Opperman, Saad A. Khan, "Banana-paper seed wrap increases yam crop yield and quality in Africa" Nature Food, February 2023.
Tahira Pirzada*, Antoine Affokpon,* Richard H. Guenther, Reny Mathew, Sachin Agate, Aitana Blevins, Medwick V. Byrd, Tim L. Sit, Stephen R. Koenning, Eric L. Davis, Lokendra Pal, Charles H. Opperman, Saad A. Khan, “Plant biomass-based hybrid seed wraps mitigate yield and post-harvest losses among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa” Nature Food, February 2023. (*co-first authors)
Mariam Sohail,* Tahira Pirzada,* Charles H. Opperman and Saad A. Khan, “Recent advances in seed coating technologies: transitioning toward sustainable agriculture” Inner back cover article in Green Chemistry July 2022, 24, 6052. (*co-first authors)
Houinsou Dedehouanou, Antoine Affokpon, Antoine Badou, Richard H Guenther, Reny Mathew, Tim L Sit, Medwick V Byrd, Tahira Pirzada, Lokendra Pal, Saad A. Khan, Charles H. Opperman,“Comprehensive Perception Approach of Adoption: Innovative Wrap & Plant Technology for Nematodes Management on Yam” Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, April 2022, 9(4),356-367.
Houinsou Dedehouanou, Antoine Affokpon, Antoine Badou, Richard H Guenther, Reny Mathew, Tim L Sit, Medwick V Byrd, Tahira Pirzada, Lokendra Pal, Saad A. Khan, Charles H. Opperman,“Comprehensive Perception Approach of Adoption: Innovative Wrap & Plant Technology for Nematodes Management on Yam” Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, April 2022, 9(4),356-367.
Tahira Pirzada,* Mariam Sohail,* Anurodh Tripathi, Barbara V. de Farias, Reny Mathew, Chunying Li, Charles H. Opperman, Saad A. Khan, “Towards Sustainable Crop Protection: Aqueous Dispersions of Biodegradable Particles with Tunable Release and Rainfastness” Back cover article in Advanced Functional Materials, May 2022, 32(18), 2270107. (*co-first authors)
Juliet Ochola , Laura Cortada , Onesmus Mwaura , Meklit Tariku , Shawn Christensen , Margaret Ng'ang'a , Ahmed Hassanali , Tahira Pirzada , Saad Khan , Lokendra Pal , Reny Mathew , Richard Guenther , Eric Davis , Tim Sit , Danny Coyne , Baldwyn Torto, “Wrap and Plant’ technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in East Africa” Nature Sustainability, February 2022, 5, 425-433.
Tahira Pirzada, Barbara V. de Farias, Reny Mathew, Richard H. Guenther, Medwick V. Byrd, Tim L. Sit, Lokendra Pal, Charles H. Opperman, and Saad A. Khan, “Recent Advances in Biodegradable Matrices for Effective Crop Protection: Towards Attaining Sustainability in Agriculture” Current Opinions in Colloids & Interface Science, 2020, 48, 121-136.
Tahira Pirzada, Barbara V. de Farias, Reny Mathew, Richard H. Guenther, Medwick V. Byrd, Tim L. Sit, Lokendra Pal, Charles H. Opperman, and Saad A. Khan, “Recent Advances in Biodegradable Matrices for Effective Crop Protection: Towards Attaining Sustainability in Agriculture” Current Opinions in Colloids & Interface Science, 2020, 48, 121-136.
Tahira Pirzada, Reny Mathew, Richard H Guenther, Tim L Sit, Charles H Opperman, Lokendra Pal, Saad A Khan, “Tailored Lignocellulose based Biodegradable Matrices with Effective Cargo Delivery for Crop Protection” Cover article in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8(16),6590-6700.