First report of Curvularia verruculosa causing leaf spot disease of grape (Vitis vinifera) in Afghanistan.

Nasir Ahmed Rajput, Hussainullah, Huo Chao, Cao JiFen, Muhammad Atiq, Rana Muhammad Atif, Abdul Mubeen Lodhi, Rehana Naz Syed, Sohaib Sarfraz, Akhtar Hameed, Zhao ZhiJian, (2020). Journal of Plant Pathology 102(4), 1337-1337. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland. English language

First report of Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae causing trunk cankers in Citrus reticulata in Pakistan.

Ahmed, M. Z., Shafique, M. S., Anwaar, H. A., Sohaib Sarfraz, Tufail, M. R., Amna Fayyaz, Sabeen Muntaha, Haque, K., Salman Ghuffar, Luqman Amrao, (2020). Plant Disease 104(9), 2522-2522. American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA. English language

Pectobacterium punjabense sp. nov., isolated from blackleg symptoms of potato plants in Pakistan.

Sohaib Sarfraz, Kashif Riaz, Oulghazi, S., Cigna, J., Sahi, S. T., Khan, S. H., Faure, D., (2018). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68(11), 3551-3556. Microbiology Society, London, UK. English language