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plant nutrition, soil science, plant physiology, agronomy
Pakistan

Biography

A plant nutritionist, soil scientist, a thinker, a leader, a worker

Activities

Employment (4)

University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan: Faisalabad, Pakistan, PK

2019-08-31 to present | Associate Professor (Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences)
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Wakeel, Abdul

University of Agriculture Faisalabad Faculty of Agriculture: Faisalabad, Punjab, PK

2010-12-21 to 2019-08-30 | Assistant Professor (Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences)
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Wakeel, Abdul

University of Giessen: Giessen, Hessen, DE

2008-11-29 to 2010-07-29 | Post Doc (Institute of Plant Nutrition)
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Wakeel, Abdul

University of Giessen: Giessen, Hessen, DE

2005-04-01 to 2008-11-28 | PhD Student (Institute of Plant Nutrition)
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Wakeel, Abdul

Education and qualifications (2)

Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen: Giessen, Hessen, DE

2005-04-01 to 2008-11-28 | PhD (Institute of Plant Nutrition)
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Wakeel, Abdul

University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan: Faisalabad, Punjab, PK

1999-11-30 to 2001-12-31 | M.Sc. (Hons Soil Science) (Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences)
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Wakeel, Abdul

Professional activities (3)

Soil Science Society of Pakistan: Islamabad, Islamabad, PK

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Wakeel, Abdul

German society of plant nutrition: Giessen, Hessen, DE

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Wakeel, Abdul

Royal Society Te Apārangi: Wellington, NZ

2024 to present | Associate Editor (New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science)
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Works (42)

Role of reactive nitrogen species in changing climate and future concerns of environmental sustainability

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2024-08-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Rizwan; Hurain Tanveer; Muhammad Hayder Ali; Muhammad Sanaullah; Abdul Wakeel
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Integrated Impacts of Soil Salinity and Drought Stresses on the Decomposition of Plant Residues

Sustainability
2024-06-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Abdul Qadeer; Abdul Wakeel; Sardar Alam Cheema; Tanvir Shahzad; Muhammad Sanaullah
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Foliar-applied potassium triggers soil potassium uptake by improving growth and photosynthetic activity of wheat and maize

Journal of Plant Nutrition
2023-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Ishfaq; Aysha Kiran; Abdul Wakeel; Muhammad Tayyab; Xuexian Li
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Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities

Agronomy
2023-04-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Tayyab; Abdul Wakeel; Muhammad Umair Mubarak; Arkadiusz Artyszak; Sajid Ali; Erdogan Esref Hakki; Khalid Mahmood; Baiquan Song; Muhammad Ishfaq
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Biofortification of Staple Crops to Alleviate Human Malnutrition: Contributions and Potential in Developing Countries

Agronomy
2022-02-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Aysha Kiran; Abdul Wakeel; Khalid Mahmood; Rafia Mubaraka; Hafsa; Stephan M. Haefele
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Mineral biofortification of vegetables through soil-applied poultry mortality compost

PLOS ONE
2022-02-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Umair Mubarak; Muhammad Adrees; Aysha Kiran; Ahmad Naeem Shahzad; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Muhammad Ishfaq; Khalid Mahmood; Abdul Wakeel
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Enriching Urea with Nitrogen Inhibitors Improves Growth, N Uptake and Seed Yield in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) Affecting Photochemical Efficiency and Nitrate Reductase Activity

Plants
2022-01-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Hafeez ur Rehman; Hesham F. Alharby; Hassan S. Al-Zahrani; Atif A. Bamagoos; Nadiah B. Alsulami; Nadiyah M. Alabdallah; Tahir Iqbal; Abdul Wakeel
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Severity of zinc and iron malnutrition linked to low intake through a staple crop: a case study in east-central Pakistan

Environmental Geochemistry and Health
2021-10-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Ishfaq; Abdul Wakeel; Muhammad Nadeem Shahzad; Aysha Kiran; Xuexian Li
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Improving Nutrient Uptake, Growth, Yield and Protein Content in Chickpea by the Co-Addition of Phosphorus Fertilizers, Organic Manures, and Bacillus sp. MN-54

Agronomy
2021-02-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Imran Khan; Muhammad Junaid Afzal; Safdar Bashir; Muhammad Naveed; Sara Anum; Sardar Alam Cheema; Abdul Wakeel; Muhammad Sanaullah; Muhammad Hayder Ali; Zhongbing Chen
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Efficacy of fertilizing method for different potash sources in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) nutrition under arid climatic conditions

PLOS ONE
2020-01-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Mubshar Hussain; Shahid Farooq; Ahmad Faizan Tariq; Ahmad Nawaz; Muhammad Nawaz; Abdul Sattar; Sami Ul-Allah; Abdul Wakeel
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Potassium‐induced decrease in cytosolic Na+ alleviates deleterious effects of salt stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Plant Biology
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Gul; A. Wakeel; D. Steffens; S. Lindberg; M. Hawkesford
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Application of zinc improves the productivity and biofortification of fine grain aromatic rice grown in dry seeded and puddled transplanted production systems

Field Crops Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85033720282

Contributors: Farooq, M.; Ullah, A.; Rehman, A.; Nawaz, A.; Nadeem, A.; Wakeel, A.; Nadeem, F.; Siddique, K.H.M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Irrigation and Zn fertilizer management improves Zn phyto-availability in various rice production systems

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85048256860

Contributors: Rehman, H.U.; Rasool, F.; Awan, M.I.; Mahmood, A.; Wakeel, A.; Hajiboland, R.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

MANGANESE NUTRITION IMPROVES the PRODUCTIVITY and GRAIN BIOFORTIFICATION of BREAD WHEAT in ALKALINE CALCAREOUS SOIL

Experimental Agriculture
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85025121108

Contributors: Ullah, A.; Farooq, M.; Rehman, A.; Arshad, M.S.; Shoukat, H.; Nadeem, A.; Nawaz, A.; Wakeel, A.; Nadeem, F.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Micronutrient Malnutrition and Biofortification: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85054377681

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Farooq, M.; Bashir, K.; Ozturk, L.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Progress and Prospects for Micronutrient Biofortification in Rice/Wheat

Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85054408156

Contributors: Cheema, S.A.; Rehman, H.U.; Kiran, A.; Bashir, K.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Relationship of tissue potassium content with yield and fiber quality components of Bt cotton as influenced by potassium application methods

Field Crops Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054197705

Contributors: Tariq, M.; Afzal, M.N.; Muhammad, D.; Ahmad, S.; Shahzad, A.N.; Kiran, A.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Selenium nutrition for yield enhancement and grain biofortification of wheat through different application methods

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85050753708

Contributors: Idrees, M.; Cheema, S.A.; Farooq, M.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

India and Pakistan against pollution

Nature
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85039984485

Contributors: Usman, M.; Wakeel, A.; Farooq, M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potash use for sustainable crop production in Pakistan: A review

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019178701

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Hafeez-ur-Rehman; Magen, H.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potash use in aerobic production system for basmati rice may expand its adaptability as an alternative to flooded rice production system

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028763847

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Rehman, H.U.; Mubarak, M.U.; Dar, A.I.; Farooq, M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Yield and nitrogen use efficiency of rice-wheat cropping system in gypsum amended saline-sodic soil

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85031732533

Contributors: Murtaza, B.; Murtaza, G.; Imran, M.; Amjad, M.; Naeem, M.A.; Shah, G.M.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of NaCl-induced saline sodicity on the interpretation of soil potassium dynamics

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84949595851

Contributors: Gul, M.; Wakeel, A.; Saqib, M.; Wahid, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Interactive effect of boron and salinity on growth, physiological and biochemical attributes of wheat (Triticum aestivum)

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84962641530

Contributors: Mohamed, A.K.S.H.; Qayyum, M.F.; Shahzad, A.N.; Gul, M.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potassium for sustainable agriculture

Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-85006482345

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Gul, M.; Zörb, C.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Sugar beet yield and industrial sugar contents improved by potassium fertilization under scarce and adequate moisture conditions

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84994433823

Contributors: Mubarak, M.U.; Zahir, M.; Ahmad, S.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Conservation agriculture in South Asia

Conservation Agriculture
2015 | Book
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2-s2.0-84944253741

Contributors: ur-Rehman, H.; Nawaz, A.; Wakeel, A.; Saharawat, Y.S.; Farooq, M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Salt stress in maize: effects, resistance mechanisms, and management. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925709054

Contributors: Farooq, M.; Hussain, M.; Wakeel, A.; Siddique, K.H.M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Seed priming improves early seedling vigor, growth and productivity of spring maize

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84940824721

Contributors: ur Rehman, H.; Iqbal, H.; Basra, S.M.A.; Afzal, I.; Farooq, M.; Wakeel, A.; Wang, N.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Differential response of maize and mungbean to tobacco allelopathy

Experimental Agriculture
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911443913

Contributors: Farooq, M.; Hussain, T.; Wakeel, A.; Cheema, Z.A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Integrated effect of different N-fertilizer rates and bioslurry application on growth and N-use efficiency of okra (Hibiscus esculentus L.)

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84895770872

Contributors: Shahbaz, M.; Akhtar, M.J.; Ahmed, W.; Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potassium dynamics in three alluvial soils differing in clay contents

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872842005

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Gul, M.; Sanaullah, M.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potassium-sodium interactions in soil and plant under saline-sodic conditions

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84878191314

Contributors: Wakeel, A.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Solubilization and Acquisition of Phosphorus from Sparingly Soluble Phosphorus Sources and Differential Growth Response of Brassica Cultivars Exposed to Phosphorus-Stress Environment

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84875919773

Contributors: Akhtar, M.S.; Nishigaki, M.; Oki, Y.; Adachi, T.; Nakashima, Y.; Murtaza, G.; Aziz, T.; Sabir, M.; Saifullah; Maqsood, M.A. et al.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Zinc nutrition in rice production systems: A review

Plant and Soil
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84869875517

Contributors: Rehman, H.-u.; Aziz, T.; Farooq, M.; Wakeel, A.; Rengel, Z.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

In vitro effect of different Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>ratios on plasma membrane H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase activity in maize and sugar beet shoot

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79951675826

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Sümer, A.; Hanstein, S.; Yan, F.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potassium substitution by sodium in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79960998482

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Farooq, M.; Qadir, M.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Proteome analysis of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) elucidates constitutive adaptation during the first phase of salt stress

Journal of Plant Physiology
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79951768963

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Asif, A.R.; Pitann, B.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Hydrolytic and pumping activity of H+-ATPase from leaves of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) as affected by salt stress

Journal of Plant Physiology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77950626540

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Hanstein, S.; Pitann, B.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Potassium substitution by sodium in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) nutrition on K-fixing soils

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-76349125351

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Steffens, D.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Sodium-induced calcium deficiency in sugar beet during substitution of potassium by sodium

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-65349089381

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Abd-El-Motagally, F.; Steffens, D.; Schubert, S.
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Growth and potassium uptake by Maize (Zea mays L.) in three soils differing in clay contents

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872868259

Contributors: Wakeel, A.; Aziz, T.; Aziz, T.; Anwar-ul-Hassan
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Wakeel, Abdul via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (6 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. (3)
Review activity for Plant and soil. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Soil & tillage research. (1)