Research Achievements

Research Achievements
ANNUAL
REPORT
2010-11
161
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD
Sanaullah, M., E. Blagodatskaya, A. Chabbi, C. Rumpel
and Y. Kuzyakov. 2011. Drought effects on microbial
biomass and enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of
grasses depending on plant community
composition. Applied Soil Ecol., 48: 3844.
Saqib, Z. A., J. Akhtar, M. Saqib and R. Ahmad. 2011.
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Contrasting leaf Na uptake and transport rates
conferred differences in salt tolerance of wheat
genotypes. Acta Agric. Scand., Section B., 61(2):
129-135.
Sattar, S., M. A. Maqsood Rahmatullah and S. Hussain.
2011. Internal and external phosphorus
requirements of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes on
typic calciargid. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 42(2):
184-193.
Shaharoona, B., M. Imran, M. Arshad and A. Khalid.
2011. Manipulation of ethylene synthesis in roots
through bacterial ACC-deaminase for improving
nodulation in legumes. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 30: 279-
291
Shahzad, S. M., A. Khalid, M. Arshad, J. Tahir and T.
Mahmood. 2010. Improving nodulation, growth
and yield of Cicer arietinum L. through bacterial ACCdeaminase
induced changes in root architecture.
Eur. J. Soil Biol., 46: 342-347.
Yaseen, M. and M. Ahmad. 2010. Nutrition management
in citrus: Effect of multinutrients foliar feeding on
the yield of kinnow at different locations. Pak. J. Bot.
42(3): 1863-1870.
Yaseen, M. and S. S. Malhi. 2011. Exploitation of genetic
variability among wheat genotypes for tolerance to
phosphorus deficiency stress. J. Plant Nutr. 34:665-
699.
Yaseen, M., W. Ahmad, M. Arshad and Q. Ali. 2011.
Response of wheat (Triticum aestivum) to foliar
feeding of micronutrients. Int. J. Agro-Vet. Med. Sci.,
5: 209-220
Zahir, Z. A., H. M. Yasin, M. Naveed, M. A. Anjum and M.
Khalid. 2010. L-Tryptophan application enhances the
effectiveness of rhizobium inoculation for improving
growth and yield of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.).
Pak. J. Bot., 42(3): 1771-1780.
Zahir, Z. A., M. K. Shah, M. Naveed and M. J. Akhter.
2010. Substrate-dependent auxin production by
Rhizobium phaseoli improves the growth and yield
of Vigna radiata L. under salt stressed conditions. J.
Microbiol. Biotechnol., 20(9): 1288-1294.
Zahir, Z. A., M. Zafar-ul-Hye, S. Sajjad and M. Naveed.
2011. Comparative effectiveness of Pseudomonas
and Serratia sp. for co-inoculation with Rhizobium
leguminosarum to improve growth, nodulation and
yield of lentil. Biol. Fert. Soils, 47(4): 457-465.
Zia-ul-Hassan and M. Arshad. 2010. Cotton growth
under potassium deficiency stress is influenced by
photosynthetic apparatus and root system. Pak. J.
Bot., 42(2): 917-925.
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Anjum, M. A., Z. A. Zahir, M. Arshad and M. Ashraf. 2011.
Isolation and screening of rhizobia for auxin
biosynthesis and growth promotion of mung bean
(Vigna radiate L.) seedlings under axenic conditions.
Soil Environ., 30(1): 1826.
Arif, M., M. Arshad, H.N. Asghar, S. M. A. Basra. 2010.
Response of rice (Oryza Sativa) genotypes varying in
potassium use efficiency to various level of
potassium. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 12: 926-930.
Arif, S. M., M. J. Akhtar, H. N. Asghar and R. Ahmad.
2010. Isolation and screening of rhizobacteria
containing ACC-deaminase for growth promotion of
sunflower seedlings under axenic conditions. Soil
Environ., 29: 199-205.
Ashraf, M., M. Afzal, R. Ahmad, M. A. Maqsood, S. M.
Shahzad, A. Aziz and N. Akhtar. 2010. Silicon
management for mitigating abiotic stress effects in
plants. Plant Stress, 4: 104-114.
Baig, K. S., M. Arshad, Z. A. Zahir and M. A. Cheema.
2010. Comparative efficacy of qualitative and
quantitative methods for rock phosphate
solubilization with phosphate solubilizing
rhizobacteria. Soil Environ., 29(1): 82-86.
Hussain, M. I., M. J. Akhtar, H. N. Asghar and M. Ahmad.
2011. Growth, nodulation and yield of mash bean
(Vigna mungo L.) as affected by Rhizobium
inoculation and soil applied L-tryptophan. Soil
Environ., 30(1): 13-17.
Hussain, S. A., J. Akhtar, M. A. Haq and R. Ahmad. 2011.
Growth, yield and ionic concentration of two
sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genotypes exposed
to brackish water irrigation. Soil Environ., 30 (1): 58-
65
Hussain, S., M. A. Maqsood and Rahmatullah. 2010.
Increasing grain zinc and yield of wheat for the
developing world: A review. Emirates J. Food Agric.,
22 (5): 326-339.
Ibrahim, M., A. U. Hassan, M. Arshad and A. Tanveer.
2010. Variation in root growth and nutrient element
concentration of wheat and rice: Effect of rate and
type of organic materials. Soil Environ., 29(1): 47-52.
Khalid, A., A. S. Khan, Z. H. Nazli, T. Mahmood, M. T.
Siddique, S. Mahmood and M. Arshad. 2011. Posttreatment
of aerobically pretreated poultry litter
leachate using Fenton and Photo-Fenton processes.
Int. J. Agric. Biol., 13: 439-443.