Search Results - "Qaiser Hussain"

Effects of chemical oxidation on surface oxygen-containing functional groups and adsorption behavior of biochar by Fan, Qinya, Sun, Jianxiong, Chu, Lei, Cui, Liqiang, Quan, Guixiang, Yan, Jinlong, Hussain, Qaiser, Iqbal, Muhammad

“…Biochar is a beneficial soil amendment but the changes in its surface properties during the aging process, especially the oxygen-containing functional groups…”
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Effect of biochar amendment on maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions from a soil organic carbon poor calcareous loamy soil from Central China Plain by Zhang, Afeng, Liu, Yuming, Pan, Genxing, Hussain, Qaiser, Li, Lianqing, Zheng, Jinwei, Zhang, Xuhui

“…Aims A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of biochar on maize yield and greenhouse gases (GHGs) in a calcareous loamy soil poor in…”
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Effect of biochar amendment on yield and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a rice paddy from Tai Lake plain, China by Zhang, Afeng, Cui, Liqiang, Pan, Gengxing, Li, Lianqing, Hussain, Qaiser, Zhang, Xuhui, Zheng, Jinwei, Crowley, David

“…▶ Biochar increased rice yield at 10% while N fertilization could be saved for a rice yield of 9t/ha. ▶ Biochar increased methane emission but reduced N2O…”
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Impact of biochar properties on soil conditions and agricultural sustainability: A review by Al‐Wabel, Mohammad I., Hussain, Qaiser, Usman, Adel R.A., Ahmad, Mahtab, Abduljabbar, Adel, Sallam, Abdulazeem S., Ok, Yong Sik

“…This review summarizes the influences of pyrolysis conditions and feedstock types on biochar properties and how biochar properties in turn affect soil…”
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Changes in surface characteristics and adsorption properties of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol following Fenton-like aging of biochar by Cui, Liqiang, Fan, Qinya, Sun, Jianxiong, Quan, Guixiang, Yan, Jinlong, Hina, Kiran, Wang, Hui, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Hussain, Qaiser

“…Fenton-like system formed in a natural soil environment deemed to be significant in the aging process of biochar. Aged biochars have distinct physico-chemical…”
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Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles by Zhang, Afeng, Bian, Rongjun, Pan, Genxing, Cui, Liqiang, Hussain, Qaiser, Li, Lianqing, Zheng, Jinwei, Zheng, Jufeng, Zhang, Xuhui, Han, Xiaojun, Yu, Xinyan

“…► Biochar amendment of 10tha−1, 20tha−1 and 40tha−1 increased rice productivity in both rice cropping cycles. ► Biochar amendment seemed no effect on soil…”
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Efficiency of KOH-modified rice straw-derived biochar for reducing cadmium mobility, bioaccessibility and bioavailability risk index in red soil by BASHIR, Saqib, HUSSAIN, Qaiser, ZHU, Jun, FU, Qingling, HOUBEN, David, HU, Hongqing

“…Cadmium (Cd) pollution in agricultural soils has exerted a serious threat due to continuous application of pesticides, fertilizers, and wastewater irrigation…”
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Impact of prolonged rice cultivation on coupling relationship among C, Fe, and Fe-reducing bacteria over a 1000-year paddy soil chronosequence by Liu, Yalong, Dong, Yuqi, Ge, Tida, Hussain, Qaiser, Wang, Ping, Wang, Jingkuan, Li, Yong, Guggenberger, Georg, Wu, Jinshui

“…Long-term soil chronosequences are valuable model systems for investigating pedogenesis and investigating the process of element coupling. Here, we assessed…”
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Higher biochar rate strongly reduced decomposition of soil organic matter to enhance C and N sequestration in nutrient-poor alkaline calcareous soil by Fatima, Samar, Riaz, Muhammad, Al-Wabel, Mohammad I., Arif, Muhammad Saleem, Yasmeen, Tahira, Hussain, Qaiser, Roohi, Mahnaz, Fahad, Shah, Ali, Kawsar, Arif, Muhammad

“…Purpose Our knowledge of biochar as a tool for soil carbon (C) sequestration and soil quality in semi-arid regions remains limited in recent years. Moreover,…”
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Soil texture analysis using controlled image processing by Sattar, Kashif, Maqsood, Umair, Hussain, Qaiser, Majeed, Saqib, Kaleem, Sarah, Babar, Muhammad, Qureshi, Basit

“…•Soil texture analysis using controlled image processing.•Proposed a blackbox prototype machine to take images in controlled environment.•Marked center points…”
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Arsenic release in contaminated soil amended with unmodified and modified biochars derived from sawdust and rice husk by Amin, Memuna, Ahmad, Mahtab, Farooqi, Abida, Hussain, Qaiser, Ahmad, Munir, Al-Wabel, Mohammad I., Saleem, Hamna

“…Purpose Biochar, due to its heterogeneity, may not be equally effective for cationic and anionic metals/metalloid immobilization in soil. Biochar modification…”
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Optimizing Management Practices under Straw Regimes for Global Sustainable Agricultural Production by Li, Pengfei, Zhang, Afeng, Huang, Shiwei, Han, Jiale, Jin, Xiangle, Shen, Xiaogang, Hussain, Qaiser, Wang, Xudong, Zhou, Jianbin, Chen, Zhujun

“…Straw input is a helpful approach that potentially improves soil fertility and crop yield to ensure food security and protect the ecological environment…”
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Effects of lignite-based sulphur fertilizer levels on soil properties and growth of Brassica napus by Azmat Ali Nosher, Abdul Manaf, Qaiser Hussain, Sehrish Anwar, Rana Noman Anwar, Laiba Mukhtar, Yamin Bibi, Saleh H. Salmen, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Abdul Qayyum

“…Lignite and sulphur are instrumental in enhancing the growth and yield-related traits of Brassica napus, commonly known as rapeseed. This study aimed to…”
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Deashed biochar as N-carrier extended the N-release by inhibiting N-losses in calcareous soils by Rashid, Muhammad, Hussain, Qaiser, Hayat, Rifat, Ahmad, Mukhtar, Azeem, Muhammad, Alvi, Sarosh, Chaudhry, Arshad Nawaz, Masood, Sajid, Khalid, Rabia, Jehan, Sarvet, Rehman, Obaid ur

“…Recently, biochar has been tested as a nutrient carrier for synthesizing slow-release fertilizers. But, such slow-release fertilizer exists which is designed…”
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Soil nutrient status and crop productivity after 6 years of conservation tillage in a subtropical dryland by ur Rehman, Sana, Ijaz, Shahzada Sohail, Khan, Khalid Saifullah, Ansar, Muhammad, Hussain, Qaiser

“…Conservation tillage is considered one of the most indispensable management practices for crop productivity and soil health in rainfed areas world over. The…”
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Decline in topsoil microbial quotient, fungal abundance and C utilization efficiency of rice paddies under heavy metal pollution across South China by Liu, Yongzhuo, Zhou, Tong, Crowley, David, Li, Lianqing, Liu, Dawen, Zheng, Jinwei, Yu, Xinyan, Pan, Genxing, Hussain, Qaiser, Zhang, Xuhui, Zheng, Jufeng

“…Agricultural soils have been increasingly subject to heavy metal pollution worldwide. However, the impacts on soil microbial community structure and activity…”
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Urease and β-glucosidase activity enhanced the transformation of functional groups of humin amended by straw and straw-derived biochar by Liu, Xinwei, An, Qi, Song, Xiangyun, Hussain, Qaiser, Cui, Liqiang, Wang, Chengji, Wang, Yan, Cui, Dejie

“…Background Organic materials carbon is mainly sequestrated in humin. However, the carbon (C) stability of humin with organic materials amendments in different…”
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Temporal dynamics of ammonia oxidizer (amoA) and denitrifier (nirK) communities in the rhizosphere of a rice ecosystem from Tai Lake region, China by Hussain, Qaiser, Liu, Yongzhuo, Jin, Zhenjiang, Zhang, Afeng, Pan, Genxing, Li, Lianqing, Crowley, David, Zhang, Xuhui, Song, Xiangyun, Cui, Liqiang

“…► Denitrifiers (nirK) always dominated the amoA (AOA and AOB) in all soil samples. ► Rice rhizosphere showed significant effect on ammonia oxidizers and…”
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Sequestration of maize crop straw C in different soils: Role of oxyhydrates in chemical binding and stabilization as recalcitrance by Song, Xiangyun, Li, Lianqing, Zheng, Jufeng, Pan, Genxing, Zhang, Xuhui, Zheng, Jinwei, Hussain, Qaiser, Han, Xiaojun, Yu, Xinyan

“…► C sequestered from amendment varied with soils differing in contrast chemical properties. ► Fe/Al-bound carbon best described the initial C sequestration in…”
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Adsorption Behaviour of Pymetrozine by Four Kinds of Biochar from Aqueous Solution by Liqiang Cui, Jinlong Yan, Guixiang Quan, Cheng Ding, Tianming Chen, Qaiser Hussain

“…A laboratory experiment was performed to investigate the potential of biochar (BC) as an adsorbent for removing pymetrozine from aqueous solution. The…”
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