Department:  Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy

Position:  Associate Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  Agriculture and environmental pollution, Stress agronomy, Allelopathy, Bioremediation.

Publications:  

1. Farooq, M., M. Irfan, T. Aziz, I. Ahmad and S.A. Cheema., 2013, Seed priming with ascorbic acid improves drought resistance of wheat. , J. Agron. Crop Sci, 199, Dec-22
2. Khan, M.I., S.A. Cheema, X. Tang, M.Z. Hashmi, C. Shen, J. Park and Y. Chen. , 2013, A battery of bioassays for the evaluation of phenanthrene biotoxicity in soil. , Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. , 65, 47-55
3. Farooq M, T. Aziz, H. Rehman, A. Rehman, S.A. Cheema, T. Aziz, 2011, Evaluating surface drying and re-drying for wheat seed priming with polyamines: effects on emergence, early seedling growth and starch metabolism, Acta Physiol. Plant., 31, 01-Jul
4. Khan, M.I, S.A. Cheema, C. Shen, C. Zhang, X.C. Tang, Z. Malik, X.C. Chen and Y.X. Chen, 2011, Assessment of phenanthrene bioavailability in aged and unaged soils by mild extraction, Arch Environ Contam Toxicol, 60, 107–115
5. Cheema, S.A, M. I. Khan, C. Shen, X. Tang, M. Farooq, L. Chen, C. Zhang and Y. X. Chen, 2010, Degradation of phenanthrene and pyrene in spiked soils by single and combined plants cultivation, J. Haz. Mat., 177, 384–389
6. Tang, X., C. Shen, D. Shi, S. A. Cheema, M.I. Khan, C. Zhang and Y. Chen, 2010, Heavy metal and persistent organic compound contamination in soil from Wenling: an emerging e-waste recycling city in Taizhou area, China, J. Haz. Mat., 173, 653–660
7. Wajid, A., A. Ahmad, T. Khaliq, S. A. Cheema, A. Hussain, K. Hussain, W. Naseem, M. Usman and S. Ahmad, 2010, Quantification of growth, yield and radiation use efficiency of promising cotton cultivars at varying nitrogen levels, Pak. J. Bot., 42, 1703-1711
8. Farooq, M., A. Wahid and D.J. Lee. S. A. Cheema, 2010, Comparative time course action of the foliar applied glycinebetaine, salicylic acid, nitrous oxide, brassinosteroids and spermine in improving drought resistance of rice, J. Agron. Crop Sci., 196, 336–345
9. Khan, M.I., S. A. Cheema, C. Shen, C. Zhang, X. Tang, Z. Malik, X. Chen, Y.X. Chen, 2010, Assessment of pyrene bioavailability in soil by mild hydroxypropyl-ß- cyclodextrin extraction, Arch. Environ. Contam Toxicol., 60, 107-15
10. Shen, C., X. Tang, J. Yao, D. Shi, J. Fang, M.I. Khan, S.A. Cheema and Y. Chen, 2010, Levels and patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in municipal waste incinerator bottom ash in Zhejiang province, China, J. Haz. Mat., 179, 197–202
11. Chen, YX., X. Tang, S. A. Cheema, W. Liu and C. Shen, 2010, ß-cyclodextrin enhanced phytoremediation of aged PCBs-contaminated soil from e-waste recycling area, J. Environ. Monit., 12, 1482-1489
12. Tang X. C. Shen, S.A. Cheema, L. Chen, X. Xiao, C. Zhang, W. Liu, F. Li, Y.X. Chen, 2010, Levels and distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in agricultural soils in an emerging e-waste recycling town in Taizhou area, China, J. Environ. Sci. Health Part A, 45, 1076–1084

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