Department:  Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences

Position:  Associate Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  Saline agriculture, Selection of field crops, trees, shrubs and grasses for salt affected soils and use of saline ground water. Testing of Saline Agriculture technology in the salt affected areas.

Publications:  

1. Iqbal, M. M. , G. Murtaza, T. Naz, J. Akhtar, M. Afzal, E. Meers, and G. D. Laing, 2017, Amendments affect lead mobility and modulated chemo-speciation under different moisture regimes in normal and salt-affected lead-contaminated soils, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14, 113-122
2. Iqbal, M. M. , G. Murtaza, T. Naz, J. Akhtar, M. Afzal, E. Meers, and G. D. Laing, 2017, Amendments affect lead mobility and modulated chemo-speciation under different moisture regimes in normal and salt-affected lead-contaminated soils, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14, 113-122
3. , 2016, Effectiveness of Potassium in mitigating the salt-induced oxidative stress in contrasting tomato genotypes, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 39, 1926-1935
4. Amjad, M., J. Akhtar, M. A. Haq, M. A. Riaz, S. E. Jacobsen, 2013, Antioxidant Enzymes Activity and Salt Tolerance in Wheat, Pak. J. Agri. Sci., under revi,
5. Tanveer Ul Haq, J. Akhtar, K. A. Steele, R. Munns and J. Gorham, 2013, Reliability of ion accumulation and growth components for selecting salt tolerant lines in large populations of rice. , Functional Plant Biology, FP13158,
6. Amjad, M., J. Akhtar, M.A. Haq and R. Ahmad, 2013, Characterization of comparative response of fifteen Tomato (Lycopersicom esculatum Mill.) genotypes of NaCl stress, J. Agricultural Sci. & Tech., 16, In Press
7. Amjad, M., J. Akhtar, M.A. Haq , S. Imran and S.E. Jacobsen, 2013, Soil and foliar application of potassium enhances fruit yield and quality of tomato under salinity, Turkish J. of Biology., , accepted
8. Saqib, Z.A., J.Akhtar, M.Saqib and R.Ahmad, 2011, Contrasting leaf Na+ uptake and transport rates conferred differences in salt tolerance of wheat genotypes. , Acta Agric. Scandinavica , ,
9. 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, 58-65
10. Akhtar, J., Z.A. Saqib, M. Sarfraz, I. Saleem & M.A. Haq, 2010, Evaluating salt tolerant cotton genotypes at different levels of NaCl stress in solution and soil culture. , Pak. J. Bot., 42, 2857-2866
11. Tanveer Ul Haq, J. Gorham, J. Akhtar, N. Akhtar and K. A. Steele, 2010, Dynamic QTL for salt stress components on chromosome 1 of rice., Funct. Plant Biol., 37, 634–645
12. Mujeeb, F., Rahmatullah, J. Akhtar, and R.Ahmad, 2010, Integration of organic and inorganic P sources for improving P use efficiency in different soils. , Soil Environ. , 29, 122-127
13. Akhtar, M.J., H.N. Asghar, K. Shahzad and M. Arshad. , 2009, Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria applied in combination with compost and mineral fertilizers to improve growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). , , 41:00:00, 381-390.
14. Nasim, M., R.H. Qureshi, T. Aziz, M. Saqib, S. Nawaz, J. Akhtar, M.A. Khan and S.T. Sahi., 2009, Different Eucalyptus species show different mechanism of tolerance to salinity and salinity X hypoxia., , 32:00:00, 1-13.

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