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Muhammad Zahid Ihsan

Montana State University System, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, King Abdulaziz University, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance · Genetics and Plant Breeding · Weed Control and Herbicide Applications

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7721-3712
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I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Southern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University Bozeman-USA. I am also working as Associate Professor of Dryland Agronomy at Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur-Pakistan. My research focused on productivity and sustainability of Dryland Cropping Systems at Montana and other dry regions of the world. I specialized in introduction, adaptability and yield improvement of climate resilient field crops under water deficit conditions. Currently working on developing an integrated model for sustainable Dryland Agriculture through improving crop, water and soil use efficiency. Combining approaches for anti-desertification, saline agriculture and soil conservation. I am also working on the water productivity enhancement of summer and winter field crops under drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. It includes screening and evaluation of cereal crops, pulses, oilseed crops, fodders, fruit trees, perennial forages, medicinal plants and introduction of high value new crops germplasm such as White lupin (Lupinus albus), Blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius), faba bean (Vicia faba), guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), camelina (Camelina sativa), Quinova (Chenopodium quinoa) and proso millat (Panicum miliaceum) for Dryland farming. Awarded a number of research projects on Dryland Agronomy that includes; Projects-I, Agronomic Interventions and Postharvest Value Addition to Promote Millets for Crop Diversification, Nutritional Security and Climate Smart Agriculture, Project-II, Introduced Lupin crop in South Punjab for livestock feed and forage purposes, Project-III, Developing an integrated model for sustainable desert agriculture, Project-IV, Introduction, adaptability and intercropping of white Lupine (Lupinus albus) as winter legume forage in arid areas of Cholistan, Project-V, Value addition and standardization of Moringa olifera for export, Project VI, Sustainable production and nutritional profiling of cultivate able medicinal plant of Southern Punjab region Pakistan, Project VII, Studying wheat Rht genotypes agronomic response to plant growth regulators under drought and heat stress.

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