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 Prof. Saddam Hussain University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan |
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| Title: Use of Biodegradable Superabsorbent Polymers for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Marginal and Stress-prone Areas: Overview and Prospects | |
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| Biography: Dr. Saddam Hussain is working as Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Stress Physiology at the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-Pakistan. He has been recognized with several international distinctions/awards in recent years. He published over 150 refereed journal papers (h-index: 50, citations: >9100), many of which have sought to understand the morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular basis of crop responses to individual and concurrent abiotic stresses and mechanisms imparting tolerance for such stresses. He devised promising strategies for improving the crop performance under sub-optimum conditions (salinity, drought, submergence, temperature extremes, metal toxicity) and suggested various novel indicators for augmenting stress tolerance in plants. The impact of his publications is consistently on the increase, and he is now receiving over 1500 citations in each single year. Recently, his name is featured in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” by Clarivate/Web of Science for the year 2021. He is working as Editor/Editorial board member of several reputed international journals including Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier, Q1, IF 10.48), Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier, Q1, IF 6.29), BMC Plant Biology (Springer, Q1 IF: 4.22), Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (Springer, Q1 IF 4.17), Food and Energy Security (Wiley, Q1, IF 4.11), Plants (Q1, IF: 3.94), PLOS One (Q1, IF: 3.24), Arabian Journal of Geoscience (Springer, IF 1.83) and Crop Science-CSSA (Q1 IF 2.32), to name a few. He has supervised >20 post graduate students as major supervisor. | |
