Irshad Ahmad

Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant defense system of maize seedlings

Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran, Ruixia Ding et al. · PeerJ · 2019 · 227 citations · Full text

Engineering, Botany, Maize Seedling +21

Plastic film mulching stimulates soil wet-dry alternation and stomatal behavior to improve maize yield and resource use efficiency in a semi-arid region

Xudong Zhang, Linchuan Yang, Xuanke Xue et al. · Field Crops Research · 2019 · 167 citations

Resource Use Efficiency, Crop Production, Land Use +7

Exogenous Application of Melatonin Induces Tolerance to Salt Stress by Improving the Photosynthetic Efficiency and Antioxidant Defense System of Maize Seedling

Shakeel Ahmad, Wenwen Cui, Muhammad Kamran et al. · Journal of Plant Growth Regulation · 2020 · 136 citations

Biology, Salt Stress, Plant Stress +10

Nitrogen fertilization affects maize grain yield through regulating nitrogen uptake, radiation and water use efficiency, photosynthesis and root distribution

Wennan Su, Shakeel Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad et al. · PeerJ · 2020 · 74 citations · Full text

Straw incorporation helps inhibit nitrogen leaching in maize season to increase yield and efficiency in the Loess Plateau of China

Xiangping Meng, Ziyan Guo, Xueni Yang et al. · Soil and Tillage Research · 2021 · 64 citations

Crop Production, Straw Incorporation, Nitrogen Leaching +7