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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
63
Citations
18744
World Ranking
1018
National Ranking
270

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
75
Citations
23082
World Ranking
1263
National Ranking
543

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Agriculture
  • Ecology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Soil water, Horticulture, Poaceae and Antioxidant. M. B. Kirkham works in the field of Agronomy, focusing on Anthesis in particular. His work on Loam and Soil organic matter as part of general Soil water study is frequently linked to Component, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

The Horticulture study which covers Soil contamination that intersects with Salicaceae and Organic matter. The various areas that he examines in his Poaceae study include Sorghum and Winter wheat. In the subject of general Antioxidant, his work in Superoxide dismutase, Catalase and Lipid peroxidation is often linked to Ascorbic acid, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

His most cited work include:

  • Remediation of heavy metal(loid)s contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize? (900 citations)
  • Drought-Stress-Induced Changes in Activities of Superoxide Dismutase, Catalase, and Peroxidase in Wheat Species (569 citations)
  • CADMIUM IN PLANTS ON POLLUTED SOILS: EFFECTS OF SOIL FACTORS, HYPERACCUMULATION AND AMENDMENTS (444 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Agronomy, Environmental chemistry, Soil water, Horticulture and Poaceae are his primary areas of study. His work in Agronomy covers topics such as Osmotic pressure which are related to areas like Turgor pressure. His Environmental chemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chelation, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Particulates and Leaching.

The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Environmental remediation and Water content. His Horticulture study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Botany. His work deals with themes such as Sludge and Biosolids, which intersect with Phytoremediation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (45.53%)
  • Environmental chemistry (18.30%)
  • Soil water (13.62%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Environmental chemistry (18.30%)
  • Particulates (4.68%)
  • Agronomy (45.53%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Environmental chemistry, Particulates, Agronomy, Waste management and Soil water. His Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Wastewater, Bioremediation, Terrestrial ecosystem and Environmental remediation. His Wastewater study deals with Phytoremediation intersecting with Leaching.

His Environmental remediation research includes themes of Biosolids, Environmental engineering and Nanotechnology. His research integrates issues of Soil organic matter and Claypan in his study of Agronomy. His research in Waste management intersects with topics in Agriculture and Revegetation.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: A critical review (128 citations)
  • Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects (86 citations)
  • Functional Relationships of Soil Acidification, Liming, and Greenhouse Gas Flux (66 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Ecology

M. B. Kirkham focuses on Environmental chemistry, Environmental remediation, Biosolids, Biochar and Soil water. The concepts of his Environmental chemistry study are interwoven with issues in Ecology and Contamination. His research in Contamination is mostly focused on Phytoremediation.

His work carried out in the field of Environmental remediation brings together such families of science as Nanotechnology and Soil conditioner. His Biochar study improves the overall literature in Waste management. M. B. Kirkham has researched Soil water in several fields, including Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation.

Best Publications

  • Remediation of heavy metal(loid)s contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize?

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Anitha Kunhikrishnan;Ramya Thangarajan;Ramya Thangarajan;Jurate Kumpiene

  • Drought-Stress-Induced Changes in Activities of Superoxide Dismutase, Catalase, and Peroxidase in Wheat Species

    Jingxian Zhang;M.B. Kirkham

  • CADMIUM IN PLANTS ON POLLUTED SOILS: EFFECTS OF SOIL FACTORS, HYPERACCUMULATION AND AMENDMENTS

    M.B. Kirkham

  • Antioxidant responses to drought in sunflower and sorghum seedlings

    Jingxian Zhang;M. B. Kirkham

  • Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant

    Zahangir Hossain;Zahangir Hossain;Zahangir Hossain;Mezbaul Bahar;Binoy Sarkar;Scott Wilfred Donne

  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

    Jiajun Duan;Nanthi Bolan;Yang Li;Shiyuan Ding

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk.

    Lauren Bradney;Hasintha Wijesekara;Hasintha Wijesekara;Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Nadeeka Obadamudalige

  • Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

    Thangavel Ramesh;Nanthi S. Bolan;Mary Beth Kirkham;Hasintha Wijesekara

  • Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

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  • Principles of soil and plant water relations

    M. B. Kirkham

  • On the Origin of the Theory of Mineral Nutrition of Plants and the Law of the Minimum

    R.R. van der Ploeg;W. Böhm;M.B. Kirkham

  • Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: A critical review

    Meththika Vithanage;Indika Herath;Stephen Joseph;Jochen Bundschuh

  • The potential of biochar as a microbial carrier for agricultural and environmental applications

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  • Sustainable soil use and management: An interdisciplinary and systematic approach.

    Deyi Hou;Nanthi S. Bolan;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Mary B. Kirkham

  • Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects

    Xinni Xiong;Iris K.M. Yu;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Nanthi S. Bolan

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    Nanthi Bolan;Binoy Sarkar;Yubo Yan;Qiao Li

  • Effects of drought and high temperature stress on synthetic hexaploid wheat.

    Gautam P Pradhan;P V Vara Prasad;Allan K Fritz;Mary B Kirkham

  • Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

    Nanthi Bolan;Manish Kumar;Ekta Singh;Aman Kumar

  • Extended methodology for determining wetting properties of porous media

    J. Bachmann;S. K. Woche;M.-O. Goebel;M. B. Kirkham

  • The polymers and their additives in particulate plastics: What makes them hazardous to the fauna?

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  • Remediation of soils and sediments polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: To immobilize, mobilize, or degrade?

    Manish Kumar;Nanthi S. Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Ankush D. Sawarkar

  • Functional Relationships of Soil Acidification, Liming, and Greenhouse Gas Flux

    A Kunhikrishnan;R Thangarajan;N.S S Bolan;N.S S Bolan;Y Xu;Y Xu

  • Contact angle of soils as affected by depth, texture, and land management

    S. K. Woche;M.-O. Goebel;M. B. Kirkham;R. Horton

  • Heavy metal displacement in chelate-irrigated soil during phytoremediation

    F Madrid;M.S Liphadzi;M.B Kirkham

Frequent Co-Authors

Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Brent Clothier
Brent Clothier Plant & Food Research
Jay M. Ham
Jay M. Ham Colorado State University

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