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Plant Science and Agronomy
Pakistan
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
21804
World Ranking
443
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Pakistan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Agronomy

Agronomy, Cultivar, Shoot, Germination and Antioxidant are his primary areas of study. His work on Water-use efficiency as part of general Agronomy study is frequently linked to Phosphorus, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. He interconnects Panicle and Oryza in the investigation of issues within Cultivar.

Soil contamination, Animal science and Dry weight is closely connected to Chlorophyll in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Shoot. His Germination study also includes fields such as

  • Seedling, which have a strong connection to Lipid peroxidation,
  • Pollen which connect with Human fertilization. His work deals with themes such as Oxidative stress, Botany, Reactive oxygen species, Horticulture and Nutrient, which intersect with Antioxidant.

His most cited work include:

  • Phytoremediation strategies for soils contaminated with heavy metals: Modifications and future perspectives (394 citations)
  • Phytoremediation strategies for soils contaminated with heavy metals: Modifications and future perspectives (394 citations)
  • Phytohormones and plant responses to salinity stress: a review (268 citations)

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

Saddam Hussain focuses on Agronomy, Horticulture, Cultivar, Crop yield and Shoot. His study in Sowing, Crop, Weed, Seedling and Weed control is done as part of Agronomy. His research in Horticulture intersects with topics in Lipid peroxidation, Malondialdehyde, Antioxidant and Catalase.

His study explores the link between Cultivar and topics such as Biomass that cross with problems in Soil carbon. The Crop yield study combines topics in areas such as Fertilizer and Hybrid. Saddam Hussain works mostly in the field of Shoot, limiting it down to topics relating to Nutrient and, in certain cases, Photosynthesis and Biofortification, as a part of the same area of interest.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (53.71%)
  • Horticulture (27.51%)
  • Cultivar (20.96%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Horticulture (27.51%)
  • Nutrient (14.41%)
  • Shoot (14.85%)

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

His primary areas of study are Horticulture, Nutrient, Shoot, Agronomy and Cultivar. His Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Toxicity, Antioxidant and Glutathione reductase. His Shoot study combines topics in areas such as Transcriptome, Root system and Seedling.

His work focuses on many connections between Seedling and other disciplines, such as Stomatal conductance, that overlap with his field of interest in Phytoremediation and Soil contamination. He has included themes like Soil carbon and Biofortification in his Agronomy study. In Cultivar, Saddam Hussain works on issues like Salinity, which are connected to Cell wall and Pollen.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Maize Tolerance against Drought and Chilling Stresses Varied with Root Morphology and Antioxidative Defense System. (13 citations)
  • Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.): A Potential Candidate for Phytoremediation? Biological and Economical Points of View. (13 citations)
  • Metal Toxicity and Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants: An Overview (13 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Agronomy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Biofortification, Horticulture, Cultivar, Biomass and Agronomy. His biological study deals with issues like Biotechnology, which deal with fields such as Selenium deficiency. His studies deal with areas such as Oxidative stress, Fertilizer and Antioxidant as well as Horticulture.

His Cultivar study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Panicle, Abscisic acid, Carotenoid and Pb toxicity. His Agronomy study frequently links to related topics such as Agriculture. His Shoot research incorporates themes from Superoxide dismutase, Catalase and Root system.

Best Publications

  • Phytoremediation strategies for soils contaminated with heavy metals: Modifications and future perspectives

    Nadeem Sarwar;Muhammad Imran;Muhammad Rashid Shaheen;Wajid Ishaque

  • Phytohormones and plant responses to salinity stress: a review

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Amar Matloob;Faheem Ahmed Khan

  • Chilling and Drought Stresses in Crop Plants: Implications, Cross Talk, and Potential Management Opportunities

    Hafiz A. Hussain;Saddam Hussain;Abdul Khaliq;Umair Ashraf

  • Potential role of phytohormones and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in abiotic stresses: consequences for changing environment.

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Asghari Bano;Asghari Bano;Shah Saud;Shah Saud

  • Drought Induced Changes in Growth, Osmolyte Accumulation and Antioxidant Metabolism of Three Maize Hybrids.

    Shakeel A Anjum;Umair Ashraf;Mohsin Tanveer;Imran Khan

  • Interactive effects of drought and heat stresses on morpho-physiological attributes, yield, nutrient uptake and oxidative status in maize hybrids.

    Hafiz Athar Hussain;Shengnan Men;Saddam Hussain;Yinglong Chen

  • Lead toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation.

    Usman Zulfiqar;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Saddam Hussain;Muhammad Maqsood

  • A combined application of biochar and phosphorus alleviates heat-induced adversities on physiological, agronomical and quality attributes of rice

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Shah Saud;Shah Hassan

  • Cadmium toxicity in Maize (Zea mays L.): consequences on antioxidative systems, reactive oxygen species and cadmium accumulation.

    Shakeel Ahmad Anjum;Shakeel Ahmad Anjum;Mohsin Tanveer;Mohsin Tanveer;Saddam Hussain;Mingchen Bao

  • Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators Affect Heat‐Stressed Rice Pollens

    S. Fahad;S. Hussain;S. Saud;F. Khan

  • Dry direct-seeded rice as an alternative to transplanted-flooded rice in Central China

    Hongyan Liu;Saddam Hussain;Manman Zheng;Shaobing Peng

  • Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators Enhance the Morpho-Physiological Growth and Yield of Rice under High Temperature.

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Shah Saud;Shah Hassan

  • Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Seed Priming-Induced Chilling Tolerance in Rice Cultivars

    Saddam Hussain;Fahad Khan;Hafiz A. Hussain;Lixiao Nie;Lixiao Nie

  • Lead toxicity in rice: effects, mechanisms, and mitigation strategies—a mini review

    Umair Ashraf;Adam Sheka Kanu;Zhaowen Mo;Saddam Hussain

  • Rice management interventions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions: a review

    Saddam Hussain;Shaobing Peng;Shah Fahad;Abdul Khaliq

  • Seed priming in dry direct-seeded rice: consequences for emergence, seedling growth and associated metabolic events under drought stress

    Manman Zheng;Ye Tao;Saddam Hussain;Qingwei Jiang

  • A biochar application protects rice pollen from high-temperature stress

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Shah Saud;Mohsin Tanveer

  • Silicon Application Increases Drought Tolerance of Kentucky Bluegrass by Improving Plant Water Relations and Morphophysiological Functions

    Shah Saud;Xin Li;Yang Chen;Lu Zhang

  • Alternate wetting and drying: A water-saving and ecofriendly rice production system

    Muhammad Ishfaq;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Usman Zulfiqar;Saddam Hussain

  • Responses of Rapid Viscoanalyzer Profile and Other Rice Grain Qualities to Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators under High Day and High Night Temperatures.

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Shah Saud;Shah Hassan

  • Benefits of rice seed priming are offset permanently by prolonged storage and the storage conditions

    Saddam Hussain;Manman Zheng;Fahad Khan;Abdul Khaliq

  • Nitrogen losses, use efficiency, and productivity of early rice under controlled-release urea.

    Pengfei Li;Jianwei Lu;Yang Wang;Sen Wang

  • Osmoregulation and antioxidant production in maize under combined cadmium and arsenic stress

    Shakeel Ahmad Anjum;Mohsin Tanveer;Saddam Hussain;Babar Shahzad

  • Seed Priming Alters the Production and Detoxification of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates in Rice Seedlings Grown under Sub-optimal Temperature and Nutrient Supply.

    Saddam Hussain;Fahad Khan;Weidong Cao;Lishu Wu

  • Weed growth and crop yield loss in wheat as influenced by row spacing and weed emergence times

    Shah Fahad;Saddam Hussain;Bhagirath Singh Chauhan;Shah Saud

  • Rice Responses and Tolerance to High Temperature

    Shah Fahad;Muhammad Adnan;Shah Hassan;Shah Saud

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianliang Huang
Jianliang Huang Huazhong Agricultural University
Shah Fahad
Shah Fahad University of Swabi
Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Shakeel Ahmad Anjum University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Mohsin Tanveer
Mohsin Tanveer Chinese Academy of Sciences
Umair Ashraf
Umair Ashraf University of Education
Wajid Nasim
Wajid Nasim Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Lixiao Nie
Lixiao Nie Hainan University
Kehui Cui
Kehui Cui Huazhong Agricultural University
Babar Shahzad
Babar Shahzad University of Tasmania
Shaobing Peng
Shaobing Peng Huazhong Agricultural University

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