Shabana Ehsan

Assessing Efficiency and Economics of Different Sources of Phosphorus in Alkaline Calcareous Soils for Wheat Production

Fatma Bibi, Ifra Saleem, Shabana Ehsan, Abid `Niaz, Shakeel Ahmad Anwar, Sadia Sultana & Zahid Ashfaq Ahmad · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2015

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient needed for plant growth, root development and grain production. Application of humic acid (HA) is considered to improve the plant growth and enhances stress tolerance. The decrease in amount of arable land and hiking prices of chemical fert...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEA/2016/20455

Improvement of Wheat Grain Zinc and Zinc Daily Intake by Biofortification with Zinc

Ifra Saleem, Shahid Javid, Shabana Ehsan, Abid Niaz, Fatima Bibi & Zahid Ashfaq Ahmed · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2015

Billions of people all over the world are being affected by zinc deficiency that causes stunted growth and poorly developed immune system. The approach to enrich the grains of food crops with nutrients is biofortification. To overcome the human zinc deficiency, improving wheat gr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19739

Biofortification of Maize Grain with Zinc and Iron by Using Fertilizing Approach

Ifra Saleem, Shahid Javid, Fatima Bibi, Shabana Ehsan, Abid Niaz & Zahid Ashfaq Ahmad · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2016

The study was conducted to evaluate the response of hybrid maize towards zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) fertilization applied both as soil and foliar application. It is a possible way to increase the zinc and iron concentration in maize grain by the application of Zn and Fe fertilizers....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2016/24532