Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim

Postdoc, Department of Agroecology – Climate and Water, Arhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark

Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

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Education

PhD, Agronomy/Crop Cultivation and Farming, 2013, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China; Dissertation: “Study on critical nitrogen dilution curve and diagnosis model in rice”
MSc (Hons) Agriculture, Agronomy, 2006, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
BSc (Hons) Agriculture, Agronomy, 2004, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

Research Interests

Dr. Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim’s research interests include, but are certainly not limited to, agronomy, soil science, crop and soil management, nitrogen and water management, nitrogen and water diagnosis, crop rotations, crop ecophysiology, precision agriculture, plant nutrition, climate change adaptation and mitigation, crop growth monitoring and modelling, soil-plant-cadmium interactions, nitrogen-water interactions, and sustainable agriculture.

Quantification of crop biophysical/biochemical properties
Crop growth/biotic/abiotic stress/senescence monitoring

Work Experience

JSPS Fellow, (Nov. 2019 -March 2022), Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
CAS-PIFI Fellow, (Oct. 2016- Nov. 2019), Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Postdoctoral Fellow, (May 2014 – Oct. 2016), National Engineering and Technology Center for Information, Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Visiting Scholar, (April 2013 – May 2014), National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Academic Honors and Awards

JSPS Fellowship, 2019
CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative 2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2016-2018
Mobility Grant by TUM, Germany to Participate in Research Opportunity Week 2016
Postdoctoral Fellowship, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2013-16
Excellent Student Award, Nanjing Agricultural University 2012-13
Fully Funded Ph.D. Scholarship, Chinese Scholarship Council 2009-13
Merit Scholarship, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2002-03

Featured Publications

Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Cang, L., Wang, Y, Zhou, D. (2020) Effects of soil properties, nitrogen application and plant phenology and their interactions on plant uptake of cadmium in wheat. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384, 121452.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Cang, L., Wang, Y, Zhou, D. (2020) Interactions between nitrogen
application and soil properties and their impacts on the transfer of cadmium from soil to wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.) grain. Geoderma, 357, 113923.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Cao, Q., Zhu, Y., Rehmani, M.I.A., Cao, W. Tang, L., (2017). In-season assessment of grain protein and amylose content in rice using critical nitrogen dilution curve. European Journal of Agronomy. 90, 139-151.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Zhu, Y., Liu, X., Cao, Q., Tian, Y., Cao, W. (2017). Comparison of different critical nitrogen dilution curves for nitrogen diagnosis in rice. Scientific Reports. 7, 42679.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Liu, X., Lu, Z., Zheng, H., Cao, W., Zhu, Y. (2017). Estimation of nitrogen fertilizer requirement for rice crop using critical nitrogen dilution curve. Field Crops Research. 201, 32-40.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Cao, Q., Zhu, Y., Tang, L., Rehmani, M.I.A., Cao, W. (2016). Non-destructive assessment of plant nitrogen parameters using leaf chlorophyll measurements in rice. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 7: 1829.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Liu, X., Lu, Z., Yuan, Z., Zhu, Y., Cao, W. (2016). In-season estimation of rice grain yield using critical nitrogen dilution curve. Field Crops Research. 195, 1-8.
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Akbar, N., Ehsan Ullah, (2015). Improvement in wheat crop growth and grain
yield under different planting techniques in Faisalabad zone. Journal of Environmental &
Agricultural Sciences. 5, 71-78
Ata-Ul-Karim, S.T., Yao, X., Liu, X., Cao, W., Zhu, Y. (2014). Development of critical nitrogen
dilution curve in rice based on stem dry matter. Plos One. 9(8):e104540.
Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim, Zhu, Y., Yao, X., Cao, W. (2014). Determination of critical nitrogen dilution
curve based on leaf area index in rice. Field Crops Research. 167, 76-85.
Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim, Yao, X., Liu, X., Cao, W., Zhu, Y. (2013). Development of critical nitrogen dilution curve of Japonica rice in Yangtze River Reaches. Field Crops Research. 149, 149-158.
Yuan, Z., Q. Cao, K. Zhang, S.T. Ata-Ul-Karim, Y. Tian, Y. Zhu, W. Cao and X. Liu. 2016. Optimal Leaf Positions for SPAD Meter Measurement in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00719
Wu, P., S.T. Ata-Ul-Karim, B.P. Singh, H. Wang, T. Wu, C. Liu, G. Fang, D. Zhou, Y. Wang and W. Chen. 2019. A scientometric review of biochar research in the past 20 years (1998–2018). Biochar. 1: 23-43. doi: 10.1007/s42773-019-00002-9
Li, S., F. Yuan, S.T. Ata-UI-Karim, H. Zheng, T. Cheng, X. Liu, Y. Tian, Y. Zhu, W. Cao and Q. Cao. 2019. Combining Color Indices and Textures of UAV-Based Digital Imagery for Rice LAI Estimation. Remote Sensing. 11: 1763.
Abid, M., Z. Tian, S.T. Ata-Ul-Karim, Y. Cui, Y. Liu, R. Zahoor, D. Jiang and T. Dai. 2016. Nitrogen Nutrition Improves the Potential of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to Alleviate the Effects of Drought Stress during Vegetative Growth Periods. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00981
Abid, M., Z. Tian, S.T. Ata-Ul-Karim, Y. Liu, Y. Cui, R. Zahoor, D. Jiang and T. Dai. 2016. Improved tolerance to post-anthesis drought stress by pre-drought priming at vegetative stages in drought-tolerant and -sensitive wheat cultivars. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 106: 218-227. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.05.003

Research Keywords

Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim, nitrogen dilution curve, rice, Yangtze River, nitrogen diagnosis, critical nitrogen, in-season estimating, leaf area index, critical nitrogen dilution curve,