University of Kerbala
Education and Qualifications
- PhD Griffith University, Australia
- MSc Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq
- BSc Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq
Area of Interest
- Precision farming and sustainable farming system
- Water and nutrient management
- Carbon and nitrogen cycling
- Soil fertility
- Plant eco-physiology
- Soil-plant interaction
- Resistance to desertification, water scarcity and drought.
Academic Experience
- Plant anatomy
- Plant nutrition
- Plant physiology
- Principles of horticulture and landscape
- Vegetable production
- Ecology
Research Experience
- Using stable isotopes to investigate both plant and soil health and eco-physiology.
- Using 15N dilution techniques to assess nitrogen dynamics.
- Using 13C NMR to evaluate carbon functional groups.
- Evaluation of micro and macro nutrients in the plant and soil
- Evaluation of soil carbon and nitrogen pools using chemical and biological assays such as Biolog,
- extraction-fumigation method and hot water extraction.
- Research proposal and research design.
Software and Computer Skills
- Statistical analysis using Statistix, SASS, and SPSS.
International Conferences and Meetings
- Abdullah, K., Xu, Z. H., Blumfield, T. J., Boyd, S. E., Bai, S. H., Reverchon, F., & Wang, Y. (2014). The effect of prescribed burning on soil microbial properties in a suburban native forest of South-east Queensland. In 20th World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS). South Korea.
- Wang, Y., Xu, Z., Zheng, J., Abdullah, K. M., & Zhou, Q. (2014). Impact of Litter Addition on Gross Nitrogen Transformations in a Suburban Native Forest Under Repeated Prescribed Burning in South-East Queensland, Australia. In 20th World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS). South Korea..
Published Papers
Impact of global climate change and fire on the occurrence and function of understorey legumes in forest ecosystems
- Reverchon, F., Xu, Z.H., Blumfield, T.J., Chen, C., Abdullah, K.M.
- Journal of Soils and Sediments 12, 150-160
- 2012
Short-term effects of prescribed burning on phosphorus availability in a suburban native forest of subtropical Australia
- Huang, W., Xu, Z.H., Chen, C., Zhou, G., Liu, J., Abdullah, K., Reverchon, F., Liu, X.
- Journal of Soils and Sediments 13, 869-876
- 2013
δ15N of soil nitrogen pools and their dynamics under decomposing leaf litters in a suburban native forest subject to repeated prescribed burning in southeast Queensland, Australia
- Wang, Y., Xu, Z.H., Zheng, J., Abdullah, K.M., Zhou, Q
- Journal of Soils and Sediments 15, 1063-1074
- 2015
