Dr. Waqas Qasim

PhD student

Research interests

N balance
GHGs emissions
Soil denitrification
N leaching
N use efficiency
Soil restauration

List of projects involved in:

NIVEP: Minimizing Nitrogen Environmental Impacts in Intensive Greenhouse Vegetable Production Systems of China
Smart Farm Agriculture (South Korea)
Livestock Manure Composting (South Korea)

Publications list (top 6):

Qasim, W., Xia, L., Shan, L., Li, W., Zhao, Y., & Butterbach-Bahl, K. (2020). Global greenhouse vegetable production systems are hotspots of soil N2O emissions and nitrogen leaching: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution, 116372.
Zhao, Y., Lv, H., Qasim, W., Wan, L., Wang, Y., Lian, X., ... & Butterbach-Bahl, K. (2021). Drip fertigation with straw incorporation significantly reduces N2O emission and N leaching while maintaining high vegetable yields in solar greenhouse production. Environmental Pollution, 273, 116521.
Zhao, Y., Lin, S., Wan, L., Qasim, W., Hu, J., Xue, T., ... & Butterbach-Bahl, K. (2021). Anaerobic soil disinfestation with incorporation of straw and manure significantly increases greenhouse gases emission and reduces nitrate leaching while increasing leaching of dissolved organic N. Science of The Total Environment, 147307.
Qasim, W., Moon, B. E., Okyere, F. G., Khan, F., Nafees, M., & Kim, H. T. (2019). Influence of aeration rate and reactor shape on the composting of poultry manure and sawdust. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 69(5), 633-645.
Qasim, W., Lee, M. H., Moon, B. E., Okyere, F. G., Khan, F., Nafees, M., & Kim, H. T. (2018). Composting of chicken manure with a mixture of sawdust and wood shavings under forced aeration in a closed reactor system. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 7(3), 261-267.
Qasim, W., Moon, B. E., Phonsuwan, M., Jo, J. S., Lee, M. H., Nafees, M., & Kim, H. T. (2018). Effects of an aluminum sulfate and ferric chloride blend on poultry litter characteristics in vitro. Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 27(1), 92-102.