Shahid Umar

Jamia Hamdard India

Prof. Shahid Umar has identified the major strategies for developing abiotic stress-tolerant crops by modulating tolerance mechanisms at both physiological and molecular levels, deciphered the importance of N-metabolism in cereals and leafy vegetables, enhanced N-use efficiency, and developed synergism between primary nutrients and growth under varied environmental conditions. Prof. Umar has 10 volumes (including 1 authored book) to his credit and has participated in research projects funded by agencies, including the International Potash Research Institute in Switzerland. For his significant contributions to potassium nutrition management to improve crop yield and quality, Prof. Umar has received several awards, including the 2003 IPI-FAI International Award from the International Potash Institute, Basel, Switzerland, and the Fertilizer Association of India.

3books edited

3chapters authored

Chapters authored

Introductory Chapter: Edible Oilseeds Research – Updates and Prospects

By Naser A. Anjum, Asim Masood, Shahid Umar and Nafees A. Khan

Part of the book: Edible Oilseeds Research

Herbaceous Edible Oilseed-Bearing Plants: Origin, Botanical Insights, Constraints, and Recent Progress

By Naser A. Anjum, Asim Masood, Faisal Rasheed, Palaniswamy Thangavel, Shahid Umar and Nafees A. Khan

Carbohydrates, lipids (mostly fats and oils), proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water are the six main classes of nutrients found in foods. After carbohydrates, oils are important source of major calories required in the human diet. Oils act as a vehicle for some of the important vitamins and possess a range of nutrients and bio-active compounds. These edible oil-yielding plants can be categorized into non-woody (herbaceous) and woody (non-herbaceous) oil-bearing plants. This chapter mainly focuses on important herbaceous edible oilseed (crop)plants such as pea(ground)nut (Arachis hypogaea L.), Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. and Coss.), rapeseed (Brassica campestris L.) (syn. B. rapa), soybean (Glycine max L.), flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.), sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), and niger (Guizotia abyssinica L.). It aims to (a) overview the key insights into the origin, botany and benefits of the mentioned herbaceous edible oilseed (crop)plants; (b) highlight the major constraints for their growth and productivity (quantitative-qualitative); (c) enlighten important mitigation-approaches for minimizing the constraints-accrued impacts; (d) briefly overview the major aims and achievements of important breeding programmes focused on these oilseed-bearing (crops)plants; and also to (e) briefly present important aspects least explored on the subject.

Part of the book: Edible Oilseeds Research

Introductory Chapter: Research on Legumes – Updates and Prospects

By Naser A. Anjum, Asim Masood, Shahid Umar and Nafees A. Khan

Part of the book: Research on Legumes

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