Dr. Joinal Abedin

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Dr. Joinal Abedin, a Soil Scientist, has many years of experience in planning, designing, conducting, and interpreting field and laboratory experiments in relation to soil health, soil contamination and environmental remediation.  His soil health research was dedicated to examine sustainable management practices to improve the physical, chemical and biological properties of the agricultural soils. His research resulted in good number of high-quality research articles published in reputed international journals. Some of these journal articles were highly cited by the scientific community; one article published in Environmental Science & Technology (36.5 (2002): 962-968) was cited 833 times, another article published in Plant Physiology (128.3 (2002): 1120-1128) was cited 885 times and two articles published in Plant and Soil (240.2 (2002): 311-319 and 243.1 (2002): 57-66) were cited 529 and 333 times respectively (Source: Google scholar as of January 18, 2024).

Area of research:

  • Soil health and crop production
  • Soil fertility and plant nutrition
  • Phyto-availability of contaminant metals in mining impacted soils
  • Toxicity, accumulation, and toxicity of arsenic in rice

Education:

  • BSc. Ag. (Hons), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • MSc. Ag (Soil Science), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • PhD, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • PDF, Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

Worked as:

  • Senior Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (1988-2002)
  • Research Scientist, Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University (2004-2009)
  • Research Scientist, Labrador Institute, Memorial University (2012-2019)

Selected publications:

  1. Abedin, J. and Unc, A. (2023). Field Crops Research 303: 109121
  2. Young et al. (2023). Soil Research. 61(5): 456-467
  3. Abedin, J. and Unc, A. (2021). Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 102 (1): 165-176.
  4. Abedin, J. and Unc, A. (2020). Open Agriculture. 5: 188–201
  5. Keske et al. (2020). Food and energy security. 9(1): e188.
  6. Altdorff et al. (2019). Soil Systems. 3(3):53.
  7. Abedin, J. (2018). Agronomy Journal 110 (6):2576-2586.
  8. Abedin et al. (2012). Canadian Journal of Soil Science 92: 253-268.
  9. Saleque et al. (2004). Field Crops Research. 86: 53-65.
  • Abedin et al. (2002). Plant and Soil 240: 311-319
  • Abedin et al. (2002). Environmental Science and Technology. 36:962-968
  • Abedin et al. (2002). Plant Physiology. 128:1120-1128
  • Abedin, M. J., and Meharg, A. A. (2002). Plant and soil. 243: 57-66.
  • Saleque et al. (2001). Journal of Plant Nutrition. 24: 1621-1632
  • Saleque et al. (1998). Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 29:2905-2916
  • Abedin et al. (1998). Journal of Plant Nutrition. 21:1843-1854
  • Abedin, J. and Saleque, M.A. (1998). Thai Journal of Agricultural Science. 31:122-129
  • Ahsan et al. (1997). Thai Journal of Agricultural Science. 30: 501-509
  • Saleque et al. (1996). Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 27: 2017-2023

Blog

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Environmental and Soil Health, Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil

Phosphorus Dynamics in Boreal Podzols Converted from Forest to Agriculture Phosphorus (P) stands as a non-renewable, essential element crucial for sustaining all life forms, particularly in agriculture, where it ranks…

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Biochar and Fish Waste for Soil Fertility

Farms in the northern cold-climate regions of Canada are: (1) small (<100ac) and thus not amenable to large scale farming protocols; (2) are established either on less fertile soils that…

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The rate dependent efficacy of biochar for crop yield and nutrition on Podzols newly converted from boreal forests

Abedin J, Unc A, 2023. Field Crops Research, 303: 109121 Context Under climate change and local and global food security pressures conversion to agricultural lands on Podzols developed under boreal forests is accelerating across the global north. After…

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Soil nematode trophic structure and biochar addition in recently converted boreal lands

E. H. Young, J. Abedin and A. Unc, Soil Research 2023 Vol. 61 Issue 5 Pages 456-467 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR22228 Context: Climate change facilitated expansion of agriculture into northern regions increases the…

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The utility of biochar for increasing the fertility of new agricultural lands converted from boreal forests

J. Abedin and A. Unc, Canadian Journal of Soil Science 2021 Vol. 102 Issue 1 Pages 165-176, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2021-0002 The agricultural soils of the Happy Valley-Goose Bay (HV-GB) region of Newfoundland…

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Addition of biochar to acidic boreal podzolic soils enhances micronutrient availability and crop productivity

J. Abedin and A. Unc, Open Agriculture, vol. 5, no. 1, 2020, pp. 188-201, https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2020-0021 Results of a recent multiyear experiment conducted on an agricultural plot that was recently converted…

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Effect of Biochar Application Rates on the Hydraulic Properties of an Agricultural-Use Boreal Podzol

D. Altdorff, L. Galagedara, J. Abedin and A. Unc, Soil Systems 2019 Vol. 3 Issue 3, https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems3030053 Boreal agriculture struggles with soils of lower agronomic value, most of which are…

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Enhancing Soils of Labrador through Application of Biochar, Fishmeal, and Chemical Fertilizer

J. Abedin, Agronomy Journal 2018 Vol. 110 Issue 6 Pages 2576-2586, https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.02.0074 Core Ideas: Biochar applied to sandy, acidic soil increased topsoil pH by 0.5 units. Biochar, fertilizer, or fishmeal…