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Mumtaz Cheema
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Research
Latest papers
Impact of hydrothermal reaction time on synthesis and characterization of lobster shell waste-derived carbon nanoparticles as potential nanofertilizers.
Journal of environmental management · 2026
Nitrogen stabilizers and crop rotation affect chemical properties and relative abundance of nitrification and denitrification genes in boreal podzolic soils.
The Science of the total environment · 2026 · senior author
Integrating Rock Dust and Organic Amendments to Enhance Soil Quality and Microbial Activity for Sustainable Crop Production.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Latest funding
- $155,000
NSERC CREATE Training Network for CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,797,360
Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Mitigate Climate Change: A State-of-the-art Approach to Promote Sustainable Agriculture
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $132,000
Assessing cover cropping options for improved forage yield, quality and soil health in a boreal climate
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
35 publications.
Impact of hydrothermal reaction time on synthesis and characterization of lobster shell waste-derived carbon nanoparticles as potential nanofertilizers.
Rathnayake A, Javed R, Sharafat U, Islam ZU, Cheema M, Abbey L, Galagedara L
Nitrogen stabilizers and crop rotation affect chemical properties and relative abundance of nitrification and denitrification genes in boreal podzolic soils.
Mushtaq I, Yurgel S, Islam ZU, Katanda Y, Nadeem M, Thomas R, Galagedara L, Cheema M
Integrating Rock Dust and Organic Amendments to Enhance Soil Quality and Microbial Activity for Sustainable Crop Production.
Armah A, Alrayes L, Pham TH, Nadeem M, Bartlett O, Fordjour E, Cheema M, Galagedara L, Abbey L, Thomas R
Valorization and repurposing of seafood waste to next-generation carbon nanofertilizers.
Javed R, Sharafat U, Rathnayake A, Galagedara L, Selopal GS, Thomas R, Cheema M
Cannabis-infused foods: Phytonutrients, health, and safe product innovations.
Fordjour E, Manful CF, Khalsamehta TSK, Armah A, Cheema M, Thomas R
Lipid mediated plant immunity in susceptible and tolerant soybean cultivars in response to Phytophthora sojae colonization and infection.
Adigun OA, Pham TH, Grapov D, Nadeem M, Jewell LE, Galagedara L, Cheema M, Thomas R
Dynamic interplay of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles with plants: Influencing factors, action mechanisms, and assessment of stimulatory and inhibitory effects.
Javed R, Khan B, Sharafat U, Bilal M, Galagedara L, Abbey L, Cheema M
New insights into the environmental application of hybrid nanoparticles in metal contaminated agroecosystem: A review.
Umair M, Huma Zafar S, Cheema M, Usman M
Unraveling the effects of zinc sulfate nanoparticles and potassium fertilizers on quality of maize and associated health risks in Cd contaminated soils under different moisture regimes.
Umair M, Zafar SH, Cheema M, Minhas R, Saeed AM, Saqib M, Aslam M
Nano-stevia interaction: Past, present, and future.
Ahmad MA, Chaudhary S, Deng X, Cheema M, Javed R
NSERC CREATE Training Network for CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA)
Principal investigators: Wang, Xander X
Keywords: bioprocessing and conservation; business management; climate and food policy; climate change; climate policy; food security; life cycle assessment; sustainable agriculture; sustainable food production; water and soil management
Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Mitigate Climate Change: A State-of-the-art Approach to Promote Sustainable Agriculture
Principal investigators: Farooque, Aitazaz Ahsan AA
Keywords: artificial intelligence; bio-circular economy; climate change mitigation; food security and sustainability; life cycle analysis; machine learning; precision agriculture; profitability mapping; soil health; sustainable water management
Assessing cover cropping options for improved forage yield, quality and soil health in a boreal climate
Principal investigators: Cheema, Mumtaz
Keywords: sole and multi-mix cover crops; physical properties; carbon sequestration; interseeding; forage potential; n-losses; greenhouse gas emission; microbial composition and abundance; cash crops and yield stability; boreal climate
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
Principal investigators: Thomas, Raymond
Keywords: Functional products development Rural Innovation Marine and fisheries biomass utilization Sustainable coastal communities Functional ingredients Marine health Marine metabolomics Marine products innovation
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
Principal investigators: Thomas, Raymond
Rock dust from mine waste as a natural media amendment in forest reclamation and the production of high value agronomic and horticultural crops
Principal investigators: Thomas, Raymond
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Lakshman Galagedara and Mumtaz Cheema: 20 shared papers
- Raymond Thomas and Mumtaz Cheema: 17 shared papers
- Raymond Thomas and Lakshman Galagedara: 14 shared papers
- Lord Abbey and Lakshman Galagedara: 4 shared papers
- Lord Abbey and Mumtaz Cheema: 4 shared papers
- Raymond Thomas and Sukhinder Cheema: 3 shared papers
- Jianghua Wu and Raymond Thomas: 1 shared paper
- Jianghua Wu and Lakshman Galagedara: 1 shared paper
- Jianghua Wu and Mumtaz Cheema: 1 shared paper
- Raymond Thomas and Lord Abbey: 1 shared paper
- Jaswinder Singh and Mumtaz Cheema: 1 shared paper
- Sukhinder Cheema and Mumtaz Cheema: 1 shared paper
- School of Science and the Environment
- Food sciences
- Agriculture, Faculty of
- Plant Science
- Environment and Sustainability, School of Science and the Environment
- Biochemistry
Co-authors at Memorial University of Newfoundland, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lakshman Galagedara
School of Science and the Environment
20 shared papers, latest 2026
Raymond Thomas
Food sciences
17 shared papers, latest 2023
Lord Abbey
Agriculture, Faculty of
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Jianghua Wu
Environment and Sustainability, School of Science and the Environment
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Jaswinder Singh
Plant Science
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Sukhinder Cheema
Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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