Dr. Md. Enamul Kabir
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                                           Dr. Md. Enamul Kabir is a Professor of Agrotechnology Discipline in Khulna University. Alongside teaching in different subjects of crop science, Dr. Kabirs’ research prioritizes the research priority of the Government of Bangladesh: “Agricultural Research Priority: Vision- 2030 and beyond” for the food security of the country. His current research are on sustainable and climate smart cropping; development and test of fertilizer requirement (4Rs nutrient stewardship) for crops in excessive wet and saline coastal soils and for emerging cropping patterns (from one crop to double crops, conservation agriculture-based recommendation); cropping in the marginal soils; cropping intensification particularly in smallholder farms; alleviating salinity stress by silicon. He has been engaged with several collaborative research projects of Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) since 2007. In almost all projects women participation and empowerment was one of the important criteria that he maintained. He has several trainings, e.g., on climate change governance (by Wageningen University) and sustainable intensification (by SIDA in Bangkok). He has supervised/been supervising several PhD students of Murdoch University, Australia (he achieved his PhD from the same university). Dr. Kabir has developed some crop establishment techniques in excess soil water and waterlogging condition. He has published 25 Journal articles, one book chapter and and a manual.

In future, Dr Kabirs’ interests are continuation of investigating climate resilient techniques for crop cultivation, sustainable intensification/land use for food security in the face of current and future climate change; efficient involvement of underutilized women efficiency in crop sector, develop silicon foliar spray to alleviate salinity stress on plant, to develop slow release-biocomposite fertilizers from the agricultural wastes; to establish research linkages with the policy; to participate knowledge sharing platforms.

PhD (Plant Nutrition): Murdoch University, Australia
MS (Agronomy): Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur

BSc (Agriculture): Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh

-Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture (salinity, waterlogging, drought)

-Nutrient Management

-Cropping Intensification

-Conservation Agriculture/Mechanization in Agriculture


Current Research Project/Collaboration

SL Title Research Role Awarded Date Completion Date Funding Agency
1 Nutrient Management for Diversified Cropping in Bangladesh (NUMAN) Principal Investigator 4 January 2018 30 December 2023 International

Current research Project

1. “Nutrient Management for Diversified Cropping in Bangladesh (NUMAN)” – in collaboration with Murdoch University, Australia; BARC*, BRRI*, BARI*, BAU, PSTU* of Bangladesh.

July 2018 to June 2021

Project type: Collaborative

Principal investigator of Khulna University part

ACIAR* of Australia and KGF* of Bangladesh

2. Silicon-mediated alleviation of salinity stress in sunflower

Duration: Two years (January 2022 to December 2023)

Funded by Khulna University Research Cell

 Completed Major Projects

1. “Cropping systems intensification in the salt affected coastal zones of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India” – in collaboration with CSIRO* and Murdoch University of Australia, BARI*, BRRI*, IWM* of Bangladesh and 3 partner institutes from India.

November 2015 to June 2020

Project type: Collaborative

Principal investigator of Khulna University part

ACIAR of Australia and KGF of Bangladesh


2. Efficiency of silicon in alleviating salinity stress on wheat in the southwestern Bangladesh

September 2018 to August 2020

Principal Investigator

University Grants Commission, Bangladesh

3. Evaluation of Versatile Multi-crop Planter in the south-western Bangladesh, A variation of ACIAR project LWR/2010/080

July 2016 to October 2017

Project type: Collaborative

Principal investigator

Murdoch University, Australia

 

4. Addressing low cropping intensity by fitting crops in rice-based cropping pattern in southwestern Bangladesh

July 2013 to June 2016

Principal investigator

Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of Bangladesh


5. Grain yield and phosphorus accumulation of field grown chickpea to subsoil phosphorus under a dry topsoil in the High Barind Tract of Bangladesh

July 2013 to June 2014

Principal Investigator

ACIAR, Australia

 

6. Addressing constraints to pulses in cereals-based cropping systems, with particular reference to poverty alleviation in north-western Bangladesh

June 2007 to July 2011

Project type: Collaborative

Research Fellow

ACIAR and Murdoch University, Australia

                                                                            

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Supervision

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Book Chapter

Mila AJ, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard, Ed G and Kabir ME (2021) Salinity dynamics and water Availability in water bodies over a dry season in the Ganges Delta. In: Negacz, K., Vellinga, P., Barrett-Lennard, E., Choukr-Allah, R., & Elzenga, T. (Eds). Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments (1st Ed), CRC Press, Boca Ratan, USA, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003112327

Articles

1.     Jahan, M. S., Rahman, M. S., Arman, R. B., Kabir, M. E. (2024). Growth and yield performance of five improved sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) varieties from Bangladesh. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, 47: 139-148.

  1. Mila, A.J., Bell, R.W., Barrett-Lennard, E.G. Kabir, E., Dell, B. (2023). Flowering is the Critical Growth Stage for Adverse Effects of Salinity on the Grain Yield of Sunflower. Plant and Soil.   10.1007/s11104-023-06169-2
  2. Sarker, B. S., Kabir, ME., Bell, R. W., Ali M., Y. (2023) Early sowing increases nitrogen use efficiency of sunflower in wet clay soils. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21323
  3. Haque, M. A., Kabir, ME., Akhter, S., Hoque, M. F., Sarker, B. C., Anik, M. F. A., Ahmed, Asma, Pranto, S., Sima, A. S., Jahiruddin, M., Haque, M. E., Satter, M. A., Bell, R. W. (2023) Crop Nutrient Limitations in Intensified Cropping Sequences on the Ganges Delta Coastal Floodplains, Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1007/s42729-023-01154-1
  4. Sarker, B.C., Ali, M.Y., Bell, R.W. and Kabir, M.E. (2022). Effect of Nitrogen Rate and Application Ratioon Late Sown Sunflower in Wet Soil under Zero Tillage in the Coastal Zone of Southwestern Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 56(4): 415-421. DOI: 10.18805/IJARe.A-671.
  5. Sarker, B. S., Islam, M. M., Kabir, M. E., Kabir, M. N. 2022. Evaluation of Suitable Sowing Window to Fit Wheat after Transplant Aman Rice in the Medium Highland of Southwestern Coastal Bangladesh. Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, 20(1): 20-26. DOI:10.5455/JBAU.3829
  6. Mainuddin, M., Bell, R. W., Gaydon, D. S., Glover, M., Maniruzzaman, M., Sarangi, S. K., Hossain, M. A., Brahmachari, K., Ali, M., A., Islam, M. T., Saha, R. R., Kabir, ME., Paul, B. (eds) (2021) Cropping system intensification in the salt-affected coastal zones of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, Project Summary Report, CSIRO, Perth, Australia. 27pp.

8.     Paul, P.L.C.; Bell, R.W.; Barrett-Lennard, E.G.; Kabir, ME.; Mainuddin, M.; Sarker, K.K. (2021C) Short-term waterlogging depresses early growth of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) on saline soils with a shallow water table in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Soil Systems, 5: 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/ soilsystems5040068

9.     Paul PLC, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard Ed, Kabir ME and Gaydon DS (2021b) Opportunities and risks with early sowing of sunflower in a salt-affected coastal region of the Ganges Delta. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 41:39, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-021-00698-9

10.  Paul PLC, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard Ed, Kabir ME (2021a) Impact of Rice Straw Mulch on Soil Physical Properties, Sunflower Root Distribution and Yield in a Salt-Affected Clay-Textured Soil. Agriculture 11:264, DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11030264

11.  Kabir ME, Sarker BC and Rahman SMH (2021). Performance of Maize and Sunflower to Abiotic Stresses: Excess Water during Emergence and Salinity during Reproductive Stage, South Asian Journal of Agriculture, 8 (1 & 2): 29-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/saja.v8i1-2.59262

12.  Paul PLC, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard Ed, Kabir ME (2020b) Straw mulch and irrigation affect solute potential and sunflower yield in a heavy textured soil in the Ganges Delta. Agricultural water Management, 239, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106211

  1. Paul PLC, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard Ed, Kabir ME (2020a) Variation in the yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) due to differing tillage systems is associated with variation in solute potential of the soil solution in a salt-affected coastal region of the Ganges Delta. Soil and Tillage Research 197. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2019.104489
  2. Kabir ME, Sarker BC, Ggosh AK, Mainuddin M and Bell RW (2019) Effect of sowing dates for wheat grown in excess water and salt affected soils in Southwestern coastal Bangladesh. Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, 37(2): 51-59.
  3. Bell RW., Mainuddin, M., Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Sarangi, S.K., Maniruzzaman, M., Brahmachari, K., Sarker, K.K., Burman, D., Gaydon, D.S., Kirby, J.M., Glover, M., Rashid, M.H., Khan, M.S.I., Kabir, ME, Rahman, M.A. and Hossain, M.B (2019) Cropping systems intensification in the coastal zone of the Ganges delta: opportunities and risks. Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research 37(2): 153-161.
  4. Mila AJ, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard Ed, Kabir E, Yu Y (2019) Salinity dynamics in river water, canal water, pond water and groundwater over the dry season in Ganges Delta: Implications for dry season cropping. Proceedings of the Saline Future: Addressing climate Change and Food Security conference, 10-13 September 2019, pp. 32-32, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
  5. Sarker BC, Kabir ME, Ali MY, Bell RW (2019) Yield response of sunflower to sowing dates and NPK rates under zero tillage in wet soil of southwestern coastal Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference, 11–13 November 2019, Brisbane, Australia. Proceedings No. 36(1), 202. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036202
  6. Kabir ME and Sarker BC (2019) Constraint-level excess water in coastal soil can be a resource for cropping during winter in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Saline Future: Addressing climate Change and Food Security conference, 10-13 September 2019, pp. 125-126, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
  7. Paul PLC, Bell RW, Barrett-Lennard, Kabir E (2018) Establishment of Sunflower and Maize on wet soils in the salt-affected coastal region of Bangladesh. Proceedings in the 21 World Congress of Soil Science: beyond food and fuel, 12­–17, 2018, Rio de Jenerio, Brazil. 
  8. Bell RW, Haque ME, Johansen C, Vance W, Kabir ME, Musa MA, Mia MNN, Neogi MG and Islam MA (2017) Mechanised minimum soil disturbance establishment and yield of diverse crops in paddy fields using a two-wheel tractor-mounted planter suitable for smallholder cropping. Experimental Agriculture, 54: 755-773. doi:10.1017/S0014479717000370.
  9. Roy S.D., Das D. & Kabir M.E. (2017). Seed Germination and seedling growth of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under salt stressed conditions. Khulna University Studies Volume 14 (1 & 2): 39-47. DOI:10.53808/KUS.2017.14.1and2.1622-L
  10. Kabir E, Islam Y, Jahan J, Bell RW (2017) Increasing cropping intensity in saline coastal zone soils of Bangladesh: the challenges of fitting maize between wet soils at establishment and saline, dry soils after silking. In: Proceedings of the XVIII. International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC), 21 -24 August 2017, Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 393 – 394.

23.  Kabir ME, Johansen C, Bell RW (2016) Effect of phosphorus fertilizer placement on emergence and early growth of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Khulna University Studies, 13: 65 – 78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2016.13.1.1616-L

  1. Kabir ME, Johansen C, Bell RW (2016) Subsoil rhizosphere modification by chickpea under a dry topsoil: implications for P acquisition. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 178: 904 – 913. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201500021.

25.  Mondal P, Remme RN, Das D, Ali Y, Kabir ME (2015) Germination and seedling growth of indigenous Aman rice under NaCl salinity. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development 2: 251-257. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v15i2.35060

  1. Kabir ME (2014) Grain yield and phosphorus accumulation of field grown chickpea to subsoil phosphorus under a dry topsoil in the High Barind Tract. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia and Africa. 7-11 December 2014, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. (Eds. WH Vance, RW Bell, ME Haque). pp 141-142.
  2. Kabir ME, Bell RW, Johansen C (2013) Subsoil rhizosphere modification by chickpea under a dry topsoil. In: Proceedings of the XVII. International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC) and Boron Satellite Meeting, Sabanci University, Istanbul. pp. 25 – 26.
  3. Das GG. Kabir ME and Quddus MA (2012) Heterosis in interspecific Brassica hybrids grown under field condition. International Journal of Bioresearch. 1: 257 – 266.
  4. Kabir ME, Bell RW and Johansen C (2010). Triple superphosphate affects early growth of chickpea. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World. 1 – 6 August 2010, Brisbane, Australia.  Published on CDROM.
  5. Haque ME, Esdaile RJ, Kabir ME, Vance W, Bell RW, Musa AM, Shahidullah AKM, Mia MNN, Maruffuzaman M and Johansen C (2010) Minimum-tillage, mechanized sowing of pulses with two-wheel tractors. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World. 1 – 6 August 2010, Brisbane, Australia.  Published on CDROM.
  6. Biswas D, Khan HI, Pervin T, Kabir ME, Islam MM and Ahmed M (2008) Effect of different media on callus induction and plant regeneration of three rice varieties. South Asian Journal of Agriculture. 3: 67-70.
  7. Das GG, Quddus MA and Kabir ME (2007) Heterosis in intervarietal Brassica hybrids grown under field condition. South Asian Journal of Agriculture. 2: 3-6. DOI:10.3923/jbs.2004.664.667
  8. Kabir ME, Hamid A, Haque MM, Nawata E and Karim MA (2005) Effect of nitrogen fertilizer on salinity tolerance of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek). Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture. 49: 119-125.
  9. Kabir ME, Rashid HA and Jahan MS (2004) Yield performance of three aromatic fine rices in a coastal low land. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 7: 1526-1529.
  10. Kabir ME, Kabir MR and Jahan MS (2004) Yield performance of three aromatic fine rice varieties in a coastal medium high land. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 3: 561-563.
  11. Kabir ME, and Karim MA (2004) Effect of potassium on salinity tolerance of mungbean (Vigna radiata Wilczek). Journal of Biological Sciences. 4: 103-110. DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.103.110
  12. Das GG, Quddus MA and Kabir ME (2004). Heterosis in intervarietal Brassica hybrids grown under saline condition. Journal of Biological Sciences. 4: 664-667. DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.664.667
  13. Mohanta, BK, Alam MR, Kabir ME, Anam MK, and Habib MA (2003) Performance of different genotypes/cultivars to blast disease of rice in boro and T. aman crop in Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 2: 575-577. DOI:10.3923/ajps.2003.575.577

 

Book/Manual

Haque ME, Bell RW, Jahiruddin M, Hossain MM, Rahman MM, Begum M, Hossen MA, Salahin N, Zahan T, Hossain MM, Hashem A, Islam MA, Vance WH, Hossain MI, Esdaile RJ, and Kabir E (2018). Manual for Smallholders' Conservation Agriculture in Rice-based Systems. Murdoch University. p 108.