Department of Soil Science

The Department of Soil Science, established in 1994 at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. programs. The areas of study in this department are:

The Department of Soil Science started its Masters’ program in 2000. The aim of this program is to train students to conduct research in the fields of soil system and the environment concerning the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the soil system and identification and management of environmental pollutants in soil and water resources. Students admitted to this program can choose to complete their studies in one of the following majors (i.e., areas of specializations):

• Soil Chemistry and Fertility and Plant Nutrition
• Soil Biology and Biotechnology
• Soil Physics and Conservation
• Soil Resources and Land Evaluation

The aim of the Ph.D. program in the Department of Soil Science which was started in 2009 is to handle and conduct scientific research programs that fall within the study of soil science. The emphasis of such research is on soil survey, soil physics, soil chemistry, soil biology and biotechnology, soil fertility, soil and water conservation, and soil pollution. Prospective Ph.D. students can choose one of the following areas of specializations:

• Management Soil Fertility
• Biotechnology or Management Soil Resources More

Head of the Department of Soil Science

	Hojat Emami
	Associate Professor
	Department of Soil Science
	hemami@um.ac.ir
	+985138805846

Concentration areas offered by the Department of Soil Science

Areas	Bachelor's	Master's	Ph.D
Soil Science and engineering		-	-
Soil biology and biotechnology	-		-
Soil resources and land evaluation	-		-
Soil chemistry and fertility and plant nutrition	-		-
Soil physics and conservation	-	-	-
Management soil fertility and biotechnology	-	-
Management soil resources	-	-

Academic staff

Ali Reza Astaraei

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://astaraei.profcms.um.ac.ir

Hojat Emami

Professor

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Homepage: http://hemami.profcms.um.ac.ir

Amir Fotovat

Professor

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Homepage: http://afotovat.profcms.um.ac.ir

Akram Halajnia

Assistant Professor

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Homepage: http://halajnia.profcms.um.ac.ir

Alireza Karimi

Professor

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Homepage: http://karimi-a.profcms.um.ac.ir

Reza Khorassani

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://khorasani.profcms.um.ac.ir

Amir Lakzian

Professor

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Homepage: http://lakzian.profcms.um.ac.ir

Research

Recent journal articles

Maghami Moghim, F., Karimi, A., Emami, H. (2024). Evaluation of soil quality and land suitability in different management systems. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 70 (1), 1-19.

Hassanzadeh Bashtian, M., Karimi, A., Sepehr, A., Lakzian, A. (2024). Spatial relationship of landform surface features and biocrusts, and their effect on soil microbial biomass on an alluvial fan. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49 (4), 1348-1360.

Lakzian, A. (2024). Humic acid application on soil stability indices and enzyme activity at different bell pepper water requirements. Interciencia, (), -.

Hassanzadeh Bashtian, M., Karimi, A., Sepehr, A., Lakzian, A. (2024). Functional roles of biocrusts in enhancing soil quality in a semi-arid environment. Geoderma Regional, 37 (), e00787-e00787.

Taheri, M., Astaraei, A., & Emami, H. (2024). تاثیر کمپوست حاصل از محتویات شکمبه گوسفند و اسید هیومیک بر برخی از ویژگی‌های فیزیکی، شیمیایی و زیستی خاک و عملکرد گیاه شلغم Brassica rapa). , (), -.

Hosseini, S., & Lakzian, A. (2024). Drought tolerance of wheat genotypes is associated with rhizosphere size and enzyme system. Plant and Soil, 502 (), 671-685.

(2024). In-situ wind tunnel experiments to investigate soil erodibility, soil fractionation and wind-blown sediment of semi-arid and arid calcareous soils. Catena, 241 (8), 108011-108011.

Lakzian, A. (2024). Responses of bread wheat to Zn-Glycine and Zn-Alanine fertilizers under saline soil condition. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 47 (15), 2448-2466.

Emami, H., Memarzadeh, M. (2024). Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of heavy metals in windborne sediments from a residential area (Case study: Tabas, Iran). Aeolian Research, 70-71 (), 100938-13.

Malekian Maleki, B., Parsa, M., Fallah, M., Vessal, S., & Khorassani, R. (2024). Changes in root and nutrient uptake of chickpea affected by organic fertilizers and inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobium. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management, 10 (2), -.

Khoshkalam, E., Fotovat, A., Halajnia, A., & Eshghi, H. (2024). Colloidal stability and aggregation of green-synthesized iron nanoparticles: Phosphate adsorption behavior and mechanism insight. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 66 (), 105923-1059234.

Emami, H. (2024). Efficiency of different microsilica-based mixtures as mulches in sand stabilization. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 18 (5), 517-527.

Khakzar, E., Khorassani, R., & Halajnia, A. (2024). اثر ضایعات آلی مختلف و کمپوست آن‌ها بر فراهمی آهن از منبع اکسید آهن و جذب عناصر غذایی و رشد گیاه گندم. , 11 (4), 95-111.

Sadeghi, J., Lakzian, A., Halajnia, A. (2024). بررسی رفتار ذب سرب در حضور کربن‌دات (سینتیک، ایزوترم و ترمودینامیک). , (), -.

Moosavi, M., Khorassani, R., & Tavakkol Afshari, R. (2024). Strigolactone (GR24) and Abscisic Acid Induced Drought Tolerance in Wheat by Ameliorating Nutrient Uptake. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 44 (2), 972-987.

Akbarnezhad, F., Khorassani, R., & Fotovat, A. (2024). Foliar Application of Ascorbic Acid, Glycine, and Mannitol can Affect Boron Re-Mobilization in Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea L.). Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 25 (1), 514-527.

Esmaeilpoor, S., Mahmoudabadi, E., & Karimi, A. (2024). Different pixel sizes of topographic data for prediction of soil salinity. PLOS One, 19 (12), e0315807-18.

Mousavi, A., Karimi, A., & Safari, T. (2024). Soil Quality Assessment in the Mashhad Plain Northeast Iran (A Minimum Data Set and Spatial Analysis Approach). Desert, 29 (2), 362-388.

Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science

Phone: +985138804693-5846

Fax: +985138807147