السيره الذاتيه أ.د. ابراهيم حسين السكري

Personal Data

Dr. Ibrahim Hossain Elsokkary

Professor of Soil and Water Sciences

Department of Soil and Water Sciences,

Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University,

El-Shatby - 21545, Aflatoon

Street, Alexandria, Egypt.

E-mail elsokkary35@gmail.com

Telephone Office: 00203/5929846 Alex. Home: 00203/5423603 Alex.

Fax No. (00203) 5911172

Telex 54467 UNIVY UN

Birth Date 28 November, 1935

Place of Birth Egypt

Nationality Egyptian

Language Arabic and English

Education Ph.D. 1968 Alex. Univ. Soil Sci., Minor-Plant Nutrition

M.Sc. 1963 Alex. Univ. Soil Sci., Minor-Soil Chemistry

B.Sc. 1958 Alex. Univ. Agriculture

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Professional Expert

Plant Nutrition, Soil Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry, Soil Fertility, Soil, Air & Water Pollution, Soil Conservation, Wastewater Management, Environmental Pollution

Plant Nutrition, Soil Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry, Soil Fertility, Soil,

Air & Water Pollution, Soil Conservation, Wastewater Management,

Environmental Pollution

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Scientific Societies

· Egyptian Soil Science Society.

· Inter. Soil Sci. Society.

· Inter. Assoc. Environ. Coordinators (Europe).

· Society of Environ. Geochemistry and Health (SEGH), USA.

· The Association of Exploration Geochemists, USA.

· New York Academy of Sciences.

American Association For The Advancement of Science

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Employment History

· Prof. of Soil Sci., Alex. Univ., 1978-Now.

· Prof. of Colloid Science and Environmental Studies (1978-1986), Univ.

Alex. Res. Center (UNARC).

· Assistant Prof., Alex. Univ., 1974-1978.

· Lecturer, Alex. Univ., 1968-1974.

· Demonstrator, Alex. Univ., Egypt, 1959-1968.

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Awards and Honors

· NORAD Research Fellowship in the Dept. of Soil Sci., Agric. Univ. of Norway, (NLH-Aas) N-1432 Norway, (1975-1977).

· NORAD Visiting Scientist in the Dept. of Soil Sci., The Royal Agricultural University - Uppsalla, Sweden, Aug. 1976.

· UNESCO Research Fellowship in Inst. of Oceanography. Kiel Univ., FRG, 1980.

· UNESCO Research Fellowship in Fishery & Isotope Lab. Wüstland, Humburg, FRG, 1980.

· DAAD Research Fellowship in Inst. of Agricultural Chemistry, Bonn Univ., FRG, 1982.

· FAO/UNEP Research Fellowship in the Dept. of Oceanography. Oslo Univ., Norway, 1984.

· FAO/UNEP Research Fellowship in Inst. Environ. Studies, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, 1985.

· DAAD Research Fellowship in Inst. of Sedimentology, Heidelberg Univ. FRG., 1987.

· FULBRIGHT Research Fellowship in Life Sci. Dept., and Geology Dept. Missouri Univ., Rolla, USA, 1989.

· NTNF (Royal Norwegian Council For Scientific and Industrial Research): Visiting Senior Scientist in the Dept. of Soil and Water Sci., Agricultural Univ. of Norway. NLH-Aas, N-1432 Norway,1991.

· DAAD Research Fellowship in Wild Ecosystem Research Center, Gottingen Univ. Germany, 1994.

· The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Gest Prof. in the Dept. of Soil and Water Sciences, Agric. Univ. of Norway (NLH) Aas, N-1432 Norway, 1999.

· The Prize of Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Environmental Sciences, 1982.

· First Rank Medal of Sciences and Arts, Egypt 1984.

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Teaching Courses

· Regular Courses Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility & Fertilizers, Soil as

a Medium for Plant Growth, Colloidal Chemistry,

Agro-ecosystems.

· Graduate Courses Plant Nutrition, Soil-Water-Plant Relationship, Quality of Irrigation Water, Soil Management, Soil Conservation, Wastewater Management.

· Gradua te Studies Supervision

M.Sc.

Ph.D.

Diploma of Land Reclamation and Improvement.

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Professional Activities

· Consultant for Soil and Water Affairs of Alexandria Governorate since1982.

· Consultant for the construction of the “International Garden of Alexandria Governorate”, 1983-1986.

· Reviewer and Organizing Committee Member of the Editorial Board of the following Journals: Egypt. J. Soil Sci. and Alex. J. Agric. Sci. since 1986.

· Member in the Organizing Committee of the Third National Congress on Management of New Reclaimed Lands. Egyptian Soil Science Society / Zagazig Univ., October, 1989.

· Joined the American and British Consultants Group (AMBRIC) for planing the “Greater Cairo Wastewater Project” in cooperation with Ministry of Reconstruction, New Communities, Housing and Rehabilitation, 1989-1990.

· Member in the Organizing Committee of the Fourth National Congress on Pollution Control of Agricultural Environment. Egyptian Soil Science Society / Ministry of Agric., Cairo, 1993.

· Member in the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the “Workshop on Lake Mariut: Alex.”, Organized by German Goethe Inst. Alex. / Alex. Univ./ the British Council Alex. / WHO Alex. April 27-30, 1994.

· Member of the Scientific Committee of “A Research Strategy for Sustainable Agricultural Development”. Developed with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources and Land Reclamation (MAFRLR) and with support from CEMARP and ISNAR, during 1990-1995.

· Member and Consultant in the “Group for Scientific Collections” of the “Alexandria Library” since 1996.

· Consultant at the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA) (1995-1996).

· Member in the Organizing Committee of the “Symposium on Organic Farming”. Inter. Dev. Res. Centre, Canada (IDRC) - Alexandria Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, March, 1996.

· Consultant for Alexandria General Organization for Sanitary Drainage (AGOSD) (1998-2001).

· Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Rehabilitation for the project “Alexandria Effluent and Sludge Reuse Study” funded by European Investment Bank and carried out by WRc Medemenham, Marlow, UK (1998-2000).

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Training Programs

· Participating training coarse, at VARIAN Center at Zug, Switzerland in Nov. 1979, on Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FAO/UNEP).

· UNESCO - Fellowship at Kiel Univ., Oceanography Inst. In the Federal Rep. of Germany for doing research work on the Analytical Chemistry of Heavy Metals in Aquatic System (Nov-Dec.,1980).

· UNESCO-Fellowship in Fishery and Isotope Lab., Wüstland, Humburg, F.R.G. for carrying research study on Heavy Metals Analysis in Sediments and Fish. (Dec., 1980).

· UNESCO-Fellowship in Fishery and Isotope Lab., Wüstland for carrying on analysis of Heavy Metals in sediments (July, 1982).

· Participating the “International Exercise Program” in cooperation with the “International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity”, Monaco for analysis of Cd, Pb, and Hg in marine sediment and marine biological tissue, Oct. 1986, sponsored by UNEP.

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Scientific Meetings Presenting Papers

· Symp. On the Use of Isotopes in Fertilizers-Water-Plant Relationships, Middle East Region. Radioisotope Centre for the Arabic Countries and IAEA. Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 12-14, 1968, by the article: “Studies on exchange reactions in Ca, Mg Clay-NaCl Systems”.

· The Inter. Soil Sci. Soc. on “Saline and Alkali Soils”. Cairo,Egypt, Dec. 1970 by the article: “Effect of continuous and intermitent irrigation on leaching of salts in soils of El-Nahda Area”.

· The 13^thInternational Colloquium on Atmospheric Pollution, Paris, France, April 25-28, 1978, by the article: “Contamination of roadside soils and plants near highway traffic with Cd, Pb and Zn in Alexandria district, Egypt”. in: Studies in Environmental Science Vol. 1, M. M. Benarie (Ed.) Elsevier Sci. Pub. Comp. Amsterdam, pp. 25-28.

· The 4^th Workshop on Pollution of the Mediterranean, Antalya - Turkey, Nov. 1978, by the article: “Distribution and nature of heavy metals in some marine sediments of the Mediterranean sea coast, East of Alexandria, Egypt”. IVes Journeés Etud Pollution. Antalya, C.I.E.S.M. (1978), pp. 183-185.

· The “Aerosols in Science, Medicine, and Technology- The Biochemical Influence of the Aerosols Conference” 3-5 October 1979. Dusseldorf, Germany, by the article: “Heavy metals contamination of wheat grains, vegetables and soils by air pollution in Alexandria district, Egypt”.

· The 14^th International Colloquium on Atmospheric Pollution, Paris, France May 5-8, 1980, proceeding the Paper: “Contamination of edible parts of seven plant crops and soil by heavy metals in urban area by air pollution in Alexandria district, Egypt”. in: Studies in Environmental Science, Vol. 8, M. M. Benarie (Ed.) Elsevier Sci. Pub. Comp. Amsterdam, pp. 433-438.

· The 5^th Workshop on Pollution of the Mediterranean, Cagliari, Italy, Nov. 1980 by the article: “Mercury accumulation in fish from Mediterranean coastal area of Alexandria, Egypt”, V^es. Journeés Etud Pollutions, Cagliari, C.I.E.S.M. (1980), pp. 493-496.

· The 15^th International Colloquium on Atmospheric Pollution, Paris, France, May 4-7, 1982, by the paper: “Contamination of soils and plants by mercury as influenced by proximity to industries in Alexandria, Egypt”. in: Studies in Environmental Science, Vol. 20, M. M. Benarie (Ed.) Elsevier Sci. Pub. Comp. Amsterdam, pp. 55-60.

· Symposium on “Pollution of the Environment of Alexandria”. The World Day of the Environment. The Egyptian Society of Medicine and Law, and Alex. Univ., June 5, 1982 by the article: “Recycling of municipal and industrial waste in fertilizing cultivated lands and its effect on the environment and plants”, p. 11 (Arabic).

· Conference on Soils: Landwirtschaftliche Forschungm F.R.G., Münster, Sept. 20-25, 1982, by the article: “Absorption of iron by corn plants grown in sand culture from FeSO₄ or Fe-EDTA as influenced by K₂SO₄ addition”.

· The VI^th Congress and Planary Assembly of C.I.S.E.M .Mediterranean Pollution (Cannes, France, Dec. 2-4, 1982). By the Article. “Comparative study on the levels of total mercury in sediments and fishes collected from three fishing sites in Alexandria district”.

· Seminar “Environmental Chemistry Research Papers”. Arab Chemical Research Programme, Faculty of Science, University of Jordan, Aman, Jordan, Jan. 17-19, 1983 by the article: “Heavy metals chemistry in polluted soils and plants”.

· Symposium on “Pollution of Egyptian Marine and Lakes and Legal Protection of Marine Environment”: World Day of Environment. The Egyptian Society of Medicine and Law and Alex. Univ., Alexandria, June 5, 1983, by the article: “Pollution of Egyptian coastal fish by mercury” (Arabic).

· Conference on Soils: Landwirtschaftliche Forschung, F.R.G., Kiel, Sept. 19-24, 1983 by the article: “Effect of heavy application of superphosphate and micronutrients fertilizers to highly calcareous soils on growth of corn and faba bean plants and their contents and uptake of P, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu”.

· The “Congress of Deutsche Bodenkundiche Gesseschaft”, Trier Univ. Trier, F.R.G. from 4 to 10 Sept. 1983 by the article. ”The chemical fractionation of soil copper in Egyptian alluvial soils”.

· The International Conference on Environmental Hazards of Agrochemicals in Developing Countries”, Egypt, Alexandria, Nov. 8-12, 1983 by the articles: 1- Effect of waste water discharge from Talkha Nitrogenous Fertilizers Company on soil and plant growth, and 2- Enrichment of heavy metals in soils and plants by sewage sludge and chemical fertilizers applications.

· The IV^th International Environmental and Safety Conference. Organized by the International Environmental & Safety, Labmate LTD., Newgate, The Barbican Centre, London, U.K. from 27-29 March, 1984, by the article: “Effect of sewage sludge application on heavy metal content of sandy soil and cultivated plants.

· The 7^th Workshop on “Pollution of the Mediterranean” Lucerne - Switzerland, Oct. 1984 by the article: “Assessment of mercury pollution in the coastal region of El-Max at Alexandria, Egypt”. VII^th Journeés Etud. Pollution, pp. 367-372.

· FAO Regional Seminar on the “Treatment and use of sewage effluent for irrigation”. Nicosia, Cyprus, Oct. 7-9, 1985, by the article: “Egyptian experience in the treatment and use of sewage water and sludge in agriculture”.

· Symposium on “Food safety in Egypt”. The Egyptian Society of Medicine and Law and Alex. Univ., Alexandria, July 9-10, 1986, by the article: “Elemental pollution of aquatic organisms in Alexandria coastal area” (Arabic).

· International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazard, August 3-9, 1986, Rimouski, Québec, Canada. by a paper titled: “Assessment of mercury pollution in the ecosystem of Alexandria, Egypt”. Sponsored by: IAPSO, ITIC, CMOS, UNESCO, Université du Québec à Rimouski UQAR.

· The “SCOPE METALS WORKSHOP” New Delhi. Feb. 16-20, 1987. By the article: “The contamination of the western area of Nile Delta by cadmium, lead and mercury”.

· International Symposium on “The Use of Soil Conditioners for Reclamation and Farming of Desert Lands”: Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 1988, by the article: “Effect of viterra planta gel (VPG) and farmyard manure (FYM) as soil conditioners on some physical and nutritional properties of sandy calcareous soils”.

· The 3^rd International Conference on “Environment Contamination” Venice, Italy, Sept. 1988 by the article: “Effect of sewage sludge application on the growth and heavy metals content of five plant crops grown on calcareous soil”.

· The 100 VDLUFA-Congress, Bonn, F.R.G. (19-24) Sept. 1988) by the article: “Yield and elemental composition of plant crops grown on sewage sludge amended calcareous soil”.

· The “International Symposium on the Fate and Effects of Toxic Chemicals in Large Rivers and Their Estuaries”. Quebec, Canada, Oct. 10-14, 1988 by the paper: Assessment and speciation of Ni, Cr, Pb and Cd in sediments of the River Nile, Egypt.

· Third National Congress of the Egyptian Society of Soil Science on “Management of Newly Reclaimed Soils”. Zagazig University, Oct. 24-29, 1989, by the article: “Response of alfalfa, wheat, faba bean, soybean and sordan to sewage sludge applied to sandy soils”.

· The "International Conference: Heavy Metals in the Environment" Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 12-15, 1989, by three articles: (1) Geochemical association of heavy metals in sediments of the Nile River, Egypt, (2) Contamination of the terrestrial ecosystem by mercury around the industrial complex center of El Max Western area of Alexandria, and (3) Mercury biogeochemistry in the aquatic system of Alexandria district: an assessment of contamination and speciation .

· Regional Symposium on Environmental Studies, Egypt, Alexandria Univ./UNARC, May, 1990, by the article: “Fractionation of some heavy metals in coastal belt sediments of Alexandria”.

· Commision internationale pour l’exploration scientifique de la mer méditerranée. Monaco, 1990. Volume 32, Fascicule 1 by the article: “Speciation of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb in the inner-shelf sediments of Alexandria”.

· The “International Conference: Heavy Metals in the Environmental” Edinburgh U. K. Sept. 1991, for presentation four papers published in the Conference Proceeding published by CEP Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, U.K.: (1) The inhibition of wheat and faba bean Nitrate Reductase enzyme by cadmium in relation to pH, P and N in the growth medium, (2) The inhibition of sugar beat ATPase by cadmium in relation to pH, P and N in the growth medium, (3) Contamination of the sediments of Nile River by mercury, and (4) Geochemical association of heavy metals in marine sediments of the Mediterranean coastal zone of Nile Delta.

· International Conference on Future Aquatic Resources in Arab Regions, NIOF/USDP/Alex. Univ., Feb. 6-8, 1993. Alexandria, Egypt. By two papers: (1) Effect of two different levels of cadmium and/or zinc on growth performance, carcass composition and feed utilization of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and (2) Effect of dietary of mercury and/or selenium on growth performance, carcass composition and feed utilization of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

· Forth National Congress of the Egyptian Society of Soil Science on “Pollution Control of Agricultural Environment”, Cairo, Oct. 1993 by two papers: (1) Synopsis on contamination of agricultural ecosystem by trace elements: An emerging environmental problem, and (2) Enrichment of soils and plants irrigated by wastewater by zinc and cadmium.

· The first International Symposium on Silviculture of Protection Forestry in Arid Regions and the Agroforestry Potential. ARC/NARP/NI/USAID/ IUFRO, Alexandria, Egypt, March 21-24, 1994, by the articles: (i) Survey of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) in different sites in north-west coast of Egypt, (ii) Endomycorrhizae associated with few timber trees on calcareous soil in north-west coast of Egypt, and (iii) Cadmium and zinc effect on the growth of three timber trees species grown in soil containing vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae.

· Workshop on “Lake Mariut: Pollution Problems and Proposals for Restoration Management”, April 27-30, 1994, Alexandria, Egypt. Organized by Goethe Institute, Alexandria, Alexandria University, The British Council, Alexandria, WHO Regional Office, Alexandria, by the article: “Concentration levels of mercury in Lake Mariut ecosystem.

· Applied Scientific Meeting on “Toward clean environment in Alexandria”: Scientific Union for Projects and Development. Alexandria General Authority for Sanitary Drainage (GOSD), Alexandria, March 15-16, 1995, by the article: “Recycling of sewage sludge in agriculture”.

· Symposium on Organic Farming funding by Inter. Dev. Res. Centre (IDRC), Alex. Univ., Egypt, March 5, 1996, by the article: “Soils and fertilization”, p. 11 (Arabic).

· The 9^th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization (ISCO), Bonn , Germany, August 26-30, 1996: Towards Sustainable Land Use; Furthering Cooperation Between People and Institutions, by the article: “Utilization of Sewage sludge on Egyptian agricultural soil: Appraisal of potential hazards of heavy metals”.

· Symposium on “The Control of Usage and Pollution of Irrigation and Drinking Water”. Egypt. Soc. of Best Control and Protection of the Environment, Alex. Univ., June 26, 1997, by the article: “Effect of irrigation by wastewater on the pollution of ecosystems by heavy metals”.

· International Symposium :”Geomedical Problems in Developing Countries”, Oct. 28-29,1999, arranged by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in Oslo, Norway, by the article: “Trace Elements Contents of some Egyptian Ecosystems as Influenced by Natural and Anthropogenic Sources”.

· The 6^th National Congress on “Towards a Strategy for Soils and Water”. The Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS), Oct. 29-30, 2002, Cairo, Egypt, by the plenary lecture: “Soil and water pollution in the western area of Nile Delta”.

· The 7^th National Congress of the Egyptian Society of Soil Science on “New Approach in Soil Technology”, Cairo, Dec. 27-28, 2004, by the plenary lecture: “Environmental pollution and proposed restoration”.

· Symposium on the Beneficial Usage of Conferences on Soil Science Approach, Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, June 18-19, 2005.

· Conference organized by the Association of Arab Universities, The Arab Council for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Cairo University on “Safe Environment in Egypt and Arab Countries and Africa, June 23-24, 2005, by the articles: (i) Safe utilization of sewage sludge on agricultural land, and (ii) Contamination of the ecosystems of the northern area west Nile delta by mercury.

· The 9^th International Conference on “Environmental Science and Technology”. Rhodes Island, Greece, Sept. 1-3, 2005, by the article: “Urease and arginine ammonification as bioindicator for soil contamination by heavy metals from sewage sludge application.

· Third International Conference on Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA, 2005), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 17-25, 2005, by the article: “Impact of industrial pollution on soil lead of cultivated soils of Abis and El-Nahda regions, south of Alexandria city, Egypt”.

· The Arab Conference of Soil and Water Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development, Mansoura University, Egypt, April 10-11, 2007, by the articles: “Effect of sewage sludge application on the properties of cultivated soil: I- Soil chemical properties, and II- Soil physical properties”

· The 5^th Speciality Conf. & Exhib. on Environ. Progress in the Oil and Petrochemical Industries. EnviroArabia, 2007, Kingdom of Bahrain, April 21-25, 2007, by the article: “Pollution of air, soil and plants by heavy metals and organic chemical emitted from the municipal solid waste dumpsite of Alexandria city, Egypt”.

The 8^th National Conference on “Soils and Water Studies in Sustainable Agriculture System”, the Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS). Nov. 25-26, 2007, Cairo, Egypt, by the articles: (1) GIS appraisal of cadmium and lead in the western area of Nile Delta, Egypt, and (2) Impact of industrial activities on the concentration of lead and mercury in soils of cultivated lands at Abis and El-Nahda regions, south Alexandria city

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Supervision on Graduate Studies

Twenty MSc. Thesis (Soil Sci.).

· Fifteen Ph.D. Thesis (Soil Sci.)

· Five Diploma Thesis (Land Reclamation).

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Publications

· Elgabaly, M. M., Ghanem, I. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1968) Studies on exchange reaction in Ca, Mg clay-NaCl systems. In: “Symposium on the Use of Isotopes in Fertilizers-Water-Plant Relationship”, Middle Eastern Regional Radioisotope Centre for the Arab Countries” (IAEA), Nov. 12-14, 1968, Cairo, Egypt, p. 1 (Abstract).

· Elsokkary, I. H., Elgabaly, M. M. and Hassan, M. M. (1972) Cation uptake by excised barley roots from clay suspensions and from their equilibrium solutions. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 20:183-188.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Fahmy, M. I. and Hanna, M. F. (1973) Comparative studies of the effect of continuous and intermittent leaching of salts in a soil of El-Nahda area. Beitrage Trop. Landwirtsch. Veterinarmed. 11:45-51.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1973) Evaluation of methods used for measuring availability of soil potassium to barley plants. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 21: 133-139.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1973) Phosphorus adsorption maximum as measured by the Langmuir equation in some Egyptian soils. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 21: 141-147.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1973) Evaluation of potassium availability indexes and potassium release of some soils of Egypt. Potash Review, Subj. 5/35. No. 8/9 pp. 1-4.

· Elsokkary, I. H., El-Attar, H. and Hassan, M. N. (1973) A study on sulfide formation in a lacustrine soil under water-logged conditions. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 21: 439-442.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Baghdady, N. H. (1973) Studies on molybdenum in some soils of Egypt .Alex. J. Agric. Res. 21: 451-460.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Sonbol, M. and Fahmi, M. I. (1974) The effect of sea water intrusion on the soil salinity status of the Sannania Project in Northern Coastal area of Egypt. Beitrage Trop. Landwirtsch. Veterinarmed. 12: 33-40.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1974) Leaf analysis as a guide to the nutrient status of orange trees in some alluvial and desert calcareous soils in Egypt. Beitrage Trop. Landwirtsch. Veterinarmed. 12: 249-262.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1974) Evaluation of some methods for measuring availability of soil potassium. Egypt. J. Soil Sci. 14: 127-135.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1975) A comparison of three chemical extractants for determining available zinc to corn plants in some Egyptian alluvial and calcareous soils. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 23: 367-375.

· El-Attar, H., Zeid, H.; Elsokkary, I. H. and Hassan, M. N. (1976) Potassium status in some Egyptian soils of lacustrine and marine origin. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 24: 125-132.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Øien, A. (1977) Determination of selenium in soils. Acta. Agric. Scand, 27: 285-288.

· Låg, J. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1978) A comparison of chemical methods for estimating Cd, Pb and Zn availability to six food crops grown in industrially polluted soils at Odda, Norway. Acta Agric. Scand. 28: 76-80.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1978) Contamination of roadside soils and plants near highway traffic with Cd, Ni, Pb and Zn in Alexandria district, Egypt. in: Proceeding of the 13^th International Colloquium: Atmospheric Pollution, Ed. M.M. Benarie, April 25-28, 1978. Paris, France, Studies in Environ. Sci. pp. 25-28, Elsevier Sci. Pub. The Netherlands.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Låg J. (1978) Distribution of different fractions of Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu in industrially polluted and non-polluted soils of Odda region, Norway. Acta. Agric, Scand 28: 262-268.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1978) Distribution and nature of heavy metals in some marine sediments of the Mediterranean sea coast, east of Alexandria, Egypt. IV^es Journeés Etud. Pollutions. pp. 182-185. Analatya. C.I.E.S.M., pp. 183-185.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1979) Heavy metals contamination of wheat, grain, vegetables and soils by air pollution in Alexandria district, Egypt. In: “Aerosols in Science, Medicine and Techology - The Biomedical Influence of the Aerosol - Oct. 3-5, 1979, Düsseldorf, F.R.G., Chairman: Stöber, W., p. 1 (Abstract)

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1979) The chemical fractionation of soil zinc and its specific and total adsorption by Egyptian alluvial soils. Plant and Soil, 53: 117-129.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1980) Selenium distribution, chemical fractionation and adsorption in some Egyptian alluvial and lacustrine soils. Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenernahrung und Bodenkunde, 143: 74-83.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1980) Reaction of labelled 65ZnCl₂ , 65Zn EDTA and 65Zn DTPA with different clay-systems and some alluvial Egyptian soils. Plant and Soil; 54: 383-393.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Låg J. (1980) Status of some trace elements in Egyptian soils and wheat grains. Bietrage Trop. Landwirtsch. Veterinarmed. 18: 35-47.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1980) Upward mobility of Zn++ ions from Zn65 - labelled alluvial and highly calcareous desert soils as influenced by various salts concentrations and humic acid applications. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 28: 295-301.

· El-Attar, H., I. H. Elsokkary and A. G. Badr El-Din. (1980) Some effects of alkalinity and organic matter in soil formation. Egypt. J. Soil Sci. 20: 83-88.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1980) Contamination of edible parts of seven plant crops and soils by heavy metals in urban area by air pollution in Alexandria district, Egypt. in: Proceeding of the 14^th International Colloquium, Paris, France, May 5-8, 1980, Ed. M.M. Benarie. Studies in Environ. Sci., Vol. 8, pp. 433-438, Elsevier Sci. Pub. Comp., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1980) Mercury accumulation in Fish from Mediterranean coastal area of Alexandria, Egypt. In: V^th Workshop on Marine Pollution, V^es Journées Étud. Pollut., Oct. 9-13, 1980, Cagliari, Italy, C.I.E.S.M., pp. 493-496.

· Elsokkary, I. H., El-Attar H. and Amer, M. A. (1981) Influence of phosphorus and zinc fertilizers on the uptake of P and Zn by corn plants grown in highly calcareous soils. Plant and Soil. 59: 227-236.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1982) Contamination of soils and plants by mercury as influenced by the proximity to industries in Alexandria, Egypt. in: Atmospheric Pollution. Proceeding of the 15^th Colloquium, Paris, France, May 4-7, 1982, Ed. M.M. Benarie. Studies in Environ. Sci., Vol. 9, pp. 55-60, Elsevier Sci. Pub. The Netherlands and In: Sci. Total Environ., 23: 55-60.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Baghdady, N. H. (1982) Absorption of iron by corn plants grown in sand culture from FeSO₄ or Fe-EDTA as influenced by K₂SO₄ addition. Sonderdruck aus Landwirtschaftliche Forschung, Sonderheft, Kongressband 1982, Münster. F.R.G., Sept. 20-25, 1982, 39: 276-282.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1983) The occurrence of atmospheric contamination of soils and vegetable plants by cadmium, lead and mercury and proximity in Alexandria city. In: Environmental Chemistry Seminar - Arab Chemical Research Programme (UNESCO/ROSTAS/Jordan Univ.), Amman, Jordan, Jan. 17-19, 1983, p. 26.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Baghdady, N. H. and Amer, M. (1983) Effect of heavy applications of superphosphate and micronutrients fertilizers to highly calcareous soils on growth of corn and faba bean plants and their contents and uptake of P, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu. Sonderdruck aus Landwirtschaftliche Forschung, Sonderheft, Kongressband 1983, Kiel, F.R.G., Sept. 19-24, 1983, pp. 258-272.

· Meshref, H. A., Elsokkary, I. H. and Zaghloul M. (1983) Effect of wastewater discharge from Talkha Nitrogenous Fertilizers Company on soil and plant growth. in: “The Inter. Conf. on Environ. Hazards of Agrochemicals in Developing Countries”. Ed. El-Sebae, A., Alex. Univ./UNESCO/UNEP, Nov. 8-12, 1983, Proc. Int. Conf. Env. Haz. Agrochem. Vol. 1: 270-283.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Elkeiy, O. M. (1983) Enrichment of heavy metals in soils and plants by sewage sludge and chemical fertilizers applications. in: “The Inter. Conf. on Environ. Hazards of Agrochemicals in Developing countries”. Ed. El-Sebae, A., Alex. Univ./UNESCO/ UNEP, Nov. 8-12, 1983, Proc. Int. Conf. Haz. Agrochem., Vol. 2. 859-872.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Baghdady, N. H. and Meshref, H. A. (1983) The Fate of applied copper from CuSO4 into the different fractions of some alluvial soils. J. Agric. Sci. Mansowra Univ. 8: 1052-1060.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Meshref, H. A. (1984) The chemical fractionation of soil copper in Egyptian alluvial soils. Mitteilgn. Dtsch Bodenkundl. Gesellsch. 39: 13-18.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1984) Effect of sewage sludge application on heavy metals content of sandy soil and cultivated plants. In: “The 4^th International Environment and Safety Conference”, Newgate, London, UK, March 27-29, 1984.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Meshref, H. A. (1984) The occurrence of soils and plants contamination by cadmium, lead, and mercury in Alexandria city. J. Agric. Sci. Mansowra Univ. 9: 863-868.

· El-Deek, A. A. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1984) Effect of feeding different animal protein on the trace element composition of broiler droppings. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 54: 806-809.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1984) Assessment of mercury pollution in the coastal region of El-Max at Alexandria city. VII^es Journeés Etud Pollutions. Lucerne, C.I.E.S.M. pp 367-372.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Meshref, H. A., El-Sheemy, H. and Shalaby, E. (1986) Geographical distribution of mercury in the soils of western area of Nile Delta J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 11: 861-869.

· El-Sharnouby, S. A., Moharram, Y. G., Moustafa, E. K. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1986) Mercury and selenium content and relationship in Barbouni Mullus surrmuletus from Alexandria water, Egypt. Bull. Inst. Oceanogr. & Fish., ARE., 12: 231-238.

· Elsokkary, I.H. (1986). Assessment of mercury in the ecosystem of Alexandria city, Egypt. In: “International Symposium on Natural and Man-made Hazards”. Eds. El-Sabh, M.I. and Murty, T.S., Rimouski and Quebec city, Canada, Aug. 3-9 1986. p. 3 (Abstract)

· Hancock, R. G., Aufreiter, S. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1986/1987) Nile Alluvium: Soils and Ceramics, Bulletin of the Egytological Seminar 8 (1986/1987) : 61-71.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Shalaby, E., El-Sheemy, H. and Meshref, H. A. (1987) Sorption of mercury by kaolinite as affected by pH, chloride ion concentration and type of adsorbed cation. J. Agric. Sci Tanta Univ., 13: 531-539.

· Abdel-Ghaffar, A. S., El-Attar, H. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1988) Egyptian experience in the treatment and use of sewage water and sludge in agriculture. FAO Regional Seminar on the: “Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation”. Nicosia, Cyprus, 7-9 October, 1985, Eds. : M. B. Pescod and A. Arar, FAO & Butterworth Pub. London, pp. 210-222.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Elkeiy, O. M. (1988) Effect of sewage sludge application on the growth and heavy metals content of five plant crops grown on calcareous soil “Environ. Contamination”, 3^rd Inter. Conf. Venice. Sept. 1988, Editor A. A. Orio, pp. 170-173.

· Khairy, A. H., Badawi, A. F., Elsokkary, I. H. and Mostafa, M. H. (1988) Concentration of nitrate and nitrite in vegetables, soil, and water. A descriptive study of the Alexandria region, Egypt. in: “Symp. Environ. Sci. (UNARC) Alexandria", M. El-Raey (Ed.). pp.155-165.

· Fathi, A. M., Elsokkary, I. H. and El Motassem, M. (1988) Hydrological parameters affecting the storage of Nile water of Rosetta branch in the northern lakes. in: “Symp. Environ. Sci. (UNARC), Alexandria", M. El-Raey (Ed.). pp.166-180.

· Nasr, S. M., Elsokkary, I. H., Fakhry, A. A. and El-Shibiny, I. A. (1988) Pollution effects on coastal sediments of Alexandria. in: “Symp. Environ. Sci. (UNARC), Alexandria”, M. El-Raey (Ed.). pp. 181-187.

· El-Deek, A. A., Elsokkary, I. H. and Ishak, N. S. (1988) Selenium-mercury interrelationships in the nutrition of growing ducks. Egypt. Poult. Sci. 8:438-452.

· Diab, G. S., Thabet, A.G. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1988) Effect of Viterra Planta Gel (VPG) and farmyard manure (FTM) as soil conditioners on some physical and nutritional properties of sandy and calcareous soils. In: “Inter. Sym. on the Use of Soil Conditioner for Reclamation and Farming of Desert Land”. Ed. A. Gamal A. Samie. Acad. Sci. Res. and Technol., Cairo, Egypt, 1988, pp. 153-160.

· Abou El-Khair, K. S. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1988) Effect of cadmium on the growth of Casuarina glauca seedlings grown on sand culture . J. Agric. Res. Tanta Univ. 14: 271- 278.

· Abou El-Khair, K. S. , Elsokkary, I. H., El Lakany, M. H. , and Bardan, O. A. (1988) Effect of salinity on the growth and mineral composition of two Casuarina species. J. Agric. Res. Tanta. Univ. 14: 279-295.

· Abou El-Khair, K. S. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1988) Effect of boron on the growth and mineral contents of Casuarina glauce plants J. Agric. Res. Tanta. Univ. 14: 1023-1034.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Baghdady, N. H. and Elkeiy, O. M. (1988) Yield and elemental composition of plant crops grown on sewage sludge amended calcareous soil. VDLUFA-Schriftenreihe 28, Kongressband 1988, TELL II: 1365-1375.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Müller, G. (1989) Geochemical association of heavy metals in sediments of Nile River, Egypt, in: “Heavy Metals in the Environment” Conf., Proceeding Vol. 1, Geneva. Sept. 1989, Ed. J. P. Vernet, CEP Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, UK, pp. 134-139.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1989) Contamination of the terrestrial ecosystem by mercury around the industrial complex Center of El Max, western area of Alexandria, in: “Heavy Metals in the Environment “ Conf. Proceeding. Vol. 2 Geneva, 1989, Ed. J. P. Vernet, CEP, Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, UK . pp. 321-324.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1989) Mercury biogeochemistry in the aquatic system of Alexandria district: An assessment of contamination and speciation, in: “ Heavy Metals in the Environmental “ Conf. Proceeding, Vol. 2., Geneva Sept. 1989, Ed. J. P. Vernet, CEP- Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, UK , pp. 416-419.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1989) Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants: Mercury. In: “Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants (Activity K)”. MAP Technical Reports Series No. 32, UNEP, Athens UNEP / FAO .pp. 23-35.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Elkeiy, O. Z. (1989) Response of alfalfa, wheat, faba bean, soybean and sordon to sewage sludge applied to sandy soils. Egypt. J. Soil Sci. Special Issue pp. 373-376.

· Macklad, M. F., Elsokkary, I. H., Fathi, A. M. and El-Motassem, M. (1990) Assessment and distribution of chlorinated insecticides in the waters of Rosetta branch of river Nile. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 15: 445-449.

· Nasr, S. M., Elsokkary, I. H., Fakhry, A. A. and El- Shibiny, I. A. (1990) Fractionation of some heavy metals in coastal belt sediments of Alexandria. in: “Region Symp. Environ. Stud. (UNARC), Alexandria”, Ed. M. El-Raey, pp. 415-436.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Müller, G. (1990) Assessment and speciation of chromium, nickel, lead and cadmium in the sediments of the river Nile, Egypt. Sci. Total Environ. 97/98: 455-460.

· Nasr, S.N., Elsokkary, I.H., Fakhry, A.A. and El-Shibiny, I.A. (1990) Speciation of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb in the inner-shelf sediments of Alexandria. In: Rapp. Comm. Inter. Mer. Médit., Monaco, 32: 1: C-II 12-C-II-13. pp. 53.

· Diab, G. S., Emara, M. D., Elsokkary, I. H. and El-Kouny, H. M. (1991) Cadmium and lead distribution in oil/water system and in oil plants grown in sandy soils irrigated with Cd and Pb polluted water. Alex. Sci. Exch. 3: 557-577.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Hassan, N. A. (1991). The inhibition of wheat and Faba bean nitrate reductase enzyme by cadmium in relation to pH, P and N in the growth medium. In: “Heavy Metals in the Environment” Conference Proceeding, Vol. 1, Edinburgh, Sept. 1991, Ed. J. G. Farmer, CEP Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, U. K., pp. 161-164.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Amer, M. A. O. (1991) The inhibition of sugar beet ATPase by Cadmium in relation to pH, P and N in the growth medium. In: “Heavy Metals in Environment” Conf. Proceeding, Vol. 1, Edinburgh, Sept. 1991, Ed. J. G. Farmer, CEP Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, U. K. pp. 165-168.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Khairy, A. and Abdel- Salam, A. A. (1991) Contamination of the sediments of Nile River by mercury. In: “Heavy Metals in Environment” Conf. Proceeding, Vol. 1, Edinburgh Sept. 1991, Ed. J. G. Farmer, CEP Consultants Ltd., U. K., pp. 495-498.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1991) Geochemical association of heavy metals in marine sediments of the Mediterranean Coastal zone of Nile Delta. In: “Heavy Metals in the Environment” Conf. Proceeding, Edinburgh, Sept. 1991, Ed. J. G. Farmer, CEP Consultants Ltd. Edinburgh, U. K., pp. 499-502.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1992) Trace Metals in Sediments and Waters: Case Study from Egypt. In: “Trace Metals in the Environment 2, Impact of Heavy Metals on the Environment”. Ed. J. P. Vernet, Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp. 351-379.

· Nour, A. M., Hoza, H., Omar, E., Elsokkary, I. H. and Abou Akkada, A. R. (1993) Effect of two different levels of cadmium and/or zinc on growth performance, carcass composition and feed utilization of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). In: Inter. Conf. Future Aquat. Resources in Arab Countries. NIOF/USAD, Alexandria, Feb. 6-8, 1993, p. 26 (Abstract)

· Nour, A. M., Mohamed, A., Omar, E., Elsokkary, I. H. and Abou Akkada, A. R. (1993) Effect of dietary of mercury and/or selenium on growth performance, carcass composition and feed utilization of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). In: Inter. Conf. Future Aquat. Resources in Arab Countries. NIOF/USAD, Alexandria, Feb. 6-8, 1993, p. 27 (Abstract)

· Sanker, M., Mackenzie, F. T., Elsokkary, I. H., Hota, M., Delacerda, D., Miettinen, J. K., Mitra, S., Moreno, J., Stantapathy, S. and Zhou, J. Y. (1994) Group Report-Mercury. In: “Global Perspectives on Lead, Mercury and Cadmium Cycling in the Environment” Eds.: T. C. Hutchinson, C. A. Gordon and K. M. Meema. SCOPE Published by Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi., pp. 15-23.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Contamination of western area of the Nile Delta by cadmium, lead and mercury. In: “Global Perspectives on lead, mercury and cadmium Cycling in the Environment” Eds.: T. C. Hutichinson, C. Gorden, K. Meema. SCOPE, Wiley Eastern Ltd. Pub. pp. 217-234.

· Badran, O. A., Abouelkhair, S. K., El-Sayed, A. B., Hassan, T. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Survey of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) in different sites in north-west coast of Egypt. In: Proc. Inter. Symp. on Silviculture of Protection Forestry in Arid Regions and the Agroforestry Potential. Eds. S.A.E. Kandeel et al., March 21-24, 1994, Alexandria, Egypt, pp. 195-219.

· Abouelkhair, S. K., El-Sayed, A. B., Kherallah, I. E. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Endomycorrhizae associated with few timber trees on calcareous soil in north-west coast of Egypt. In: Proc. Inter. Symp. on Silviculture of Protection Forestry in Arid Regions and the Agroforestry Potential. Eds. S.A.E. Kandeel et al., March 21-24, 1994, Alexandria, Egypt, pp. 220-233.

· Abouelkhair, S. K., Badran, O. A. and Elsokkary, I. H. (Cadmium and zinc effect on the growth of three timber trees species grown in soil containing vesicular-arbuscular micorrhiza. In: Proc. Inter. Symp. on Silviculture of Protection Forestry in Arid Regions and the Agroforestry Potential. Eds. S.A.E. Kandeel et al., March 21-24, 1994, Alexandria, Egypt, p. 1 (Abstract)

· Abouelkhair, K. S. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Cadmium and zinc effect on the growth of three timber trees spp. grown in soil containing vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae. Menofiya J. Agric. Res. 19: 1881-1899.

· Abouelkhair, K. S. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Effect of salinity, boron and sodium on the growth and root infection by vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, rhizobium and frankia of seedlings of three trees species. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 19: 2969-2980.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1994) Concentration levels of mercury in Lake Mariut Ecosystem. In: “Workshop on Lake Mariut, Pollution Problems and Proposal for Restoration and Better Management”. April 27-30, 1994. Alex. Univ. (Goethe Inst. Alex./ Alex. Univ./ British Council / WHO) p. 19.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Organizing Committee Workshop on Lake Mariut (1994) : Recommendations for Lake Mariut restoration and better management, p. 8.

· Abouelkhair, K. S., Amer, M. O. and Elsokkary, I. H. (1995) Effect of zinc, cadmium and lead on the growth, root characters and mineral contents of Acacia saligna, Casuarina glauca and Eucalyptus camaldulensis seedlings. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 20: 2501-2518.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Amer, M. A. and Shalaby, E. A. (1995) Assessment of inorganic lead species and total organo alkylead in some Egyptian agricultural soils. Environ. Pollut. 87: 225-233.

· Elsokkary, Ibrahim H. (1996) Utilization of sewage sludge on Egyptian agricultural soil: Appraisal of potential hazards of heavy metals. In: 9^th Conf. of the Inter. Soil Conservation Organization (ISCO): “Towards Sustainable Land Use: Further Cooperation between People and Institutions”. Bonn, Germany, Aug. 26-30 Aug., 1996, p. 1 (Abstract)

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1996) Synopsis on contamination of the agricultural ecosystem by trace elements: an emerging environmental problem. Egypt. J. Soil Sci. 36: 1-22.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Sharaf, A. I. (1996) Enrichment of soils and plants irrigated by wastewater by zinc and cadmium. Egypt. J. Soil Sci. 36: 219-232.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1997) Effect of irrigation by wastewater on the pollution of ecosystems by heavy metals. In: “Symposium on the Control of Usage and Pollution of Irrigation and Drinking Water”. ESPC, Alex. Univ., June 27, 1997, pp. 69-75.

· Elsokkary, I. H., Saleh, M. M., Abdel-Salam, A. A. and Abdel-Salam, H. E. (1998) Effect of cadmium on growth and essential oil content of two medicinal plants: Ocimum basilicum L. and Origanum marjoram L. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 23: 4625-4640.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Abdel-Salam, A. A. (1998) Assessment of total, inorganic and organic mercury in soils, clover and corn plants grown in Abis area, Western part of Alexandria city. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 23: 6309-6321.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Abdel-Salam, A. A. (1998) Bioavailability and DTPA-extractability of soil heavy metal from successive sewage sludge-treated calcareous soil. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 43: 349-365.

· Shalaby, E. A., Elsokkary, I. H., El-Sayed, S. H. and Othman, A. Y. (1999) Cadmium and zinc bioaccumulation and extraction by earthworms: Aporrectodea caliginosa and Aporrectodea rosea from industrially polluted soils of El-Tabia at Abu Qir area. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 44: 335-350.

· Elsokkary, I. H. and Shalaby, E. A. (1999) Distribution iodine, bromine and chlorine in alluvial soils and wheat grains in the western area of Nile delta. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 24: 7049-7058.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (1999) Trace-elements contents of some Egyptian ecosystems as influenced by natural and anthropogenic sources. In: “Geomedical Problems in Developing Countries”. Ed. J.L. Låg. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: Green Series, Oslo, Norway, Oct. 28-29, 1999, pp. 179-192.

· Mourad, A.Y., Abd Allah, E.A. and Elsokkary, I.H. (2002) Effect of seeds soaking with auxins on the growth of different wheat varieties grown in sand culture under saline conditions. J. Agric. & Env. Sci. Alex. Univ., Egypt, 1: 86-103.

· Abdel Salam, A.A., Kaloosh, A.A., Khawaga, N.H. and Elsokkary, I.H. (2005) Effect of irrigation with treated wastewater on quality of soil, drainage water and plants grown on calcareous soil. Minufiya J. Agric. Res., 30: 801-816.

· Abdel-Salam, A.A., Elsokkary, I.H. and Hassan, H.E. (2005) Influence of sewage sludge application on urease activity using incubation and field experiments. J. Adv. Agric. Res. (Fac. Agric., Saba Basha), 10: 503-514.

· Hassan, H.E.A., Elsokkary, I.H. and Abdel-Salam, A.A. (2005) Urease and arginine ammonification as bioindicators for soil contamination by heavy metals from sewage sludge application. In: “Proceeding of the 9^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology”, Rhodes Island, Greece, Sept. 1-3, 2005, pp. B-325 - B-330.

· Kaloosh, A.A., Abdel-Salam, A.A.; Elsokkary, I.H. and Khawaga, N.H. (2005) Assessment of fecal bacteria in drainage waters and cultivated soils irrigated by treated wastewater. Alex. Sci. Exch., 26: 211-216.

· Amer, M. A. O., Abdel-Salam, A. A. and Elsokkary, I. H. (2005) Phytoextractability of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in leaves of canola (Brassica napus) grown in sludge-treated soil. Alex. Sci. Exch. J.m 26: 299-305.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (2005) Contamination of the ecosystems of the northern area west Nile delta by mercury. In: “Conference of Safe Environment in Egypt, Arab nations and Africa Toward Safe Biosphere”. Association of Arab Universities, Arab Council for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Cairo Univ., June 23-24, 2005, p. 11.

· Elsokkary, I. H. (2005) Safe utilization of sewage sludge on agricultural land. In: “Conference of Safe Environment in Egypt, Arab nations and Africa Toward Safe Biosphere”. Association of Arab Universities, Arab Council for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Cairo Univ., June 23-24, 2005, p. 8.

· Abou-Elhassan, T. M., Elsokkary, I. H., Sorour, M. T. and El-Attar, H. A. (2007) Efficiency of different coagulants for removing organic load and cadmium from wastewater of Alexandria eastern treatment plant. Alex. Engineering J., 46: 179-187.

· Abd El-All, A. E. A., Elsokkary, I. H. and El-Zaher, H. (2007) Effect of sewage sludge application on the properties of cultivated calcareous soil. I. Soil chemical properties and trace elements contents in wheat and corn plants. In: “Arab Conf. of Soil and Water Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development”. April 10-11, 2007, Faculty of Agriculture - Mansoura University, pp. 151-160.

· El-Zaher, H., Elsokkary, I. H. and Abd El-All, A. E. A. (2007) Effect of sewage sludge application on the properties of cultivated calcareous soil. II. Soil physical properties and yield of wheat and corn plants. In: “Arab Conf. of Soil and Water Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development”. April 10-11, 2007, Faculty of Agriculture - Mansoura University, pp. 161-169.

· Shalaby, E. A. and Elsokkary, I. H. (2007) Pollution of air, soils and plants by heavy metals and organic chemicals emitted from the municipal solid waste dumpsite of Alexandria city, Egypt. In: “The 5^th Speciality Conference & Exhibition on Environmental Progress in the Oil & Petrochemical Industries”. EnviroArabia 2007, Environmental Sustainable & Future Challenges. Chairman Tech. Commt.: Findley, J., Kingdom of Bahrain, April 21-25, 2007, p. 21.

· Awad Allah, E.F.A., Elsokkary, I. H., and Abdel Salam A. A. (2008) Comparative effects of zinc and cadmium on the growth characters of wheat (Treticum aestivum L.) plant grown in sand culture. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 53(2) 129-140.

· Awad Allah, E.F.A., Elsokkary, I. H., and Abdel Salam A. A. (2008) Biochemical effects of zinc and cadmium on the growth performance of wheat (Treticum aestivum L.) grown on sand culture. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 53(3) 95-104.

· El-Bestawy, E., Elsokkary, I. H., Hussein, H., and Abu Keela, A. F. (2008) Pollution control in pulp and paper industrial effluents using integrated chemical-biological treatment sequences J. Ind. Microbial. Biotechnol. 35:1517-1529.

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