Amritbir S. Riar
Scientist
Department of International Cooperation
Forschungsinstitut fur biologischen Landbau
Switzerland
Biography
Amritbir S. Riar had done his B.Sc. Agricultural Sciences (Honours), Guru Nanak Dev University, India and Diploma Agri-clinics and Agri-business, National Institute of Agricultural Extension management, Hyderabad, India . He had done Masters in Agricultural Sciences (Honours) Agronomy, Guru Nanak Dev University, India, India. He was Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Khalsa college (Guru Nanak Dev University) Amritsar, India and also Marketing and extension officer, Chambal fertilisers and chemical ltd. Chandigarh, India. He was Research Associate, Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal, India. Since March 2015 Scientist in the project "Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics" (SysCom).
Research Interest
Farming systems development, Soil fertility, crop nutrition and crop modelling
Publications
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Coventry D., Poswal R., Yadav A., Riar A., Zhou Y., Kumar A., Chand R., Chhokar R., Sharma R., Yadav V., Gupta R., Mehta A. and Cummins J. 2015. ‘A comparison of farming practices and performance for wheat production in Haryana, India’ Agricultural Systems, 137 pp. 139-153.
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Riar A., Gill G. and McDonald G. ‘Effect of post-sowing nitrogen management on Co-limitation of nitrogen and water in canola and mustard’ Field Crops Research, 198 pp 23-31.
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Riar A., Gill G., McDonald G. (2017) ‘Effect of Post-Sowing Nitrogen Management on Canola and Mustard: I. Yield Responses’. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.12.0728.
