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DR ARSHAD ISLAM



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management and Geography
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Homepage: http://amorphous.agfor.unimelb.edu.au/FMPro?-DB=staff.fp5&-lay=view&-Format=staff.htm&Last=Islam&-Max=1&-Find
Work: 83440179
Fax: 83445037
Room: 226
Level: 02
Building: Institute Of Land And Food Resources
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Nitrogen cycling in soils and greenhouse gases Enhancing N fertilizer's use efficiency and mitigating greenhouse gases emissions Australia, Pakistan

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Urdu Speak, Read & Write
Pashto Speak, Read & Write
Hindi Listen & Speak
Arabic (including Lebanese) Read and Write
English Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy (Soil Science) University of Melbourne 16-Dec-2003
Master of Science (Honours) North West Frontier Province Agricultural University 14-Dec-1993
Bachelor of Science (Honours) North West Frontier Province Agricultural University 02-Dec-1991

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Society of Soil Science Incorporated Society member 01-Jan-2008 31-Dec-2008

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship University of Melbourne Have been awarded with OPRS and MRS for conducting PhD studies at the University of Melbourne 05-May-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Chemical Decomposition and Fixation of Nitrite in acidic pasture soils and implications for measurement of nitrification
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Prospects of improving efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in Australian agriculture; a review of enhanced efficiency fertilizers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 289-301
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Improving efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in Australian agriculture; A Review of enhanced efficiency fertilizers
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Conference Publication: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Page numbers: 265
    Publisher: Vince Neall (Chair)
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  • Potential reductions in urea hydrolysis and ammonia loss from intensive agricultural systems in Australia through the use of the urease inhibitor NBPT.
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Conference Publication: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Page numbers: 1-2
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Developing a technique to quantify heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification in acidic pasture soils
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 2309-2321
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  • Heterotrophic and Autotrophic nitrification in two acid pasture soils
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 972-975
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Nitrification Activity in Acid Soils of North-eastern Victoria, Australia, as affected by liming and phosphorus fertilisation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 739-744
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