| Expert Name | Prof. Jacob Amir |
| Title | Professor Emeritus |
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| Institution | Research Organization of Israel |
| City | Omer |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 646 9207 |
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| Work Experience | 1. 1959-1963: Agronomic and physiological research of peanut production in loessial soil in the Negev Desert Region in Israel.
2. Biological method for evaluating soil nitrogen, phosphorus and cereal nematodes infestation in the loessial soil in the Negev desert.
3. New technology for achieving economical yields of cereal in drought years in the Negev desert.
4. Mechanistic model describing growth and yield of wheat under dryland and irrigation conditions. |
| Qualifications | 1959 M.Sc. Degree: Hebrew University - Fieldcrops
1968: Ph.D. Degree - Hebrew University - Biochemistry |
| Number of Publications | 87 |
| Awards | 1. 1982-A.2. Cohen prize for contribution to plant protection
2. 1983 - Researcher of the year, Agricultural Res. Organization
3. American society of agronom membership
4. American society of plant physiology membership
5. Israel society of bota |
| Other Activities | 1. 1949-1953: Kibbutz manager
2. 1959-1996: Research scientist (ARO) fthe Voloani Center, Dept. of field crops, Gilat experiment station.
3. 1961-1963: Advisor to the government of Burma, Director of the wheat project
4. 1972-1974: Chief of research, Gilat experiment station.
5. 1976-1980: Chairman, Executive Board, Ramat Hanegev research |
| Publications | 1. Amir, J. et al 1993. Long-term comparative study of soil nitrate test, Gilat plant indicattor method and wheat nitrogen uptake Plant and Soil 158:223-231.
2. Amir, J. 1995. Impact of crop rotation on soil erosion and rehabilitation. In: Agassi, M. (ed), Marcel & Dekker, Inc. New York.
3. Amir, J. 1996. Cereal cyst nematode effect on wheat, field crop research 47:13-19 Field Crops Research (FCR)
4. Amir, J. 1996. A straw mulch system to allow continuous wheat production in an arid climate F.C.R. 47:21-31.
5. Amir, J. 1996. Model analysis of a straw mulch system for continuous wheat in arid climate F.C.R.47:33-41. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 09/05/2007 12:07:00 |
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