| Expert Name | Ms. Sevilay Topcu |
| Title | Academic Staff |
| Division | Faculty of Agriculture |
| Institution | Cukurova University |
| City | Adana |
| Country | Turkey |
| Telephone | 90 322 338 69 03 |
| Email | stopcu(at)pamuk.cu.edu.tr |
| Work Experience | - I have been working as a faculty member in Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Department of Cukurova University since 1986. I have experience on irrigation of vegetables and field crops, especially cotton. My working group has a few projects on water and nutrition interactions and effect of their deficiency on crop production.
- For the last 5 years, I have been lecturing on design of irrigation systems, irrigation and its ecological impacts, and agricultural meteorology in the Irrigation and Drainage Departments at the two Universities (Univ. of Cukurova, University of Kahramanmaras) |
| Qualifications | - B.Sc., Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 1985
- M.Sc., Irrigation of Vegetables, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Cukurova University, Turkey, 1987
- Ph.D., Experimental and Modelanalytical Researches on Growth and Quality of Cotton under Furrow, Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation in Southern Turkey, Institute for Plant production and Agroecology in Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim Stuttgart, Germany, 1993 |
| Number of Publications | 20 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | - Member, German-Turkish Agricultural and Natural Scientist Association
- Member, Center for Cotton Research |
| Publications | 1. Topcu, S., 1998: Environmental Problems in Agriculture (in Turkish), Agricultural Faculty text book, No. 207, A-65, pp. 269, University of Cukurova Press, Adana-Turkey;
2. Baytorun, A.N., Topcu, S., Abak, K., Dasgan, Y., 1998: Growth and Production of Tomatoes in Greenhouses at Different Temperature Levels. (Gartenbauwissenschaft) The German Journal for Horticultural Science (in Press);
3. Baytorun, A.N., Topcu, S., Abak, K., Dasgan, Y., 1998: Climatic Problems of the Plastic Greenhouses in Turkey. CIPA Proceedings International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture, March 1997, pp 63-70, Tel-Aviv, Israel;
4. Kirda, C., Baytorun, A.N., Tanriverdi, C., Derici, R., Zapata, F., Topcu, S., 1997: Continuous and intermitted Application of Fertilizers as to Decrease Residual Nitrogen Fertilizer in Greenhouse Soils Planted to Tomatoes. International Conference on 'Water Management, Salinity and Pollution in the Mediterranean Region' Volume VI-Fertilizers and Quality, 22-26 September 1997 |
| Discipline | Agricultural Sciences |
| Last updated | 15/01/2007 16:33:00 |
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