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Surinder Saggar

Senior Researcher
Land Use & Ecosystems
Surinder Saggar
Location
Palmerston North
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Research interests


Qualifications

Saskatchewan
PhD Soil Science
1980

Punjab Agricultural
MSc Soil Science
1972

Punjab Agricultural
BSc (Hons) Agriculture
1970

Publications

McMillan AMS, Pal P, Phillips RL, Palmada T, Berben P, Jha N, Saggar S, Luo J 2016. Can pH amendments in grazed pastures help reduce N2O emissions from denitrification? – The effects of liming and urine addition on the completion of denitrification in fluvial and volcanic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 93: 90–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.013

Morales SE, Jha N, Saggar S 2015. Impact of urine and the application of the nitrification inhibitor DCD on microbial communities in dairy-grazed pasture soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 88: 344–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.009

Jorquera MA, Martínez OA, Marileo LG, Acuña JJ, Saggar S, Mora ML 2014. Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on the composition of rhizobacterial communities of two Chilean Andisol pastures. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 30(1): 99–107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-013-1427-9

Arbestain MC, Saggar S, Leifeld J 2014. Environmental benefits and risks of biochar application to soil. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 191: 1–4. ISI:000338393500001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.014

Kim D-G, Giltrap DL, Saggar S, Hanly JA 2014. Field studies assessing the effect of dicyandiamide (DCD) on N transformations, pasture yields, N2O emissions and N-leaching in the Manawatu region. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 57(4): 271–293. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2013.855244

Podolyan A, Di HJ, Cameron KC, Clough T, De Klein C, Saggar S 2014. Ammonia oxidising populations and relationships with N2O emissions in three New Zealand soils. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 57(3): 228–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2014.924969

Saggar S, Camps Arbestain M, Leifeld J ed. 2014. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 191. Elsevier. 168 p. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01678809/191

Saggar S 2014. Agricultural land-use change and global climate change: New Zealand experience. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 83(extra issue 1): 468–469.

Giltrap DL, Berben P, Palmada T, Saggar S 2014. Understanding and analysing spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from a grazed pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 186: 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.012

Deslippe JR, Jamali H, Jha N, Saggar S 2014. Denitrifier community size, structure and activity along a gradient of pasture to riparian soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 71: 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.007

Bolan N, Saggar S, Kirkham MB ed. 2013. Science of the Total Environment 465. Elsevier. 336 p. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00489697/465

Luo J, Hoogendoorn C, van der Weerden T, Saggar S, De Klein C, Giltrap D, Rollo M, Rys G 2013. Nitrous oxide emissions from grazed hill land in New Zealand. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 181: 58–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.09.020

Zaman M, Saggar S, Stafford AD 2013. Mitigation of ammonia losses from urea applied to a pastoral system: the effect of nBTPT and timing and amount of irrigation. Proceedings: New Zealand Grassland Association 75th Annual Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand, 5-7 November 2013. Pp. 209–214. http://grassland.org.nz/publications/nzgrassland_publication_2552.pdf

Kirschbaum MUF, Saggar S, Tate KR, Thakur KP, Giltrap DL 2013. Quantifying the climate-change consequences of shifting land use between forest and agriculture. Science of the Total Environment 465: 314–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.026

Saggar S, Jha N, Deslippe J, Bolan NS, Luo J, Giltrap DL, Kim DG, Zaman M, Tillman RW 2013. Denitrification and N2O:N2 production in temperate grasslands: processes, measurements, modelling and mitigating negative impacts. Science of the Total Environment 465: 173–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.050

Saggar S, Singh J, Giltrap DL, Zaman M, Luo J, Rollo M, Kim DG, Rys G, van der Weerden TJ 2013. Quantification of reductions in ammonia emissions from fertiliser urea and animal urine in grazed pastures with urease inhibitors for agriculture inventory: New Zealand as a case study. Science of the Total Environment 465: 136–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.088

Kirschbaum MUF, Saggar S, Tate KR, Giltrap DL, Ausseil AGE, Greenhalgh S, Whitehead D 2012. Comprehensive evaluation of the climate-change implications of shifting land use between forest and grassland: New Zealand as a case study. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 150: 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.004

Van Der Weerden TJ, Luo J, Hoogendoorn CJ, De Klein CAM, Saggar S 2012. Nitrous oxide emission factors for sheep urine deposited on hill country. In: Hassouna M, Guingand N ed. Proceedings: International Symposium on Emissions of Gas and Dust from Livestock, Saint-Malo, France, 10-13 June 2012. Pp. 156–159. https://colloque4.inra.fr/emili2012/Book

Jha N, Saggar S, Tillman R, Giltrap D 2012. Changes in dentrification rate and N2O/N2 ratio with varying soil moisture conditions in New Zealand pasture soils. In: Currie LD, Christensen CL ed. Proceedings: Advanced Nutrient Management: Gains from the Past - Goals for the Future, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, February 2012. Pp. 15. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/workshops/12/Manuscripts/Jha_2012.pdf

Kim D-G, Giltrap D, Saggar S, Palmada T, Berben P, Drysdale D 2012. Fate of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) sprayed on a grazed pasture: effect of rate and time of application. Soil research 50(4): 337-347. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR12069

Gillingham AG, Ledgard SF, Saggar S, Cameron KC, Di HJ, de Klein C, Aspin MD 2012. Initial evaluation of the effects of dicyandiamide (DCD) on nitrous oxide emissions, nitrate leaching and dry matter production from dairy pastures in a range of locations within New Zealand. Proceedings: 25th Annual Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre Workshop, Palmerston North, 7-9 February 2012. Pp. 16. http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/workshops/12/Manuscripts/Gillingham_2012.pdf

Thakur KP, Giltrap D, Ausseil A-G, Saggar S, Raj A 2011. Beyond the logistic growth model for nitrous oxide emission factors from agricultural soils. Proceedings: International Conference on Sensing Technology, Palmerston North, 28th November- 1st December 2011. Pp. 399–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSensT.2011.6137008

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Memberships

  • Invited member of the New Zealand Government delegation on US/NZ Bilateral Climate Change Partnership meetings in Washington (2006)
  • Section Editor Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2006), Elsevier
  • Editorial board member of the international journal, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2000), Elselvier
  • CPAg (Certified Professional Agricultural Consultant), New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science., New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science
  • New Zealand Justice of Peace
  • Landcare Research Professorship in Environmental Sciences
    as the first Professorial Research Fellow, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University (2007)
    , Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
  • Global DNDC network facilitator, Global DNDC network
  • Expert Reviewer and member of a Panel of Experts for the evaluation of proposals of the Fourth National Call for Research Centers of Excellence - FONDAP 2011., National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research in Chile (CONICYT)
  • Guest Co-Editor Special Issue on Soil: Sink & Source for GHG Science of the Total Environment (2012-13), Science of the Total Environment
  • Fellow, New Zealand Society of Soil Science
  • Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science
  • Associate Editor for Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
  • Surinder Saggar has been reappointed to America-New Zealand Soil Science Professional Exchange Fund Committee for two-year starting 1 January 2014 till 31 December 2015. , America-New Zealand Soil Science Professional Exchange Fund Committee