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Research Interests • Plant nutrition and nutrients/fertilizer management in agroecosystems, • Solution culture, and hydroponic production of horticultural crops, • Rhizosphere and root-soil interactions on dynamic of nutrients, • Biological and eco-physiological impact of plant (weed) root exudates, • Alternative plant nutrition (foliar feeding, bioestimulants, organic chelates), • Nutritional water conservation in agricultural crops, • Crop (vegetable) physiology, • Vegetable organic production,
University Studies 1993-1998 University of Tehran, Iran, Aboureihan Campus, Dept. of Crop Productions Engineering, B.Sc. in Crop Productions Engineering (Horticulture)
1998-2000 Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering-Horticulture
Thesis (2000): The role of foliar applications of calcium chloride and zinc sulfate on the yield and quality of two apple varieties in Damavand region. Department of Horticultural Science, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU). Tehran, Iran. Supervisor: Prof. Mohammad Jafar Malakouti
2003-2008 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Institute of Plant Nutrition, Ph.D in Vegetable Plant Nutrition. Thesis: Characterization of natural and synthetic nitrification inhibitors, and their potential use in tomato culture Supervisor: Prof. Volker Roemheld and PD Gunter Neumann
Research Experiences: - Field as well as solution culture evaluation of root biology and root exudates of different Brachiaria plant species regarding Isolation of their natural nitrification inhib |