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Surinder Saggar

Surinder Saggar

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
56
Citations
10717
World Ranking
1534
National Ranking
17

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
10888
World Ranking
3485
National Ranking
17

Overview

Surinder Saggar is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand and is active in research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work is concentrated on several subfields including Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Ecology, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The main topics that Saggar investigates are diverse and focus on soil and nutrient dynamics, environmental studies related to pesticides and herbicides, and aspects of nutrient management and emission control technologies. These topics include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Odor and Emission Control Technologies
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Saggar has contributed research papers to numerous scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
  • Agronomy
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Soil Research

Some of the recent research papers authored or co-authored by Saggar include:

  • Rare earth elements (REE) for the removal and recovery of phosphorus: A review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Meta-analysis of New Zealand's nitrous oxide emission factors for ruminant excreta supports disaggregation based on excreta form, livestock type and slope class, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Influence of liming-induced pH changes on nitrous oxide emission, nirS, nirK and nosZ gene abundance from applied cattle urine in allophanic and fluvial grazed pasture soils, 2020, Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Management and implications of using nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from urine patches on grazed pasture soils - A review, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The persistence and efficacy of nitrification inhibitors to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from New Zealand pasture soils amended with urine, 2022, Geoderma Regional

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Saggar include:

  • Jiafa Luo
  • Donna Giltrap
  • Kamal P. Adhikari
  • Thilak Palmada
  • Peter H. Berben

Best Publications

  • Denitrification and N2O:N2 production in temperate grasslands: processes, measurements, modelling and mitigating negative impacts.

    Surinder Saggar;N. Jha;J. Deslippe;N.S. Bolan

  • DNDC: A process-based model of greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural soils

    Donna L. Giltrap;Changsheng Li;Surinder Saggar

  • Effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on N transformation, gaseous emissions of ammonia and nitrous oxide, pasture yield and N uptake in grazed pasture system

    M. Zaman;S. Saggar;J.D. Blennerhassett;J. Singh

  • Particle Size Fractions and Their Use in Studies of Soil Organic Matter: I. The Nature and Distribution of Forms of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur1

    D. W. Anderson;S. Saggar;J. R. Bettany;J. W. B. Stewart

  • A review of emissions of methane, ammonia, and nitrous oxide from animal excreta deposition and farm effluent application in grazed pastures

    Surinder Saggar;N. S. Bolan;R. Bhandral;C. B. Hedley

  • Tillage-induced changes to soil structure and organic carbon fractions in New Zealand soils

    T. G. Shepherd;S. Saggar;R. H. Newman;C. W. Ross

  • Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from dairy-grazed pastures

    S. Saggar;R.M. Andrew;K.R. Tate;C.B. Hedley

  • 14C-labelled ryegrass turnover and residence times in soils varying in clay content and mineralogy

    S. Saggar;A. Parshotam;G.P. Sparling;C.W. Feltham

  • A simplified resin membrane technique for extracting phosphorus from soils

    S. Saggar;M. J. Hedley;R. E. White

  • Management options to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from intensively grazed pastures: A review

    J. Luo;C.A.M. de Klein;S.F. Ledgard;S. Saggar

  • Gaseous Emissions of Nitrogen from Grazed Pastures: Processes, Measurements and Modelling, Environmental Implications, and Mitigation

    Nanthi S Bolan;Surinder Saggar;Jiafa Luo;Rita Bhandral

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from a New Zealand cropped soil: tillage effects, spatial and seasonal variability

    M.A Choudhary;A Akramkhanov;S Saggar

  • Cultivation effects on soil biological properties, microfauna and organic matter dynamics in Eutric Gleysol and Gleyic Luvisol soils in New Zealand

    S Saggar

  • Impact of urease inhibitor on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from temperate pasture soil cores receiving urea fertilizer and cattle urine.

    Jagrati Singh;A. Kunhikrishnan;N.S. Bolan;S. Saggar

  • Measurement of microbial sulfur in soil

    S. Saggar;J.R. Bettany;J.W.B. Stewart

  • The effect of nitrification inhibitors on soil ammonia emissions in nitrogen managed soils: a meta-analysis

    Dong-Gill Kim;Surinder Saggar;Pierre Roudier

  • Effects of heavy metal contamination on the short-term decomposition of labelled [14C]glucose in a pasture soil

    R.D. Bardgett;S. Saggar

  • Measured and modelled estimates of nitrous oxide emission and methane consumption from a sheep-grazed pasture

    S. Saggar;C.B. Hedley;D.L. Giltrap;S.M. Lambie

  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACT OF HIERACIUM INVASION IN NEW ZEALAND'S GRAZED TUSSOCK GRASSLANDS: SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

    Neal A. Scott;Surinder Saggar;Peter D. McIntosh

  • Soil-atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide and methane in New Zealand terrestrial ecosystems and their mitigation options: a review

    Surinder Saggar;K. R. Tate;D. L. Giltrap;J. Singh

  • 14C-labelled glucose turnover in New Zealand soils

    S. Saggar;A. Parshotam;C. Hedley;G. Salt

Frequent Co-Authors

Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Kevin R. Tate
Kevin R. Tate Landcare Research
Jiafa Luo
Jiafa Luo AgResearch
Carolyn Hedley
Carolyn Hedley Landcare Research
M. J. Hedley
M. J. Hedley Massey University
Gregor W. Yeates
Gregor W. Yeates Landcare Research
Roger L. Parfitt
Roger L. Parfitt Landcare Research
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire
Alec D. Mackay
Alec D. Mackay AgResearch
Des J. Ross
Des J. Ross Landcare Research

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