Hobbs, P.R. Person

selected publications

• article

  • One size does not fit all: Conservation farming success in Africa more dependent on management than on location.  AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT.  179:200-207. 2013
  • Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps.  Journal of Experimental Botany.  63:1-12. 2012
  • Ammonia toxicity in aerobic rice: use of soil properties to predict ammonia volatilization following urea application and the adverse effects on germination.  European Journal of Soil Science.  62:551-559. 2011
  • Relative effects of ammonia and nitrite on the germination and early growth of aerobic rice.  Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science.  174:292-300. 2011
  • Biomass availability, energy consumption and biochar production in rural households of Western Kenya.  Biomass & Bioenergy.  35:3537-3546. 2011
  • Wheat improvement: Highlights from an expert symposium 2008
  • How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice-wheat experiments in Asia?.  Field Crops Research.  81:159-180. 2003
  • The role of potassium in sustaining yields in a long-term rice-wheat experiment in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Nepal.  Biology and Fertility of Soils.  36:240-247. 2002
  • Yield and soil fertility trends in a 20-year rice-rice-wheat experiment in Nepal.  Soil Science Society of America Journal.  66:857-867. 2002
  • Long-term changes in yield and soil fertility in a twenty-year rice-wheat experiment in Nepal.  Biology and Fertility of Soils.  34:73-78. 2001
  • Tillage and crop establishment in South Asian rice -wheat systems: Present practices and future options 2001
  • On-farm soil N supply and N nutrition in the rice-wheat system of Nepal and Bangladesh.  Field Crops Research.  64:273-286. 1999
  • Increasing wheat yields sustainability through agronomic means 1998
  • Meeting South Asia's future food requirements from rice-wheat cropping systems: Priority issues facing researchers in the post-green revolution era 1996
  • Rice-Wheat in South Asia: Systems and long-term priorities established through diagnostic research.  Agricultural Systems.  46:169-187. 1994
  • Rice wheat cropping systems in Faizabad District of Uttar Pradesh, India: Exploratory surveys of farmers' practices and problems and needs for further research 1992
  • Rice-wheat cropping systems in the Tarai areas of Nainital, Rampur, and Pilibhit Districts in Uttar Pradesh, India: Diagnostic surveys of farmers' practices and problems, and needs for future research 1991
  • The rice-wheat pattern in the Nepal Terai: Issues in the identification and definition of sustainability problems 1990
  • Increasing wheat productivity in the context of Pakistan's irrigated cropping systems: A view from the farmers' field 1986
  • Wheat in the cotton-wheat farming systems of the Punjab: implications for research and extension 1986
  • Wheat in the rice-based farming system of the Punjab: Implications for research and extension 1984
  • Status of rice-based cropping systems research in Bangladesh 1978
  • Cropping systems research highlights for the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute 1977

• document

  • Nutritious subsistence food systems 2006
  • How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice-wheat experients in Asia 2003
  • Wheat and rice in the mid-hills of Nepal: A benchmark report on farm resources and production practices in Kavre District 1999
  • Wheat and rice in the Nepal Tarai: Farm resources and production practices in Rupandehi District 1996
  • Irrigated wheat in North West Frontier Province: A synthesis of On-farm research results 1983-86 1990
  • Diagnosing research priorities for small farmers: Experiences from on-farm research in Pakistan 1989
  • Wheat in the rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab: A synthesis of On-farm research results 1984-1988 1989
  • Wheat production and yields in Rawalpindi District of the Punjab from 1983 to 1986 1989
  • Techniques for On-Farm Cropping Systems Research 1978
  • Cropping systems research highlights from Bangladesh 1976
  • Review of the rice cropping systems work at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute for the period from Nov. 1974 to Dec. 1975 1976

• editorial article

  • SUMMARY: PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INCREASING WHEAT YIELD POTENTIAL, CIMMYT, OBREGON, MEXICO, 20–24 MARCH 2006 Challenges to international wheat improvement.  JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.  145:223-227. 2007

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  • The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture.  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 543-555. 2008

• review

  • Nutritious subsistence food systems.  Advances in Agronomy. 1-74. 2007