Humphreys, E. Person

selected publications

• article

  • Community water management to intensify agricultural productivity in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh.  Paddy and Water Environment.  18:331-343. 2020
  • Estimating soil evaporation in dry seeded rice and wheat crops after wetting events.  Agricultural Water Management.  217:98-106. 2019
  • The feasibility of high yielding aus-aman-rabi cropping systems in the polders of the low salinity coastal zone of Bangladesh.  Field Crops Research.  234:33-46. 2019
  • Comparison of dry seeded and puddled transplanted rainy season rice on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh.  European Journal of Agronomy.  96:120-130. 2018
  • ORCHIDEE-PEAT (revision 4596), a model for northern peatland CO2, water, and energy fluxes on daily to annual scales.  Geoscientific Model Development.  11:497-519. 2018
  • Intensification and diversification increase land and water productivity and profitability of rice-based cropping systems on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh.  Field Crops Research.  209:10-26. 2017
  • Evaluation of the effects of mulch on optimum sowing date and irrigation management of zero till wheat in central Punjab, India using APSIM.  Field Crops Research.  197:83-96. 2016
  • Effects of tillage and mulch on the growth, yield and irrigation water productivity of a dry seeded rice-wheat cropping system in north-west India.  Field Crops Research.  196:219-236. 2016
  • Optimum sowing date and cultivar duration of dry-seeded boro on the High Ganges River floodplain of Bangladesh..  Field Crops Research.  190:91-102. 2016
  • Growth, yield and nitrogen use efficiency of dry-seeded rice as influenced by nitrogen and seed rates in Bangladesh.  Field Crops Research.  186:18-31. 2016
  • Development and evaluation of the Turbo Happy Seeder for sowing wheat into heavy rice residues in NW India.  Field Crops Research.  184:201-212. 2015
  • Nitrogen management for zero till wheat with surface retention of rice residues in north-west India.  Field Crops Research.  184:183-191. 2015
  • Options for increasing the productivity of the rice–wheat system of north west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 2. Is conservation agriculture the answer?.  Field Crops Research.  173:81-94. 2015
  • Options for increasing the productivity of the rice–wheat system of north-west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 1. Rice variety duration, sowing date and inclusion of mungbean.  Field Crops Research.  173:68-80. 2015
  • Effect of groundwater use on groundwater salinity, piezometric level and boro rice yield in the Sundarbans of West Bengal 2015
  • Optimum sowing window for boro cultivation in the coastal zone of Bangladesh 2015
  • Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2015 2015
  • Rabi crop establishment methods for increasing land productivity in the coastal zone of Banglades 2015
  • Triple rice in a year: Is it a feasible option for the low salinity areas of the coastal zone of Bangladesh 2015
  • Optimizing sowing management for short duration dry seeded aman rice on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh.  Field Crops Research.  169:77-88. 2014
  • Integration of conservation agriculture with best management practices for improving system performance of the rice–wheat rotation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India.  AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT.  195:68-82. 2014
  • Establishment method effects on crop performance and water productivity of irrigated rice in the tropics.  Field Crops Research.  166:112-127. 2014
  • Simulation of the evaporation of soil water beneath a wheat crop canopy.  Agricultural Water Management.  135:19-26. 2014
  • Reprint of "Optimizing intensive cereal-based cropping systems addressing current and future drivers of agricultural change in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India".  AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT.  187:33-46. 2014
  • Optimizing intensive cereal-based cropping systems addressing current and future drivers of agricultural change in the northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India.  AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT.  177:85-97. 2013
  • Growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under resource conservation technologies in the irrigated drylands of Central Asia.  Field Crops Research.  149:115-126. 2013
  • Chapter 6 – Effective Management of Scarce Water Resources in North-West India 2013
  • Guidelines for dry seeded rice (DSR) in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of India 2013
  • Evaluation of tradeoffs in land and water productivity of dry seeded rice as affected by irrigation schedule.  Field Crops Research.  128:180-190. 2012
  • AGRONOMIC AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PERMANENT RAISED BEDS, NO TILLAGE AND STRAW MULCHING FOR AN IRRIGATED MAIZE-WHEAT SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST INDIA.  Experimental Agriculture.  48:21-38. 2012
  • The effects of mulch and irrigation management on wheat in Punjab, India—Evaluation of the APSIM model.  Field Crops Research.  124:1-13. 2012
  • The effect of rice straw mulch on evapotranspiration, transpiration and soil evaporation of irrigated wheat in Punjab, India.  Agricultural Water Management.  98:1847-1855. 2011
  • Evaluation and application of ORYZA2000 for irrigation scheduling of puddled transplanted rice in north west India.  Field Crops Research.  122:104-117. 2011
  • Growth, yield and water productivity of zero till wheat as affected by rice straw mulch and irrigation schedule.  Field Crops Research.  121:209-225. 2011
  • Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice. Part 1: Crop performance.  Field Crops Research.  120:112-122. 2011
  • Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice: Part 2: Water balance and water productivity.  Field Crops Research.  120:123-132. 2011
  • Factors affecting irrigation water savings in raised beds in rice and wheat.  Field Crops Research.  118:43-50. 2010
  • Why grain yield of transplanted rice on permanent raised beds declines with time.  Soil & Tillage Research.  99:261-267. 2008
  • Evaluation of strategies for increasing irrigation water productivity of maize in southern New South Wales using the MaizeMan model.  Animal Production Science.  48:304-312. 2008
  • Maize productivity in southern New South Wales under furrow and pressurised irrigation.  Animal Production Science.  48:285-295. 2008
  • Evaluation of options for increasing yield and water productivity of wheat in Punjab, India using the DSSAT-CSM-CERES-Wheat model.  Agricultural Water Management.  95:1099-1110. 2008
  • Improving rainwater productivity: Topic 1 Synthesis Paper 2008
  • The Happy Seeder enables direct drilling of wheat into rice stubble.  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE.  47:844-854. 2007
  • Nutrient Uptake and Apparent Balances for Rice-Wheat Sequences. I. Nitrogen.  International plant nutrition colloquium. 10.  29:137-155. 2006
  • Nutrient Uptake and Apparent Balances for Rice-Wheat Sequences. III. Potassium.  International plant nutrition colloquium. 10.  29:173-187. 2006
  • Nutrient uptake and apparent balances for rice-wheat sequences. II. Phosphorus.  International plant nutrition colloquium. 10.  28:157-172. 2006
  • Water saving in rice-wheat systems.  Plant Production Science.  8:242-258. 2005

• document

  • An aus-aman system for increasing the productivity of a moderately saline region of the coastal zone of Bangladesh 2015
  • Challenges and opportunities for aman rice cultivation in ghers used for brackish water shrimp production 2015
  • Opportunities for cropping system intensification in the coastal zone of Bangladesh 2015
  • Reducing irrigation water requirement of dry season rice (boro) in coastal areas using timely seeding and short duration varieties 2015
  • Guidelines for Dry Seeded Rice (DSR) : in the Cauvery Delta Zone, Tamil Nadu, India 2014
  • Guidelines for Dry Seeded Rice (DSR) : in the Terai and Mid Hills of Nepal 2014
  • Best bet options for the coastal zone of Bangladesh: unlocking the potential of a low productivity zone 2013
  • Crop performance in permanent raised bed rice–wheat cropping system in Punjab, India 2009
  • Increasing field-scale water productivity of rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Basin 2007
  • Water saving in rice-wheat systems 2004
  • Use of surface films to reduce ammonia volatilization from flooded rice fields 1988

• review

  • Halting the Groundwater Decline in North-West India—Which Crop Technologies will be Winners?.  Advances in Agronomy. 155-217. 2010
  • Rice and Water.  Advances in Agronomy. 187-237. 2007