Prof. Dr Ir Huub Spiertz

Dr Ir Huub Spiertz

Emeritus-Professor Crop Ecology, with special emphasis on nutrient and carbon flows

Other responsibilities

• Member Editorial Board of the European Journal of Agronomy (EJA)
• Member Editorial Board of NJAS

Publications (selection)

• Spiertz, Huub, 2010. Food production, crops and sustainability: restoring confidence in science and technology. Curr. Opinion Envir. Sustain. 2: 439-443.
• Spiertz, J.H.J., 2010. Nitrogen, sustainable agriculture and food security. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 30: 43-55.
• Jing, Q., J.H.J. Spiertz, H. Hengsdijk, H. van Keulen, W. Cao & T. Dai, 2010. Adaptation and performance of rice genotypes in tropical and subtropical environments. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57: 149-157.
• Spiertz, J.H.J. & F. Ewert, 2009. Crop production and resource use to meet the growing demand for food, fed and fuel: opportunities and constraints. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 56 (4): 281-300.
• Kamau, D.M., J.H.J. Spiertz, O. Oenema & P.O. Owuor, 2008. Productivity and nitrogen use of tea plantations in relation to age and genotype. Field Crops Res. 108: 60-70.
• Zhang, L., J.H.J. Spiertz, S. Zhang, B. Li & W. van der Werf, 2008. Nitrogen economy in relay intercropping systems of wheat and cotton. Plant Soil 303: 55-68.
• Zhao, D.L., L. Bastiaans, G.N. Atlin & J.H.J. Spiertz, 2007. Interaction of genotype x management on vegetative growth and weed suppression of aerobic rice. Field Crops Res. 100: 327-340.
• Zhao, D.L., G.N. Atlin, L. Bastiaans & J.H.J. Spiertz, 2006. Cultivar weed-competitiveness in aerobic rice: heritability, correlated traits, and the potential for indirect selection in weed-free environments. Crop Sci. 46: 372-380.
• Spiertz, J.H.J., R.J. Hamer, H. Xu, C. Primo-Martin, C. Don & P.E.L. van der Putten, 2006. Heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): effects on grain growth and quality traits. Eur. J. Agr. 93: 43-60.
• Spiertz, J.H.J., 2004. Cropping systems: Yield improvement of wheat in temperate Northwestern Europe. In: Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pp. 367-369.
• Belder, P., B.A.M. Bouman, R. Cabangon, Lu Guoan, E.J.P. Quilang, Li Yuanhua, J.H.J. Spiertz & T.P. Tuong, 2004. Effect of water-saving irrigation on rice yield and water use in typical lowland conditions in Asia. Agricultural Water Management 65, 193-210.
• Spiertz, J.H.J. & A.H.C.M. Schapendonk, 2001. Climate change, nitrogen and yield response of wheat crops. In: Z. Bedo & L. Lang (Eds.), Wheat in a Global Environment. Proceedings of the 6th Int. Wheat Conference, Budapest. Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 435-444
• Spiertz, J.H.J., 1999. Crop and environment: a lasting relationship? (in Dutch) Wageningen University, 32 pp. (Inaugurale rede uitgesproken op 20 mei 1999)
• Spiertz, J.H.J. & P.H. Vereijken, 1997. Technology adaptation and innovation for sustainable development of agriculture. In: Mei Fangquan and Fahmi K. Bishay (Eds.) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development. China Agricultural Scientech Press, Beijing, P.R. China, 1997.11, pp. 215 - 217.
• Spiertz, J.H.J., 1978. Grain production and assimilate utilization of wheat in relation to cultivar characteristics, climatic factors and nitrogen suuply. PhD thesis, Wageningen Agricultural Univerity; Agric. Res. Rep. 881, pp. 1 - 33 and 6 papers.

Full list of publications is available.

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