Nasser  Majnoun Hosseini

Ph.D. in  Crop production

Department of Agronomy
Faculty of Agriculture & Natural science
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources,
University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

Phone: +98 261 2246074
Fax: +98 261 2227605
Email: mhoseini@ut.ac.ir
URL: http://can.ut.ac.ir/member/mhosseini.aspx

Academic Appointments
Education
Areas of Specialization and Research Interests
Current Teaching
Thesis Supervised
Selected Publication
Other
 
   
 Academic Appointments TOC
AppointmentsDurationAcademic Center
Member3 yearsIranian Center of Excellence for Pulse crop
Editor3 yearsIranian J of Field Crop Science, University of Tehran
Editor3 yearsScientific J of Seed & Plant, University of Tabriz
Editor3 yearsIranian J. Pulse Reasearch, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Associate Professor22 yearsFaculty of Agriculture & Natural Science, University of Tehran

Education TOC
Ph.D: University of Reading, Reading, England
M.Sc: Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
B.Sc: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hydarabad, India

Areas of Specialization and Research Interests TOC
Field crop production & mangement practices (Food legumes & medicinal plants production; Crop management under environmental stress conditions)
Sustainable crop production (specially Low input agriculture, Intercropping system & organic farming)

Current Teaching TOC
Course TitleDegreeLevelsCourse IDCreditsSyllabusNotes
General AgronomyB. Sc. in Agricultureunder graduate71011313 (2+1)Principles of AgronomyLecturing on knowledge of fundamentals of agronomy, sowing methods, cultivation practices, irrigation methods, crop harvesting, dry land farming and cropping systems.
Grain Legume ProductionB. Sc. in Agricultureunder graduate71011272Pulse crop productionLecturing on knowledge of food legume production, inter-cultivation and harvesting of important food legumes in different cropping systems of Iran.
Advanced Concept in Sustainable AgriculturePh. D. in Agronomy (Crop Ecology)post graduate71013922Advanced concept in sustainable agricultureconcept of sustainable agriculture; Ecological aspects of sustainable agriculture; agro- ecosystems; ecological processes in agro-ecosystems
Comparative AgriculturePh. D. in Agronomypost graduate71011213 (2+1)Comparative AgricultureThis course is designed to introduce you the present agricultural situations in Iran, determine the land use capacity, and provide the optimal pattern for land utilization with economical and political consideration.
Herbs & Spices Cultivation M. Sc. in Agronomypost graduate71011342Medicinal and spice plants productionFeld study and identification of some common herbal plant families, centers of botanical origins and domestication; medicinal plant constituents: their properties and actions
Complementary AgronomyM. Sc. in Agronomypost graduate71011223Complementary AgronomyNew agronomic approaches in crop production; Study and evaluation of crop yield

Thesis Supervised TOC
Effect of plant density and nitrogen levels on chickpea traits and weed biomass. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Study of early seed vigour and its relationship with growth & yield of barley genotypes (Hordeu vulgare). (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Effect of osmopriming on quantitative & qualitative yield of borago (Borago officinalis L.) under salinity stress. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Effect of wheat residue management on grain yield of sorghum, sunflower and soybean and soil properties in double cropping system. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Evaluation of changing sowing date on seed yield & yield components of two chickpea and lentil genotypes through seed priming. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...

Study the effct of strip intercropping on yield of fodder sorghum with cowpea and soybean. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Evaluation of sorghum fodder intercropped with various legume crops at different row proportions. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...

Effect of salinity (Na Cl) on seed germination and vegetative growth of wheat and rapesseed cultivars. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)   more...

Evaluation of canola (Brassica napus L.) varieties resistance to water salinity stress. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...

Effects of plant density on physiological characteristics, yirld & yield components of chickpea cultivars (Cicer arietinu L.). (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...

Study on response of triticale (X Triticosecale wittmack) genotypes on water limited conditions at different developmental stages. (Ph. D. in Agronomy)   more...

Intercropping of mize with cowpea and it's effect on weed control. (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...

Evaluation of intercropping forage sorghum with pearl millet on quality and quantity of foliage. (M. Sc. Agronomy).   more...

Investigation of the effect of plant dnsity & nitrogen levels on quantitative & qualitative yield of german chamomile medicinal plant (Matricaria chamomilla L.). (M. Sc. in Agronomy)    more...


Selected Publication TOC
A. Journals Papers
Yield potential of lentil genotypes (Lens culinaris Medik) under winter (Intezari) and spring sowing dates. Iranian J. of Agric. Sci. 37(3): 403-412.    more...
An investigation of the effect of plant density and nitrogen on quantitative and qualitative yeild of German chommomil (Matricaraia chamommilla). Iranian J. of Agric. Sci. 37(3): 545-554.   more...
Effect of plant density and nitrogen rate on the competitive ability of canola (Brassica napus L.) against weeds. J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 8: 281-291.   more...
Effect of pre and post-anthesis water limitation on some agronomic charateristics, yield and yield components of hexaplois triticale (x Triticosecale wittmack). Iranian J. of Crop Sci., 7(2): 172-187.   more...
Physiological responses of rapeseed (Brasica napus L.) varieties to salinity stress in vegetative growth phase. Agriculture and Natural Resourses, 7(4): 113-126.    more...
Evaluation of genetic variation in 90 lentil genotypes (Lens culinaris Medik) in Karaj regions.   more...
Evaluation of cold hardiness in lentil genotypes (Lens culinaris Medik.). J. Agric. Res. (Seed and Plant), 20(1): 23-38.    more...
Evaluation of quantitative traits in twelve improved wheat cultivars under non-irrigated conditions at Karaj region. Desert J. of Tehran University, 7(1): 1-10.    more...
Effect of plant population density on yield and yield components of eght isolines of cv. clark (Glycine max L.). J. Agric. Sci. Technol. 3: 131-139.    more...
Comparison of several herbicides forcontrol of chickpea weeds. Iran J. Plathology. 33: 73.   more...
Weed management studies in pigeon pea and mung bean intercropping system. Indian J. of Weed Science 18(1): 12-17.    more...

B. Conference Papers
Consequences of changing plant density & nitrogen rates on yield and essential oil of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). The seventh Joint Meeting of AFERP, ASP, GA, PSE, & SIF, August 3-8, 2008, Athens, Greece.   more...
Study on rotation of legume crop & nitrogen fertilizer on growth, development and yield of summer rapeseed. The fifth European conference on grain legume, 7-11 June, 2004. Dijion, France.   more...
Effects of plant density. The sixth European weed research society workshop on physical & cultural weed control, 8-10 March, 2004. Lillehammer, Norway.    more...
Integrated weed control methods in winter & spring sown lentil (Lens culinaris). The sixth European weed research society workshop on physical & cultural weed control, 8-10 March, 2004. Lillehammer, Norway.   more...
Response of wheat & canola cultivars under simulated drought conditions. International conference on Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture for Dry Areas, Sept. 15-19, 2002. Shijiazhuang, China.    more...
Using path analysis to investigate principal factors affecting seed yield in eight contrasting soybean genotypes. The fifth Agricultural seminar of Iranian students in Europe. June 26, 1998, Reading, UK.   more...
Application of growth analysis approaches to soybean (Glycine max L.) genotypes. The fifth Agricultural seminar of Iranian students in Europe. June 26, 1998, Reading, UK.   more...

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