Asif Abbas

Asif Abbas 

Research Assistant

Department of Engineering
Precision Agriculture Research Program
Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
Truro, NS, Canada    B2N 5E3
Phone: (902) 896-2424
E-mail: asif.abbas@dal.ca

Specialities: Variable Rate Split Fertilization, GPS/GIS, Precision Agriculture, Volatilization Losses form the Agriculture Fields, Sensor Development, Instrumentation,Machine Vision, Image Processing, Automation and Variable Rate Technologies

Education

• M.Sc., (Agriculture), Dalhousie Univeristy, Canada
  
• B.Sc., (Agr. Engineering), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

PUBLICATIONS:

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Abbas, A., Q. U. Zaman, A. W. Schuman, G. Brewster, R. Donald, H. S. Chattha. 2014. Effect of split variable rate fertilization on ammonia volatilization in wild blueberry cropping system. Appli. Engg. Agri. 30(4): 619-627.
• Abbas, A., Q. Zaman, A. W. Schuman, G.R. Brewster, Aitazaz Farooque, R. Donald. 2015.  Effect of Split Fertilization on Subsurface Water Quality in Wild Blueberry Fields. Appli. Engg. Agri. NRES-11248-2015.R1. In review.
• Abbas, A., Q. Zaman, A. W. Schuman, Aitazaz Farooque, G.R. Brewster, R. Donald. 2015.  Effect of Split Variable Rate Fertilization on Wild Blueberry Plant Growth and Berry Yield. Appli. Engg. Agri. ITSC-11339-2015. In review.
• Farooque, A. A., Q. Zaman, Y. K. Chang, K. W. Corscadden, A. W. Schumann, H. S. Chattha, A. Madani, A. Abbas. 2015. Influence of Soil Properties and Topographic Features on Wild Blueberry Fruit Yield. Appli. Engg. Agri. NRES-11137-2015.R1. Accepted.

Conference Papers and Presentations

• Abbas. A., Q. Zaman, A. W. Schuman, G.R. Brewster, R. Donald. 2015. Effect of Split Variable Rate Fertilization on Wild Blueberry Plant Growth and Berry Yield. Annual Meeting ASABE, New Orleans, Louisiana. July 26-29, 2015. Paper ID: 2189139.
• Abbas. A., Q. Zaman, A. W. Schuman, G.R. Brewster, R. Donald, H. S. Chattha. Effect of Split Fertilization on Subsurface Water Quality in Wild Blueberry Fields. Annual Meeting ASABE, Montreal, Canada. July 13-16, 2014.
• Abbas. A., Q. Zaman, A. W. Schumann, G. R. Brewster, R. Donald, and S. R. Saleem. Effect of Split Fertilizer Application on Ammonia Volatilization Losses in Wild Blueberry Fields. Annual Meeting ASABE, Kansas City, Missouri. July 21-24, 2013.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

• Effect of Variable Rate Split Fertilization on Ammonia Volatilization Losses in Wild Blueberry Cropping System. Annual General Meeting WBPANS, Truro NS, Canada November 22-23, 2013.
• Effect of Split Fertilizer Application on Ammonia Volatilization Losses in Wild Blueberry Fields. Annual General Meeting WBPANS, Truro NS, Canada November 16-17, 2012.
• Ammonia Volatilization Losses from Different Fertilizer Rates in Wild Blueberry Fields. 2012. Graduate Research Day, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro NS Canada April 10, 2012.