Education: B.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2000); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2002); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2006)

Positions held: Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (2006-current)

Field of Specialization: Soil Fertility/Chemistry

Research Interests:

1. Integrated nutrient management in maize-wheat and rice-wheat cropping systems

2. Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options

3. Carbon sequestration and soil health

RESEARCH PROJECT
Principal Investigator
• 2019-2022: Sulphur nutrition of potato funded by Smartchem Technologies Limited, India
• 2016-2020: Nitrogen management to mitigate N 2 O emissions in rice wheat cropping system funded by
Science and Engineering Research Board, India
• 2015-2018: Sulphur Management under Soybean Based Cropping Systems funded by Smartchem
Technologies Limited, India
Co-Principal Investigator
• 2018 till date: School of Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Agriculture” under NAHEP-
CAAST Programme (CAAST-SNRM) funded by ICAR, India.
• 2017-2022: Addressing Food Security through Nutritionally Enriched Improved Cultivars and
Technologies for Swasth Bharat funded under PURSE, India.
• 2015-2018: Nutrient cycle in agricultural systems at field and regional scales funded by Space
Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, India.
• 2014-2016: Study of Bio-efficacy of Zinc fortified phosphatic fertilizers in rice-wheat cropping
system funded by Coromandel International Limited, India.
• 2012-2014: Effect of ammonium phosphate containing sulphur and zinc complex fertilizer on
productivity of rice-wheat and cotton-wheat cropping system funded by Mosaic India Pvt. Ltd., India.
• 2010-2013: Preparation of GPS and GIS Based Soil Fertility Maps for the Selected Districts of the
Country funded by Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of
India.
• 2008-2010: Farmer’s Participatory Action Research Programme (FPARPs) funded by Department of
Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Selected Research Publications:

Singh P, Nazir G and Dheri G S 2022. Influence of different management practices on carbon sequestration of agricultural soils – a review. Arch Agron Soil
Sci, DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2022.2158326.
Tondey M, Kalia A, Singh A, Abd-Elsalam K, Hassan M M and Dheri G S 2022. A comparative evaluation of the effects of seed invigoration treatments with precursor zinc salt and nano-sized zinc oxide (ZnO) particles on vegetative growth, grain yield, and quality characteristics of Zea mays. J Anal Sci Technol 13, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40543-022-00346-1.
Dheri G S, Lal R and Moonilall N I 2022. Soil carbon stocks and water stable aggregates under annual and perennial biofuel crops in central Ohio. Agric Ecosyst Environ 324: 107715.

Dhawan G, Dheri G S and Gill A A S 2022. Long-term use of balanced fertilization decreases nitrogen losses in a maize-wheat system on Inceptisol of north India. Arch Agron Soil Sci 68: 395-412.
Kaur H, Kalia A, Sandhu J S, Dheri G S, Kaur G and Pathania S 2022. Interaction of TiO2 nanoparticles with soil: Effect on microbiological and chemical traits. Chemosphere, 134629p.
Chandel S, Datta A, Yadav R K and Dheri G S 2021. Does saline water irrigation influence soil carbon pools and nutrient distribution in soil under seed spices?. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 21: 949-66.
Tondey M, Kalia A, Singh A, Dheri G S, Taggar M S, Nepovimova E, Krejcar O and Kuca K 2021. Seed Priming and Coating by Nano-scale zinc oxide particles improved vegetative growth, yield and quality of fodder maize (Zea mays). Agronomy 11: 729.
Jha P, Lakaria B L, Vishwakarma A K, Wanjari R H, Mohanty M, Sinha N K, Somasundaram J, Dheri G S, Dwivedi A K, Sharma R P and Singh M 2021. Modeling the organic carbon dynamics in long- term fertilizer experiments of India using the Rothamsted carbon model. Ecological Modelling 450: 109562.
Kondal R, Kalia A, Krejcar O, Kuca K, Sharma S P, Luthra K, Dheri G S, Vikal Y, Taggar M S, Abd- Elsalam K A and Gomes C L 2021. Chitosan-Urea Nanocomposite for Improved Fertilizer Applications: The Effect on the Soil Enzymatic Activities and Microflora Dynamics in N Cycle of
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.). Polymers 13: 2887.
Dhawan G, Dheri G S and Gill A A S 2021. Nitrogen budgeting of rice-wheat cropping system under long- term nutrient management in an Inceptisol of north India. Eur J Agron 130: 126376.
Dheri G S and Nazir G 2021. A review on carbon pools and sequestration as influenced by long-term management practices in a rice–wheat cropping system. Carbon Manag 12: 559-80.
Gupta R K, Hussain A, Sooch S S, Kang J S, Sharma S and Dheri G S 2020. Rice straw biochar improves soil fertility, growth, and yield of rice–wheat system on a sandy loam soil. Exp Agric 56: 118-31.
Sandhu P S, Walia S S, Gill R S and Dheri G S 2020. Thirty-one years study of integrated nutrient management on physico-chemical properties of soil under rice–wheat cropping system. Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 51: 1641-57.
Sanyal D, Brar B S and Dheri G S 2019. Organic and inorganic integrated fertilization improves non- exchangeable potassium release and potassium availability in soil. Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 50:2013-22.
Kaur S, Dheri G S and Benbi D K 2019. Effect of long-term fertilization in maize-wheat cropping system on carbon mineralization in soil. Carbon Manag 10: 523-32.

Chaudhary S, Dheri GS and Brar BS (2017) Long-term effects of NPK fertilizers and organic manures on carbon stabilization and management index under rice-wheat cropping system. Soil and Tillage Research 166: 559-566 Online published (NAAS rating= 8.62).

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