Prof. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Benbi

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSoil Sciences
KeywordsSimulation modeling, Organic matter dynamics, C & N cycling processes , disolved organic C, Carbon pools

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityLudhiana
InstitutionPunjab Agricultural University
InstituteDepartment of Soils

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jörg RichterInstitut für Geoökologie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Rolf NiederInstitut für Geoökologie, Abteilung für Bodenkunde und Bodenphysik, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Rolf NiederInstitut für Geoökologie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1993

Program(s)

1993Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2003Dinesh Kumar Benbi and Rolf Nieder: Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System. Food Products Press, The Haworth Reference Press, 2003
2003D.K.Benbi, J.Richter: Nitrogen dynamics . In: D.K. Benbi, R. Nieder, Handbook of Pocesses and Modelling in Soil-Plant System . Haworth Press, 2003. 409-481
2003R. Nieder, D.K. Benbi, K.Isermann: Soil organic matter dynamics. In: D.K. Benbi, R.Nieder Handbook of Pocesses and Modelling in Soil-Plant System . Haworth Press, 2003. 345-408
2002Dinesh K. Benbi, Jörg Richter: A critical review of some approaches to modelling nitrogen mineralization. In: Biol Fertil Soils, 2002, 168-183
2001Dinesh K. Benbi, J. Richter: Nitrogen mineralisation kinetics in soils: An assessment of some modelling approaches. In: W. J. Host et. al., Plant Nutrition - Food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems through basic and applied research. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. 946-947
1996J. Richter, D.K. Benbi: Modeling of nitrogen transformations and translocations. In: Plant and Soil, 1996, 109-122
1996D.K. Benbi, J. Richter: Nitrogen mineralization kinetics in sewage water irrigated and heavy metal treated sandy soils. In: Van Cleemput et al., Progress in Nitrogen Cycling Studies. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. 17-22