Dr. Nativ Rotbart

Soil, water and environmental lab
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Selected Publications
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Theme

  • Fertilization plant’s nutrition and irrigation in sustainable agriculture
  • Soil health
  • Precision agriculture

Fields

  • Effects of water use from various sources of irrigation on crop, plants, soil and environment to optimize reclaimed water use
  • Effect of Fertilizer Applications, Composts from Various Sources and Organic Material Recycling on Crop, Plants, Soil and Environment for Fertilizer Efficiency
  • Reducing soil degradation and erosion in the agricultural space and their impact on the environment
  • Effect of plant cover on the runoff and soil erosion in deciduous orchards
  • Developing tools for water efficiency and fertilization in agriculture to reduce inputs and increase profitability
  • Remote sensing, geographic information systems, and laboratory monitoring tools as a means for the above researches
Chloroform fumigation extraction for measuring soil microbial biomass: The validity of using samples approaching water saturation

Geoderma

Adi Oren, Nativ Rotbart, Mikhail Borisover, Asher Bar-Tal. 2018
Chloroform fumigation extraction for measuring soil microbial biomass: The validity of using samples approaching water saturation

Geoderma 3019 204-207

Adi Oren, Nativ Rotbart, Mikhail Borisover, Asher Bar-Tal.
Treated wastewater irrigation: Soil variables and grapefruit tree performance

Agricultural water management 204, 126-137.

Indira Paudel, Asher Bar-Tal, Guy J Levy, Nativ Rotbart, Jhonathan E Ephrath, Shabtai Cohen
Lower leaf gas‐exchange and higher photorespiration of treated wastewater irrigated Citrus trees is modulated by soil type and climate

Physiologia plantarum 156, 4, 478-496.

Indira Paudel, Avi Shaviv, Nirit Bernstein, Bruria Heuer, Or Shapira, Victor Lukyanov, Asher Bar‐Tal, Nativ Rotbart, Jhonathan Ephrath, Shabtai Cohen
Examination of residual chloroform interference in the measurement of microbial biomass C by fumigation-extraction

Soil Biology and Biochemistry 111, 60-65

Rotbart, Nativ, Borisover, Mikhail, Bukhanovsky, Nadezhda, Nasonova, Alla, Bar-Tal, Asher & Oren, Adi.
Estimating olive leaf nitrogen concentration using VIS-NIR spectral reflectance

Biosystems Engineering Vol114, Iss 4, Pages 426-434.

Nativ, R., Z. Schmilovitch, Y. Choen, V. Alcahantis, R. Erel, T. Ignat, C. Shenderey, A. Dag and U. Yermiyahu

Schwartz Sahar

B.Sc in Biotechnology and Agriculture at Tel Hai College. Research Assistant - Soil Surveys, Establishment of Field and Greenhouse Experiment.

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