Richard Bell

I am a specialist in Soil Fertility and Land Management with lecturing and research experience in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. My interests are in plant nutrition on problem soils, soil management, management of sandy soils, diagnosis and correction of mineral disorders of plants, plant adaption to mineral stress, nutrient cycling, rehabilitation of degraded land, conservation agriculture, dryland salinity, catchment hydrology and management, sustainable land use, and agricultural research for development. I have authored 16 book chapters, 153 refereed journal papers, 77 refereed articles in book and proceedings, 260 conference and other non-refereed papers, 73 reports, and edited eleven books. Much of my published work has concerned the mineral nutrition of crop and plants, and rehabilitation of degraded land.