Education:

• Ph.D., Soil Science/Plant Nutrition; University of California –Davis, California, USA

• M.Sc., Soil Science,/Horticulture; American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

• B.Sc., Agricultural Sciences; University of Damascus, Damascus, Lebanon

Courses Taught:

• AGSC 201 –  Orientation to Agriculture and Food Systems

• AGSC 215 –  Introduction to Soils

• AGSC 299 – Special Topics in Land and Water Resources -Undergraduate

• AGSC 265 – Soil Fertility

• AGSC 324 – Soil and Plant tissue analysis

• AGSC 312 – Fertilizer Technology and Use

• ENSC 631 – Agricultural Pollution and control

Research

Research of Interest:

• Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition

• Conservation Agriculture

• Environmental Health

• Alternatives to Methyl Bromide

Selected Publications:

• Bashour, I. (2007). Fertilization Fruit Crops. Chapter 17 in Near East Fertilizer-use Manual, FAO, Rome, Italy. pp. 125 – 144.

• Bashour, I. (2006). Soil Chemistry and Soil Fertility. In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, U.N

• Bashour, I. (2005). Desert reclamation and Management of Dry Lands: Fertility Aspects. In: Natural Resources Policy and Management, edited by Willy Verheye, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net/].

• Lteif, A., I. Bashour, N. Nimah and R. Darwish. (2005). Selenium Levels in Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. 15th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Sep. 13 – 20, 2005, Beijing, China.

• Al-Hassan R., I. Bashour and N. Kawar (2004). Biodegradation of a&b endosulfan in soil as influenced by application of different organic materials. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B B39,5: 757-764.

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