Education:

• Ph.D., University of Western Australia

• B.Sc. (Agric.), University of Western Australia

Courses Taught:

• AGSC 231- Principles of Agronomy

• AGSC 302- Scientific Communication

• AGSC 301- Statistical Methods in Agriculture

• AGSC/ANSC 395- Graduate Seminar

Research:

Research Interest:

• cropping system in semi-arid areas: crop rotations, tillage techniques, sowing time and seeding rates

• alternative crops for the semi-arid northern Bekaa of Lebanon: oil seed (e.g.,  safflower); pulse (e.g., Azuki bean); spice (e.g., saffron)

• breeding safflower, lentil, and chickpea

• boron toxicity tolerance

• relative yield

Selected Publications:

• Yau, S.K. (2007) Winter versus spring sowing of rain-fed safflower in a semi-arid, high-elevation Mediterranean environment. European Journal of Agronomy 26: 249-256.

• Yau, S.K., M. Nemah and I. Touffeili. (2006) Quality and yield of saffron strains at contrasting Mediterranean sites. Experimental Agriculture 42: 399-409.

• Yau, S.K., Bounejmate, M., Ryan, J., and Nassar, A. (2004) Sustainable Barley-legumes Rotations for Semi-arid Areas of Lebanon.  In Rao, S.C. and Ryan, J. (eds.) Challenges and Strategies for Dryland Agriculture. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, USA. CSSA Special Publication 32. pp. 219-227.

• Yau, S.K. (2002) Interaction of drought, boron-toxicity, and phenotypes on barley root growth, yield, and other agronomic characters. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 53: 347-354.

• Yau, S.K. (1995) Regression and AMMI analyses on genotype by environment interactions - an empirical comparison. Agron. J. 87(1): 121-126.

• Yau, S.K. and Hamblin, J. (1994) Relative yield as a measure of entry performance in variable environments. Crop Sci. 34(3): 813-817.

• Yau, S.K., Ortiz-Ferrara, G. and Srivastava, J.P. (1991) Classification of diverse wheat growing environments based on differential yield responses. Crop Sci. 31: 571-576.

• Yau, S.K. and Thurling, N. (1987) Genetic variation in nitrogen uptake and utilization in spring rape (Brassica napus L.) and its exploitation through selection. Pl. Breed. 98:330-338.

Links:

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