About Keith Syers
Lived 1939 – 2011 (aged 71–72). Keith Syers was a New Zealand soil scientist and academic.
John Keith Syers (1939 – 16 July 2011) was an Anglo-New Zealand academic and academic administrator.
Academic career After a PhD at Durham University Syers spend two years working with T.W. Walker at Lincoln University before moving to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He moved to Massey University in 1972 to head the new Soil Science department. He primary interest was nutrient cycling in farmland. In 1985 Syers moved to Newcastle University.
Selected works Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information The sustainable management of vertisols Nutrient management for sustainable crop production in Asia
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Who was Keith Syers?
soil scientist in New Zealand
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Keith Syers was born in 1939.
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Keith Syers died on 16 July 2011 in Thailand.
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Keith Syers was a soil scientist and academic.
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Keith Syers was New Zealand.
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