Samira H. Daroub

Associate Professor
Soil and Environmental Chemistry

Everglades Research and Education Center

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes

RESEARCH FOCUS
Researches phosphorus chemistry and transformation in organic soils under flooded conditions; use of computer simulation models to predict phosphorus availability to plants as well as in environmental applications.

COURSES TAUGHT
AOM 3734 - Irrigation Principles and Practices in Florida
SOS 3022 - Introduction to Soils and the Environment
SOS 3022L - Introduction to Soils in the Environment Lab
SOS 4116 - Environmental Nutrient Management
SOS 5050 - Soils for Environmental Professionals
SOS 5116 - Environmental Nutrient Management
SOS 5406 - Soil and Water Chemistry

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Daroub, S. H., and Snyder, G. H. 2007. The chemistry of plant nutrients in soil. In: L. E. Datnoff (Ed.) Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease. American Phytopathological Society.

Chen, M. , Daroub, S. H. Lang, T. A., and Diaz, O. A. 2006. Specific conductance and ionic characteristics of farm canals in the Everglades Agricultural Area, Florida. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35:141-150.

Diaz, O. A., Daroub, S. H., Stuck, J. D., Clark, M., Lang, T. A., and Reddy. K. R. 2006. Sediment Inventory and Phosphorus Fractions for Water Conservation Area Canals in the Everglades. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70:863-871.

Chen M., Daroub. S. H, and Nadal. V. 2006. Comparison of two digestion methods for determining total phosphorus in canal water. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 37:2351-2363.

Kabengi, N., Daroub, S. H., Rhue, R. D. 2006. Energetics of Arsenate Sorption on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxides Studied Using Flow Adsorption Calorimetry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.297:86-94.

Morris, D. R., Glaz, B. and Daroub, S. H. 2004. Organic matter oxidation potential determination in a periodically flooded Histosol under sugarcane. Soil Science Soc. Am .J. 68:994-1001.

Rodrigues de Lima, L. , Daroub, S. H., Rice, R. W., and Snyder, G. H. 2003. Comparison of three soil tests for estimating plant-available silicon. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 34(15&16):2059-2071.

Daroub, S. H., Gerakis, A., Ritchie, J. T., Friesen, D. K., and Ryan, J. 2003. Development of a soil-plant phosphorus simulation model for calcareous and weathered tropical soils. Agricultural Systems. 76:1157-1181.

Daroub, S. H., Ellis, B. G., and Robertson, G. P. 2001. Effect of cropping and low-chemical input systems on soil phosphorus fractions. Soil Science. 166:281-291.

Daroub, S. H., Pierce, F. J., Ellis, B. G. 2000. Phosphorus fractions and fate of phosphorus-33 in soils under plowing and no-tillage. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:170-176.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Everglades Research and Education Center, P.O. Box 8003, University of Florida, Belle Glade, Florida 33430
(561) 993.1593, (561) 993.1582 fax
email: sdaroub@ufl.edu
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