Staff Profile
Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Officer
Jim Moir
BAgr, DipAgrSc, MAgrSc (Hons), PhD (Massey)
Contact Details
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
| Location | Burns 122 |
| Phone | 64 3 325 2811 |
| Extension | 7888 |
| Dr Jim Moir |
Currently Teaching
Examiner for
SOSC 340- Soil fertility
- Fertilisers
- Soil/plant growth relationships
- Soil management
- Sustainable production
- Environmental protection.
Academic and Professional Background
Member of :
- The New Zealand Society of Soil Science.
- The New Zealand Grassland Association.
Current Research and Publications
- Soil and environmental quality, soil nitrogen, nitrification inhibitors.
- Nutrient cycling, and plant nutrition in soil/plant/animal systems.
- Dairy farming and the environment; sustainability of high production systems.
Selected Publications
Moir, J.L., Cameron, K.C. and Di, H.J. Effects of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on soil mineral N, pasture yield, nutrient uptake and pasture quality in a grazed pasture system. Soil Use and Management, 23, 111-120, 2007.
Moir, J.L., Cameron, K.C. and Di, H.J. Nutrient management on the Lincoln University dairy farm: "Nutrient budgeting for efficient production". In: South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), N. Gow (ed.), Caxton Press, Christchurch, Lincoln University, New Zealand pp. 169-178, 2007.
Van Bysterveldt, A., Moir, J.L. and Metherell, A. Nutrient management on the Lincoln University dairy farm. Primary Industry Management, 9, 17-22, 2006.
Moir, J.L., Cameron, K.C., Di, H.J., Roberts, A.H.C. and Kuperus, W. The effects of urea and ammonium sulphate nitrate (ASN) on the production and quality of irrigated dairy pastures in Canterbury, New Zealand. In: L.D. Currie and J.A. Hanly (eds), Tools for nutrient and pollutant management: Applications to agriculture and environmental quality. Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ, pp 139-145, 2003.
Moir, J.L., Scotter, D.R., Hedley, M.J. & Mackay, A.D. A climate-driven, soil fertility dependent, pasture production model. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 43, 491-500, 2000.
Moir, J.L., Hedley, M.J., Mackay, A.D. and Tillman, R.W. The effect of fertiliser history on nutrient accumulation and plant-available nutrient supply in legume-based pasture soils. XVIII Int. Grassland Congress, Winnipeg, Canada, pp. 10, 68-69, 1997.
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