introduction/brief CV
Ph.D. Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
M.Sc. Horticulture, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
B.Sc. Horticulture, King Saud University Alqassim branch, Alqassim, Saudi Arabia.
Research Interests:
Organic agriculture: the impact of organic fertilizer on fruit quality, production and plant growth of fruit trees.
Productions: Water relation and the potential on plant water statues, fruit quality, production and plant growth of fruit trees.
Fruit quality: increasing fruit quantities via some treatments without alerting the fruit quality.
Selected Publications:
Khalid F. Almutairi, David R. Bryla, and Bernadine C. Strik. “Potential of Deficit Irrigation, Irrigation Cutoffs, and Crop Thinning to Maintain Yield and Fruit Quality with Less Water in Northern Highbush Blueberry”. 2017 Hortscience 52(4):625–633.
Khalid F. Almutairi, Rui M.A. Machado, David R. Bryla, and Bernadine C. Strik. “Chemigation with Micronized Sulfur Rapidly Reduces Soil pH in a New Planting of Northern Highbush Blueberry”. 2017 Hortscience 52(10):1413–1418.
Conferences:
American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS) Annual Conference, 2013, Palm Springs, CA. Fertigation with Micronized Sulfur Rapidly Reduces Soil pH in Highbush Blueberry, Poster Board #113.
ASHS Annual Conference, 2014, Orlando, FL. Does Position in the Canopy affect Fruit Bud and Berry Development in Highbush Blueberry? Oral Abstracts.
ASHS Annual Conference, 2015, New Orleans, LA. Strategies for Maintaining Fruit Quality in Northern Highbush Blueberry under Water-limited Conditions: Deficit Irrigation and Reduced Crop Loads., Oral Abstracts.
