Curriculum Vitae

Date and place of birth:  06/11/47  Strängnäs, Sweden
Nationality:                        Swedish

Education (degrees, dates, universities):

MSc                           Swedish University of Agr. Sci. (1974)

Lic. of Agric.             Swedish University of Agr. Sci. (1984)

PhD                           Swedish University of Agr. Sci. (1988)

Career/employment:

1974-1988               Research Assistent, Division of Soil Management, SLU

1988-1991               Research Leader, Division of Soil Management, SLU

1991-                        ”Statsagronom” (Prof. In Agriculture) and currently the
                                   head of the Div. of Soil Management, SLU

2008-                         Head of the new division of Soil and Water
                                    management, SLU.

Specialization:

(i)            main field:                              Tillage systems

(ii)           other fields:                            Mechanical weed control, soil
                                                                 compaction and soil structure

(iii)          current research intrests:    Environmental effects of soil tillage

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies:

-Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry

-Member of the scientific council of the Soil and Environment  Department at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

-Member of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Researchers

-Member of  evaluation committee at the Famers´ Foundation for Agricultural Research

-Member of the board of AgroVäst

-Member of the board of AgroÖst

-Member of the evaluation committee at Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry

Publications 2009-2012

Scientific papers

Myrbeck, Å., Stenberg, M., Rydberg, T. 2012. Establishment of winter wheat - Strategies for reducing the risk of nitrogen leaching in a cool-temperate region. Soil & Tillage Research, vol 120, 25-31

Håkansson, I., Keller, T., Arvidsson, J. & Rydberg, T. (2012). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 5. Effects of aggregate size, sowing depth and irrigation intensity on harmful surface layer hardening. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science., vol 62, nr 4, 362-373

Håkansson, I., Keller, T., Arvidsson, J. & Rydberg, T. (2012). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 4. Inhibitory effects of oxygen deficiency. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science, vol 62, nr 2, 166-171

Myrbeck, Å., Stenberg, M., Rydberg, T. & Arvidsson, J. 2012. Effects of autumn tillage of clay soil on mineral N content, spring cereal yield and soil structure over time. European Journal of Agronomy, vol 37, 96-104

Håkansson, I., Arvidsson, J., Keller T. & Rydberg, T. (2011a). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 1. Temporal effects of temperature and sowing depth in seedbeds with favourable properties. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science, vol 61, nr 5, 458-468 

Håkansson, I., Rydberg, T. & Arvidsson, J. (2011b). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 2.Effects of aggregate size, sowing depth and initial water content under dry weather condiitions. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science, vol 61, nr 8, 701-710

Håkansson, I., Rydberg, T., Keller, T. & Arvidsson, J.  (2011c). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 3. Effects of firming of seedbeds with various sowing depths and water contents. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science, vol 61, 461-479

Håkansson, I., Arvidsson, J., Etana, A., Rydberg, T. & Keller, T. (2011f), Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 6. Requirements of crops with small seeds. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science. (Paper under preparation.) 

Etana A., Rydberg T., Arvidsson J. 2009. Readily dispersible clay and particle transport in five Swedish soils under long-term shallow tillage and mouldboard ploughing. Soil & Tillage Research, vol 106, 79-84

Reports

Etana, A. and Rydberg, T. 2008. Soil Tillage and residue management strategies to mitigate soil & P losses from arable land. NJF Report, Phosphorus management in Nordic-Baltic agriculture, seminar 401, Uppsala Sweden. 

Gunnarsson, A., Larsson, H. & Rydberg, T. 2008. Varför det blev som det blev och inte som det borde? Betodlaren, nr 2. 2008. 

Håkansson, I., Polgár, J. & Rydberg, T. 2008. Modellförsök med såbäddens funktion. Experiments on the function of seedbeds. Rapporter från jordbearbetningsavdelningen, SLU, Uppsala. Nr 114, 150 s. 

Håkansson, I., von Polgár, J.,  Rydberg, T. & Westlin, A. (2008). Experiments on the Function of Seedbeds. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Reports from the Division of Soil Management, No. 115, 163 pp. (In Swedish.)

Rydberg, T. 2008. Olika bearbetningssystem. I jordbearbetningsavdelningens      årsrapport 2007. Red. Johan Arvidsson. Rapporter från jordbearbetningsavdelningen, Nr 113, 9 s. 

Aronsson, H., Stenberg, M. och Rydberg, T. 2009. Kväve- och fosforutlakning från två växtföljder på lerjord med grön- och stubbträda. Ekohydrologi 113, Enheten för biogeofysik och vattenvård, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala. 

Rydberg, T. 2010. Olika bearbetningssystem. I jordbearbetningsavdelningens årsrapport 2009. Red. Johan Arvidsson. Rapporter från jordbearbetningsavdelningen, Nr 116, 9 s. 

Rydberg, T. 2011. Olika bearbetningssystem. I jordbearbetningsavdelningens årsrapport 2011. Red. Johan Arvidsson. Rapporter från jordbearbetningsavdelningen, Nr 120, 9 s. 

Rydberg, T. 2012. Olika bearbetningssystem. I jordbearbetningsavdelningens årsrapport 2012. Red. Johan Arvidsson. Rapporter från jordbearbetningsavdelningen, Nr 121, 9 s

Book chapters

Arvidsson, J., Etana, A., Myrbeck, Å., Rydberg, T. 2012 Ploughless tillage in Long- and short-term Experiments, In: C. Jakobsson (Ed.), Sustainable Agriculture; Vol 1 out of 3 in series: Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture. 222-228

Conferences

Arvidsson, J., Rydberg, T. & Etana. A. 2009. Ploughless Tillage in Sweden – Results From Short- and Long-term Field Experiments. . Proc. 18th Conf. ISTRO, Izmir, Turkey, 15-19 June 2009. 

Etana, A. & Rydberg, T. 2009. Effects of Direct Drilling and Residue Management on Readly Dispersible Clay. . Proc. 18th Conf. ISTRO, Izmir, Turkey, 15-19 June 2009. 

Keller, T., Stettler, M., Arvidsson, J., Lamandé, M., Schjønning, P., Berli, M. & Rydberg, T. (2009) Stress Propagation in Arable Soil: Determination and Estimation of the Concentration Factor. Proc. 18th Conf. ISTRO, Izmir, Turkey, 15-19 June 2009. 

Keller, T., Arvidsson, J. & Rydberg, T. (2009) In situ stress-strain behaviour during wheeling experiments as compared to stress-strain behaviour measured in uniaxial compression tests in the laboratory. Proc. 18th Conf. ISTRO, Izmir, Turkey, 15-19 June 2009.

Keller, T., Sutter, J.A., Nissen, K., Rydberg, T. 2010. Soil structure explains some within-field variation in crop yield. Proc. Int. Conf. AgEng 2010, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 6-9 sept 2010.

Myrbeck, Å., Rydberg, T. 2010. Minskat kväveläckage vid höstsådd. Regionalt försöksledarmöte i Växjö. Rapporter från Alnarp.

Myrbeck, Å., Rydberg, T. & Stenberg, M. 2011. Etablering av höstgrödor – strategier för minskat växtnäringsläckage.  Regionalt försöksledarmöte i Uddevalla. Rapporter från Precisionsodling och Pedometri, Skara.