S2N - Soil to Nutrition - Work package 1 (WP1) - Optimising nutrient flows and pools in the soil-plant-biota system

Repository project

Project dates01 Apr 2017 to end of 31 Mar 2022
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorStephan Haefele
Co-InvestigatorSteve McGrath
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberRP10016
DepartmentSustainable Agriculture Sciences Harpenden
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/000I0310
Grant IDBBS/E/C/000I0310

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The impact of drought length and intensity on N cycling gene abundance, transcription and the size of an N2O hot moment from a temperate grassland soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barrat, H., Clark, I. M., Evans, J., Chadwick, D. R. and Cardenas, L. M. 2022. The impact of drought length and intensity on N cycling gene abundance, transcription and the size of an N2O hot moment from a temperate grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 168 (May), p. 108606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108606

Estimating Soil Water Retention Curve by Extreme Learning Machine, Radial Basis Function, M5 Tree and Modified Group Method of Data Handling Approaches

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rastgou, M., Bayat, H., Mansoorizadeh, M. and Gregory, A. S. 2022. Estimating Soil Water Retention Curve by Extreme Learning Machine, Radial Basis Function, M5 Tree and Modified Group Method of Data Handling Approaches. Water Resources Research. 58 (4), p. e2021WR031059. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031059

Long-term fertility experiments for irrigated rice in the West African Sahel: Effect on macro- and micronutrient concentrations in plant and soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Haefele, S. M., Thomas, C. L. and Saito, K. 2022. Long-term fertility experiments for irrigated rice in the West African Sahel: Effect on macro- and micronutrient concentrations in plant and soil. Field Crops Research. 275 (1 Jan), p. 108357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108357

The molecular size continuum of soil organic phosphorus and its chemical associations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reusser, J. E., Tamburini, F., Neal, A. L., Verel, R., Frossard, E. and McLaren, T. I. 2022. The molecular size continuum of soil organic phosphorus and its chemical associations . Geoderma. 412, p. 115716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115716

The effect of soil organic matter on long-term availability of phosphorus in soil: evaluation in a biological P mining experiment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hawkins, J. M. B., Vermeiren, C., Blackwell, M. S. A., Darch, T., Granger, S. J., Dunham, S. J., Hernandez, J. M. B., Smolders, E. and McGrath, S. P. 2022. The effect of soil organic matter on long-term availability of phosphorus in soil: evaluation in a biological P mining experiment. Geoderma. 423, p. 115965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115965

Photosynthetic limits on carbon sequestration in croplands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Janzen, H. H., Van Groenigen, K. J., Powlson, D. S., Schwinghamer, T. and Van Groenigen, J. W. 2022. Photosynthetic limits on carbon sequestration in croplands. Geoderma. 416 (15 June), p. 115810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115810

How Closely Is Potassium Mass Balance Related to Soil Test Changes?

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Franzen, D. W., Goulding, K. W. T., Mallarino, A. P. and Bell, M. J. 2021. How Closely Is Potassium Mass Balance Related to Soil Test Changes? in: Murrell, S. T., Mikkelsen, R. L., Sulewski, G., Norton, R. and Thompson, M. L. (ed.) Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops Cham, Switzerland Springer.

How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Developer and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Coggins, S., McCampbell, M., Sharma, A., Sharma, R., Haefele, S. M., Karki, E., Hetherington, J., Smith, J. and Brown, B. 2021. How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Developer and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Global Food Security. 32 (March), p. 100577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100577

Grain yield, plant nitrogen content and nitrogen use efficiency as affected by controlled-release urea and straw biochar in a rice field

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xin, Y., Ping, Y., Jue, L., Yujie, Z., Shuifeng, Y., Xiaotao, M., Jianqiu, C. and Haefele, S. M. 2021. Grain yield, plant nitrogen content and nitrogen use efficiency as affected by controlled-release urea and straw biochar in a rice field. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 45 (9), pp. 1393-1402. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2021.2014884

The short-lived inhibitory effect of Brachiaria humidicola on nitrous oxide emissions following sheep urine application in a highly nitrifying soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, Y., Charteris, A. F., Loick, N., Cardenas, L. M., Zhipeng, S., Lopez, M., Chen, Q., Jones, D. L. and Chadwick, D. R. 2021. The short-lived inhibitory effect of Brachiaria humidicola on nitrous oxide emissions following sheep urine application in a highly nitrifying soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 184 (6), pp. 723-732. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202000501

The distribution of soil micro-nutrients and the effects on herbage micro-nutrient uptake and yield in three different pasture systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Thomas, C. L., Darch, T., Harris, P., Beaumont, D. A. and Haefele, S. M. 2021. The distribution of soil micro-nutrients and the effects on herbage micro-nutrient uptake and yield in three different pasture systems. Agronomy. 11 (9), p. 1731. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091731

High-yielding forage grass cultivars increase root biomass and soil organic carbon stocks compared with mixed-species permanent pasture in temperate soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gregory, A. S., Joynes, A., Dixon, E. R., Beaumont, D. A., Murray, P. J., Humphreys, M. W., Richter, G. M. and Dungait, J. A. J. 2021. High-yielding forage grass cultivars increase root biomass and soil organic carbon stocks compared with mixed-species permanent pasture in temperate soil. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13160

The nitrogen economy of rice-livestock systems in Uruguay

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Castillo, J., Kirk, G. J. D., Rivero, M. J., Dobermann, A. and Haefele, S. M. 2021. The nitrogen economy of rice-livestock systems in Uruguay. Global Food Security. 30 (September), p. 100566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100566

Comparison of soil tortuosity calculated by different methods

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, F. and Zhang, X. 2021. Comparison of soil tortuosity calculated by different methods. Geoderma. 402, p. 115358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115358

The effect of tillage management on microbial functions in a maize crop at different slope positions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xu, M., Cardenas, L. M., Horrocks, C. A., Lopez-Aizpun, M., Zhang, J., Zhang, F. and Dungait, J. A. J. 2021. The effect of tillage management on microbial functions in a maize crop at different slope positions. Geoderma. 401, p. 115171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115171

Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Von Fromm, S. F., Hoyt, A. M, Lange, M., Acquah, G., Aynekulu, E., Berhe, A. A, Haefele, S. M., McGrath, S. P., Shepherd, K. D., Sila, A. M., Six, J., Towett, E. K, Trumbore, S. E., Vagen, T.-G, Weullow, E., Winowiecki, L. A. and Doetterl, S. 2021. Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa. Soil. 7, pp. 305-332. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021

Metagenomic approaches reveal differences in genetic diversity and relative abundance of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in contrasting soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Clark, I. M., Hughes, D. J., Fu, Q., Abadie, M. and Hirsch, P. R. 2021. Metagenomic approaches reveal differences in genetic diversity and relative abundance of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in contrasting soils . Scientific Reports. 11, p. 15905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95100-9

Editorial to the Thematic Topic Towards a more sustainable agriculture through managing soil microbiomes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Babin, D., Leoni, C., Neal, A. L., Sessitsch, A. and Smalla, K. 2021. Editorial to the Thematic Topic Towards a more sustainable agriculture through managing soil microbiomes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97 (8), p. fiab094. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab094

The grain mineral composition of barley, oat and wheat on soils with pH and soil phosphorus gradients

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jordan-Meille, L., Holland, J. E., McGrath, S. P., Glendining, M. J., Thomas, C. L. and Haefele, S. M. 2021. The grain mineral composition of barley, oat and wheat on soils with pH and soil phosphorus gradients. European Journal of Agronomy. 126, p. 126281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2021.126281

Prediction of soil hydraulic properties by Gaussian process regression algorithm in arid and semiarid zones in Iran

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rastgou, M., Bayat, H., Mansoorizadeh, M. and Gregory, A. S. 2021. Prediction of soil hydraulic properties by Gaussian process regression algorithm in arid and semiarid zones in Iran. Soil & Tillage Research. 210, p. 104980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.104980

The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gashu, D., Nalivata, P. C., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Botoman, L., Chagumaira, C., Gameda, S., Haefele, S. M., Hailu, K., Joy, E. J. M., Kalimbira, A. A., Kumssa, D. B., Lark, R. M., Ligowe, I. S., McGrath, S. P., Milne, A. E., Mossa, A. W., Munthali, M., Towett, E. K., Walsh, M. G., Wilson, L., Young, S. D. and Broadley, M. R. 2021. The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi. Nature. 594, pp. 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03559-3

Optimising storage conditions and processing of sheep urine for nitrogen cycle and gaseous emission measurements from urine patches

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Charteris, A., Marsden, K. A., Evans, J., Barrat, H., Loick, N., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. R. and Cardenas, L. M. 2021. Optimising storage conditions and processing of sheep urine for nitrogen cycle and gaseous emission measurements from urine patches. Scientific Reports. 11, p. 12116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91498-4

Outputs: Potassium Losses from Agricultural Systems

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Goulding, K. W. T., Murrell, S. T., Mikkelsen, R. L., Rosolem, C., Johnston, A. E., Wang, H. and Alfaro, M. A. 2021. Outputs: Potassium Losses from Agricultural Systems. in: Murrell, S. T., Mikkelsen, R. L., Sulewski, G., Norton, R. and Thompson, M. L. (ed.) Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops Cham, Switzerland Springer. pp. 75-97

Evolution of secondary inorganic aerosols amidst improving PM2.5 air quality in the North China plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, Y., Liu, X, Tang, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Collett, J. L. 2021. Evolution of secondary inorganic aerosols amidst improving PM2.5 air quality in the North China plain. Environmental Pollution. 281, p. 117027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117027

Liming impacts barley yield over a wide concentration range of soil exchangeable cations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Holland, J. E., White, P .J., Thauvin, J. N., Jordan-Meille, L., Haefele, S. M., Thomas, C. L., Goulding, K. W. T. and McGrath, S. P. 2021. Liming impacts barley yield over a wide concentration range of soil exchangeable cations. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 120, pp. 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-020-10117-2

Cycling of reduced phosphorus compounds in soil and potential impacts of climate change

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kehler, A. P., Haygarth, P. M., Tamburini, F. and Blackwell, M. S. A. 2021. Cycling of reduced phosphorus compounds in soil and potential impacts of climate change. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13121

Long-term effect of magnesium and iron nanoparticles on solute transport in saturated condition

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Daraei, E., Bayat, H., Zamani, P. and Gregory, A. S. 2021. Long-term effect of magnesium and iron nanoparticles on solute transport in saturated condition. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2021.1896708

Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: implications for ammonia volatilization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S. and Dawson, C. J. 2021. Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: implications for ammonia volatilization. Soil Use and Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12733

Impact of biochar on nutrient supply, crop yield and microbial respiration on sandy soils of northern Germany

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Knoblauch, C., Priyadarshani, S. H. R., Haefele, S. M., Schroder, N. and Pfeiffer, E-M. 2021. Impact of biochar on nutrient supply, crop yield and microbial respiration on sandy soils of northern Germany. European Journal of Soil Science. 72 (4), pp. 1885-1901. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13088

Relative efficacy and stability of biological and synthetic nitrification inhibitors in a highly nitrifying soil: Evidence of apparent nitrification inhibition by linoleic acid and linolenic acid

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, Y., Jones, D. L., Wang, J., Cardenas, L. M. and Chadwick, D. R. 2021. Relative efficacy and stability of biological and synthetic nitrification inhibitors in a highly nitrifying soil: Evidence of apparent nitrification inhibition by linoleic acid and linolenic acid. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13096

Inorganic Chemical Fertilizer Application to Wheat Reduces the Abundance of Putative Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reid, T. E., Kavamura, V. N., Abadie, M., Torres-Ballesteros, A., Pawlett, M., Clark, I. M., Harris, J. and Mauchline, T. H. 2021. Inorganic Chemical Fertilizer Application to Wheat Reduces the Abundance of Putative Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 (article), p. 642587. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.642587

Investigating the effect of inoculation of chickpea with rhizobium and mycorrhizal fungi (Funneliformis mosseae) on soil mechanical and physical behavior

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Heydari, L., Bayat, H. and Gregory, A. S. 2021. Investigating the effect of inoculation of chickpea with rhizobium and mycorrhizal fungi (Funneliformis mosseae) on soil mechanical and physical behavior. Geoderma. 385, p. 114860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114860

Dynamics of soil phosphorus measured by ammonium lactate extraction as a function of the soil phosphorus balance and soil properties

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Amery, F., Vandecasteele, B., D'Hose, T., Nawara, S., Elsen, A., Odeurs, W., Vandendriessche, H., Arlotti, D., McGrath, S. P., Cougnon, M. and Smolders, E. 2021. Dynamics of soil phosphorus measured by ammonium lactate extraction as a function of the soil phosphorus balance and soil properties. Geoderma. 385 (March), p. 114855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114855

Relationship between soil carbon sequestration and the ability of soil aggregates to transport dissolved oxygen

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, X., Gregory, A. S., Whalley, W. R., Coleman, K., Neal, A. L., Bacq-Labreuil, A., Mooney, S. J., Crawford, J. W., Soga, K. and Illangasekare, T. H. 2021. Relationship between soil carbon sequestration and the ability of soil aggregates to transport dissolved oxygen. Geoderma. 403, p. 115370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115370

Defining the wheat microbiome: towards microbiome-facilitated crop production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kavamura, V. N., Mendes, R., Bargaz, A. and Mauchline, T. H. 2021. Defining the wheat microbiome: towards microbiome-facilitated crop production. Computational and structural biotechnology journal. 19, pp. 1200-1213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.045

A comparison of soil texture measurements using mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) and laser diffraction analysis (LDA) in diverse soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Thomas, C. L., Hernandez, J. M. B., Dunham, S. J., McGrath, S. P. and Haefele, S. M. 2021. A comparison of soil texture measurements using mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) and laser diffraction analysis (LDA) in diverse soils. Scientific Reports. 11 (1), p. 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79618-y

Investigation of the soil properties that affect Olsen P critical values in different soil types and impact on P fertiliser recommendations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tandy, S., Hawkins, J. M. B., Dunham, S. J., Hernandez, J. M. B., Granger, S. J., Yuan, H., McGrath, S. P. and Blackwell, M. S. A. 2021. Investigation of the soil properties that affect Olsen P critical values in different soil types and impact on P fertiliser recommendations. European Journal of Soil Science. 72 (4), pp. 1802-1816. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13082

Application of a triple 15N tracing technique to elucidate N transformations in a UK grassland soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Matthews, G. P., Muller, C., Ciganda, V. S., Lopez-Aizpun, M., Repullo, M. A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2021. Application of a triple 15N tracing technique to elucidate N transformations in a UK grassland soil. Geoderma. 385, p. 114844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114844

Microbiome Aggregated Traits and Assembly are More Sensitive to Soil Management than Diversity

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Neal, A. L., Hughes, D. J., Clark, I. M., Jansson, J. K. and Hirsch, P. R. 2021. Microbiome Aggregated Traits and Assembly are More Sensitive to Soil Management than Diversity. mSystems. 6 (3), pp. e01056-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01056-20

The effects of long-term fertilizations on soil hydraulic properties vary with scales

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, X., Neal, A. L., Crawford, J. W., Bacq-Labreuil, A., Akkari, E. and Rickard, W. 2021. The effects of long-term fertilizations on soil hydraulic properties vary with scales. Journal of Hydrology. 539, p. 125890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125890