Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Harpenden

TitleSustainable Agriculture Sciences Harpenden
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadSteve McGrath
Executive AssistantSally Murdoch

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Frontier-line analysis: a novel pedometric technique for estimating potential carbon sequestration

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rossel, R. A. V. and Webster, R. 2024. Frontier-line analysis: a novel pedometric technique for estimating potential carbon sequestration. Pedometron newsletter of the Pedometrics Commission of the IUSS. 48, pp. 6-11.

Co-inoculation timing affects the interspecific interactions between phoma stem canker pathogens Leptosphaeria maculans and Leptosphaeria biglobosa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bingol, E., Qi, A., Karandeni-Dewage, C., Ritchie, F., Fitt, B. D. L. and Huang, Y-J. 2024. Co-inoculation timing affects the interspecific interactions between phoma stem canker pathogens Leptosphaeria maculans and Leptosphaeria biglobosa. Pest Management Science. 80 (5), pp. 2443-2452. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7799

Data for: Agricultural intensification reduces selection of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in wheat

N - Datasets
Reid, T., Kavamura, V. N., Torres-Ballesteros, A., Smith, M., Abadie, M., Pawlett, M., Clark, I. M., Harris, J. A. and Mauchline, T. H. 2024. Data for: Agricultural intensification reduces selection of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in wheat. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98zz7

A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rossel, R. A. V., Zhang, M., Behrens, T. and Webster, R. 2024. A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2. npj climate and atmospheric science. 7, p. 79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00619-z

How much organic carbon could the soil store? The carbon sequestration potential of Australian soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rossel, R. A. V., Webster, R., Zhang, M., Shen, Z., Dixon, K., Wang, Y. -. and Walden, L. 2024. How much organic carbon could the soil store? The carbon sequestration potential of Australian soil. Global Change Biology. 30 (1), p. e17053. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17053

The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK Crop yields and soil changes during the last 50 years

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Poulton, P. R., Johnston, A. E., Glendining, M. J., White, R. P., Gregory, A. S., Clark, S. J., Gregory, W., Macdonald, A. J. and Powlson, D. S. 2024. The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK Crop yields and soil changes during the last 50 years. Advances in Agronomy. 184, pp. 173-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2023.11.003

Effective control of Leptosphaeria maculans increases importance of L. biglobosa as a cause of phoma stem canker epidemics on oilseed rape

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Huang, Y-J., Sidique, S. N. M., Dewage, C. S. K., Gajula, L. H., Mitrousia, G. K., Qi, A., West, J. S. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2024. Effective control of Leptosphaeria maculans increases importance of L. biglobosa as a cause of phoma stem canker epidemics on oilseed rape. Pest Management Science. 80 (5), pp. 2405-2415. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7248

Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Huang, Z., Zhang, X., Ashton, R. W., Hawkesford, M. J. and Whalley, W. R. 2023. Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field. Agricultural Water Management. 290, p. 108607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108607

Sustainable agriculture Are fertilisers necessary for a sustainable nutrient supply? The 33rd Francis New Memorial Lecture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goulding, K. W. T. 2023. Sustainable agriculture Are fertilisers necessary for a sustainable nutrient supply? The 33rd Francis New Memorial Lecture. Proceedings - Fertiliser Society, London. 879, pp. 1-36.

Farming the planet with better nitrogen use

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Liu, P., Xu, H., Liu, S., Ding, J., Lu, X., Zhong, B., Guo, Y., Lu, X., Zhao, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, S., Liu, X., Xu, W., Si, R., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, L. 2023. Farming the planet with better nitrogen use. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2972121/v1

Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kang, J., Wang, J., Heal, M. R., Goulding, K. W. T., De Vries, W., Zhao, Y., Feng, S., Zhang, X., Gu, B., Niu, X., Zhang, H., Liu, X., Cui, Z., Zhang, F. and Xu, W. 2023. Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production. Nature Food. 4, pp. 751-761. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00833-7

Highlights of the special issue Carbon neutrality and a low carbon economy for agriculture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goulding, K. W. T., Tian, J. and Liu, X. 2023. Highlights of the special issue Carbon neutrality and a low carbon economy for agriculture. Frontiers in Agricultural Science and Engineering. 10 (2), pp. 153-154. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2023497

Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dummett, I., Sturrock, C. J. and Stroud, J. L. 2023. Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms. Soil Use and Management. 39 (3), pp. 1235-1244. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12934

Improving nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency and minimizing losses and global warming potential by optimizing applications and using nitrogen synergists in a maize-wheat rotation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, J., Sha, Z., Zhang, J., Qin, W., Xu, W., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2023. Improving nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency and minimizing losses and global warming potential by optimizing applications and using nitrogen synergists in a maize-wheat rotation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 353 (1 Sept), p. 108538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108538

The post-registration monitoring of glyphosate-treated plants using anecic earthworms

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Halsey, K. and Stroud, J. L. 2023. The post-registration monitoring of glyphosate-treated plants using anecic earthworms. Annals of Applied Biology - AAB. 183 (2), pp. 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12838

The application of machine learning to air pollution research: A bibliometric analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, Y., Sha, Z., Tang, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2023. The application of machine learning to air pollution research: A bibliometric analysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 257 (1 June), p. 114911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114911

Long-term trends in yield variance of temperate managed grassland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Macholdt, J., Hadasch, S., Macdonald, A. J., Perryman, S. A. M., Piepho, H., Scott, T., Styczen, M. E. and Storkey, J. 2023. Long-term trends in yield variance of temperate managed grassland. Agronomy for Sustainable Development - ASD. 43 (3), p. 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00885-w

Uncertainty assessment of spatial soil information

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Heuvelink, G. B. M and Webster, R. 2023. Uncertainty assessment of spatial soil information. Encyclopedia of soils in the environment. 4, pp. 671-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00174-9

Crop-specific ammonia volatilization rates and key influencing factors in the upland of China - A data synthesis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Ma, X., Liu, R-H., Wang, J., Lv, T., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2023. Crop-specific ammonia volatilization rates and key influencing factors in the upland of China - A data synthesis. Journal of Environmental Management. 336 (June), p. 117676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117676

Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Button, E. S., Marshall, M., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Blaud, A., Abadie, M., Chadwick, D. R. and Jones, D. L. 2023. Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production . Geoderma. 430, p. 116310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116310

Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Albano, X., Whitmore, A. P., Sakrabani, O., Thomas, C. L., Sizmur, T., Ritz, K., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Watts, C. W. and Haefele, S. M. 2023. Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 23, pp. 2122-2137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01167-w

Towards stability of food production and farm income in a variable climate

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harkness, C., Areal, F. J., Semenov, M. A., Senapati, N., Shield, I. F. and Bishop, J. 2023. Towards stability of food production and farm income in a variable climate. Ecological Economics. 204 (Part A), p. 107676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107676

Arable soil nitrogen dynamics reflect organic inputs via the extended composite phenotype

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Neal, A. L., Barrat, H., Bacq-Lebreuil, A., Qin, Y., Zhang, X., Takahashi, T., Rubio, V., Hughes, D. J., Clark, I. M., Cardenas, L. M., Gardiner, L., Krishna, R., Glendining, M. J., Ritz, K., Mooney, S. and Crawford, J. W. 2023. Arable soil nitrogen dynamics reflect organic inputs via the extended composite phenotype. Nature Food. 4, pp. 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00671-z

Statistical inferential testing

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webster, R. 2023. Statistical inferential testing. Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. pp. 1439-1443. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85040-1_459

Unbalanced analysis of variance

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Webster, R. 2023. Unbalanced analysis of variance. in: Daya Sagar, B. S, Cheng, Q., McKinley, J. and Agterberg, F. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences Springer. pp. 1579-1583

Model the Relationship of NH3 Emission with Attributing Factors from Rice Fields in China: Ammonia Mitigation Potential Using a Urease Inhibitor

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhipeng, S., Ma, X., Wang, J., Li, Y., Xu, W., Tang, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2022. Model the Relationship of NH3 Emission with Attributing Factors from Rice Fields in China: Ammonia Mitigation Potential Using a Urease Inhibitor. Atmosphere. 13 (11), p. 1750. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111750

A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision‑making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Breure, T., Haefele, S. M., Hannam, J. A., Corstanje, R., Webster, R., Moreno-Rojas, S. and Milne, A. E. 2022. A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision‑making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy. Precision Agriculture. 23, pp. 1333 - 1353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-022-09887-2

Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sokolidi, A., Webster, R., Milne, A. E., Clark, S. J., Clarkson, J., Bielik M., Morley, P. and West, J. S. 2022. Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses. Phytopathology. 112 (11), pp. 49-49.

Spatial characteristics of the fungus powdery mildew (Erysiphe neolycopersici) on tomatoes and its spread in industrial greenhouses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sokolidi, A., Webster, R., Milne, A. E., Bielik, M., Morley, P., Clarkson, J. P. and West, J. S. 2022. Spatial characteristics of the fungus powdery mildew (Erysiphe neolycopersici) on tomatoes and its spread in industrial greenhouses. Biostatistics. 1 (1), pp. 18-30.

Improving crop yield potential Underlying biological processes and future prospects

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Burgess, A. J., Masclaux-Daubresse, C., Strittmatter, G., Weber, A. P. M., Taylor, S. H., Harbinson, J., Yin, X., Freeman, S. E., Paul, M. J., Westhoff, P., Loreto, F., Ceriotti, A., Saltenis, V. L. R., Pribil, M., Nacry, P., Scharff, L. B., Jensen, P. E., Muller, B., Cohan, J., Foulkes, J., Rogowsky, P., Debaeke, P., Meyer, C., Nelissen, H., Inze, D., Lankhorst, R. K., Parry, M. A. J., Murchie, E. H. and Baekelandt, A. 2022. Improving crop yield potential Underlying biological processes and future prospects. Food and Energy Security. p. e435. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.435

Multi-tier archetypes to characterise British landscapes, farmland and farming practices

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goodwin, C. E. D., Butikofer, L., Hatfield, J. H., Evans, P. M., Bullock, J. M., Storkey, J., Mead, A., Richter, G. M., Henrys, P. A., Pywell, R. F. and Redhead, J. W. 2022. Multi-tier archetypes to characterise British landscapes, farmland and farming practices. Environmental Research Letters. 17 (9), p. 095002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac810e

Model the Relationship of NH3 Emission with Attributing Factors from Rice Fields in China: Ammonia Mitigation Potential Using a Urease Inhibitor

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Ma, X., Wan, J., Li, Y., Xu, W., Tang, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2022. Model the Relationship of NH3 Emission with Attributing Factors from Rice Fields in China: Ammonia Mitigation Potential Using a Urease Inhibitor. Atmosphere. 13 (11), p. 1750. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111750

Increasing importance of ammonia emission abatement in PM2.5 pollution control

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xu, W., Zhao, Y., Wen, Z., Chang, Y., Pan, Y., Sun, Y., Ma, X., Sha, Z., Li, Z., Kang, J., Liu, L., Tang, A., Wang, K., Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Zhang, L., Sheng, L., Zhang, X., Gu, B., Song, Y., Damme, M. V., Clarisse, L., Coheur, P., Jr, J. L. C., Goulding, K. W. T., Zhang, F., He, K. and Liu, X. 2022. Increasing importance of ammonia emission abatement in PM2.5 pollution control. Chinese Science Bulletin. 67, pp. 1747-1749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.07.021

Reactive N emissions from cropland and their mitigation in the North China Plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, J., Sha, Z., Zhang, J., Kang, J., Xu, W., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2022. Reactive N emissions from cropland and their mitigation in the North China Plain. Environmental Research. 214 (3), p. 114015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114015

A new approach to holistic nitrogen management in China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, X., Cui, Z., Hao, T., Yuan, L., Zhang, Y, Gu, B., Xu, W., Ying, H., Zhang, W., Li, T., Yan, X., Goulding, K. W. T., Kanter, D., Howarth, R., Stevens, C., Ladha, J., Li, Q., Liu, L., De Vries, W. and Zhang, F. 2022. A new approach to holistic nitrogen management in China. Frontiers in Agricultural Science and Engineering. 9 (3), pp. 490-510. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2022453

Progress on improving agricultural nitrogen use efficiency: UK-China virtual joint centers on nitrogen agronomy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Misselbrook, T. H., Bai, Z., Cai, Z., Cao, W., Carswell, A. M., Cowan, N., Cui, Z., Chadwick, D. R., Emmett, B., Goulding, K. W. T., Jiang, R., Jones, D. L., Ju, X., Liu, H., Lu, Y., Ma, L., Powlson, D. S., Rees, R. M., Skiba, U., Smith, P., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Williams, J., Wu, L., Xu, M., Xu, W., Zhang, F., Zhang, J., Zhou, J. and Liu, X. 2022. Progress on improving agricultural nitrogen use efficiency: UK-China virtual joint centers on nitrogen agronomy. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering - FASE. 9 (3), pp. 475-489. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2022459

Spatio-temporal characteristics and source apportionment of water-soluble organic acids in PM2.5 in the North China Plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, Y., Wang, C., Tang, A., Goulding, K. W. T., Zheng, A. and Liu, X. 2022. Spatio-temporal characteristics and source apportionment of water-soluble organic acids in PM2.5 in the North China Plain. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 13 (9), p. 101540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101540

Causal Modeling of Soil Processes for Improved Generalization

Conference paper
Neal, A. L., Sharma, S., Crawford, J. W., Kiciman, E., Malvar, S., Rodriguez, E. and Chandra, R. 2022. Causal Modeling of Soil Processes for Improved Generalization. NeurIPS 2022. New Orleans Conference Center 28 Nov 2022

Statistics in soil science

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webster, R. 2022. Statistics in soil science. Reference module in earth systems and environmental sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00002-1

Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses

Conference poster
Sokolidi, A., Webster, R., Milne, A. E., Clark, S. J., Clarkson, J., Bielik M., Morley, P. and West, J. S. 2022. Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses. APS AGM - Plant Health 2022. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 06 Aug 2022

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