Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Harpenden
| Title | Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Harpenden |
|---|---|
| Type | Science Department |
| Institute | Rothamsted Research |
| Head | Steve McGrath |
| Executive Assistant | Sally Murdoch |
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Developing and using the AB Sugar BeetGro model
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jarvis, P J. and Qi, A. 2014. Developing and using the AB Sugar BeetGro model. British Sugar Beet Review. 82 (2), pp. 45-48.
Can Crop Disease Control Cope with Climate Change?
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Qi, A. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2014. Can Crop Disease Control Cope with Climate Change? Outlooks on Pest Management. 25 (6), pp. 364-368. https://doi.org/10.1564/v25_dec_05
The North Wyke Farm Platform, a national capability for research into sustainability of temperate agricultural grassland management: data and modelling opportunities
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Harris, P., Griffith, B. A., Shepherd, A., Peukert, S., Hawkins, J. M. B., Elyes, C., Whitmore, A. P., Blackwell, M. S. A., Brazier, R. E., Cardenas, L. M., Wu, L., Dungait, J. A. J., Collins, A. L., Gurr, S. J., Murray, P. J., Goulding, K. W. T. and Orr, R. J. 2014. The North Wyke Farm Platform, a national capability for research into sustainability of temperate agricultural grassland management: data and modelling opportunities. Abstracts Tereno International Conference: from Observation to Prediction in Terrestrial Systems, Bonn, 29 September-2 October 2014 . pp. P2-07
Estimating on-farm biomass supply of Miscanthus combining soil mapping, yield modelling and remote sensing
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Richter, G. M., Agostini, F., Barker, A., Costomiris, D. and Qi, A. 2014. Estimating on-farm biomass supply of Miscanthus combining soil mapping, yield modelling and remote sensing. Abstracts 22nd European Biomass Conference and Ehibition (EUBCE), Hamburg, 23-26 June 2014 .
Understanding the scale-dependence of the relations between soil conditions and weed density and the implications for precision management of weeds
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Metcalfe, H., Milne, A. E., Murdoch, A., Webster, R., Lark, R. M. and Storkey, J. 2014. Understanding the scale-dependence of the relations between soil conditions and weed density and the implications for precision management of weeds. Aspects of Applied Biology. 127, pp. 165-171.
High-resolution spatial patterns of soil organic carbon content derived from low-altitude aerial multi-band imagery on the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment at Rothamsted, UK
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Aldana Jague, E., Goulding, K. W. T., Heckrath, G., Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Stevens, A., Van Wesemael, B. and Van Oost, K. 2014. High-resolution spatial patterns of soil organic carbon content derived from low-altitude aerial multi-band imagery on the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment at Rothamsted, UK. European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Spatial soil variation on the North Wyke Farm Platform
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Shepherd, A., Harris, P., Griffith, B. A., Noacco, V., Ramezani, K., Tuominen, E. and Eludoyin, A. 2014. Spatial soil variation on the North Wyke Farm Platform. Hopkins, A. (ed.) EGF at 50: the Future of European Grasslands. Proceedings 25th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Aberystwyth, 7-11 September 2014 . pp. 239-241
Applications and issues of remote sensing by UAV to pasture agri-research on the North Wyke Farm Platform
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Shepherd, A., Harris, P., Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A. and Jarman, M. 2014. Applications and issues of remote sensing by UAV to pasture agri-research on the North Wyke Farm Platform. Abstracts Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc 2014), Aberystwyth, 2-5 September 2014 .
Geographically weighted principal components analysis for understanding spatial structure in data for sustainable grassland agriculture
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Harris, P., Shepherd, A., Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A. and Murray, P. J. 2014. Geographically weighted principal components analysis for understanding spatial structure in data for sustainable grassland agriculture. Abstracts 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG), New Delhi, 17-20 October 2014 .
Applications of high resolution remote sensing with spatial modelling for sustainable grassland agriculture
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Shepherd, A., Harris, P., Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A. and Murray, P. J. 2014. Applications of high resolution remote sensing with spatial modelling for sustainable grassland agriculture. Abstracts 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG), New Delhi, 17-20 October 2014 .
Critical soil phosphate for combinable crops in Southern Britain
C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Morris, N., Knight, S., Poulton, P. R., Johnston, A. E. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2014. Critical soil phosphate for combinable crops in Southern Britain. Crop production in Southern Britain: precision decisions for profitable cropping. Aspects of Applied Biology 127 . Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) Wellesbourne Warwick . pp. 181-187
Impact of agronomic practices on arsenic accumulation and speciation in rice grain
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, R., Shen, J., Wu, J., Tang, Z., Shen, Q. and Zhao, F-J. 2014. Impact of agronomic practices on arsenic accumulation and speciation in rice grain. Environmental Pollution. 194, pp. 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.08.004
Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chao, D-Y., Chen, Y., Chen, J., Shi, S., Chen, Z., Wang, C., Danku, J. M., Zhao, F-J. and Salt, D. E. 2014. Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants. PLOS Biology. 12, p. e1002009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002009
Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised UK arable soils: quantification and mitigation
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Bell, M., Winning, M., Cloy, J., Rees, B., Cardenas, L. M., Donovan, N., Scott, T., Webster, C. P., Whitmore, A. P., Williams, J., Balshaw, H., Paine, F. and Chadwick, D. R. 2014. Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised UK arable soils: quantification and mitigation. Cordovil, C. M. d. S. (ed.) Abstracts 18th Nitrogen Workshop, Lisbon, 30 June- 3 July 2014 . pp. 375-376
Lead in rice: analysis of baseline lead levels in market and field collected rice grains
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Norton, G. J., Williams, P. N., Adomako, E. E., Price, A. H., Zhu, Y., Zhao, F-J., McGrath, S. P., Deacon, C. M., Villada, A., Sommella, A., Lu, Y., Ming, L., De Silva, P. M. C. S., Brammer, H., Dasgupta, T., Islam, M. R. and Meharg, A. A. 2014. Lead in rice: analysis of baseline lead levels in market and field collected rice grains. Science of the Total Environment. 485-486, pp. 428-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.090
Iron bioavailability in two commercial cultivars of wheat: comparison between wholegrain and white flour and the effects of nicotianamine and 2'-deoxymugineic acid on iron uptake into Caco-2 cells
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Eagling, T., Wawer, A. A., Shewry, P. R., Zhao, F-J. and Fairweather-Tait, S. J. 2014. Iron bioavailability in two commercial cultivars of wheat: comparison between wholegrain and white flour and the effects of nicotianamine and 2'-deoxymugineic acid on iron uptake into Caco-2 cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 62, pp. 10320-10325. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf5026295
Triaxial testing to determine the effect of soil type and organic carbon content on soil consolidation and shear deformation characteristics
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chakraborty, D., Watts, C. W., Powlson, D. S., Macdonald, A. J., Ashton, R. W., White, Robin P. and Whalley, W. R. 2014. Triaxial testing to determine the effect of soil type and organic carbon content on soil consolidation and shear deformation characteristics. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 78, pp. 1192-1200. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.01.0007
Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Norton, G. J., Douglas, A., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., Guerinot, M. L., Pinson, S. R. M., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G. C., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F-J., Islam, M. R., Islam, S., Duan, G., Zhu, Y., Salt, D. E., Meharg, A. A. and Price, A. H. 2014. Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites. PLOS ONE. 9, p. e89685. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089685
Assessing quantitative resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) in young plants
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Huang, Y-J., Qi, A., King, G. J. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2014. Assessing quantitative resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) in young plants. PLOS ONE. 9, p. e84924. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084924
Baseline map of organic carbon in Australian soil to support national carbon accounting and monitoring under climate change
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Viscarra Rossell, R. A., Webster, R., Bui, E. N. and Baldock, J. A. 2014. Baseline map of organic carbon in Australian soil to support national carbon accounting and monitoring under climate change. Global Change Biology. 20 (9), pp. 2953-2970. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12569
Earth abides arsenic biotransformations
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhu, Y-G., Yoshinaga, M., Zhao, F-J. and Rosen, B. P. 2014. Earth abides arsenic biotransformations. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 42, pp. 443-467. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-060313-054942
Imaging element distribution and speciation in plant cells
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhao, F-J., Moore, K. L., Lombi, E. and Zhu, Y-G. 2014. Imaging element distribution and speciation in plant cells. Trends in Plant Science. 19, pp. 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.001
Effects of nitrogen on the distribution and chemical speciation of iron and zinc in pearling fractions of wheat grain
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xue, Y-F., Eagling, T., He, J., Zou, C-Q., McGrath, S. P., Shewry, P. R. and Zhao, F-J. 2014. Effects of nitrogen on the distribution and chemical speciation of iron and zinc in pearling fractions of wheat grain. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 62, pp. 4738-4746. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf500273x
Measuring the soil-microbial interface: extraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from soil biofilms
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Redmile-Gordon, M. A., Brookes, P. C., Evershed, R. P., Goulding, K. W. T. and Hirsch, P. R. 2014. Measuring the soil-microbial interface: extraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from soil biofilms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 72 (May), pp. 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.025
Identification of critical soil phosphate (P) levels for cereal and oilseed rape crops on a range of soil types (Final Project Summary)
D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Knight, S., Morris, N., Goulding, K. W. T., Johnston, A. E., Poulton, P. R. and Philpott, H. 2014. Identification of critical soil phosphate (P) levels for cereal and oilseed rape crops on a range of soil types (Final Project Summary). HGCA/AHDB, Stoneleigh.
Identification of critical soil phosphate (P) levels for cereal and oilseed rape crops on a range of soil types (HGCA Project Report No. 529)
D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Knight, S., Morris, N., Goulding, K. W. T., Johnston, A. E., Poulton, P. R. and Philpott, H. 2014. Identification of critical soil phosphate (P) levels for cereal and oilseed rape crops on a range of soil types (HGCA Project Report No. 529). HGCA/AHDB, Stoneleigh.
Air temperature, relative humidity, climate regionalization and thermal comfort of Nigeria
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Eludoyin, O. M., Adelekan, I. O., Webster, R. and Eludoyin, A. O. 2014. Air temperature, relative humidity, climate regionalization and thermal comfort of Nigeria. International Journal of Climatology. 34 (6), pp. 2000-2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3817
Mapping gamma radiation and its uncertainty from weathering products in a Tasmanian landscape with a proximal sensor and random forest kriging
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Viscarra Rossel, R. A., Webster, R. and Kidd, D. 2014. Mapping gamma radiation and its uncertainty from weathering products in a Tasmanian landscape with a proximal sensor and random forest kriging. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms. 39 (6), pp. 735-748. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3476
Distribution and speciation of iron and zinc in grain of two wheat genotypes
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Eagling, T., Neal, A. L., McGrath, S. P., Fairweather-Tait, S., Shewry, P. R. and Zhao, F-J. 2014. Distribution and speciation of iron and zinc in grain of two wheat genotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 62, pp. 708-716. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf403331p
Silicon has opposite effects on the accumulation of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in rice
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, W-J., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2014. Silicon has opposite effects on the accumulation of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in rice. Plant and Soil. 376, pp. 423-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1991-7
Spatial variation of trace elements in the peri-urban soil of Madrid
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Vazquez De La Cueva, A., Marchant, B. P., Quintana, J. R., De Santiago, A., Lafuente, A. L. and Webster, R. 2014. Spatial variation of trace elements in the peri-urban soil of Madrid. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 14, pp. 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-013-0772-5
Biodiesel co-product (BCP) decreases soil nitrogen (N) losses to groundwater
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Redmile-Gordon, M. A., Armenise, E., Hirsch, P. R. and Brookes, P. C. 2014. Biodiesel co-product (BCP) decreases soil nitrogen (N) losses to groundwater. Water Air And Soil Pollution. 225, p. 1831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1831-7
Combined NanoSIMS and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveal distinct cellular and subcellular distribution patterns of trace elements in rice tissues
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Moore, K. L., Chen, Y., Van De Meene, A. M. L., Hughes, L., Liu, W., Geraki, T., Mosselmans, F., McGrath, S. P., Grovenor, C. and Zhao, F-J. 2014. Combined NanoSIMS and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveal distinct cellular and subcellular distribution patterns of trace elements in rice tissues. New Phytologist. 201 (1), pp. 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12497
A tutorial guide to geostatistics: computing and modelling variograms and kriging
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oliver, M. A. and Webster, R. 2014. A tutorial guide to geostatistics: computing and modelling variograms and kriging. Catena. 113, pp. 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2013.09.006
The continuing value of long-term field experiments: insights for achieving food security and environmental integrity
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Powlson, D. S., Macdonald, A. J. and Poulton, P. R. 2014. The continuing value of long-term field experiments: insights for achieving food security and environmental integrity. in: Dent, D. (ed.) Soil as world heritage Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 131-157
Concentrations of metals and metalloids in soils that have the potential to lead to exceedance of maximum limit concentrations of contaminants in food and feed
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2013. Concentrations of metals and metalloids in soils that have the potential to lead to exceedance of maximum limit concentrations of contaminants in food and feed. Soil Use and Management. 31 (Suppl. 1), pp. 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12080
Modelling the path to better soil applied pesticides
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Sweeney, P., Travis, K., Whalley, W. R., Whitmore, A. P., Dailey, A. G., Wu, L., Van Beinum, W. and Brown, C. 2013. Modelling the path to better soil applied pesticides. Abstracts Conference on Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air, York, 2-4 September 2013 .
The North Wyke Farm Platform: a new UK national capability for research into sustainability of agricultural temperate grassland management
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Murray, P. J., Griffith, B. A., Orr, R. J., Shepherd, A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Hawkins, J. M. B. and Peukert, S. 2013. The North Wyke Farm Platform: a new UK national capability for research into sustainability of agricultural temperate grassland management. Michalk, D. L. (ed.) Proceedings 22nd International Grassland Congress, Sydney, 15-19 September 2013 . New South Wales Dept of Primary Industry, Orange. pp. 1931-1933
The North Wyke Farm Platform - a new National Capability for investigating sustainable intensification of livestock production
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Murray, P. J., Griffith, B. A., Orr, R. J., Peukert, S. and Shepherd, A. 2013. The North Wyke Farm Platform - a new National Capability for investigating sustainable intensification of livestock production. Abstracts Conference on Sustainable Intensification: the Pathway to Low Carbon Farming? Edinburgh, 25-27 September 2013 . pp. 179-180
Critical soil phosphate levels for cereal and oilseed rape crop rotations
G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Morris, N., Knight, S., Johnston, A. E., Poulton, P. R. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2013. Critical soil phosphate levels for cereal and oilseed rape crop rotations. Landmark. 16, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/NONE