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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Significant structural evolution of a long-term fallow soil in response to agricultural management practices requires at least 10 years after conversion
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bacq-Labreuil, A., Neal, A. L., Crawford, J. W., Mooney, S. J., Akkari, E., Zhang, X., Clark, I. M. and Ritz, K. 2020. Significant structural evolution of a long-term fallow soil in response to agricultural management practices requires at least 10 years after conversion. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13037
Changes of nitrogen deposition in China from 1980 to 2018
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wen, Z., Xu, W., Li, Q., Han, M., Tang, A., Zhang, Y., Luo, X., Shen, J., Wang, W., Li, K., Pan, Y., Zhang, L., Li, W., Collett, J. L., Zhong, B., Wang, X., Goulding, K. W. T., Zhang, F. and Liu, X. 2020. Changes of nitrogen deposition in China from 1980 to 2018. Environment International. 144, p. 106022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106022
Global Research Alliance N2O chamber methodology guidelines: Recommendations for deployment and accounting for sources of variability
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Charteris, A., Chadwick, D. R., Thorman, R. E., Vallejo, A., De Klein, C. A. M., Rochette, P. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Global Research Alliance N2O chamber methodology guidelines: Recommendations for deployment and accounting for sources of variability. Journal of Environmental Quality. 49, pp. 1092-1109. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20126
A green eco-environment for sustainable development - framework and action
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, X., Xu, W., Sha, Z., Zhang, Y., Wen , Z., Wang, J., Zhang, F. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2020. A green eco-environment for sustainable development - framework and action. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering - FASE. 7 (1), pp. 67-74. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2019297
Spatial and Temporal Stability of Weed Patches in Cereal Fields under Direct Drilling and Harrow Tillage
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Izquierdo, J., Milne, A. E., Recasens, J., Royo-Esnal, A., Torra, J., Webster, R. and Baraibar, B. 2020. Spatial and Temporal Stability of Weed Patches in Cereal Fields under Direct Drilling and Harrow Tillage. Agronomy. 10 (4), p. 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040452
Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanchy, G., Virlet, N., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Watts, C. W., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, W. R. and Binley, A. 2020. Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat . Near Surface Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12107
Long-term agricultural research at Rothamsted
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Glendining, M. J. and Powlson, D. S. 2020. Long-term agricultural research at Rothamsted. in: Bhullar, G.S. and Riar, A. (ed.) Long-term Farming Systems Research - Ensuring Food Security in Changing Scenarios Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science. pp. 15-33
Change in hydraulic properties of the rhizosphere of maize under different abiotic stresses
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, D., Gao, Y., Li, M., Sturrock, C. J., Gregory, A. S. and Zhang, X. 2020. Change in hydraulic properties of the rhizosphere of maize under different abiotic stresses . Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04592-3
Long-term analysis from a cropping system perspective - Yield stability, environmental adaptability, and production risk of winter barley
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Macholdt, J., Styczen M. E., Macdonald, A. J., Piepho, H-P. and Honermeier, B. 2020. Long-term analysis from a cropping system perspective - Yield stability, environmental adaptability, and production risk of winter barley . European Journal of Agronomy. 117, p. 126056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2020.126056
Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, Q., Wen, Y., Wang, D., Sun, X., Hill, P. W., Macdonald, A. J., Chadwick, D. R., Wu, L. and Jones, D. L. 2020. Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition . Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 144, p. 107760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107760
Physical properties of a sandy soil as affected by incubation with a synthetic root exudate - strength, thermal and hydraulic conductivity, and evaporation
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, W., Gao, W., Whalley, W. R. and Ren, T. 2020. Physical properties of a sandy soil as affected by incubation with a synthetic root exudate - strength, thermal and hydraulic conductivity, and evaporation. European Journal of Soil Science. pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13007
A multivariate method for matching soil classification systems, with an Australian example
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Teng, H. F., Viscarra, Rossel, R. A. and Webster, R. 2020. A multivariate method for matching soil classification systems, with an Australian example. Soil Research. 58 (6), pp. 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR19320
Development of a defined compost system for the study of plant-microbe interactions
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Masters-Clark, E., Hirsch, P. R., Clark, I. M., Paradelo, M. and Mauchline, T. H. 2020. Development of a defined compost system for the study of plant-microbe interactions. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 7521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64249-0
Atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentration and deposition trends from 2011 to 2018 at an urban site in north China
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Luo, X., Liu, X., Pan, Y., Wen, Z., Zhang, L., Kou, C., Lv, J. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2020. Atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentration and deposition trends from 2011 to 2018 at an urban site in north China. Atmospheric Environment. 224 (March), p. 117298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117298
Short-term changes in soil pore size distribution : Impact of land use
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W., Christensen, B. T. and Munkholm, L. J. 2020. Short-term changes in soil pore size distribution : Impact of land use. Soil & Tillage Research. 199, p. 104597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104597
Discerning the Difference Between Lumens and Scalariform Perforation Plates in Impeding Water Flow in Single Xylem Vessels and Vessel Networks in Cotton
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gao, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, G., Sun, J. and Zhang, X. X. 2020. Discerning the Difference Between Lumens and Scalariform Perforation Plates in Impeding Water Flow in Single Xylem Vessels and Vessel Networks in Cotton. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11 (March 20), p. Article 246. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00246
The effects of cropping sequence, fertilization, and straw management on the yield stability of winter wheat (1986–2017) in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Macholdt, J., Piepho, H-P., Honermeier, B., Perryman, S. A. M., Macdonald, A. J. and Poulton, P. R. 2020. The effects of cropping sequence, fertilization, and straw management on the yield stability of winter wheat (1986–2017) in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 158 (1-2), pp. 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859620000301
Meta-analysis of global livestock urine-derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lopez, M., Horrocks, C. A., Charteris, A., Marsden, K. A., Ciganda, V. S., Evans, J., Chadwick, D. R. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Meta-analysis of global livestock urine-derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils. Global Change Biology. 26 (4), pp. 2002-2013. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15012
Soil degradation and recovery – changes in organic matter fractions and structural stability
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W., Christensen, B. T, Obour, P. B. and Munkholm, L. J. 2020. Soil degradation and recovery – changes in organic matter fractions and structural stability . Geoderma. 364, p. 114181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114181
Investigating the effects of inter-annual weather variation (1968-2016) on the functional response of cereal grain yield to applied nitrogen, using data from the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Addy, J., Ellis, R. H., Macdonald, A. J., Semenov, M. A. and Mead, A. 2020. Investigating the effects of inter-annual weather variation (1968-2016) on the functional response of cereal grain yield to applied nitrogen, using data from the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 284, p. 107898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107898
Soil organic carbon, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soil structural stability as affected by previous and current land-use
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Redmile-Gordon, M. A., Watts, C. W., Gregory, A. S. and White, R. P. 2020. Soil organic carbon, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soil structural stability as affected by previous and current land-use. Geoderma. 363 (1st April), p. 114143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114143
Percolation theory applied to soil tomography
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Soto-Gomez, D., Vázquez Juiz, L., Perez-Rodriguez, Lopez Periago, J.E., Paradelo, M. and Koestel, J. 2020. Percolation theory applied to soil tomography. Geoderma. 357, p. 113959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113959
Adverse weather conditions for UK wheat production under climate change
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harkness, C., Semenov, M. A., Areal, F., Senapati, N., Trnka, M., Balek, J. and Bishop, J. 2020. Adverse weather conditions for UK wheat production under climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 282-283, p. 107862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107862
Soil as an Extended Composite Phenotype of the Microbial Metagenome
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Neal, A. L., Bacq-Labreuil, A., Zhang, X., Clark, I. M., Coleman, K., Mooney, S. J., Ritz, K. and Crawford, J. W. 2020. Soil as an Extended Composite Phenotype of the Microbial Metagenome. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 10649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67631-0
A novel approach to estimate soil penetrometer resistance from water content, bulk density, and shear wave velocity: A laboratory study on a loamy sand soil
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, W., Gao, W., Ren, T. and Whalley, W. R. 2020. A novel approach to estimate soil penetrometer resistance from water content, bulk density, and shear wave velocity: A laboratory study on a loamy sand soil. Geoderma. 368 (1 June), p. 114276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114276
Model-based optimisation of agricultural profitability and nutrient management: a practical approach for dealing with issues of scale
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Milne, A. E., Coleman, K., Todman, L. C. and Whitmore, A. P. 2020. Model-based optimisation of agricultural profitability and nutrient management: a practical approach for dealing with issues of scale. Environmental Monitoring And Assessment. 192, p. 730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08699-z
Changes of oxygen isotope values of soil P pools associated with changes in soil pH
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pfahler, V., Macdonald, A. J., Mead, A., Smith, A. C., Tamburini, F., Blackwell, M. S. A. and Granger, S. J. 2020. Changes of oxygen isotope values of soil P pools associated with changes in soil pH. Scientific Reports. 10 (2065). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59103-2
Understanding the links between soil, plants, and pollinators.
F - Theses
David, T. 2019. Understanding the links between soil, plants, and pollinators. F - Theses
15N-amino sugar stable isotope probing (15N-SIP) to trace the assimilation of fertiliser-N by soil bacterial and fungal communities
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reay, M. K., Charteris, A. F., Jones, D. L. and Evershed, R. P. 2019. 15N-amino sugar stable isotope probing (15N-SIP) to trace the assimilation of fertiliser-N by soil bacterial and fungal communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 138 (Article), p. 107599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107599
The Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Soil and Crop Nutrient Concentrations
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Thomas, C. L., Acquah, G., Whitmore, A. P., McGrath, S. P. and Haefele, S. M. 2019. The Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Soil and Crop Nutrient Concentrations. Agronomy. 9 (12), p. 776. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9120776
Frost damage to maize in northeast India: assessment and estimated loss of yield by hyperspectral proximal remote sensing
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Choudhury, B. U., Webster, R., Sharma, V., Goswami, J., Meetei, T. T., Krishnappa, R. and Raju, P. L. N. 2019. Frost damage to maize in northeast India: assessment and estimated loss of yield by hyperspectral proximal remote sensing. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 13 (4), p. 044527. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.13.044527
Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Blaud, A., Carswell, A. M., Misselbrook, T. H., Clark, I. M. and Hirsch, P. R. 2019. Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil . Biology And Fertility Of Soils. pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01411-5
Scaling the nexus: Towards integrated frameworks for analysing water, energy and food
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
McGrane, S., Acuto, M., Artioli, F., Chen, P., Comber, R., Cottee, J., Farr-Wharton, G., Green, N., Helfgott, A., Larcom, S., McCann, J., O'Reilly, P., Salmoral, G., Scott, M., Todman, L. C., Van Gevelt, T. and Yan, X. 2019. Scaling the nexus: Towards integrated frameworks for analysing water, energy and food. Geographical Journal. 185 (4), pp. 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12256
Understanding how changing soil nitrogen affects plant–pollinator interactions
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
David, T., Storkey, J. and Stevens, C. J. 2019. Understanding how changing soil nitrogen affects plant–pollinator interactions. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 13 (5), pp. 671-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-019-09714-y
Learning to love the world's most hated crop
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jackson, T. A., Crawford, J. W., Traeholt, C. and Sanders, T. A. B. 2019. Learning to love the world's most hated crop. Journal of Oil Palm Research. 31 (September), pp. 331-347. https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2019.0046
Hydrogeophysics for agriculture - Capabilities and Limitations
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanchy, G., Watts, C. W. and Binley, A. 2019. Hydrogeophysics for agriculture - Capabilities and Limitations. Landwards. 74 (3), pp. 19(i-iii).
Nitrification represents the bottle-neck of sheep urine patch N2O emissions from extensively grazed organic soils
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Marsden, K. A., Holmberg, J. A., Jones, D. L., Charteris, A. F., Cardenas, L. M. and Chadwick, D. R. 2019. Nitrification represents the bottle-neck of sheep urine patch N2O emissions from extensively grazed organic soils. Science of the Total Environment. 695, p. 133786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133786
Analysis of variance in soil research: Examining the assumptions
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webster, R. and Lark, R. M. 2019. Analysis of variance in soil research: Examining the assumptions. European Journal of Soil Science. 70 (5), pp. 990-1000. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12804
Increasing the agricultural, environmental and economic benefits of farming based on suitable crop rotations and optimum fertilizer applications
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, S., Yang, L., Su, M., Ma, X., Sun, Y., Yang, M., Zhao, P., Shen, J., Zhang, F., Goulding, K. W. T., Shi, X. and Liu, X. 2019. Increasing the agricultural, environmental and economic benefits of farming based on suitable crop rotations and optimum fertilizer applications. Field Crops Research. 240, pp. 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.06.010
Impact of 13-years of nitrogen addition on nitrous oxide and methane fluxes and ecosystem respiration in a temperate grassland
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chen, S., Hao, T., Goulding, K. W. T., Misselbrook, T. H. and Liu, X. 2019. Impact of 13-years of nitrogen addition on nitrous oxide and methane fluxes and ecosystem respiration in a temperate grassland. Environmental Pollution. 252, pp. 675-681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.069