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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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in terrestrial ecosystems: Its impact on plant communities and consequences across trophic levels
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stevens, C., David, T. and Storkey, J. 2018. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in terrestrial ecosystems: Its impact on plant communities and consequences across trophic levels. Functional Ecology. 32 (7), pp. 1757-1769. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13063
Blogging Climate Change: A Case Study
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Sajeev, E. P. M., Mintz-Woo, K., Damert, M., Brunner, L. and Eise, J. 2018. Blogging Climate Change: A Case Study. in: Filho, W. L., Lackner, B. and McGhie, H. (ed.) Addressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences Switzerland Springer. pp. 129-142
Direct methods to calculate the mass exchange between solutes inside and outside aggregates in macroscopic model for solute transport in aggregated soil
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, X., Wang, D. and Liu, Y. 2018. Direct methods to calculate the mass exchange between solutes inside and outside aggregates in macroscopic model for solute transport in aggregated soil. Geoderma. 320 (15), pp. 126-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.01.021
A new method to trace colloid transport pathways in macroporous soils using X‐ray computed tomography and fluorescence macrophotography
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Soto-Gomez, D., Perez‐Rodriguez, P., Vazquez Juiz, L., Lopez‐Periago, J. E. and Paradelo, M. 2018. A new method to trace colloid transport pathways in macroporous soils using X‐ray computed tomography and fluorescence macrophotography. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12783
Does selenium-enriched flour increase plasma selenium levels? Plan for a randomised controlled trial
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lochlainn, M. N., Whelan, K., Bowyer, R. C. E., Stroud, J. L. and Steves, C. J. 2018. Does selenium-enriched flour increase plasma selenium levels? Plan for a randomised controlled trial. Age And Ageing. 47 (Suppl. 2), pp. ii15-ii18. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy037.10
Factors Affecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Summer Maize on Smallholder Farms in the North China Plain
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chen, G., Cao, H., Liang, J., Ma, W., Guo, L., Zhang, S., Jiang, R., Zhang, H., Goulding, K. W. T. and Zhang, F. 2018. Factors Affecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Summer Maize on Smallholder Farms in the North China Plain. Sustainability. 10 (2), p. 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020363
Quantifying Network Dynamics and Information Flow Across Chinese Social Media During the African Ebola Outbreak
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Feng, S., Hossain, L., Crawford, J. W. and Bossomaier, T. 2018. Quantifying Network Dynamics and Information Flow Across Chinese Social Media During the African Ebola Outbreak. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 12 (1), pp. 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.29
Impact of elevated precipitation, nitrogen deposition and warming on soil respiration in a temperate desert
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Yue, P., Cui, X., Gong, Y., Li, K., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2018. Impact of elevated precipitation, nitrogen deposition and warming on soil respiration in a temperate desert. Biogeosciences. 15 (7), pp. 2007-2019. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2007-2018
Differences in bacterial composition between men’s and women’s restrooms and other common areas within a public building
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dobbler, P. C. T., Laureano, Á. M., Sarzi, D. S., Cañón, E. R. P., Metz, G. F., de Freitas, A. S., Takagaki, B. M., D´Oliveira, C.B., Pylro, V. S., Copetti, A.C., Victoria, F., Redmile-Gordon, M. A., Morais, D. K. and Roesch, L. F. W. 2018. Differences in bacterial composition between men’s and women’s restrooms and other common areas within a public building. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 111 (4), pp. 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-017-0976-6
Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Enhances Phenanthrene Degradation by Autochthonous Prokaryotic Communities from a Pristine Seawater
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rodrigues, E. M., Morais, D. K., Pylro, V. S., Redmile-Gordon, M. A., de Oliveira, J. A., Roesch, L. F. W., Cesar, D. E. and Tótola, M. R. 2018. Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Enhances Phenanthrene Degradation by Autochthonous Prokaryotic Communities from a Pristine Seawater. Microbial Ecology. 75 (3), pp. 688-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-1078-8
Rothamsted Long-term experiments : guide to the classical and other long-term experiments, datasets and sample archive
E - Books edited/written by staff member, alone/with others
Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Clark, I. M., Scott, T., Glendining, M. J., Perryman, S. A. M., Storkey, J., Bell, J. R., Shield, I. F., Mcmillan, V. E. and Hawkins, J. M. B. Macdonald, A. J. (ed.) 2018. Rothamsted Long-term experiments : guide to the classical and other long-term experiments, datasets and sample archive. Rothamsted Research, Harpenden.
Agriculture, food security and the sustainable development goals: theory and practice in three development contexts
C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Gil, J. D. B., Reidsma, P., Giller, K. E., Todman, L. C. and Van Ittersum, M. K. 2018. Agriculture, food security and the sustainable development goals: theory and practice in three development contexts. SustEcon Conference, Berlin, 2017-09-25/2017-09-26.
Analysis of variance in soil research : let the analysis fit the action
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webster, R. and Lark, R. M. 2018. Analysis of variance in soil research : let the analysis fit the action. European Journal of Soil Science. 69 (1), pp. 216-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12511
Correspondence of measured soil carbon fractions and RothC pools for equilibrium and non-equilibrium states
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Herbst, M., Welp, G., Macdonald, A. J., Jate, M., Hädicke, A., Scherer, H., Gaiser, T., Herrmann, F., Amelung, W. and Vanderborght, J. 2018. Correspondence of measured soil carbon fractions and RothC pools for equilibrium and non-equilibrium states. Geoderma. 314 (Supplement C), pp. 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.10.047
Humic acids modify the pulse size distributions in the characterization of plastic microparticles by Tunable Resistive Pulse Sensing
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Vazquez Juiz, M.L., Soto Gomez, D., Perez Rodriguez, P., Paradelo, M. and Lopez Periago, J. E. 2018. Humic acids modify the pulse size distributions in the characterization of plastic microparticles by Tunable Resistive Pulse Sensing. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 218, pp. 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.10.008
Co-producers data: open access tests trust
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stroud, J. L. 2018. Co-producers data: open access tests trust. Nature. 562, p. 344. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07059-9
Particle Leaching Rates from a Loamy Soil Are Controlled by the Mineral Fines Content and the Degree of Preferential Flow
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Norgaard, T., Paradelo, M., Moldrup, P., Katuwal, S. and De Jonge, L.W. 2018. Particle Leaching Rates from a Loamy Soil Are Controlled by the Mineral Fines Content and the Degree of Preferential Flow. Journal of Environmental Quality. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2018.02.0065
4 per mille – is it feasible to sequester soil carbon at this rate annually in agricultural soils?
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Powlson, D. S., Poulton, P. R., Macdonald, A. J., Johnston, A. E., White, R. P. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2018. 4 per mille – is it feasible to sequester soil carbon at this rate annually in agricultural soils?
Microbial and plant-derived compounds both contribute to persistent soil organic carbon in temperate soils
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barre, P., Quenea, K., Vidal, A., Cecillon, L., Christensen, B. T., Katterer, T., Macdonald, A. J., Petit, L., Plante, A. F., Van Oort, F. and Chenu, C. 2018. Microbial and plant-derived compounds both contribute to persistent soil organic carbon in temperate soils. Biogeochemistry. 140, pp. 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0475-5
Water flow across the interface of contrasting materials: Pressure discontinuity and its implications
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, Z., Wang, D., Zhang, X. and Crawford, J. W. 2018. Water flow across the interface of contrasting materials: Pressure discontinuity and its implications . Journal of Hydrology. 566, pp. 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.09.029
A model based on Rock-Eval thermal analysis to quantify the size of the centennially persistent organic carbon pool in temperate soils
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cecillon, L., Baudin, F., Chenu, C., Houot, S., Jolivet, R., Katterer, T., Lutfalla, S., Macdonald, A. J., Van Oort, F., Plante, A. F., Savignac, F., Soucemarianadin, L. N. and Barre, P. 2018. A model based on Rock-Eval thermal analysis to quantify the size of the centennially persistent organic carbon pool in temperate soils . Biogeosciences. 15 (9), pp. 2835-2849. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2835-2018
Soil Water Retention: Uni-Modal Models of Pore-Size Distribution Neglect Impacts of Soil Management
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W., Christensen, B. T. and Munkholm, L. J. 2018. Soil Water Retention: Uni-Modal Models of Pore-Size Distribution Neglect Impacts of Soil Management. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 83 (1), pp. 18-26. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.06.0238
Spatial Analysis of Digital Imagery of Weeds in a Maize Crop
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
San-Martin-Hernandez, C., Milne, A. E., Webster, R., Storkey, J., Andujar, D., Fernandez-Quintanilla, C. and Dorado, J. 2018. Spatial Analysis of Digital Imagery of Weeds in a Maize Crop. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7 (2), pp. 61-81. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7020061
Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Metcalfe, H., Milne, A. E., Webster, R., Lark, R. M., Murdoch, A. J., Kanelo, L. and Storkey, J. 2018. Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale. Weed Research. 58 (3), pp. 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12300
Effective methods to reduce cadmium accumulation in rice grain
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chen, H., Zhang, W., Yang, X., Wang, P., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2018. Effective methods to reduce cadmium accumulation in rice grain. Chemosphere. 207, pp. 699-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.143
Converting loss-on-ignition to organic carbon content in arable topsoil: Pitfalls and proposed procedure
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jensen, J. L., Christensen, B. T., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W. and Munkholm, L. J. 2018. Converting loss-on-ignition to organic carbon content in arable topsoil: Pitfalls and proposed procedure . European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12558
Spatial zoning of microbial functions and plant-soil nitrogen dynamics across a riparian area in an extensively grazed livestock system
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
De Sosa, L. L., Glanville, C. C., Marshall, M. R., Williams, A. P., Abadie, M., Clark, I. M., Blaud, A. and Jones, D. L. 2018. Spatial zoning of microbial functions and plant-soil nitrogen dynamics across a riparian area in an extensively grazed livestock system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 120, pp. 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.02.004
Effects of cropping systems upon the three-dimensional architecture of soil systems are highly contingent upon texture
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Baco-Labreuil, A., Crawford, J. W., Mooney, S. J., Neal, A. L., Akkari, E., Mcauliffe, C., Zhang, X. X., Redmile-Gordon, M. A. and Ritz, K. 2018. Effects of cropping systems upon the three-dimensional architecture of soil systems are highly contingent upon texture. Geoderma. 332, pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.07.002
Soil organic matter widens the range of water contents for tillage
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Obour, P. B., Jensen, J. L., Lamande, M., Watts, C. W. and Munkholm, L. J. 2018. Soil organic matter widens the range of water contents for tillage. Soil & Tillage Research. 182 (October), pp. 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.05.001
Major limitations to achieving 4 per 1000 increases in soil organic carbon stock in temperate regions: evidence from long-term experiments at Rothamsted Research, UK
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Poulton, P. R., Johnston, A. E., Macdonald, A. J., White, R. P. and Powlson, D. S. 2018. Major limitations to achieving 4 per 1000 increases in soil organic carbon stock in temperate regions: evidence from long-term experiments at Rothamsted Research, UK. Global Change Biology. 24 (6), pp. 2563-2584. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14066
A comparison of GPR early-time signal approaches for mapping changes in shallow soil water content
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Algeo, J., Slater, L., Binley, A., Van Dam, R. L. and Watts, C. W. 2018. A comparison of GPR early-time signal approaches for mapping changes in shallow soil water content. Vadose Zone Journal. 17 (1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.01.0001
Cumulative and partially recoverable impacts of nitrogen addition on a temperate steppe
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hao, T., Song, L., Goulding, K. W. T., Zhang, F. and Liu, X. 2018. Cumulative and partially recoverable impacts of nitrogen addition on a temperate steppe. Ecological Applications. 28 (1), pp. 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1647
Impact of two centuries of intensive agriculture on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the UK
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Muhammed, S. E., Coleman, K., Wu, L., Bell, V. A., Davies, J. A. C., Carnell, E. J., Tomlinson, S. J., Dore, A. J., Dragosits, U., Naden, P. S., Glendining, M. J., Whitmore, A. P. and Tipping, E. 2018. Impact of two centuries of intensive agriculture on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the UK. Science of the Total Environment. 634 (1 September), pp. 1486-1504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.378
A novel dielectric tensiometer enabling precision PID-based irrigation control of polytunnel-grown strawberries in coir
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goodchild, M. S., Jenkins, M. D., Whalley, W. R. and Watts, C. W. 2018. A novel dielectric tensiometer enabling precision PID-based irrigation control of polytunnel-grown strawberries in coir. Biosystems Engineering. 165 (January), pp. 70-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.10.018
Agronomic and environmental causes of yield and nitrogen use efficiency gaps in Chinese rice farming systems
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
An, N., Wei, W., Qiao, L., Zhang, F., Christie, P., Jiang, R., Dobermann, A., Goulding, K. W. T., Fan, J. and Fan, M. 2018. Agronomic and environmental causes of yield and nitrogen use efficiency gaps in Chinese rice farming systems. European Journal of Agronomy. 93, pp. 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2017.11.001
The electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA): an online resource for data from the Rothamsted long-term experiments
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Perryman, S. A. M., Castells-Brooke, N. I. D., Glendining, M. J., Goulding, K. W. T., Hawkesford, M. J., Macdonald, A. J., Ostler, R. J., Poulton, P. R., Rawlings, C. J., Scott, T. and Verrier, P. J. 2018. The electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA): an online resource for data from the Rothamsted long-term experiments. Scientific Data. 5, p. 180072. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.72
Grassland futures in Great Britain – productivity assessment and scenarios for land use change opportunities
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Qi, A., Holland, R.A., Taylor, G. and Richter, G. M. 2018. Grassland futures in Great Britain – productivity assessment and scenarios for land use change opportunities. Science of the Total Environment. 634, pp. 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.395
Woburn Experimental Farm Soil and Field Maps
D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Watts, C. W., Glendining, M. J. and Castells-Brooke, N. I. D. 2017. Woburn Experimental Farm Soil and Field Maps. https://doi.org/10.23637/ws-soil-maps-01
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform - InveN2Ory. Fertiliser experimental site in Bedfordshire, 2011
N - Datasets
Cardenas, L. M., Webster, C. P. and Donovan, N. 2017. Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform - InveN2Ory. Fertiliser experimental site in Bedfordshire, 2011. Freshwater Biological Assoc. https://doi.org/10.17865/ghgno613
The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chen, Y., Sun, S-K., Tang, Z., Liu, G., Moore, K. L., Maathuis, F. J. M., Miller, A. J., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2017. The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68 (11), pp. 3007-3016. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx165