Net Zero and Resilient Farming

TitleNet Zero and Resilient Farming
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadAdrian Collins
Executive AssistantKirsty Tooke

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Legacy effects override soil properties for CO2 and N2O but not CH4 emissions following digestate application to soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rosace, M. C., Veronesi, F., Briggs, S., Jeffery, S. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Legacy effects override soil properties for CO2 and N2O but not CH4 emissions following digestate application to soil. Global Change Biology. Bioenergy. 12, p. 445–457. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12688

Comparing grain size composition of inter-rill and rill-eroded sediment from cultivated hillslope soils using caesium-134 and cobalt-60 as tracers

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Greenwood, P. and Zhang, Y. 2020. Comparing grain size composition of inter-rill and rill-eroded sediment from cultivated hillslope soils using caesium-134 and cobalt-60 as tracers. Soil & Tillage Research. 198, p. 104532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.104532

Incorporating a fresh mixed annual ryegrass and berseem clover forage into the winter diet of dairy cows resulted in reduced milk yield, but reduced nitrogen excretion and reduced methane yield

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Enriquez-Hidalgo, D., Teixeira, D. L., Pinheiro Machado Filho, L. C., Hennessy, D., Toro-Mujica, P., Williams, S. R. O. and Pereira, F. C. 2020. Incorporating a fresh mixed annual ryegrass and berseem clover forage into the winter diet of dairy cows resulted in reduced milk yield, but reduced nitrogen excretion and reduced methane yield. Frontiers in veterinary science. 7, p. 576944. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.576944

Climate Change Dominated Long‐Term Soil Carbon Losses of Inner Mongolian Grasslands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xin, X., Jin, D., Ge, Y., Wang, J., Chen, J., Qi, J., Chu, H., Shao, C., Murray, P. J., Zhao, R., Qin, Q. and Tang, H. 2020. Climate Change Dominated Long‐Term Soil Carbon Losses of Inner Mongolian Grasslands. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34 (10), p. e2020GB006559. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006559

Mapping wind erosion hazard with regression-based machine learning algorithms

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gholami, H., Mohammadifar, A., Bui, D.T. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Mapping wind erosion hazard with regression-based machine learning algorithms. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 20494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77567-0

Obtaining more benefits from crop residues as soil amendments by application as chemically heterogeneous mixtures

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Struijk, M., Whitmore, A. P., Mortimer, S. R. and Sizmur, T. 2020. Obtaining more benefits from crop residues as soil amendments by application as chemically heterogeneous mixtures. Soil. 6 (2), p. 467–481. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-467-2020

Interplay between productive traits, the social rank and the cow's stability in the order of entrance to the milking parlour

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Vargas-Bello-Perez, E., Bastías-Ruz, J., Toro-Mujica, P., Teixeira, D. L. and Enriquez-Hidalgo, D. 2020. Interplay between productive traits, the social rank and the cow's stability in the order of entrance to the milking parlour. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 158, pp. 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002185962000088X

Are annual nitrous oxide fluxes sensitive to warming and increasing precipitation in the Gurbantunggut Desert?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Yue, P., Cui, X., Wu, W., Gong, Y., Li, K., Misselbrook, T. H. and Liu, X. 2020. Are annual nitrous oxide fluxes sensitive to warming and increasing precipitation in the Gurbantunggut Desert? Land Degradation & Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3636

The progress of composting technologies from static heap to intelligent reactor: Benefits and limitations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, Z., Wang, X., Wang, F., Bai, Z., Chadwick, D. R., Misselbrook, T. H. and Ma, L. 2020. The progress of composting technologies from static heap to intelligent reactor: Benefits and limitations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 270, p. 122328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122328

Assessment of Animal-Based Pig Welfare Outcomes on Farm and at the Abattoir: A Case Study

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Teixeira, D. L., Salazar, L. C., Enriquez-Hidalgo, D. and Boyle, L. A. 2020. Assessment of Animal-Based Pig Welfare Outcomes on Farm and at the Abattoir: A Case Study. Frontiers in veterinary science. 7, p. 576942. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.576942

Modelling Chinese grassland systems to improve herder livelihoods and grassland sustainability

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Behrendt, K., Takahashi, T., Kemp, D. R., Han, G., Li, Z., Wang, Z., Badgery, W. and Liu, H. 2020. Modelling Chinese grassland systems to improve herder livelihoods and grassland sustainability. Rangeland Journal. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20053

Evaluating the potential of different carbon sources to promote denitrification

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dlamini, J. C., Chadwick, D. R., Hawkins, J. M. B., Martinez, J., Scholefield, D., Ma, Y. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Evaluating the potential of different carbon sources to promote denitrification. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 158 (3), pp. 194-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859620000520

Comparing Extraction Methods for Biomarker Steroid Characterisation from Soil and Slurry

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Manley, A., Collins, A. L., Joynes, A., Mellander, P. E. and Jordan, P. 2020. Comparing Extraction Methods for Biomarker Steroid Characterisation from Soil and Slurry. Water Air And Soil Pollution. 231 (10), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04871-w

Using catchment characteristics to model seasonality of dissolved organic carbon fluxes in semi-arid mountainous headwaters

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nosrati, K., Collins, A. L. and Fiener, P. 2020. Using catchment characteristics to model seasonality of dissolved organic carbon fluxes in semi-arid mountainous headwaters. Environmental Monitoring And Assessment. 192 (Article), p. 674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08626-2

CIEL Net zero carbon and uk livestock

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Magowan, E., Buckingham, S., McAuliffe, G., Rees, R and Lee, M. R. F. 2020. CIEL Net zero carbon and uk livestock.

Occurrence and 15N-quantification of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in N-fertilised soils incubated under oxygen-limiting conditions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Castellano-Hinojosa, A., Charteris, A. F., Mueller, C., Jansen-Willems, A., Gonzalez-Lopez, J., Bedmar, E. J., Carrillo, P. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Occurrence and 15N-quantification of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in N-fertilised soils incubated under oxygen-limiting conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143, p. 107757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107757

Sheep urination frequency, volume, N excretion and chemical composition: Implications for subsequent agricultural N losses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Marsden, K. A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J. A., Whelan, M. J., King, A. J., Wilson, R. P., Charteris, A. F., Cardenas, L. M., Jones, D.L. and Chadwick, D. R. 2020. Sheep urination frequency, volume, N excretion and chemical composition: Implications for subsequent agricultural N losses. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 302, p. 107073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107073

Adjusting for conditional bias in process model simulations of hydrological extremes: an experiment using the North Wyke Farm Platform

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Curceac, S., Atkinson, P. M., Milne, A. E., Wu, L. and Harris, P. 2020. Adjusting for conditional bias in process model simulations of hydrological extremes: an experiment using the North Wyke Farm Platform. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 3 (82). https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2020.565859

Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Clark, I. M., Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Dixon, E. R., Blaud, A. and Hirsch, P. R. 2020. Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment. Scientific Reports. 10 (Article), p. 16053. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72679-z

A strategy for modelling heavy-tailed greenhouse gases (GHG) data using the generalised extreme value distribution: Are we overestimating GHG flux using the sample mean?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dhanoa, D., Louro-Lopez, A., Cardenas, L. M., Shepherd, A., Sanderson, R. and Lopez, S. 2020. A strategy for modelling heavy-tailed greenhouse gases (GHG) data using the generalised extreme value distribution: Are we overestimating GHG flux using the sample mean? Atmospheric Environment. 237, p. 117500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117500

Sediment sources, soil loss rates and sediment yields in a Karst plateau catchment in Southwest China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cheng, Q., Wang, S., Peng, T., Cao, L., Zhang, X., Buckerfield, S. J., Zhang, Y. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Sediment sources, soil loss rates and sediment yields in a Karst plateau catchment in Southwest China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 304, p. 107114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107114

Source fingerprinting loess deposits in Central Asia using elemental geochemistry with Bayesian and GLUE models

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, Y., Gholami, H., Song, Y., Fathabadi, A., Malakooti, H. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Source fingerprinting loess deposits in Central Asia using elemental geochemistry with Bayesian and GLUE models. Catena. 194, p. 104808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104808

Influence of Cutting Date on Phenotypic Variation in Fatty Acid Concentrations of Perennial Ryegrass Genotypes from a Breeding Population

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Morgan, S. A., Huws, S. A. and Scollan, N. D. 2020. Influence of Cutting Date on Phenotypic Variation in Fatty Acid Concentrations of Perennial Ryegrass Genotypes from a Breeding Population. Agronomy. 10 (10), p. 1571. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10101517

The Mineral Composition of Wild Type and Cultivated Varieties of Pasture Species

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Darch, T., McGrath, S. P., Lee, M. R. F., Beaumont, D. A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Horrocks, C. A., Evans, J. and Storkey, J. 2020. The Mineral Composition of Wild Type and Cultivated Varieties of Pasture Species. Agronomy. 10 (10), p. 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10101463

Influence of Geographical Effects in Hedonic Pricing Models for Grass-Fed Cattle in Uruguay

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, P., Lanfanco, B., Lu, B. and Comber, A. 2020. Influence of Geographical Effects in Hedonic Pricing Models for Grass-Fed Cattle in Uruguay. Agriculture - Basel. 10, p. 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10070299

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

Fate and transfer of heavy metals following repeated biogas slurry application in a rice-wheat crop rotation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tang, Y., Wang, L., Carswell, A. M., Misselbrook, T. H., Shen, J. and Han, J. 2020. Fate and transfer of heavy metals following repeated biogas slurry application in a rice-wheat crop rotation. Journal of Environmental Management. 270, p. 110938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110938

Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Collins, A. L., Blackwell, M. S. A., Boeckx, P., Chivers, C-A., Emelko, M., Evrad, O., Foster, I., Gellis, A., Gholami, H., Granger, S. J., Harris, P., Horowitz, A. J., Laceby, J. P., Martinez-Carreras, N., Minella, J., Mol, L., Nosrati, K., Pulley, S., Silins, U., Da Silva, Y. J., Stone, M., Tiecher, T., Upadhayay, H. and Zhang, Y. 2020. Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 20, pp. 4160-4193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02755-4

Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pilotto, F., Kuhn, I., Adrian, R., Alber, R., Alignier, A., Andrews, C., Back, J., Barbaro, L., Beaumont, D. A., Beenaerts, N., Benham, S., Boukal, D. S., Bretagnolle, V., Camatti, E., Canullo, R., Cardoso, P. G., Ens, B. J., Everaert, G., Evtimova, V., Feuchtmayr, H., Garcia-Gonzalez, R., Garcia, D. G., Grandin, U., Gutowski, J. M., Hadar, L., Halada, L., Halassy, M., Hummel, H., Huttunen, K., Jaroszewicz, B., Jensen, T. C., Kalivoda, H., Schmidt, I. K., Kroncke, I., Leinonen, R., Martinho, F., Meesenburg, H., Meyer, J., Minerbi, S., Monteith, D., Nikolov, B. P., Oro, D., Ozolins, D., Padedda, B. M., Pallett, D., Pansera, M., Pardal, M. A., Petriccione, B., Pipan, T., Poyry, J., Schafer, S. M., Schaub, M., Schneider, S. C., Skuja, A., Soetaert, K., Springe, G., Stanchev, R., Stockan, J. A., Stoll, S., Sundqvist, L., Thimonier, A., Hoey, G. V., Ryckegem, G. V., Visser, M. E. and Haase, S. V. &. P. 2020. Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe. Nature Communications. 11, p. 3486. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17171-y

Sediment loss in response to scheduled pasture ploughing and reseeding: The importance of soil moisture content in controlling risk

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Sediment loss in response to scheduled pasture ploughing and reseeding: The importance of soil moisture content in controlling risk. Soil & Tillage Research. 204, p. 104746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104746

A new integrated data mining model to map spatial variation in the susceptibility of land to act as a source of aeolian dust

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gholami, H., Mohammadifar, A., Pourghasemi, H. R. and Collins, A. L. 2020. A new integrated data mining model to map spatial variation in the susceptibility of land to act as a source of aeolian dust. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10168-6

Crop Sequence Generator (Version v1.0)

J - Computer programs
Metcalfe, H. 2020. Crop Sequence Generator (Version v1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3751018

Spatial Modelling of Within-Field Weed Populations - a Review

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Somerville, G. J., Sonderskov, M., Mathiassen, S. K. and Metcalfe, H. 2020. Spatial Modelling of Within-Field Weed Populations - a Review. Agronomy. 10 (7), p. 1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10071044

What is a good level of soil organic matter? An index based on organic carbon to clay ratio

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Prout, J. M., Shepherd, K. D., McGrath, S. P., Kirk, G. J. D. and Haefele, S. M. 2020. What is a good level of soil organic matter? An index based on organic carbon to clay ratio. European Journal of Soil Science. pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13012

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

Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Milne, A. E., Gashu, D., Lark, R. M., Ameded, T., Bailey, E. H., Chagumaira, C., Dunham, S. J., Gameda, S., Kumssa, D. B., Mossa, A. W., Walsh, M. G., Wilson, L., Young, S. D., Ander, E. L., Joy, M. R. B. ., McGrath, S. P. and Broadley, M. 2020. Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment. 733, p. 139231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139231

Measured ammonia emissions from tropical and subtropical pastures: A comparison with 2006 IPCC, 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC, and EMEP/EEA (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme and European Environmental Agency) inventory estimates.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Arndt, C., Misselbrook, T. H., Vega, A., Gonzalez-Quintero, R., Chavarro-Lobo, J. A., Mazzetto, A. M. and Chadwick, D. R. 2020. Measured ammonia emissions from tropical and subtropical pastures: A comparison with 2006 IPCC, 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC, and EMEP/EEA (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme and European Environmental Agency) inventory estimates. Journal of Dairy Science. 103, pp. 6706-6715. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17825

Using the Budyko hypothesis for detecting and attributing changes in runoff to climate and vegetation change in the soft sandstone area of the middle Yellow River basin, China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, H., Shi, C., Zhang, Y., Ning, T., Sun, P., Liu, X., Ma, X., Liu, W. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Using the Budyko hypothesis for detecting and attributing changes in runoff to climate and vegetation change in the soft sandstone area of the middle Yellow River basin, China . Science of the Total Environment. 703, p. 135588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135588

Mapping the spatial sources of atmospheric dust using GLUE and Monte Carlo simulation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gholami, H., Rahimi, S., Fathabadi, A., Habibi, S. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Mapping the spatial sources of atmospheric dust using GLUE and Monte Carlo simulation. Science of the Total Environment. 723, p. 138090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138090

Strategies to reduce nutrient pollution from manure management in China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chadwick, D. R., Williams, J. R., Lu, Y., Ma, L., Bai, Z., Hou, Y., Chen, X. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2020. Strategies to reduce nutrient pollution from manure management in China . Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering - FASE. 7 (1), pp. 45-55. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2019293

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