Net Zero and Resilient Farming

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

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Wetland ecosystems (book review)

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Blackwell, M. S. A. 2011. Wetland ecosystems (book review). Journal of Environmental Quality. 40, p. 1028. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2011.0002br

Rapid shift from denitrification to nitrification in soil after biogas residue application as indicated by nitrous oxide isotopomers

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Koster, J. R., Cardenas, L. M., Senbayram, M., Bol, R., Well, R., Butler, M., Muhling, K. H. and Dittert, K. 2011. Rapid shift from denitrification to nitrification in soil after biogas residue application as indicated by nitrous oxide isotopomers. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, pp. 1671-1677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.004

High rates of nitrogen cycling in volcanic soils from Chilean grasslands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dixon, E. R., Cardenas, L. M., Alfaro, M., Salazar, F. and Hatch, D. J. 2011. High rates of nitrogen cycling in volcanic soils from Chilean grasslands. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1521-1526. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4969

Differential growth of the fungus Absidia cylindrospora on 13C/15N-labelled media

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Crotty, F. V., Blackshaw, R. P. and Murray, P. J. 2011. Differential growth of the fungus Absidia cylindrospora on 13C/15N-labelled media. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1479-1484. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4888

Tracking the flow of bacterially derived 13C and 15N through soil faunal feeding channels

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Crotty, F. V., Blackshaw, R. P. and Murray, P. J. 2011. Tracking the flow of bacterially derived 13C and 15N through soil faunal feeding channels. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1503-1513. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4945

Manure management: implications for greenhouse gas emissions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chadwick, D. R., Sommer, S., Thorman, R., Fangueiro, D., Cardenas, L. M., Amon, B. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2011. Manure management: implications for greenhouse gas emissions. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 166-167, pp. 514-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.036

Wavelet analysis of the correlations between soil properties and potential nitrous oxide emission at farm and landscape scales

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Milne, A. E., Haskard, K. A., Webster, C. P., Truan, I. A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Lark, R. M. 2011. Wavelet analysis of the correlations between soil properties and potential nitrous oxide emission at farm and landscape scales. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (3), pp. 467-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2011.01361.x

Impacts of land use change on denitrifying bacteria and nitrous oxide emissions

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hirsch, P. R., Jhurreea, D., Scott, T., Misselbrook, T. H., Goulding, K. W. T. and Clark, I. M. 2011. Impacts of land use change on denitrifying bacteria and nitrous oxide emissions. Abstracts Theo Murphy Scientific Meeting: Nitrous Oxide, the Forgotten Greenhouse Gas, Chicheley, 23-24 May 2011 .

Gross and net rates of nitrogen mineralisation in soil amended with composted olive mill pomace

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2011. Gross and net rates of nitrogen mineralisation in soil amended with composted olive mill pomace. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1472-1478. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4849

Quantitative molecular biology and N2O/N2 flux measurements demonstrate carbon amendment and depth affects on the distribution and activity of sub-soil denitrifiers

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Barrett, M., Khalil, M. I., Jahangir, M. M. R., Lee, C., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, G., Richards, K. G. and O'flaherty, V. 2011. Quantitative molecular biology and N2O/N2 flux measurements demonstrate carbon amendment and depth affects on the distribution and activity of sub-soil denitrifiers. Abstracts Conference on Nitrogen and Global Change: Key Findings - Future Challenges, Edinburgh, 11-15 April 2011 .

Dairy slurry application method impacts ammonia emission and nitrate leaching in no-till corn silage

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powell, J. M., Jokela, W. E. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2011. Dairy slurry application method impacts ammonia emission and nitrate leaching in no-till corn silage. Journal of Environmental Quality. 40, pp. 383-392. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0082

Key unknowns in estimating atmospheric emissions from UK land management

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Misselbrook, T. H., Cape, J. N., Cardenas, L. M., Chadwick, D. R., Dragosits, U., Hobbs, P. J., Nemitz, E., Reis, S., Skiba, U. and Sutton, M. A. 2011. Key unknowns in estimating atmospheric emissions from UK land management. Atmospheric Environment. 45, pp. 1067-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.014

Is a specialist root-feeding insect affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Currie, A. F., Murray, P. J. and Gange, A. C. 2011. Is a specialist root-feeding insect affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? Applied Soil Ecology. 47, pp. 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.12.002

Effect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soil

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Cardenas, L. M., Butler, M., Gregory, A. S., Matthews, G. P., Whalley, W. R., Bird, N. R. A., Misselbrook, T. H., Laudone, G. M. and Scholefield, D. 2011. Effect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soil. Abstracts Conference on Nitrogen and Global Change: Key Findings - Future Challenges, Edinburgh, 11-15 April 2011 .

Development and application of a detailed inventory framework for estimating nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agriculture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, J., Cardenas, L. M., Misselbrook, T. H. and Gilhespy, S. L. 2011. Development and application of a detailed inventory framework for estimating nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agriculture. Atmospheric Environment. 45, pp. 1454-1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.014

A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dick, J., Andrews, C., Beaumont, D. A., Benham, S., Brooks, D. R., Corbett, S., Lloyd, D., Mcmillan, S., Monteith, D. T., Pilgrim, E. S., Rose, R., Scott, T., Scott, A., Smith, R. I., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Turner, A. and Watson, H. 2011. A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network. Environmetrics. 22 (5), pp. 639-648. https://doi.org/10.1002/env.1069

Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Gregory, P. J., Whalley, W. R., Quinton, J. N., Hopkins, D. W., Whitmore, A. P., Hirsch, P. R. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2011. Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services. Food Policy. 36, pp. S72-S87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.025

Soil organic matters

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Brookes, P. C., Whitmore, A. P., Goulding, K. W. T. and Hopkins, D. W. 2011. Soil organic matters. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01338.x

Using artificial fluorescent particles as tracers of livestock wastes within an agricultural catchment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Granger, S. J., Bol, R., Hawkins, J. M. B., White, S. M., Naden, P. S., Old, G. H., Marsh, J. K., Bilotta, G. S., Brazier, R. E., Macleod, C. J. A. and Haygarth, P. M. 2011. Using artificial fluorescent particles as tracers of livestock wastes within an agricultural catchment. Science of the Total Environment. 409, pp. 1095-1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.005

Estimating soil strength in the rooting zone of wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Whitmore, A. P., Whalley, W. R., Bird, N. R. A., Watts, C. W. and Gregory, A. S. 2011. Estimating soil strength in the rooting zone of wheat. Plant and Soil. 339, pp. 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0588-7

Implications for soil properties of removing cereal straw: results from long-term studies

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Glendining, M. J., Coleman, K. and Whitmore, A. P. 2011. Implications for soil properties of removing cereal straw: results from long-term studies. Agronomy Journal. 103, pp. 279-287. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2010.0146s

Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change: a critical re-examination to identify the true and the false

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Whitmore, A. P. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2011. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change: a critical re-examination to identify the true and the false. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 42-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01342.x

Pedotransfer functions for estimating total soil nitrogen up to the global scale

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Glendining, M. J., Dailey, A. G., Powlson, D. S., Richter, G. M., Catt, J. A. and Whitmore, A. P. 2011. Pedotransfer functions for estimating total soil nitrogen up to the global scale. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01336.x

Cost effectiveness of nitrate leaching mitigation measures for grassland livestock systems at locations in England and Wales

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cardenas, L. M., Cuttle, S. P., Crabtree, B., Hopkins, A., Shepherd, A., Scholefield, D. and Del Prado, A. 2011. Cost effectiveness of nitrate leaching mitigation measures for grassland livestock systems at locations in England and Wales. Science of the Total Environment. 409, pp. 1104-1115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.006

Effects of recent and accumulated livestock manure carbon additions on soil fertility and quality

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bhogal, A., Nicholson, F. A., Young, I., Sturrock, C., Whitmore, A. P. and Chambers, B. J. 2011. Effects of recent and accumulated livestock manure carbon additions on soil fertility and quality. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 174-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01319.x

Effect of antecedent soil moisture conditions on emissions and isotopologue distribution of N2O during denitrification

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bergstermann, A., Cardenas, L. M., Bol, R., Gilliam, L. M., Goulding, K. W. T., Meijide, A., Scholefield, D., Vallejo, A. and Well, R. 2011. Effect of antecedent soil moisture conditions on emissions and isotopologue distribution of N2O during denitrification. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, pp. 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.003

Soil without plants: the consequences for microorganisms and mesofauna

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Goulding, K. W. T., Murray, P. J., Sohi, S. P., Gilliam, L. M., Williams, J. K., Clark, I. M. and Hirsch, P. R. 2010. Soil without plants: the consequences for microorganisms and mesofauna. Gilkes, R. and Prakongkep, N. (ed.) Proceedings 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, 1-6 August 2010 . Australian Society of Soil Science, Warragul. pp. 1622-1625

Effect of the vineyard soil management on accumulation and properties of organic matter

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Agnelli, A., Bol, R., Corti, G., Said-Pullicino, D., Dixon, E. R. and Cocco, S. 2010. Effect of the vineyard soil management on accumulation and properties of organic matter. Abstracts Stable Isotope Mass-Spectrometry User Group (SIMSUG) Meeting, Exeter, 28-30 April 2010 .

Quantitative molecular biology and gas flux measurements demonstrate soil treatment and depth effects on the distribution and activity of denitrifiers

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Barrett, M. M., Jahangir, M., Cardenas, L. M., Khalil, M., Richards, K. R. and O'flaherty, V. 2010. Quantitative molecular biology and gas flux measurements demonstrate soil treatment and depth effects on the distribution and activity of denitrifiers. Abstracts AGU 2010 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 December 2010 . pp. B43F-06

Greenhouse gas inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990-2008. Report to the Department for Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Department of Environment (AEAT/ENV/R/3067 Issue 1)

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Sneddon, S., Brophy, N., Li, Y., Maccarthy, J., Martinez, C., Murells, T., Passant, N., Thomas, J., Thistlethwaite, G., Tsagatakis, I., Walker, H., Thomson, A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2010. Greenhouse gas inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990-2008. Report to the Department for Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Department of Environment (AEAT/ENV/R/3067 Issue 1). AEA, Didcot.

Modern isotopic methods to investigate the fate and provenance of C sequestered into soils from livestock derived organic matter

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Dungait, J. A. J., Bol, R., Bull, I. D., Chadwick, D., Amelung, W., Granger, S. J. and Evershed, R. P. 2010. Modern isotopic methods to investigate the fate and provenance of C sequestered into soils from livestock derived organic matter. Abstracts 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil Solutions for a Changing World, Brisbane, 1-6 August 2010 . pp. 11-12

Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. II. Application

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Smith, J., Gottschalk, P., Bellarby, J., Chapman, S., Lilly, A., Towers, W., Bell, J., Coleman, K., Nayak, D., Richards, M., Hillier, J., Flynn, H., Wattenbach, M., Aitkenhead, M., Yeluripati, J., Farmer, J., Milne, R., Thomson, A., Evans, C., Whitmore, A. P., Falloon, P. and Smith, P. 2010. Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. II. Application. Climate Research. 45, pp. 193-205. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr00902

Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. I. Model description and uncertainties

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Smith, J., Gottschalk, P., Bellarby, J., Chapman, S., Lilly, A., Towers, W., Bell, J., Coleman, K., Nayak, D., Richards, M., Hillier, J., Flynn, H., Wattenbach, M., Aitkenhead, M., Yeluripati, J., Farmer, J., Milne, R., Thomson, A., Evans, C., Whitmore, A. P., Falloon, P. and Smith, P. 2010. Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. I. Model description and uncertainties. Climate Research. 45, pp. 179-192. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr00899

Soil carbon sequestration for mitigating climate change: distinguishing the genuine from the imaginary

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Powlson, D. S., Whitmore, A. P. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2010. Soil carbon sequestration for mitigating climate change: distinguishing the genuine from the imaginary. in: Hillel, D. and Rosenzweig, C. (ed.) Handbook of climate change and agroecosystems Imperial College Press, London. pp. 393-402

Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Pilgrim, E. S., Macleod, C. J. A., Beaumont, D. A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Bol, R., Del Prado, A., Griffith, B. A., Orr, R. J., Shepherd, A., Wu, L. and Firbank, L. G. 2010. Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale. Yang, W., Filatova, T., Rizzoli, A., Voinov, A. A. and Swayne, D. A. (ed.) Proceedings International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Modelling for Environment's Sake, Ottawa, 5-8 July 2010 . IEMSS. pp. 8pp

Dispersal of soil-dwelling clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae in mixed plant communities

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Murray, P. J., Gregory, P. J., Granger, S. J., Headon, D. M. and Johnson, S. N. 2010. Dispersal of soil-dwelling clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae in mixed plant communities. Applied Soil Ecology. 46, pp. 422-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.09.008

Ammonia emissions from a volcanic soil after dairy slurry application

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Alfaro, M., Lagos, J., Misselbrook, T. H. and Salazar, F. 2010. Ammonia emissions from a volcanic soil after dairy slurry application. Abstracts 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisbon, 12-15 September 2010 .

Desarrollo de una herramienta de simulacion sistemica para evaluar el uso mas eficiente de los residuos provenientes de la ganaderia

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Del Prado, A., Martin-Ortega, J., Misselbrook, T. H. and Chadwick, D. R. 2010. Desarrollo de una herramienta de simulacion sistemica para evaluar el uso mas eficiente de los residuos provenientes de la ganaderia. Abstracts II Jornadas y IV Reunion de la Red Espanola de Compostaje: Compostaje de Residuos Organicos y Seguridad Medioambiental, Burgos-Palencia, 1-4 June 2010 .

Interactions among agricultural production and other ecosystem services delivered from European temperate grassland systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pilgrim, E. S., Macleod, C. J. A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Bol, R., Hogan, D. V., Chadwick, D. R., Cardenas, L. M., Misselbrook, T. H., Haygarth, P. M., Brazier, R. E., Hobbs, P., Hodgson, C. J., Jarvis, S., Dungait, J. A. J., Murray, P. J. and Firbank, L. G. 2010. Interactions among agricultural production and other ecosystem services delivered from European temperate grassland systems. Advances in Agronomy. 109, pp. 117-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385040-9.00004-9

Nitrogen leaching following a high rate of dairy slurry application on a ryegrass sward of a volcanic soil in southern Chile

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Salazar, F., Alfaro, M., Misselbrook, T. H. and Lagos, J. 2010. Nitrogen leaching following a high rate of dairy slurry application on a ryegrass sward of a volcanic soil in southern Chile. Abstracts 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisbon, 12-15 September 2010 .