Net Zero and Resilient Farming

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

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Gully erosion spatial modelling - Role of machine learning algorithms in selection of the best controlling factors and modelling process

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pourghasemi, H. R., Sadhasivam, N., Kariminejad, N. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Gully erosion spatial modelling - Role of machine learning algorithms in selection of the best controlling factors and modelling process. Geoscience Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2020.03.005

Storm dust source fingerprinting for different particle size fractions using colour and magnetic susceptibility and a Bayesian un-mixing model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nosrati, K., Akbari-Mahdiabad, M., Ayoubi, S., Degos, E., Koubansky, A., Coquatrix, Q., Pulley, S. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Storm dust source fingerprinting for different particle size fractions using colour and magnetic susceptibility and a Bayesian un-mixing model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27, p. 31578–31594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09249-3

Catchment-wide variations and biogeochemical time lags in soil fatty acid carbon isotope composition for different land uses: Implications for sediment source classification

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Upadhayay, H. R., Griepentrog, M., Bode, S., Bajracharya, R. M., Cornelis, W., Collins, A. L. and Boeckx, P. 2020. Catchment-wide variations and biogeochemical time lags in soil fatty acid carbon isotope composition for different land uses: Implications for sediment source classification. Organic Geochemistry. 146, p. 104048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104048

Acidification of manure reduces gaseous emissions and nutrient losses from subsequent composting process

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cao, Y., Wang, X., Liu, L., Velthof, G. L., Misselbrook, T. H., Bai, Z. and Ma, L. 2020. Acidification of manure reduces gaseous emissions and nutrient losses from subsequent composting process. Journal of Environmental Management. 264, p. 110454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110454

Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sandor, R., Ehrhardt, F., Grace, P., Reous, S., Smith, P., Snow, V., Soussana, J-F., Basso, B., Bhatia, S., Brilli, L., Doltra, J., Dorich, C. D., Doro, L., Fitton, N., Grant, B, Harrison, M. T., Skiba, U., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., Klumpp, K., Laville, P., Leonard, J., Martin, R., Massad, R. S., Moore, A., Myrgiotis, V., Pattey, E., Zhang, Q., Rolinski, S., Sharp, J., Smith, W., Wu, L. and Bellocchi, G. 2020. Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands . Field Crops Research. 252, p. 107791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107791

Experimental Investigation of Erosion Characteristics of Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediments

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Krishnappan, B. G., Stone, M., Granger, S. J., Upadhayay, H. R., Tang, Q., Zhang, Y. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Experimental Investigation of Erosion Characteristics of Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediments. Water. 12 (5), p. 1511. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051511

Decarboxylation of organic anions to alleviate acidification of red soils from urea application

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cai, Z., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., Wang, B., Wen, S., Misselbrook, T. H., Carswell, A. M., Duan, Y. and Gao, S. 2020. Decarboxylation of organic anions to alleviate acidification of red soils from urea application. Journal of Soils and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02630-2

Elucidating three-way interactions between soil, pasture and animals that regulate nitrous oxide emissions from temperate grazing systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
McAuliffe, G., Lopez, M., Blackwell, M. S. A., Castellano-Hinojosa, A., Darch, T., Evans, J., Horrocks, C. A., Le Cocq, K., Takahashi, T., Harris, P., Lee, M. R. F. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Elucidating three-way interactions between soil, pasture and animals that regulate nitrous oxide emissions from temperate grazing systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 300, p. 106978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106978

UK aphid migration percentiles, covariates and model outputs from the Rothamsted Insect Survey's 12.2 m suction-trap network: 1965 to 2018

N - Datasets
Bourhis, Y., Bell, J. R., Van Den Bosch, F. and Milne, A. E. 2020. UK aphid migration percentiles, covariates and model outputs from the Rothamsted Insect Survey's 12.2 m suction-trap network: 1965 to 2018. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.979yv

Effect of combining urea fertilizer with P and K fertilizers on the efficacy of urease inhibitors under different storage conditions.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Lv, T., Staal, M., Ma, X., Wen, Z., Li, Q., Pasda, G., Misselbrook, T. H. and Liu, X. 2020. Effect of combining urea fertilizer with P and K fertilizers on the efficacy of urease inhibitors under different storage conditions. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 20, pp. 2130-2140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02534-w

Nitrogen stabilizers mitigate reactive N and greenhouse gas emissions from an arable soil in North China Plain: Field and laboratory investigation.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Ma, X., Loick, N., Lv, T., Cardenas, L. M., Ma, Y., Liu, X. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2020. Nitrogen stabilizers mitigate reactive N and greenhouse gas emissions from an arable soil in North China Plain: Field and laboratory investigation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 258, p. 121025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121025

LINGRA-N Grassland Management Tool

J - Computer programs
Giannitsopoulos, M., Burgess, P., Richter, G. M., Bell, M., Topp, C. F. E., Ingram, J. and Takahashi, T. 2020. LINGRA-N Grassland Management Tool. https://doi.org/10.17862/cranfield.rd.11359613

Crop Type Exerts Greater Influence Upon Rhizosphere Phosphohydrolase Gene Abundance and Phylogenetic Diversity than Phosphorus Fertilization.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Neal, A. L., McLaren, T., Campolino, M. L., Hughes, D. J., Coelho, A. M., De Paula Lana, U. G., Gomes, E. A. and De Sousa, S. M. 2020. Crop Type Exerts Greater Influence Upon Rhizosphere Phosphohydrolase Gene Abundance and Phylogenetic Diversity than Phosphorus Fertilization. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97 (4), p. fiab033. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab033

An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
MacLaren, C., Storkey, J., Menegat, A., Metcalfe, H. and Dehnen-Schmutz, K. 2020. An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 40, p. article 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-020-00631-6

The amount, but not the proportion, of N2 fixation and transfers to neighboring plants varies across grassland soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, Y., Carswell, A. M., Jiang, R., Cardenas, L. M., Chen, D. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2020. The amount, but not the proportion, of N2 fixation and transfers to neighboring plants varies across grassland soils. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 66 (3), pp. 481-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2020.1742075

The representation of sediment source group tracer distributions in Monte Carlo uncertainty routines for fingerprinting: An analysis of accuracy and precision using data for four contrasting catchments

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S., Collins, A. L. and Laceby, J. P. 2020. The representation of sediment source group tracer distributions in Monte Carlo uncertainty routines for fingerprinting: An analysis of accuracy and precision using data for four contrasting catchments. Hydrological Processes. 34 (11), pp. 2381-2400. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13736

Modelling long-term impacts of fertilization and liming on soil acidification at Rothamsted experimental station

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xu, D., Carswell, A. M., Zhu, Q., Zhang, F. and De Vries, W. 2020. Modelling long-term impacts of fertilization and liming on soil acidification at Rothamsted experimental station. Science of the Total Environment. 713 (15 April), p. 136249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136249

Economic and welfare impacts of providing good life opportunities to farm animals

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stokes, J. E., Mullan, S., Takahashi, T., Monte, F. and Main, D. C. J. 2020. Economic and welfare impacts of providing good life opportunities to farm animals. Animals. 10 (4), p. 610. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040610

An evaluation of automated GPD threshold selection methods for hydrological extremes across different scales

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Curceac, S., Atkinson, P. M., Milne, A. E., Wu, L. and Harris, P. 2020. An evaluation of automated GPD threshold selection methods for hydrological extremes across different scales. Journal of Hydrology. 585, p. 124845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124845

The ‘Palo a Pique’ Long-Term Research Platform: First 25 years of a Crop-Livestock Experiment in Uruguay

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rovira, P., Ayala, W., Terra, J., Garcia-Prechac, F, Harris, P., Lee, M. R. F. and Rivero, M. J. 2020. The ‘Palo a Pique’ Long-Term Research Platform: First 25 years of a Crop-Livestock Experiment in Uruguay. Agronomy. 10 (3), p. 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10030441

Dry cropland changes in China's Three Gorges Reservoir Region during the period 1990 to 2015

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, M., Tian, F., He, X., Anjum, R., Bao, Y. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Dry cropland changes in China's Three Gorges Reservoir Region during the period 1990 to 2015. Journal of Mountain Science. 17, pp. 516-527. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-019-5598-1

Effect of N stabilizers on fertilizer-N fate in the soil-crop system: A metaanalysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Ma, X., Wang, J., Lv, T., Li, Q., Misselbrook, T. H. and Liu, X. 2020. Effect of N stabilizers on fertilizer-N fate in the soil-crop system: A metaanalysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 290, p. 106763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106763

Phosphorus leaching from riparian soils with differing management histories under three grass species

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Roberts, W. M., George, T. S., Stutter, M. I., Louro, A., Ali, M. and Haygarth, P. M. 2020. Phosphorus leaching from riparian soils with differing management histories under three grass species. Journal of Environmental Quality. 49 (1), pp. 74-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20037

Phenotypic variation and relationships between fatty acid concentrations and feed value of perennial ryegrass genotypes from a breeding population

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Morgan, S. A., Huws, S. A., Lister, S. J., Sanderson, R. and Scollan, N. D. 2020. Phenotypic variation and relationships between fatty acid concentrations and feed value of perennial ryegrass genotypes from a breeding population. Agronomy. 10 (3), p. 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10030343

The effect of competition on the control of invading plant pathogens

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sharp, R.T., Van Den Bosch, F. and Shaw, M. W. 2020. The effect of competition on the control of invading plant pathogens. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57 (7), pp. 1403-1412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13618

Methane Emissions, Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Different Lines of Beef Steers Reared on Pasture and Finished in Feedlot

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Meo-Filho, P., Berndt, A., Marcondes, C. R., Pedroso, A. F., Sakamoto, L.S., Boas, D. F. V., Rodrigues, P. H. M., Rivero, M. J. and Bueno, I. C. S. 2020. Methane Emissions, Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Different Lines of Beef Steers Reared on Pasture and Finished in Feedlot. Animals. 10 (2), p. 303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10020303

Sensitivity of source apportionment predicted by a Bayesian tracer mixing model to the inclusion of a sediment connectivity index as an informative prior: Illustration using the Kharka catchment (Nepal)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Upadhayay, H. R., Lamichhane, S., Bajracharya, R. M., Cornelis, W., Collins, A. L. and Boeckx, P. 2020. Sensitivity of source apportionment predicted by a Bayesian tracer mixing model to the inclusion of a sediment connectivity index as an informative prior: Illustration using the Kharka catchment (Nepal). Science of the Total Environment. 713, p. 136703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136703

Lactoferrin quantification in cattle faeces by ELISA

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cooke, A. S., Watt, K. A., Albery, G. F., Morgan, E. R. and Dungait, J. A. J. 2020. Lactoferrin quantification in cattle faeces by ELISA. PeerJ. 8, p. e8631. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8631

Optimizing farmyard manure and cattle slurry applications for intensively managed grasslands based on UK-DNDC model simulations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shah, S. H. H., Li, Y., Wang, J. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Optimizing farmyard manure and cattle slurry applications for intensively managed grasslands based on UK-DNDC model simulations. Science of the Total Environment. 714, p. 136672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136672

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

Assessment of nitrogen uptake and biological nitrogen fixation responses of soybean to nitrogen fertiliser with SPACSYS

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wu, L., Misselbrook, T. H., L. Feng and Wu, L. 2020. Assessment of nitrogen uptake and biological nitrogen fixation responses of soybean to nitrogen fertiliser with SPACSYS. Sustainability. 12 (15), p. 5921. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12155921

Above- and below-ground assessment of carabid community responses to crop type and tillage

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jowett, K., Milne, A. E., Garrett, D., Potts, S. G., Senapathi, D. and Storkey, J. 2020. Above- and below-ground assessment of carabid community responses to crop type and tillage. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12397

Spatial mapping of the provenance of storm dust: Application of data mining and ensemble modelling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gholami, G., Mohamadifar, A. and Collins, A. L. 2020. Spatial mapping of the provenance of storm dust: Application of data mining and ensemble modelling. Atmospheric Research. 233 (104716). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104716

Soil structure, nutrient status and water availability shape Uruguayan grassland prokaryotic communities

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Garaycochea, S., Romero, H., Beyhaut, E., Neal, A. L. and Altier, N. 2020. Soil structure, nutrient status and water availability shape Uruguayan grassland prokaryotic communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96 (12), p. fiaa207. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa207

Soil nutrients of different land-use types and topographic positions in the water-wind erosion crisscross region of China's Loess Plateau

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ge, J., Wang, S., Fan, J., Gongadze, K. and Wu, L. 2020. Soil nutrients of different land-use types and topographic positions in the water-wind erosion crisscross region of China's Loess Plateau. Catena. 184, p. 104243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104243

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

Applications of nutritional functional units in commodity-level life cycle assessment (LCA) of agri-food systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
McAuliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T. and Lee, M. R. F. 2020. Applications of nutritional functional units in commodity-level life cycle assessment (LCA) of agri-food systems. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25, pp. 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01679-7

Optimizing multifunctional agroecosystems in irrigated dryland agriculture to restore soil carbon – experiments and model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Giongo, V., Coleman, K., Da Silva Santanac, M., Monteiro Salviano, A., Olszveskid, N., Whitmore, A. P. and Richter, G. M. 2020. Optimizing multifunctional agroecosystems in irrigated dryland agriculture to restore soil carbon – experiments and model. Science of the Total Environment. p. 138072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138072

The impact of metal-rich sediments derived from mining on freshwater stream life

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Jones, I. J., Murphy, J. F., Collins, A. L., Spencer, K. L., Rainbow, P. S., Arnold, A., Pretty, J. L., Moorhouse A. M. L., Aguilera, V., Edwards, P., Parsonage, F., Potter, H. and Whitehouse, P. 2020. The impact of metal-rich sediments derived from mining on freshwater stream life. in: De Voogt, P. (ed.) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 248. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Continuation of Residue Reviews) Springer. pp. 111-189

The UK Environmental Change Network datasets - integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993-2015)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rennie, S., Andrews, C., Atkinson, S., Beaumont, D. A., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Dick, J., Dodd, B., McKenna, C., Pallett, D., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Taylor, C. and Watson, H. 2020. The UK Environmental Change Network datasets - integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993-2015). Earth System Science Data. 12 (1), pp. 87-107. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-87-2020

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