Net Zero and Resilient Farming

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

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Translating surveillance data into incidence estimates

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bourhis, Y., Gotwald, T. R. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2019. Translating surveillance data into incidence estimates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 374 (1776). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0262

Impact of transition from permanent pasture to new swards on the nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen and carbon budgets of beef and sheep production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Carswell, A. M., Gongadze, K., Misselbrook, T. H. and Wu, L. 2019. Impact of transition from permanent pasture to new swards on the nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen and carbon budgets of beef and sheep production. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 283 (1 November), p. 106572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106572

Multi-objective optimization as a tool to identify possibilities for future agricultural landscapes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Todman, L. C., Coleman, K., Milne, A. E., Gil, J. D. B., Reidsma, P., Schwoob, M-H., Treyer, S. and Whitmore, A. P. 2019. Multi-objective optimization as a tool to identify possibilities for future agricultural landscapes. Science of the Total Environment. 687 (15 October), pp. 535-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.070

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

A Generic Approach for Live prediction of the risk of agricultural field runoff and delivery to watercourses: linking parsimonious soil-water-connectivity models with live weather data APIs in decision tools

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Collins, A. L., Haro-Monteagudo, D., Hess, T., Zhang, Y., Smith, A. and Turner, A. 2019. A Generic Approach for Live prediction of the risk of agricultural field runoff and delivery to watercourses: linking parsimonious soil-water-connectivity models with live weather data APIs in decision tools. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3, p. Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00042

Exploring future food provision scenarios for China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, L., Bai, Z., Ma, M., Guo, M., Jiang, R., Liu, J., Oenema, O., Velthof, G. L., Whitmore, A. P., Crawford, J. W., Dobermann, A., Schwoob, M. and Zhang, F. 2019. Exploring future food provision scenarios for China. Environmental Science & Technology. 53 (3), pp. 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04375

Grazing preference of dairy cows and pasture productivity for different cultivars of perennial ryegrass under contrasting managements

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rivero, M. J., Balocchi, O. L., Neumann, F. L. and Siebald, J. A. 2019. Grazing preference of dairy cows and pasture productivity for different cultivars of perennial ryegrass under contrasting managements. Animals. 9 (5), pp. 253-265. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9050253

Application of Bayesian statistics to estimate nitrous oxide emission factors of three nitrogen fertilisers on UK grasslands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cowan, N., Levy, P., Drewer, J., Carswell, A. M., Shaw, R., Simmons, I., Bache, C., Marinheiro, J., Brichet, J., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Cotton, J., Hill, P.W., Chadwick, D. R., Jones, D. L., Misselbrook, T. H. and Skiba, U. 2019. Application of Bayesian statistics to estimate nitrous oxide emission factors of three nitrogen fertilisers on UK grasslands. Environment International. 128, pp. 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.054

Metrics of biomass, live-weight gain and nitrogen loss of ryegrass sheep pasture in the 21st century

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shepherd, A., Hartman, M. D., Fitton, N., Horrocks, C. A., Dunn, R., Hastings, A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2019. Metrics of biomass, live-weight gain and nitrogen loss of ryegrass sheep pasture in the 21st century. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.038

Differentiating the geographical origin of Ethiopian coffee using XRF- and ICP-based multi-element and stable isotope profiling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Upadhayay, H. R., Worku, M., Latruwe, K., Taylor, A., Blake, W., Vanhaecke, F., Duchateau, L. and Boeckx, P. 2019. Differentiating the geographical origin of Ethiopian coffee using XRF- and ICP-based multi-element and stable isotope profiling. Food Chemistry. 290 (30 August), pp. 295-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.03.135

Spatiotemporal differences in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in soil and roots in response to long-term organic compost inputs in an intensive agricultural cropping system on the North China Plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, W., Zhang, Y., Jiang, S., Murray, P. J., Liao, L., Li, X. and Zhang, J. 2019. Spatiotemporal differences in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in soil and roots in response to long-term organic compost inputs in an intensive agricultural cropping system on the North China Plain. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 19 (5), p. 2520–2533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02244-3

Monte Carlo fingerprinting of the terrestrial sources of different particle size fractions of coastal sediment deposits using geochemical tracers: some lessons for the user community

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gholami, H., TakhtiNajad, E. J., Collins, A. L. and Fathabadi, A. 2019. Monte Carlo fingerprinting of the terrestrial sources of different particle size fractions of coastal sediment deposits using geochemical tracers: some lessons for the user community. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (13), pp. 13560-13579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04857-0

The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Metcalfe, H., Hassall, K. L., Boinot, S. and Storkey, J. 2019. The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields . Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (3), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13414

The Growth and N Retention of Two Annual Desert Plants Varied Under Different Nitrogen Deposition Rates

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cui, X., Yue, P., Wu, W., Gong, Y., Li, K., Misselbrook, T. H., Goulding, K. W. T. and Liu, X. 2019. The Growth and N Retention of Two Annual Desert Plants Varied Under Different Nitrogen Deposition Rates. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10 (Article 356), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00356

Permanent dry soil layer a critical control on soil desiccation on China’s Loess Plateau

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhao, C., Jia, X., Gongadze, K., Shao, M., Wu, L. and Zhu, Y. 2019. Permanent dry soil layer a critical control on soil desiccation on China’s Loess Plateau. Scientific Reports. 9, p. 3296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38922-y

Fingerprinting the contribution of quarrying to fine‐grained bed sediment in a mountainous catchment, Iran

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nosrati, K. and Collins, A. L. 2019. Fingerprinting the contribution of quarrying to fine‐grained bed sediment in a mountainous catchment, Iran. River Research and Applications. 35, pp. 290-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3408

A Yield-Related Agricultural Drought Index Reveals Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Droughts in Southwestern China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wu, L., Feng, L., Li, Y., Wang, J. and Wu, L. 2019. A Yield-Related Agricultural Drought Index Reveals Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Droughts in Southwestern China. Sustainability. 11 (3), p. 714. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030714

GWmodel

J - Computer programs
Lu, B., Harris, P., Charlton, M., Brunsdon, C, Nakaya, T. and Gollini, I. 2019. GWmodel.

A response to “A comment on Geographically weighted regression with parameter-specific distance metrics.”

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B., Brunsdon, C., Charlton, M. and Harris, P. 2019. A response to “A comment on Geographically weighted regression with parameter-specific distance metrics.” . International Journal Of Geographical Information Science. 33 (7), pp. 1300-1312. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1585541

The forgotten semantics of regression modelling in Geography

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, L., Harris, P., Lu, Y., Wu, L. and Atkinson, P. M. 2019. The forgotten semantics of regression modelling in Geography. Geographical Analysis . pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12199

Force-induced repolarization of an active crawler

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Recho, P., Putelat, T. and Truskinovsky, L. 2019. Force-induced repolarization of an active crawler. New Journal Of Physics. 21, p. 033015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab05fd

Livestock Performance for Sheep and Cattle Grazing Lowland Permanent Pasture: Benchmarking Potential of Forage-Based Systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Rivero-Viera, J. and Lee, M. R. F. 2019. Livestock Performance for Sheep and Cattle Grazing Lowland Permanent Pasture: Benchmarking Potential of Forage-Based Systems . Agronomy. 9 (2), p. 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9020101

A flexible semi-empirical model for estimating ammonia volatilization from field-applied slurry

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hafner, S. D., Pacholski, A., Bittman, S., Carozzi, M., Chantigny, M., Genermont, S., Hani, C., Hansen, M. N., Huijsmans, J., Kupper, T., Misselbrook, T. H., Neftel, A., Nyord, T. and Sommer, S. G. 2019. A flexible semi-empirical model for estimating ammonia volatilization from field-applied slurry. Atmospheric Environment. 199, pp. 474-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.11.034

Response of ammonia volatilization to biochar addition: A meta-analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sha, Z., Li, Q., Lv, T., Misselbrook, T. H. and Liu, X. 2019. Response of ammonia volatilization to biochar addition: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment. 655 (10), pp. 1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.316

Decision support framework to identify lakes that are likely to meet water quality targets if external inputs of phosphorus from agriculture are reduced

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
May, L., Taylor, P., Spears, B., Pitt, J-A., Collins, A. L., Corkley, I., Anthony, S., Skirvin, D., Lee, D. and Pamela, S. Naden 2019. Decision support framework to identify lakes that are likely to meet water quality targets if external inputs of phosphorus from agriculture are reduced. Limnetica. 38 (1), pp. 489-501. https://doi.org/10.23818/limn.38.28

Spatially explicit simulation of land use/land cover changes: Current coverage and future prospects

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ren, Y., Lu, Y., Comber, A., Fu, B., Harris, P. and Wu, L. 2019. Spatially explicit simulation of land use/land cover changes: Current coverage and future prospects. Earth-Science Reviews. 190, pp. 398-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.01.001

Facilitating the elicitation of beliefs for use in Bayesian Belief modelling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hassall, K. L., Dailey, A. G., Zawadzka, J., Milne, A. E., Harris, J. A., Corstanje, R. and Whitmore, A. P. 2019. Facilitating the elicitation of beliefs for use in Bayesian Belief modelling. Environmental Modelling and Software. 122, p. 104539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104539

Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cardenas, L. M., Bhogal, A., Chadwick, D. R., McGeough, K., Misselbrook, T. H., Rees, R. M., Thorman, R. E., Watson, C. J., Williams, J. R., Smith, K. A. and Calvet, S. 2019. Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands. Science of the Total Environment. 661 (15 April), pp. 696-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.082

The sources and dynamics of fine-grained sediment degrading the Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) beds of the River Torridge, Devon, UK

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S., Goubet, A., Mosser, I., Browning, S. and Collins, A. L. 2019. The sources and dynamics of fine-grained sediment degrading the Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) beds of the River Torridge, Devon, UK. Science of the Total Environment. 657 (March 20), pp. 420-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.401

Does the “high sugar” trait of perennial ryegrass cultivars express under temperate climate conditions?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rivero, M. J., Balocchi, O. A., Moscoso, C.J., Siebald, J. A., Neumann, F. L., Meyer, D. and Lee, M. R. F. 2019. Does the “high sugar” trait of perennial ryegrass cultivars express under temperate climate conditions? Grass and Forage Science. 74 (3), pp. 496-508. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12406

Investigating the importance of recreational roads as a sediment source in a mountainous catchment using a fingerprinting procedure with different multivariate statistical techniques and a Bayesian un-mixing model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nosrati, K. and Collins, A. L. 2019. Investigating the importance of recreational roads as a sediment source in a mountainous catchment using a fingerprinting procedure with different multivariate statistical techniques and a Bayesian un-mixing model. Journal of Hydrology. 569 (February), pp. 506-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.019

Sampling for disease absence-deriving informed monitoring from epidemic traits

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bourhis, Y., Gottwald, T.R., Lopez-Ruiz, F.J., Patarapuwadol, S. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2019. Sampling for disease absence-deriving informed monitoring from epidemic traits. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 461, pp. 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.10.038

Land-use type affects nitrate production and consumption pathways in subtropical acidic soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, Y., Ding, H., Zheng, X., Ren, X., Cardenas, L. M., Carswell, A. M. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2019. Land-use type affects nitrate production and consumption pathways in subtropical acidic soils. Geoderma. 337 (1), pp. 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.012

Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chirinda, N., Loaiza, S., Arenas, L., Ruiz, V., Faverin, C., Alvarez, C., Savian, J. V., Belfon, R., Zuniga, K., Morales, L., Trujillo, C., Arango, M., Rao, I., Arango, J., Peters, M., Barahona, R., Costa, C., Rosenstock, T. S., Richards, M., Martinez-Baron, D. and Cardenas, L. M. 2019. Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions. Scientific Reports. 9 (908). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37453-2

Improved isotopic model based on 15N tracing and Rayleigh-type isotope fractionation for simulating differential sources of N2O emissions in a clay grassland soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Castellano-Hinojosa, A., Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Matthews, P., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Well, R., Bol, R., Charteris, A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2019. Improved isotopic model based on 15N tracing and Rayleigh-type isotope fractionation for simulating differential sources of N2O emissions in a clay grassland soil. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8374

Responses of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus to two consecutive drying–rewetting cycles in soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pezzola, D., Cardenas, L. M., Mian, I. A., Carswell, A. M., Donovan, N., Dhanoa, D. and Blackwell, M. S. A. 2019. Responses of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus to two consecutive drying–rewetting cycles in soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 182 (2), pp. 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201800082

Accounting for data sparsity when forming spatially coherent zones

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hassall, K. L., Whitmore, A. P. and Milne, A. E. 2019. Accounting for data sparsity when forming spatially coherent zones. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 72 (August), pp. 537-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2019.03.030

A framework for the regional critical zone classification: the case of the Chinese Loess Plateau

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, Y, Hu, J, Fu, B., Harris, P., Wu, L., Tong, X., Bai, Y. and Comber, A. J. 2019. A framework for the regional critical zone classification: the case of the Chinese Loess Plateau . National Science Review. 16 (1), pp. 14-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy147

Comparison of ammonia emissions related to nitrogen use efficiency of livestock production in Europe

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Groenestein, C.M., Hutchings, N.J., Haenel, H.D., Amon, B., Menzi, H., Mikkelsen, M.H., Misselbrook, T. H., van Bruggen, C., Kupper, T. and Webb, J. 2019. Comparison of ammonia emissions related to nitrogen use efficiency of livestock production in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 211 (20 February), pp. 1162-1170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.143

Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bacq-Labreuil, A., Crawford, J. W., Mooney, S., Neal, A. L. and Ritz, K. 2019. Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture. Plant and Soil. 441 (1-2), p. 543–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04144-4