Net Zero and Resilient Farming

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

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Fate of 15N-labelled ammonium nitrate with or without the new nitrification inhibitor DMPSA in an irrigated maize crop

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Guardia, G., Vallejo, A., Cardenas, L. M., Dixon, E. R. and Garcia-Marco, S. 2018. Fate of 15N-labelled ammonium nitrate with or without the new nitrification inhibitor DMPSA in an irrigated maize crop. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 116 (January), pp. 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.013

Predisposition of forests to biotic disturbance: Predicting the distribution of Acute Oak Decline using environmental factors

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Brown, N., Vanguelova, E., Parnell, S., Broadmeadow, S. and Denman, S. 2018. Predisposition of forests to biotic disturbance: Predicting the distribution of Acute Oak Decline using environmental factors. Forest Ecology and Management. 407 (Supplement C), pp. 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.054

Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Denman, S., Doonan, J., Ransom-Jones, E., Broberg, M., Plummer, S., Kirk, S., Scarlett, K., Griffiths, A. R., Kaczmarek, M., Forster, J., Peace, A., Golyshin, P. N., Hassard, F., Brown, N., Kenny, J. G. and McDonald, J. E. 2018. Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline. The ISME Journal. 12, pp. 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.170

Atmospheric ammonia concentration modulates soil enzyme and microbial activity in an oak forest affecting soil microbial biomass

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lopez-Aizpun, M., Arango-Mora, C., Santamaria, C., Lasheras, E., Santamaria, J. M., Ciganda, V. S., Cardenas, L. M. and Elustondo, D. 2018. Atmospheric ammonia concentration modulates soil enzyme and microbial activity in an oak forest affecting soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 116, pp. 378-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.020

The invasive alien plant, Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam), and increased soil erosion: causation or association? Case studies from a river system in Switzerland and the UK

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S., Greenwood, P., Baumann and Kuhn 2018. The invasive alien plant, Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam), and increased soil erosion: causation or association? Case studies from a river system in Switzerland and the UK. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 18 (12), p. 3463–3477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-018-2041-0

Subsurface sources contribute substantially to fine‐grained suspended sediment transported in a tropical West African watershed in Burkina Faso

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rode, M., Op de Hipt, F., Collins, A. L., Zhang, Y., Theuring, P., Schkade, U-K. and Diekkruger, B. 2018. Subsurface sources contribute substantially to fine‐grained suspended sediment transported in a tropical West African watershed in Burkina Faso. Land Degradation & Development. 29 (11), pp. 4092-4105. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3165

Size does matter: Parallel evolution of adaptive thermal tolerance and body size facilitates adaptation to climate change in domestic cattle

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Elayadeth-Meethal, M., Veettil, A. T., Maloney, S. K., Hawkins, N., Misselbrook, T. H., Sejian, V., Rivero-Viera, J. M. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Size does matter: Parallel evolution of adaptive thermal tolerance and body size facilitates adaptation to climate change in domestic cattle. Ecology and Evolution. 8 (21), pp. 10608-10620. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4550

Tracing sediment sources in a mountainous forest catchment under road construction in northern Iran: comparison of Bayesian and frequentist approaches

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nosrati, K., Haddadchi, A., Collins, A. L., Jalali, S. and Reza Zare, M. 2018. Tracing sediment sources in a mountainous forest catchment under road construction in northern Iran: comparison of Bayesian and frequentist approaches. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25, pp. 30979-30999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3097-5

Investigating Spatial Error Structures in Continuous Raster Data

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tsutsumida, N, Rodríguez-Veiga, P, Harris, P., Baltzer, H and Comber, A 2018. Investigating Spatial Error Structures in Continuous Raster Data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 74 (February), pp. 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.09.020

Geographically weighted elastic net logistic regression

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A. and Harris, P. 2018. Geographically weighted elastic net logistic regression. Journal of Geographical Systems. 20 (4), pp. 317-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10109-018-0280-7

shp2graph: tools to convert a spatial network into an igraph in R

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B., Sun, H., Harris, P., Xu, M. and Charlton, M 2018. shp2graph: tools to convert a spatial network into an igraph in R. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7 (8), p. 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7080293

Hyper-local geographically weighted regression: extending GWR through local model selection and local bandwidth optimization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Zhang, X. and Harris, P. 2018. Hyper-local geographically weighted regression: extending GWR through local model selection and local bandwidth optimization. Journal of Spatial Information Science. 17, pp. 63-84. https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2018.17.422

Improvements to the calibration of a Geographically Weighted Regression with Parameter-Specific Distance Metrics and Bandwidths

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B, Wang, W, Ge, Y and Harris, P. 2018. Improvements to the calibration of a Geographically Weighted Regression with Parameter-Specific Distance Metrics and Bandwidths. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 71, pp. 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.03.012

Valuing Improvements in Biodiversity Due to Controls on Atmospheric Nitrogen Pollution

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jones, L., Milne, A. E., Hall, J., Mills, G., Provins, A. and Christie, M. 2018. Valuing Improvements in Biodiversity Due to Controls on Atmospheric Nitrogen Pollution. Ecological Economics. 152, pp. 358-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.06.010

Assessing the benefits and wider costs of different N fertilisers for grassland agriculture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Carswell, A. M., Shaw, R., Hunt, J., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Saunders, K. S., Cotton, J., Hill, P. W., Chadwick, D. R., Jones, D. L. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2018. Assessing the benefits and wider costs of different N fertilisers for grassland agriculture . Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 65 (5), pp. 625 - 639. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2018.1519251

Root development impacts on the distribution of phosphatase activity: Improvements in quantification using soil zymography

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Giles, C. D., Dupuy, L., Boitt, G., Brown, L. K., Condron, L. M., Darch, T., Blackwell, M. S. A., Menezes-Blackburn, D., Shand, C. A., Stutter, M. I., Lumsdon, D. G., Wendler, R., Cooper, P., Wearing, C., Zhang, H., Haygarth, P. M. and George, T. S. 2018. Root development impacts on the distribution of phosphatase activity: Improvements in quantification using soil zymography. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 116, pp. 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.08.011

Phosphorus acquisition by citrate- and phytase-exuding Nicotiana tabacum plant mixtures depends on soil phosphorus availability and root intermingling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Giles, C. D., Richardson, A. E., Cade-Menun, B. J., Mezali, M. M., Brown, L. K., Menezes-Blackburn, D., Darch, T., Blackwell, M. S. A., Shand, C. A., Stutter, M. I., Wendler, R., Cooper, P., Lumsdon, D. G., Wearing, C., Zhang, H., Haygarth, P. M. and George, T. S. 2018. Phosphorus acquisition by citrate- and phytase-exuding Nicotiana tabacum plant mixtures depends on soil phosphorus availability and root intermingling. Physiologia Plantarum. 163, pp. 356-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12718

A method for uncertainty constraint of catchment discharge and phosphorus load estimates

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Holloway, M. J., Beven K. J., Benskin, C. Mc. W. H., Collins, A. L., Evans, R., Fallon, P. D., Forber, K. J., Hiscock, K. M., Kahana R., Macleod, C. J. A., Ockenden, M. C., Villamizar, M., Wearing, C., Withers, P. J. A., Zhou, J. G., Barber, N. J. and Haygarth, P. M. 2018. A method for uncertainty constraint of catchment discharge and phosphorus load estimates. Hydrological Processes. 32 (17), pp. 2779-2787. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13217

Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Todman, L. C., Fraser, F. C., Corstanje, R., Harris, J. A., Pawlett, M., Ritz, K. and Whitmore, A. P. 2018. Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 8 (11522). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29925-2

Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Riley, W. D., Potter, E. C. E., Collins, A. L., Biggs, J., Jarvie, H. P., Jones, J. I., Kelly-Quinn, M., Ormerod, S. J., Sear, D. A., Wilby, R. L., Broadmeadow, S., Brown, C. D., Chanin, P., Copp, G. H., Cowx, I. G., Grogan, A., Hornby, D. D., Huggett, D., Kelly, M. G., Naura, M., Newman, J. R. and Siriwardena, G. M. 2018. Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action. Science of the Total Environment. 645, pp. 1598-1616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.243

Framework for life cycle assessment of livestock production systems to account for the nutritional quality of final products

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mcauliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Framework for life cycle assessment of livestock production systems to account for the nutritional quality of final products. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.143

Variability in commercial demand for tree saplings affects the probability of introducing exotic forest diseases

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Alonso Chavez, V., Gilligan, C. A. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2018. Variability in commercial demand for tree saplings affects the probability of introducing exotic forest diseases. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (1), pp. 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13242

Sedimentary chronology reinterpreted from Changshou Lake of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area reveals natural and anthropogenic control on sediment production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Anjum, R., Tang, Q., Collins, A. L., Gao, J., Long, Y., Zhang, X., He, X., Zhonglin, S., Wen, A. and Wei, J. 2018. Sedimentary chronology reinterpreted from Changshou Lake of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area reveals natural and anthropogenic control on sediment production. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24, pp. 17620-17633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1916-3

Advanced processing of food waste based digestate for mitigating nitrogen losses in a winter wheat crop

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Carswell, A. M., Shaw, R., Hunt, J., Saunders, K. S., Cotton, J., Chadwick, D. R., Jones, D. and Misselbrook, T. H. 2018. Advanced processing of food waste based digestate for mitigating nitrogen losses in a winter wheat crop. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00035

Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
George, T. S., Giles, C. D., Menezes-Blackburn, D., Condron, L. M., Gama-Rodrigues, A. C., Jaisi, D., Lang, F., Neal, A. L., Stutter, M. I., Almeida, D. S., Bol, R., Cabugoa, K. G., Celi, L., Cotner, J. B., Feng, G., Goll, D. S., Hallama, M., Krueger, J., Plassard, C., Rosling, A., Darch, T., Fraser, T., Giesler, R., Richardson, A. E., Tamburini, F., Shand, C. A., Lumsdon, D. G., Zhang, H., Blackwell, M. S. A., Wearing, C., Mezeli, M. M., Almas, A. R., Audette, Y., Bertrand, I., Beyhaut, E., Boitt, G., Bradshaw, N., Brearley, C. A., Bruulsema, T. W., Ciais, P., Cozzolino, V., Duran, P. C., Mora, M. L., De Menezes, A. B., Dodd, R. J., Dunfield, K., Engl, C., Frazao, P. C., Garland, G., Gonzalez Jimenez, J. L., Graca, J., Granger, S. J., Harrison, A. F., Heuck, C., Hou, E. Q., Johnes, P. J., Kaiser, K., Kjaer, H. A., Klumpp, E., Lamb, A. L., Macintosh, K .A., Mackay, E. B., McGrath, J., McIntryre, C., McLaren, T., Meszaros, E., Missong, A., Mooshammer, M., Negron, C. P., Nelson, L. A., Pfahler, V., Poblete-Grant, P., Randall, M., Seguel, A., Seth, K., Smith , A. C., Smits, M. M., Sobaro, J. A., Spohn, M., Tawaraya, K., Tibbett, M., Voroney, P., Wallander, H., Wang, L., Wasaki, J. and Haygarth, P. M. 2018. Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities. Plant and Soil. 427 (1-2), pp. 191-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3391-x

The contribution of cattle urine and dung to nitrous oxide emissions: Quantification of country specific emission factors and implications for national inventories

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chadwick, D. R., Cardenas, L. M., Dhanoa, M. S., Donovan, N., Misselbrook, T. H., Williams, J. R., Thorman, R. E., McGeough, K. L., Watson, C. J., Bell, M., Anthony, S. G. and Rees, R. M. 2018. The contribution of cattle urine and dung to nitrous oxide emissions: Quantification of country specific emission factors and implications for national inventories. Science of the Total Environment. 635, pp. 607-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.152

Chapter 9 - Projecting Soil C Under Future Climate and Land-Use Scenarios (Modeling)

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Dondini, M., Abdalla, M., Aini, F. K., Albanito, F., Beckert, M. R., Begum, K., Brand, A., Cheng, K., Comeau, L.-P., Jones, E. O., Farmer, J. A., Feliciano, D. M. S., Fitton, N., Hastings, A., Henner, D. N., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D. R., Oyesikublakemore, J., Phillips, L., Richards, M. I. A., Tumwesige, V., van Dijk, W. F. A., Vetter, S. H., Coleman, K., Smith, J. and Smith, P. 2018. Chapter 9 - Projecting Soil C Under Future Climate and Land-Use Scenarios (Modeling). in: Singh, B. K. (ed.) Soil Carbon Storage : Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling Western Sydney University, Penrith South, NSW, Australia Academic Press. pp. 281-309

Growers’ risk perception and trust in control options for huanglongbing citrus-disease in Florida and California

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Milne, A., Teiken, C., Deledalle, F., Vandenbosch, F., Gottwalk, T. and McRoberts, N. 2018. Growers’ risk perception and trust in control options for huanglongbing citrus-disease in Florida and California. Crop Protection. 114, pp. 177-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2018.08.028

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

Reducing water use by alternate-furrow irrigation with livestock wastewater reduces antibiotic resistance gene abundance in the rhizosphere but not in the non-rhizosphere

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, Y., Neal, A. L., Cui, E., Zhang, X., Li, Z., Xiao, Y., Du, Z., Gao, F., Fan, X. and Hu, C. 2018. Reducing water use by alternate-furrow irrigation with livestock wastewater reduces antibiotic resistance gene abundance in the rhizosphere but not in the non-rhizosphere . Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.101

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

The latest FAD – Faecal antibody detection in cattle. Protocol and results from three UK beef farms naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cooke, A., Watt, K. A., Morgan, E. R. and Dungait, J. A. J. 2018. The latest FAD – Faecal antibody detection in cattle. Protocol and results from three UK beef farms naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes. Parasitology. 146 (1), pp. 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182018000902

An analysis of potential controls on long-term 137Cs accumulation in the sediments of UK lakes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S., Foster, I. D. L., Collins, A. L., Zhang, Y. and Evans, Jennine 2018. An analysis of potential controls on long-term 137Cs accumulation in the sediments of UK lakes. Journal Of Paleolimnology. 60, pp. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-017-0016-6

Tracing catchment fine sediment sources using the new SIFT (SedIment Fingerprinting Tool) open source software

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S. and Collins, A. L. 2018. Tracing catchment fine sediment sources using the new SIFT (SedIment Fingerprinting Tool) open source software. Science of the Total Environment. 635, p. 838–858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.126

Soil N transformation mechanisms can effectively conserve N in soil under saturated conditions compared to unsaturated conditions in subtropical China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, Y., Ding, H., Zheng, X., Cai, Z., Misselbrook, T. H., Carswell, A. M., Muller, C. and Zhang, J. 2018. Soil N transformation mechanisms can effectively conserve N in soil under saturated conditions compared to unsaturated conditions in subtropical China. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 54 (4), pp. 495-507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-018-1276-7

Particle size differentiation explains flow regulation controls on sediment sorting in the water-level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tang, Q., Collins, A. L., Wen, A., He, X., Bao, Y., Yan, D., Long, Y. and Zhang, Y. 2018. Particle size differentiation explains flow regulation controls on sediment sorting in the water-level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Science of the Total Environment. 633, pp. 1114-1125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.258

Amendment soil with biochar to control antibiotic resistance genes under unconventional water resources irrigation : Proceed with caution

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cui, E-P., Gao, F., Liu, Y., Fan, X-Y., Li, Z-Y., Du, Z-J., Hu, C. and Neal, A. L. 2018. Amendment soil with biochar to control antibiotic resistance genes under unconventional water resources irrigation : Proceed with caution. Environmental Pollution. 240, pp. 475-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.143

Effects of the ridge mulched system on soil water and inorganic nitrogen distribution in the Loess Plateau of China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jiang, R., Li, X., Zhu, W., Wang, K., Guo, S., Misselbrook, T. H. and Hatano, R. 2018. Effects of the ridge mulched system on soil water and inorganic nitrogen distribution in the Loess Plateau of China. Agricultural Water Management. 203, pp. 277-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.03.027

Impacts of plastic film mulching on crop yields, soil water, nitrate, and organic carbon in Northwestern China: A meta-analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, D., Chen, L., Qu, H., Wang, Y., Misselbrook, T. H. and Jiang, R. 2018. Impacts of plastic film mulching on crop yields, soil water, nitrate, and organic carbon in Northwestern China: A meta-analysis. Agricultural Water Management. 202, pp. 166-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.02.001

Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Firbank, L. G., Attwood, S., Eory, V., Gadanakis, Y., Lynch, J. M., Sonnino, R. and Takahashi, T. 2018. Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2 (7), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00007

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