Sustainable Soils and Crops

TitleSustainable Soils and Crops
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadMartin Broadley
Executive AssistantNatalia Deas

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GCTE Somnet Newsletter, Issue 1, September 1998

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Falloon, P. D., Smith, P. and Powlson, D. S. 1998. GCTE Somnet Newsletter, Issue 1, September 1998.

Response of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) yield and biochemical composition to elevated CO2 and temperature at two nitrogen applications

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Demmers-Derks, H., Mitchell, R. A. C., Mitchell, V. J. and Lawlor, D. W. 1998. Response of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) yield and biochemical composition to elevated CO2 and temperature at two nitrogen applications. Plant, Cell and Environment. 21 (8), pp. 829-836. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00327.x

Source/sink balance: can it be quantified?

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
De La Vina, G., Driscoll, S. P. and Paul, M. J. 1998. Source/sink balance: can it be quantified? Abstracts Meeting on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Plants: the Pathways and their Control, Cambridge, 22-24 July 1998 . pp. P19

Monitoring genetically modified rhizobia in field soils using the polymerase chain reaction

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cullen, D. W., Nicholson, P. S., Mendum, T. A. and Hirsch, P. R. 1998. Monitoring genetically modified rhizobia in field soils using the polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 84 (6), pp. 1025-1034. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00443.x

Simple and rapid method for direct extraction of microbial DNA from soil for PCR

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cullen, D. W. and Hirsch, P. R. 1998. Simple and rapid method for direct extraction of microbial DNA from soil for PCR. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 30 (8/9), pp. 983-993. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00001-7

Mercury and zinc tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii isolates from heavy metal contaminated soil

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Castro, I. V., Ferreira, E. and McGrath, S. P. 1998. Mercury and zinc tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii isolates from heavy metal contaminated soil. Proceedings VIII Reunion Nacional de Fijacion de Nitrogeno, Pamplona, July 1998 . pp. 187-188

Phosphorus movement in drainage water from the Broadbalk Experiment

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Brookes, P. C., Heckrath, G., Poulton, P. R. and Goulding, K. W. T. 1998. Phosphorus movement in drainage water from the Broadbalk Experiment. Proceedings 16th World Congress of Soil Science, Montpellier, 20-26 August 1998 . pp. 263

Evidence for the presence of PCDD/Fs in the environment prior to 1900 and further studies on their temporal trends

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Alcock, R. E., Mclachlan, M. S., Johnston, A. E. and Jones, K. C. 1998. Evidence for the presence of PCDD/Fs in the environment prior to 1900 and further studies on their temporal trends. Environmental Science & Technology. 32 (11), pp. 1580-1587. https://doi.org/10.1021/es9705046

Modelling microbial biomass dynamics following straw incorporation

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Agostini, F., Bradbury, N. J., Smith, J. U. and Brookes, P. C. 1998. Modelling microbial biomass dynamics following straw incorporation. Proceedings 16th World Congress of Soil Science, Montpellier, 20-26 August 1998 . pp. 279

Fertilisation soufree du colza en Grande-Bretagne

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Zhao, F-J. and McGrath, S. P. 1998. Fertilisation soufree du colza en Grande-Bretagne. Oleoscope. 43(Jan/Fev), pp. 19-20.

In situ measurements of solution concentrations and fluxes of trace metals in soils using DGT

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, H., Davison, W., Knight, B. and McGrath, S. P. 1998. In situ measurements of solution concentrations and fluxes of trace metals in soils using DGT. Environmental Science & Technology. 32 (5), pp. 704-710. https://doi.org/10.1021/es9704388

Sulphur nutrition and glutathione content of wheat

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Young, M. E., Grundy, N. M., Zhao, F-J., McGrath, S. P. and Hawkesford, M. J. 1998. Sulphur nutrition and glutathione content of wheat. Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford.

The effect of long-term fertilizer nitrogen and farmyard manure on soluble forms of nitrogen in the soil

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Wakefield, J. A., Poulton, P. R., Murphy, D. V. and Webster, C. P. 1998. The effect of long-term fertilizer nitrogen and farmyard manure on soluble forms of nitrogen in the soil. Abstracts British Society for Soil Science Down to Earth Conference, University of Reading, 31 March-1 April 1998 .

Assessment of the bioavailability of soil pollutants using lux-based biosensors: an inter-disciplinary approach

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Preston, S., Barbosa-Jefferson, V. L., Zhang, H., Tye, A., Crout, N., Young, S., Davison, W., McGrath, S. P., Killham, K. and Paton, G. I. 1998. Assessment of the bioavailability of soil pollutants using lux-based biosensors: an inter-disciplinary approach. Proceedings 6th International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil, Edinburgh, 17-21 May 1998 . Thomas Telford, London. pp. 123-132

Using the long-term experiments at Rothamsted to address current agricultural and environmental issues

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S. and Poulton, P. R. 1998. Using the long-term experiments at Rothamsted to address current agricultural and environmental issues. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 42 (6), pp. 455-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650349809385747

The effects of pesticides on the diversity of culturable soil bacteria

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nicholson, P. S. and Hirsch, P. R. 1998. The effects of pesticides on the diversity of culturable soil bacteria. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 84 (4), pp. 551-558. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00381.x

Effect of mutations of residue 340 in the large subunit polypeptide of Rubisco from Anacystis nidulans

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Madgwick, P. M., Parmar, S. and Parry, M. A. J. 1998. Effect of mutations of residue 340 in the large subunit polypeptide of Rubisco from Anacystis nidulans. European Journal of Biochemistry. 253, pp. 476-479. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530476.x

Testing winter wheat models' predictions against observed UK grain yields

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Landau, S., Mitchell, R. A. C., Barnett, V., Colls, J. J., Craigon, J., Moore, K. L. and Payne, R. W. 1998. Testing winter wheat models' predictions against observed UK grain yields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 89 (2), pp. 85-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00069-5

Measured soil water concentrations of cadmium and zinc in plant pots and estimated leaching outflows from contaminated soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Holm, P. E., Christensen, T. H., Lorenz, S. E., Hamon, R. E., Domingues, H. C., Sequeira, E. M. and McGrath, S. P. 1998. Measured soil water concentrations of cadmium and zinc in plant pots and estimated leaching outflows from contaminated soils. Water Air And Soil Pollution. 102, pp. 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004964200904

The effect of sulphur-deficiency on the concentrations and distribution of glutathione and sulphate in oilseed rape

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Blake-Kalff, M. M. A., Harrison, K. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Zhao, F-J. and McGrath, S. P. 1998. The effect of sulphur-deficiency on the concentrations and distribution of glutathione and sulphate in oilseed rape. Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford.

Thiosulphate and tetrathionate oxidation in arable soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barbosa-Jefferson, V. L., Zhao, F-J., McGrath, S. P. and Magan, N. 1998. Thiosulphate and tetrathionate oxidation in arable soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 30 (5), pp. 553-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00177-6

Plant genotype and micronutrient status influence colonization of wheat roots by soil bacteria

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rengel, Z., Ross, G. and Hirsch, P. R. 1998. Plant genotype and micronutrient status influence colonization of wheat roots by soil bacteria. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 21 (1), pp. 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904169809365386

Phytoextraction for soil remediation

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
McGrath, S. P. 1998. Phytoextraction for soil remediation. in: Brooks, R. R. (ed.) Plants that hyperaccumulate heavy metals CABI International, Wallingford, Oxon (CABI). pp. 261-287

Organic geochemical studies of soils from the Rothamsted Classical Experiments II: soils from the Hoosfield Spring Barley experiment treated with different quantities of manure

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bull, I. D., Van Bergen, P. F., Poulton, P. R. and Evershed, R. P. 1998. Organic geochemical studies of soils from the Rothamsted Classical Experiments II: soils from the Hoosfield Spring Barley experiment treated with different quantities of manure. Organic Geochemistry. 28 (1-2), pp. 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00114-9

Manipulation of photosynthetic metabolism

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Parry, M. A. J., Colliver, S. P., Madgwick, P. J. and Paul, M. J. 1998. Manipulation of photosynthetic metabolism. in: Porter, A. J. R. and Cunningham, C. (ed.) Recombinant Protein from Plants: Production and Isolation of Clinically Useful Compounds. (Methods in Biotechnology 3) Humana Press, Totowa. pp. 229-249

Zinc and cadmium uptake by the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens in contaminated soils and its effects on the concentration and chemical speciation of metals in soil solution

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Knight, B., Zhao, F-J., McGrath, S. P. and Shen, Z. G. 1997. Zinc and cadmium uptake by the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens in contaminated soils and its effects on the concentration and chemical speciation of metals in soil solution. Plant and Soil. 197, pp. 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004255323909

Microbial parameters as indicators of toxic effects of heavy metals on the soil ecosystem

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Brookes, P. C. 1997. Microbial parameters as indicators of toxic effects of heavy metals on the soil ecosystem. Science Publishers, Plymouth.

SO42- Deprivation Has an Early Effect on the Content of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase and Photosynthesis in Young Leaves of Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gilbert, S. M., Clarkson, D. T., Cambridge, M., Lambers, H. and Hawkesford, M. J. 1997. SO42- Deprivation Has an Early Effect on the Content of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase and Photosynthesis in Young Leaves of Wheat. Plant Physiology. 115 (3), pp. 1231-1239. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.115.3.1231

Expression of a borage desaturase cDNA containing an N-terminal cytochrome b(5) domain results in the accumulation of high levels of Delta(6)-desaturated fatty acids in transgenic tobacco

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sayanova, O. V., Smith, M. A., Lapinskas, P., Stobart, A. K., Dobson, G., Christie, W. W., Shewry, P. R. and Napier, J. A. 1997. Expression of a borage desaturase cDNA containing an N-terminal cytochrome b(5) domain results in the accumulation of high levels of Delta(6)-desaturated fatty acids in transgenic tobacco. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94 (8), pp. 4211-4216. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.8.4211

Trafficking of wheat gluten proteins in transgenic tobacco plants: gamma-gliadin does not contain an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Napier, J. A., Richard, G., Turner, M. F. P. and Shewry, P. R. 1997. Trafficking of wheat gluten proteins in transgenic tobacco plants: gamma-gliadin does not contain an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal. Planta. 203 (4), pp. 488-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050218

A new class of cytochrome b(5) fusion proteins

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Napier, J. A., Sayanova, O. V., Stobart, A. K. and Shewry, P. R. 1997. A new class of cytochrome b(5) fusion proteins. Biochemical Journal. 328 (2), pp. 717-720. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3280717u

Evening primrose oil in transgenic plants

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Shewry, P. R. 1997. Evening primrose oil in transgenic plants. BBSRC Business. October 1997, pp. 14-15.

Improving wheats for EU food processors

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Shewry, P. R. 1997. Improving wheats for EU food processors. BBSRC Business. April 1997, pp. 24-25.

The high molecular weight (HMW) subunits of wheat gluten

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Shewry, P. R. 1997. The high molecular weight (HMW) subunits of wheat gluten. PBI Bulletin. September 1997, p. 3.

Beta vulgaris mRNA for SNF1-related protein kinase

K - Protein or DNA sequences submitted to database
Halford, N. G. 1997. Beta vulgaris mRNA for SNF1-related protein kinase.

Structure and function of the plant vacuolar H+-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Gordon-Weeks, R., Davies, T. G. E., Parmar, S. and Leigh, R. A. 1997. Structure and function of the plant vacuolar H+-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase. Ecophysiology of Plants: Molecules, Membranes and Mechanisms. Abstracts 2nd International Symposium of the Sonderforschungsbereich 199, Edernburg, Germany, 30 October-2 November 1997 . pp. 30-31

Using long-term experiments to estimate the potential for carbon sequestration at the regional level - an examination of five European scenarios

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Smith, P., Powlson, D. S., Glendining, M. J. and Smith, J. U. 1997. Using long-term experiments to estimate the potential for carbon sequestration at the regional level - an examination of five European scenarios. Agrokemia es talajtan. 46 (1-4), pp. 25-38.

Behaviour of trace elements in terrestrial ecosystems

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
McGrath, S. P. 1997. Behaviour of trace elements in terrestrial ecosystems. Contaminated soils (Colloques d'INRA No. 85) . Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Paris. pp. 35-54

Integrated plant nutrient management for efficient crop production

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Johnston, A. E. 1997. Integrated plant nutrient management for efficient crop production. Proceedings Dahlia Greidinger International Symposium on Fertilization and the Environment, Haifa, 24-27 March 1997 . pp. 37-48

Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using the Verberne/MOTOR model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Whitmore, A. P., Klein-Gunnewiek, H., Crocker, G. J., Klir, J., Korschens, M. and Poulton, P. R. 1997. Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using the Verberne/MOTOR model. Geoderma. 81 (1-2), pp. 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00086-4