Items where Author is "Watts, Chris"

Number of items: 66.
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  • Aggregate pore and shape properties were more strongly correlated to soil organic carbon in large aggregates: Evidence from a long-term management-induced soil carbon gradient. (2025) Zhang, W., Munkholm, L. J., Heck, R. J., Watts, Chris, Jensen, J. L.
  • Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system. (2023) Albano, Xavier, Whitmore, Andy, Sakrabani, O., Thomas, Cathy, Sizmur, T., Ritz, K., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Watts, Chris, Haefele, Stephan
  • Time-lapse geophysical assessment of agricultural practices on soil moisture dynamics. (2020) Blanchy, Guillaume, Watts, Chris, Richards, J., Bussell, J., Huntenburg, K., Sparkes, D. L., Stalham, M., Hawkesford, Malcolm, Whalley, Richard, Binley, A.
  • Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat. (2020) Blanchy, Guillaume, Virlet, Nicolas, Sadeghi-Tehran, Pouria, Watts, Chris, Hawkesford, Malcolm, Whalley, Richard, Binley, A.
  • Short-term changes in soil pore size distribution : Impact of land use. (2020) Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Christensen, B. T., Munkholm, L. J.
  • Soil degradation and recovery – changes in organic matter fractions and structural stability. (2020) Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Christensen, B. T, Obour, P. B., Munkholm, L. J.
  • Soil organic carbon, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soil structural stability as affected by previous and current land-use. (2020) Redmile-Gordon, Marc, Watts, Chris, Gregory, Andy, White, Rodger
  • Soil water contents for tillage : a comparison of approaches and consequences for the number of workable days. (2019) Obour, P. B., Keller, T., Jensen, J. L., Edwards, G., Lamande, M., Watts, Chris, Sorensen, C. G, Munkholm, L. J. picture_as_pdf
  • Soil Water Retention: Uni-Modal Models of Pore-Size Distribution Neglect Impacts of Soil Management. (2019) Jensen, Johannes, Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Christensen, B. T., Munkholm, L. J.
  • Hydrogeophysics for agriculture - Capabilities and Limitations. (2019) Blanchy, G., Watts, Chris, Binley, A.
  • Relating soil C and organic matter fractions to structural stability. (2018) Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Christensen, B. T., Peltre, C., Munkholm, L.
  • A comparison of GPR early-time signal approaches for mapping changes in shallow soil water content. (2018) Algeo, J., Slater, L., Binley, A., Van Dam, R. L., Watts, Chris
  • Soil organic matter widens the range of water contents for tillage. (2018) Obour, P. B., Jensen, J. L., Lamande, M., Watts, Chris, Munkholm, L. J.
  • Converting loss-on-ignition to organic carbon content in arable topsoil: Pitfalls and proposed procedure. (2018) Jensen, Johannes, Christensen, B. T., Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Munkholm, L. J.
  • A novel dielectric tensiometer enabling precision PID-based irrigation control of polytunnel-grown strawberries in coir. (2017) Goodchild, M. S., Jenkins, M. D., Whalley, Richard, Watts, Chris picture_as_pdf
  • Root growth in field-grown winter wheat: Some effects of soil conditions, season and genotype. (2017) Hodgkinson, L., Dodd, I. C., Binley, A., Ashton, Rhys, White, Rodger, Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard
  • Soil texture analysis revisited: Removal of organic matter matters more than ever. (2017) Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, Chris, Christensen, B. T., Munkholm, L. J.
  • Milled cereal straw accelerates earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) growth more than selected organic amendments. (2017) Sizmur, Tom, Martin, E., Wagner, K., Parmentier, E., Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy
  • Methods to estimate changes in soil water for phenotyping root activity in the field. (2017) Whalley, Richard, Binley, A., Watts, Chris, Shanahan, P., Dodd, I. C., Ober, E. S., Ashton, Rhys, Webster, Colin, White, Rodger, Hawkesford, Malcolm
  • Population collapse of Lumbricus terrestris in conventional arable cultivations and response to straw applications. (2016) Stroud, Jacqueline, Irons, D. E., Watts, Chris, White, Rodger, McGrath, Steve, Whitmore, Andy
  • Cover cropping with oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus) alone does not enhance deep burrowing earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) midden counts. (2016) Stroud, Jacqueline, Irons, D. E., Watts, Chris, Storkey, Jonathan, Morris, N. L., Stobart, R. M., Fielding, H. A., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Long-term management changes in topsoil and subsoil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate agricultural system. (2016) Gregory, Andy, Dungait, Jennifer, Watts, Chris, Bol, R., Dixon, Liz, White, Rodger, Whitmore, Andy
  • Deep roots and soil structure. (2016) Gao, W., Hodgkinson, L., Jin, K., Watts, Chris, Ashton, Rhys, Shen, J., Ren, T., Dodd, I. C., Binley, A., Phillips, Andy, Hedden, Peter, Hawkesford, Malcolm, Whalley, Richard
  • Lumbricus terrestris abundance is not enhanced after three years of compost amendments on a reduced tillage wheat cultivation conversion. (2016) Stroud, Jacqueline, Irons, D., Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Lumbricus terrestris middens are biological and chemical hotspots in a minimum tillage arable ecosystem. (2016) Stroud, Jacqueline, Irons, D. E., Carter, J. E., Watts, Chris, Murray, Phil, Norris, S. L., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • A Novel Method to Quantify Soil Aggregate Stability by Measuring Aggregate Bond Energies. (2016) Efrat, R., Rawlins, B. G., Quinton, J. N., Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy
  • The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments. (2015) Macdonald, Andy, Powlson, David, Poulton, Paul, Watts, Chris, Clark, Ian, Storkey, Jonathan, Hawkins, Nichola, Glendining, Margaret, Goulding, Keith, McGrath, Steve picture_as_pdf
  • The use of electromagnetic induction to monitor changes in soil moisture profiles beneath different wheat genotypes. (2015) Shanahan, P. W., Binley, A., Whalley, Richard, Watts, Chris
  • Triaxial testing to determine the effect of soil type and organic carbon content on soil consolidation and shear deformation characteristics. (2014) Chakraborty, D., Watts, Chris, Powlson, David, Macdonald, Andy, Ashton, Rhys, White, R. P., Whalley, Richard
  • Estimating penetrometer resistance and matric potential from the velocities of shear and compression waves. (2013) Gao, W., Watts, Chris, Ren, T., Shin, H-C., Taherzadeh, S., Attenborough, K., Jenkins, M., Whalley, Richard
  • Genotypic variation in the ability of wheat roots to penetrate wax layers. (2013) Whalley, Richard, Dodd, I. C., Watts, Chris, Webster, Colin, Phillips, Andy, Andralojc, John, White, R. P., Davies, W. J., Parry, Martin
  • Non-invasive characterization of pore-related and elastic properties of soils in linear Biot-Stoll theory using acoustic-to-seismic coupling. (2013) Shin, H-C., Taherzadeh, S., Attenborough, K., Whalley, Richard, Watts, Chris picture_as_pdf
  • A novel grass hybrid to reduce flood generation in temperate regions. (2013) Macleod, C. J. A., Humphreys, M. W., Whalley, Richard, Turner, L., Binley, A., Watts, Chris, Skot, L., Joynes, Adrian, Hawkins, S., King, I. P., O'donovan, S., Haygarth, Philip
  • Natural capital and ecosystem services, developing an appropriate soils framework as a basis for valuation. (2012) Robinson, D. A., Hockley, N., Cooper, D. M., Emmett, B. A., Keith, A. M., Lebron, I., Reynolds, B., Tipping, E., Tye, A. M., Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Black, H. I. J., Warren, G. P., Robinson, J. S. picture_as_pdf
  • Predicting penetrometer resistance from the compression characteristic of soil. (2012) Gao, W., Ren, T., Bengough, A. G., Auneau, L., Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard
  • The effects of compaction and soil drying on penetrometer resistance. (2012) Gao, W., Watts, Chris, Ren, T., Whalley, Richard picture_as_pdf
  • An assessment of a new model of dynamic fragmentation of soil with test data. (2011) Gregory, Andy, Bird, N. R. A., Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Influence of organic matter on rheological properties of soil. (2011) Markgraf, W., Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Hrkac, T., Horn, R. picture_as_pdf
  • Estimating soil strength in the rooting zone of wheat. (2011) Whitmore, Andy, Whalley, Richard, Bird, N. R. A., Watts, Chris, Gregory, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Root water potential integrates discrete soil physical properties to influence ABA signalling during partial rootzone drying. (2010) Dodd, I. C., Egea, G., Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard
  • Soil management and grass species effects on the hydraulic properties of shrinking soils. (2010) Gregory, Andy, Webster, Colin, Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Macleod, C. J. A., Joynes, Adrian, Papadopoulos, A., Haygarth, Philip, Binley, A., Humphreys, M. W., Turner, L. B., Skot, L., Matthews, G. P. picture_as_pdf
  • Modeling dynamic fragmentation of soil. (2009) Bird, N. R. A., Watts, Chris, Tarquis, A. M., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • The effect of long-term soil management on the physical and biological resilience of a range of arable and grassland soils in England. (2009) Gregory, Andy, Watts, Chris, Griffiths, B. S., Hallett, P. D., Kuan, H. L., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Functional resilience of soil microbial communities depends on both soil structure and microbial community composition. (2008) Griffiths, B. S., Hallett, P. D., Kuan, H. L., Gregory, Andy, Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Wetting of agricultural soil measured by a simplified capillary rise technique. (2008) Matthews, G. P., Watts, Chris, Powlson, David, Price, J. C., Whalley, Richard
  • The effect of soil strength on yield of wheat. (2008) Whalley, Richard, Watts, Chris, Gregory, Andy, Mooney, S. J., Clark, L. J., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • The effects of simulated rain on the erosion threshold and biogeochemical properties of intertidal sediments. (2008) Tolhurst, T. J., Watts, Chris, Vardy, S., Saunders, J. E., Consalvey, M. C., Paterson, D. M.
  • Physical resilience of soil to field compaction and the interactions with plant growth and microbial community structure. (2007) Gregory, Andy, Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Kuan, H. L., Griffiths, B. S., Hallett, P. D., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • The biological and physical stability and resilience of a selection of Scottish soils to stresses. (2007) Kuan, H. L., Hallett, P. D., Griffiths, B. S., Gregory, Andy, Watts, Chris, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • A porous-matrix sensor to measure the matric potential of soil water in the field. (2007) Whalley, Richard, Clark, L. J., Take, W. A., Bird, N. R. A., Leech, P. K., Cope, R. E., Watts, Chris
  • Calculation of the compression index and precompression stress from soil compression test data. (2006) Gregory, Andy, Whalley, Richard, Watts, Chris, Bird, N. R. A., Hallett, P. D., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • The effects of rain on the erosion threshold of intertidal cohesive sediments. (2006) Tolhurst, T. J., Friend, P. L., Watts, Chris, Wakedfield, R., Black, K. S., Paterson, D. M.
  • The role of clay, organic carbon and long-term management on mouldboard plough draught measured on the Broadbalk wheat experiment at Rothamsted. (2006) Watts, Chris, Clark, L. J., Poulton, Paul, Powlson, David, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Adverse effects of simulated harvesting of short-rotation willow and poplar coppice on vertical pressures and rut depths. (2005) Watts, Chris, Clark, L. J., Chamen, W. C. T., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Biological and technical processes that mediate micro-aggregation of clays. (2005) Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Brookes, Philip, Devonshire, B. J., Whitmore, Andy
  • In situ measurements of erosion shear stress and geotechnical shear strength of the intertidal sediments of the experimental managed realignment scheme at Tollesbury, Essex, UK. (2003) Watts, Chris, Tolhurst, T. J., Black, K. S., Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials. (2001) Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Longstaff, D. J., White, R. P., Brookes, Philip, Whitmore, Andy picture_as_pdf
  • The effect of iron concentration, hindered settling, saturating cation and aggregate density of clays on the size distribution determined by gravitation X-ray sedimentometry. (2000) Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard, Bird, N. R. A., Ashman, M. R.
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  • Improvement of soil structure and crop yield by adding organic matter to soil (AHDB Project Report No.576). (2017) Whitmore, Andy, Watts, Chris, Stroud, Jacqueline, Sizmur, Tom, Ebrahim, S. M., Pawlett, M., Harris, J., Ritz, K., Wallace, P., White, E., Stobart, R., McKenzie, B., Thallon, G.
  • Woburn Experimental Farm Soil and Field Maps. (2017) Watts, Chris, Glendining, Margaret, Castells, Nathalie
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  • Soil aggregate stability and macrofauna as indicators of soil health and sustainable agricultural systems. (2017) Stroud, Jacqueline, Watts, Chris description
  • On the effectiveness of GPR early-time analysis for mapping soil water content. (2017) Van Dam, R. L., Alegro, J., Slater, L. D., Watts, Chris
  • Aspects of soil strength and stability in relation to soil management. (2009) Watts, Chris
  • Linking plant biology and soil physics to understand hillslope hydrology. (2009) Macleod, C. J. A., Binley, A., Clark, L. J., Gregory, Andy, Hawkins, S. L., Humphreys, M., Joynes, Adrian, Papdopoulos, A., Skot, L., Stone, A., Turner, L. B., Watts, Chris, Webster, Colin, Whalley, Richard, Haygarth, Philip
  • Long-term effects of fertilizing systems on soil microstructure: rheological investigations of Rothamsted soils classifying stiffness degradation. (2009) Markgraf, W., Horn, R., Watts, Chris, Whalley, Richard
  • Soil strength and its influence on crop growth and tillage. (2009) Watts, Chris