Annual/Termination Reports:

[01/18/2021] [02/15/2022] [01/12/2023] [12/15/2023] [01/09/2025]

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Participants

Stephen Anderson - University of Missouri (MO)
Yuji Arai- University of Illinois (IL)
Francisco Arriaga- University of Wisconsin (WI)
Jorge Guzman- University of Illinois (IL)
Ganga Hettiarachchi- Kansas State University (KS)
Robert Hudson- University of Illinois (IL)
Jeff Jacobsen- Michigan State University (MI)
KG Karthikeyan- University of Wisconsin (WI)
Alexandra Kravchenko - Michigan State University (MI)
Sathish Kumar Natarajan- University of Nebraska (NE)
Seung-Hyun Ro- University of Nebraska (NE)
Don Sparks - University of Delaware (DE)
Daniel Strawn - University of Idaho (ID)
Joseph Stuckey- University of Illinois (IL)
Kang Xia - Virginia Tech (VA)

Brief Summary of Minutes

1. The participants gave introductions and shared some information about their NC1187 research and talked about potential research collaborations.


2. New ideas and suggestions for group activities: Two ideas were discussed. Don Sparks will take the initiative to organize a workshop focusing on New Approaches for investigating Soil Particulate at the NSLS II, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Group will put together a special collection of papers focusing on the application of different techniques (advanced spectroscopic and wet chemical techniques). Jeff Jacobsen asked the members, if possible, to make this workshop open for other related multistate research groups (W4188, W4170, NCERA59, NRSP3, NE1942, NC1178, NE2045).


3. Dan Strawn provided a summary of the effort led by GSECARS to create a Steering Committee to oversee the creation of a new organization in response to the NSF Dear Colleague Letter “Competition of Management and Operations of synchrotron-hosted analytical capabilities for Earth sciences research.”


4. State research reports (highlighting member collaborations) from each state to be sent to the group chair by late December/early January to compile the Group report.


5. The 2021 Annual Meeting venue: The group agreed to have the Annual Meeting either concurrently with the ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting or the NSLS II workshop. Regardless of the locations, the group decided to facilitate remote connection to anyone who wants to join the meeting remotely.


6. The group leadership: The group discussed the importance of rotating group leadership positions among the group members to share responsibilities. Current leadership: Chair – Ganga Hettiarachchi, Vice-Chair/Secretary - Wei Zhang

Accomplishments

<p>Members of this project apply a wide range of analytical tools to elucidate mechanisms of soil organic carbon protection and cycling, transformation and transport of soil nutrients (e.g., N, P, Zn, etc.) and contaminants (e.g., As, Cd, Pb), the effect of climate change on soil structure, micro-scale hot-spots of greenhouse gas production within soil pore structure, colloid transport through soil, removal and in situ stabilization of soil contaminants, storage and transport of soil water and contaminant mobility, testing a few different wastewater treatment processes that will supply unrestricted reuse water and nutrient recovery, and time-resolved simultaneous measurement of atmospheric aerosols. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many of our activities were limited. Several members were able to conduct X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigations remotely during this time (Delaware, Idaho, Kansas). Current research efforts focus on assessing the effects of sea-level rise on coastal arsenic contamination, minimizing potentially toxic element uptake by wheat and biofortification of wheat with micronutrients, and nutrient and contaminant (i.e., potentially toxic trace elements, insecticides) mobility and transport in soils (Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri). The particulate and other phosphorus release assessment is on-going at agricultural fields near three campuses (Illinois, Idaho, Kansas). A couple of members are working on phosphorus recovery from wastewaters (Idaho, Kansas).</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>The group organized a special session entitled &ldquo;Particulate Matter in a Changing Environment: Implications for Agriculture and Human Health&rdquo; as part of the Environmental Quality Division (S11) at the 2020 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting (Virtual) <a href="https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/prelim.cgi/Session/20939">https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/prelim.cgi/Session/20939</a>. This session included six presentations that encompassed various research topics covered by this research group. An hour-long live discussion session on the special section was held on 11/10/20 from 10:30-11:30 AM. It was well attended and the members and non-members discussed and shared their common research interests.&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>Outputs:</p><br /> <p>Completed 2 Ph.D. students (KS, MO).&nbsp;</p>

Publications

<p>Peer-reviewed:</p><br /> <p>Alghamdi, A., D.R. Presley, M.B. Kirkham, and G. Hettiarachchi. 2020. Efficacy of amendments to improve soil physical properties at an abandoned lead and zinc mine. Agroecosystems, Geosciences &amp; Environment. 3: e20032. <a href="https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agg2.20032">https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agg2.20032</a></p><br /> <p>Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, and R.P. Udawatta.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Agroforestry, grass, biofuel crop, and row-crop management effects on soil water dynamics for claypan landscapes.&nbsp; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.&nbsp; 84:203-219.</p><br /> <p>Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, K.S. Veum, and L.M. Rankoth.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.&nbsp; Agron. J.&nbsp; 112:815-827.</p><br /> <p>Gantzer, C.J., and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; The Soil and Water Conservation Society - The society&rsquo;s beginning.&nbsp; pp. 1-11.&nbsp; <em>In</em> J.A. Delgado, C.J. Gantzer, and G.J. Sassenrath.&nbsp; Soil and Water Conservation Society:&nbsp; A Celebration of 75 Years.&nbsp; Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa.</p><br /> <p>Goldstein, A.H., W.W Nazaroff, C.J. Weschler, J. Williams, How Do Indoor Environments Affect Air Pollution Exposure?, Environmental Science &amp; Technology, Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05727, 2020.HTML.</p><br /> <p>Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; No-till farming systems for enhancing soil water storage.&nbsp; pp. 213-231.&nbsp; <em>In</em> Y. Dang, R.C. Dalal, and N.W. Menzies (eds.) No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture:&nbsp; Challenges and Opportunities.&nbsp; Springer Nature, Basel, Switzerland.</p><br /> <p>Haruna, S.I., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, C.J. Gantzer, S. Cui, N.C. Phillips, and Y. Gao.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Improving soil physical properties through the use of cover crops:&nbsp; A review.&nbsp; Agrosystems, Geosciences &amp; Environment.&nbsp; 3:e20105.&nbsp; <a href="https://doi.or/10.1002/agg2.20105">https://doi.or/10.1002/agg2.20105</a></p><br /> <p>Hobson, Chad, Harshad Kulkarni, Karen Johannesson, Anthony Bednar, Ryan Tappero, T. Jade Mohajerin, Paul Sheppard, Mark Witten, Ganga Hettiarachchi, Saugata Datta. 2020. Origin of tungsten and geochemical controls on its occurrence and mobilization in shallow sediments from Fallon, Nevada, USA, Chemosphere, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127577.</p><br /> <p>LeTourneau, M., M. J. Marshall, M. R. Grant, P. M. Freeze, D.G. Strawn, B. Lai, A. Dohnalkova, J. B. Harsh, D. M. Weller and L. S. Thomashow (2020). "Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid-Producing Bacteria Enhance the Reactivity of Iron Minerals in Dryland and Irrigated Wheat Rhizospheres." Environmental Science &amp; Technology. 53, 24, 14273&ndash;14284.</p><br /> <p>Liang, Y., C.N. Jen, R.J. Weber, P.K. Misztal, and A.H. Goldstein, Chemical Composition of PM2.5 in October 2017 Northern California Wildfire Plumes, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-910, in review, 2020.</p><br /> <p>Ortega-Pieck, A., J. Norby, E. Brooks, D.G. Strawn, A. Crump, D. Huggins. (2020). Sources and Subsurface Transport of Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus in a Semiarid, No‐till Catchment with Complex Topography. Journal of Environmental Quality. 49.</p><br /> <p>Weeks, Joseph J., Jr. and Ganga M. Hettiarachchi. 2020. Source and Formulation Matter: New Insights into Phosphorus Fertilizer Fate and Transport in Mildly Calcareous Soils. Soil Sci. J. Am. 84:731-746.</p><br /> <p>Zuber, S.M., K.S. Veum, R.L. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Role of inherent soil characteristics in assessing soil health across Missouri.&nbsp; Agricultural &amp; Environmental Letters 5:e20021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20021">https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20021</a></p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>Books:</p><br /> <p>Strawn, D.G. H. Bohn, G. O&rsquo;Connor. 2020. Soil Chemistry. 5th Edition. John Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, UK. 356 pages.</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>Presentations/Abstracts:</p><br /> <p>Particulate Matter in a Changing Environment: Implications for Agriculture and Human Health&rdquo; as part of Environmental Quality Division (S11) at the 2020 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting (Virtual). Six presentations.&nbsp;<a href="https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/prelim.cgi/Session/20939">https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/prelim.cgi/Session/20939</a></p><br /> <p>Al-Awwal, N., M. Mehdi, M. El-Dweik, and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Specific method for the detection of viable <em>E. Coli</em> using nanoparticle immuno-fluorescent proves.&nbsp; p. 204. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.J. Udawatta, and K.S. Veum.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.&nbsp; p. 194. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Ansari, J., S.H. Anderson, F. Eivazi, and S. Bardhan.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Soil enzyme activity as affected by selected land management in floodplain systems.&nbsp; p. 197. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Cercioglu, M., S.H. Anderson, and R.J. Udawatta.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Use of cover crops to improve soil quality:&nbsp; A review.&nbsp; p. 145. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, and K.S. Veum.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.&nbsp; 2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Al-Awwal, N., M. Mehdi, M. El-Dweik, and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Nanoparticle immune-fluorescent probes as a specific method for detection of viable E. coli.&nbsp; 2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Ansari, J., S.H. Anderson, F. Eivazi, and S. Bardhan.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Floodplain land management effects on soil enzyme activity.&nbsp; 2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Rankoth, L.M., R.P. Udawatta, and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Cover crop effects on micro-CT-measured geometrical pore parameters.&nbsp; 2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).</p><br /> <p>Zuber, S.M., K.S. Veum, R. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.&nbsp; 2020.&nbsp; Crop management impacts on soil health across Missouri.&nbsp; 2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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Brief Summary of Minutes

Please see attached file below for NC1187's 2021 annual report.

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Gloria Ambrowiak, Stephen Anderson, Francisco J. Arriaga, Tala Awada, Yucheng Feng, Jorge Guzman, Ganga Hettiarachchi, Eric Norland, Angela Possinger, Donald Sparks, Daniel G. Strawn, Joseph W. Stucki, Wei Zhang.

Brief Summary of Minutes

The group welcomed the new administrative advisor (Dr. Tala Awada). Dr. Awada gave a brief remark and the NIFA representative Dr. Eric Norland provided an update from NIFA. The group discussed extensively on planning of a workshop in conjunction with 2023 annual meeting at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). For the meeting to take place on site at BNL, at least 9 months ahead of the meeting time will be needed to complete the application and approval by BNL. One alternative is to hold the meeting at a hotel off site near BNL and a facility tour could be scheduled at BNL. The meeting will feature a few invited speakers and short talks from our group members. The meeting will be open to students and early career researchers. An organizing committee is formed and is composed of Ganga Hettiarachchi (joined after the annual meeting), Angela Possinger, Donald Sparks, Daniel Strawn, Joseph Stucki, and Wei Zhang. The organizing committee will meet and plan for the meeting and provide timely update to the group.

All participants provided brief summary and update of research activities during last year. Additionally, our group members were active in organizing sessions in the ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. The group decided to postpone the application of multi-state project research award to next year.

Accomplishments

<p>See attached report</p>

Publications

<ol><br /> <li>Izaditame, F., Siebecker, M. G., &amp; Sparks, D. L. 2022. Sea-level-rise- inducedflooding drives arsenic release from coastal sediments. Journal of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HazardousMaterials, 423, 127161. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127161">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127161</a></li><br /> <li>Szerlag, Kathryn, Monica Elvarthi, Matthew G. Siebecker, Chunhao Gu, Conner McCrone, and Donald L. Sparks. 2022. Systematic study of legacy phosphorus (P) desorption mechanisms in high-P agricultural soils. Minerals. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040458">https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040458</a></li><br /> <li>Blanco, H., S. Kumar and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Soil hydrology in a changing climate.&nbsp; 262 pp.&nbsp; Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.</li><br /> <li>Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, and R.P. Udawatta. &nbsp; Conservation buffers and soil water.&nbsp; pp. 133-156.&nbsp; In H. Blanco, S. Kumar, and S.H. Anderson (eds.)&nbsp; Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate.&nbsp; Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.</li><br /> <li>Kumar, S., P. Chakraborty, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; X-ray computed tomography for studying solute transport in soils.&nbsp; In S.J. Mooney, I. Young, R. Heck, and S. Peth (eds.)&nbsp;&nbsp; X-Ray Imaging of the Soil Porous Architecture. Springer Nature, Wien, Austria (in press).</li><br /> <li>Udawatta, R.P., S.H. Anderson, and R.J. Kremer. 2022. Agroforestry for soil health. 355-386.&nbsp; In H.E. Garrett, S. Jose, and M.A. Gold (eds.) North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice (3rd Edition). American Society of Agronomy. Madison, Wisconsin.</li><br /> <li>Al-Awwal, N., M. Masjedi, M. El-Dweik, S.H. Anderson, and J. Ansari. &nbsp; Nanoparticle immune-fluorescent probes as a method for detection of viable E. coliO157:H7.&nbsp; J. of Microbiological Methods&nbsp; 193:106403.&nbsp; <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106403">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106403</a>.</li><br /> <li>Chakraborty, P., N. Singh, S. Bansal, U. Sekaran, P. Sexton, A. Bly, S.H. Anderson, and S. Kumar. &nbsp; Does the duration of no-till implementation influence depth distribution of soil organic carbon, hydro-physical properties, and CT-measured pore characteristics?&nbsp; Soil and Tillage Research 222:Article 105426 (pp. 1-13).</li><br /> <li>Conway, L.S., K.A. Sudduth, N.R. Kitchen, S.H. Anderson, K.S. Veum, and D.B. Myers. &nbsp; Soil organic matter prediction with benchtop and implement-mounted optical reflectance sensing approaches.&nbsp; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.&nbsp; 86:(in press).</li><br /> <li>Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Influence of no-till cover crop management on soil thermal properties.&nbsp; In S. Jayaraman and R.C. Dalal (ed.)&nbsp; No-Till Farming:&nbsp; Prospects and Challenges &ndash; Productivity, Soil Health and Ecosystem Services Special Issue.&nbsp; Soil Research 60:580-589.</li><br /> <li>Mendis, S.S., R.P. Udawatta, S.H. Anderson, J. Ansari, and M. Salceda. &nbsp; Effects of cover crops on soil thermal properties of a corn cropping system.&nbsp; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.&nbsp; 86:1194-1205.</li><br /> <li>Mendis, S.S., R.P. Udawatta, S.H. Anderson, K.A. Nelson, and R.L. Cordsiemon. &nbsp; Effects of cover crops on soil moisture dynamics of a corn cropping system.&nbsp; Soil Security 8:100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100072</li><br /> <li>Mingyuan, J., M.C. Fleetwood, S.H. Anderson, and X. Xiong. &nbsp; Wetting agent effects on plant available water for hydrophobic USGA root zones.&nbsp; Agricultural Research and Technology: Open Access J. 2022; 27 (1): 556360. DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2022.27.556360</li><br /> <li>Rankoth, L.M., R.P. Udawatta., C.J. Gantzer, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Cover crop effects on mCT-measured geometrical pore characteristics.&nbsp; Agrosystems, Geosciences &amp; Environment 5:e20284. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20284">https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20284</a></li><br /> <li>Svedin, J.D., K.S. Veum, C.J. Ransom, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; An identified agronomic interpretation for potassium permanganate oxidizable carbon.&nbsp; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 86:(in press).</li><br /> <li>Svedin, J.D., N.R. Kitchen, C.J. Ransom, K.S. Veum, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Can soil biology tests improve phosphorus and potassium corn fertilizer recommendations?&nbsp; Agron. J.&nbsp; 114:(in press).</li><br /> <li>Veum, K.S., S.M. Zuber, C.J. Ransom, R.L. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Reduced tillage and rotational diversity improve soil health in Missouri.&nbsp; Agron. J.&nbsp; 114:3027-3039.</li><br /> <li>Li, Y., Livi, K.J.T., Arenberg, M.R., Xu, S., Arai, Y. 2021. Depth sequence distribution of water-extractable colloidal phosphorus and phosphorus speciation in intensively managed agricultural soils. Chemosphere. 286, 131665.</li><br /> <li>Xu, S. and Arai, Y. 2022. Competitive sorption and accumulation of organic phosphorus in phosphate-rich soils and sediments. Advances in Agronomy. vol. 173. 38, 337-374.</li><br /> <li>Xu, S., Martin, N.F., Matthews, J.W. and Arai, Y. 2022. Accumulation and release of organic phosphorus (P) from legacy P-affected soils to adjacent drainage water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22, 29, 33885-33899.</li><br /> <li>Xu, S., and Arai, Y. 2022. Adsorption mechanisms of inositol hexakisphosphate in the presence of phosphate at the amorphous aluminum oxyhydroxide-water interface. Science of the Total Environment. 837, 155525.</li><br /> <li>Kannan, A., J. Dillavou, K.H.H. Gamage, G.M. Hettiarachchi, and P. Parameswaran. 2023. Recovery of high-quality Calcium phosphate fertilizer products from anaerobic membrane bioreactor treated swine wastewater. Chem. Eng. J. 453, 139539 (published online Oct. 2022)</li><br /> <li>Guti&eacute;rrez, E., E. Ch&aacute;vez, K. H.H. Gamage, D. Arg&uuml;ello, M. B. Galkaduwa, and G.M. Hettiarachchi. 2022. Cadmium fractionation in soils affected by organic matter application: Transfer of cadmium to cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) tissues. Front. Environ. Sci. 19 Sep. 2022. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.954521">https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.954521</a>.</li><br /> <li>Attanayake, C.A., D. Kumaragamage, G. Amarawansha, G. M. Hettiarachchi, S. P. Indraratne, and D. M. Goltz. Phosphorus release and speciation in manganese(iv) oxide and zeolite-amended flooded soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 56: 8082-8093. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01185">https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01185</a></li><br /> <li>Obeng, A. B., M. Del Rio, C. Costa, C. Chavarria, C. Rodriguez, M. B. Galkaduwa, C. Wekumbura, K. Gamage, G. M. Hettiarachchi, W. Hargrove, and C. Sobin. 2022. Validity of a portable X-ray fluorescence device for analyzing field dust wipe samples for lead. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03898-8">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03898-8</a>.</li><br /> <li>Hu, X., Y. Zhang, Z. Chen, Y. Gao, B. Teppen, S.A. Boyd, W. Zhang, J.M. Tiedje, and H. Li. 2023. Tetracycline accumulation in biofilms enhances the selection pressure on Escherichia coli for expression of antibiotic resistance. Science of the Total Environment, 857, 159441. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159441.</li><br /> <li>Li, Y., J.B. Sallach, W. Zhang, S.A. Boyd, and H. Li. 2022. Characterization of plant accumulation of pharmaceuticals from soils with their concentration in soil pore water. Environmental Science &amp; Technology, 56(13), 9346&ndash;9355. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00303.</li><br /> <li>Gunathilaka, G.U., J. He, H. Li, W. Zhang, and E.T. Ryser. 2022. Behavior of silver nanoparticles in chlorinated lettuce wash water. Journal of Food Protection, 85(7), 1061&ndash;1068. DOI: 10.4315/JFP-22-018.</li><br /> <li>Shen, Y., E. Zhao, W. Zhang, A.A. Baccarellia, and F. Gao. 2022. Predicting pesticide dissipation half-life intervals in plants with machine learning models. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, 129177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129177.</li><br /> <li>Chen, Z., L. Yin, W. Zhang, A. Peng, J.B. Sallach, Y. Luo, and H. Li. 2022. NaCl salinity enhances tetracycline bioavailability to Escherichia coli on agar surfaces. Chemosphere, 302, 134921. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134921.</li><br /> <li>Gao, F., W. Zhang, A.A. Baccarelli, and Y. Shen. 2022. Predicting chemical ecotoxicity by learning latent space chemical representations. Environment International, 163, 107224. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107224.</li><br /> <li>Wang, W., G. Rhodes, W. Zhang, X. Yu, B.J. Teppen, and H. Li. 2022. Implication of cation-bridging interaction contribution to sorption of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids by soils. Chemosphere, 290, 133224. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133224.</li><br /> <li>Gao, F., Y. Shen, J.B. Sallach, H. Li, W. Zhang, Y. Li, and C. Liu. 2022. Predicting crop root concentration factors of organic contaminants with machine learning models. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424, 127437. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127437.</li><br /> <li>He, J., L. Zhang, S.Y. He, E.T. Ryser, H. Li, and W. Zhang. 2022. Stomata facilitate foliar sorption of silver nanoparticles by Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental Pollution, 292, 118448. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118448.</li><br /> <li>Taslakyan, L., Baker, M. C., Shrestha, D. S., Strawn, D. G., &amp; M&ouml;ller, G. (2022). CO₂e footprint and eco-impact of ultralow phosphorus removal by hydrous ferric oxide reactive filtration: A municipal wastewater LCA case study. Water Environment Research, 94( 8), e10777.</li><br /> <li>Yang, R.; Liang, X.; D.G. Strawn. 2022. Variability in Cadmium Uptake in Common Wheat under Cadmium Stress: Impact of Genetic Variation and Silicon Supplementation. Agriculture 2022, 12, 848.</li><br /> <li>Strawn, D. G., Mohotti, D., Carp, E., Liang, X., Chen, J., Schroeder, K., &amp; Marshall, J. (2022). Cadmium concentrations in Idaho wheat grain and soil. Agrosystems, Geosciences &amp; Environment, 5, e20288.</li><br /> </ol>

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Stephen Anderson, Jorge Guzman, Christina Hamilton, Ganga Hettiarachchi, Andrew Huang, Alexandra Kravchenko, Chenxi Li, Angela Possinger, and Wei Zhang

Brief Summary of Minutes

Please see the attached file below for NC1187's 2022/2023 annual report.

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Stephen Anderson (University of Missouri), Ganga Hettiarachchi (Kansas State University), Alexandra Kravchenko (Michigan State University), Daniel G. Strawn (University of Idaho), and Wei Zhang (Michigan State University)

Brief Summary of Minutes

The main agenda of the annual meeting was to discuss about the renewal of the multi-state project. A draft proposal was shared with all project participants prior to the annual meeting. The past accomplishments were reviewed especially on group collaboration activities among the project participants, including the research collaborations between Drs. Hettiarachchi (KSU) and Schwab (Texas A&M) and between Drs. Kravchenko and Possinger, the 2023 annual meeting win conjunction with the 3^rd International Pan American Light Sources for Agriculture, and various symposia and topical sessions organized in the annual meetings of ASA-CSSA-SSSA. The unique strength of this multi-state project is to develop and employ advanced molecular and microscopic tools to characterize and quantify the physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and processes of particulate matters in soil, air, and water systems. To enhance collaboration within our group and the broader impact of this project to scientific community, annual symposium (or workshop) focusing on the advanced analytical techniques and practices (especially synchrotron-based spectroscopy techniques will be organized within the ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meetings each year by our project participants. Invited speakers will present the state-of-art analytical techniques and share effective strategies on how to best acquire the synchrotron resources for analysis. Topical sessions will also be organized for researchers and practitioners of various advanced analytical techniques to share their research.

Accomplishments

<p>The investigators of this multistate research project carry out basic and applied research on physical, chemical, and biological processes in soils, as well as meaningful outreach activities to enhance agricultural productivity and protect human and ecosystem health. The key feature of our group is the focus on microscale mechanisms underlying these processes and the use of advanced analytical techniques, many of them synchrotron-based, required to address them. In the past year the investigators utilized these advanced tools to study micro-scale patterns in distribution of Mn in soils under contrasting agricultural practices and their potential contribution to soil C gains, effect of soil pore structure on solute and water transport, nitrate removal from water resources with electrochemical reduction, wind soil erosion, air pollution, the speciation, bioavailability, and transport of metals and nutrients in soil-plant systems, recovery of potable water and valuable nutrients from wastewater sources, and environmental processes and impacts of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances [PFAS], metals, and prions in soil, water, and plant systems, using a multitude of spectroscopic, molecular, experimental, and computational methods.</p><br /> <p>In terms of multi-state collaborative activities, a few examples are highlighted here. Michigan State University and Creighton University collaborated on investigating the environmental persistence, bioavailability, and infectivity of prions in soil and water systems. &nbsp;Drs. Kravchenko (MSU) and Possinger (Virginia Tech) collaborated on analyses of different aspects of Mn processing in agricultural soils. Several participants of this project (Hettiarachchi, Possinger, and Strawn) organized an oral session (11 presentations) and a poster session (6 presentations) on Advanced Analytical Techniques and Their Application to Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry.</p><br /> <p>Some state-specific research activities are highlighted below to demonstrate the work of this group.</p><br /> <p>At University of Missouri Dr. Stephen Anderson&rsquo;s group investigated the transport of solutes and water in porous media. The Anderson group used X-ray computed tomographic (CT) techniques as a fast, robust, and non-invasive method to provide unique opportunities to quantify detailed pore morphological parameters and permit 3-D visualization of soil structural properties and to image and estimate the dynamic water and solute transport properties of porous media, particularly with the recent advancement in the reduction of scanning interval. CT has made the pore scale modelling of water and solute transport possible by providing the 3-D pore network and allowing the Navier&ndash;Stokes equations to be solved directly on a gridded or meshed 3-D image of the pore space geometry.</p><br /> <p>At University of Illinois, Dr. Joseph Stucki investigated redox-activated smectites as agents for removing undesirable pollutants such as nitrate from water. The goal of this study was to find an inexpensive and natural resource that can be used to eliminate nitrate from agricultural waters and drinking water reservoirs. A very promising candidate for this purpose is the clay mineral group known as smectite, which contains iron (Fe) in its crystal structure. Smectites are ubiquitous in nature and readily available. The Fe stays inside the clay as an integral part of the mineral lattice network and is susceptible to changes in its electrical charge, known as oxidation-reduction (redox, for short), in which Fe3+ is reduced to Fe2+, also denoted Fe(III) and Fe(II), respectively. This change in oxidation state impacts important reactions at the clay mineral surfaces. One of the potential redox reactions at the surface is for Fe(II) to reduce nitrate to less harmful forms of nitrogen. An important advancement was made during this time period, involving an electrochemical reduction reaction that does not require the addition of any chemicals. Another important advancement was that Fe was placed between the superimposed layers of the smectite to form pillars of Fe(III), and then the Fe(III) in the pillars was reduced to Fe(II). This is the first time this phenomenon of reduction in Fe pillars has been observed and adds more possibilities for increasing the reactivity of the smectite with nitrate.</p><br /> <p>At Michigan State University (MSU) Dr. Wei Zhang&rsquo;s group focused on studying the fate and transport of environmental contaminants in soil, water, and plant systems. Specifically, his group studied the interactions of infectious proteinaceous particles (prions, new groups of emerging contaminants) with soil geosorbents. This study aimed to understand environmental behaviors of chronic wasting disease prions and to develop novel cost-effective mitigation strategies. Molecular dynamics simulation was used to understand the interactions of amino acids with graphene and prion fibrils with geosorbent surfaces (i.e., Fe₂O₃, Ca(OH)₂, montmorillonite, kaolinite, and graphene). The group investigated the crop uptake of mixed metal(loids) as influenced by a variety of soil amendments and under various soil water conditions. The group also studied the fate and transport of PFAS in soil, water and plant systems using laboratory and modeling approaches. Also at Michigan State University, Dr. Kravchenko&rsquo;s group utilized a combination of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XRF) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to conduct micro-scale mapping of oxidation states of Mn (Mn(II), Mn(III), and Mn(IV)) in intact soils. Those analyses were combined with identification of the locations and characteristics of soil pores using X-ray micro-computed tomography (&micro;CT). Comparisons between two contrasting systems: a chisel ploughed maize-soybean-wheat rotation system and a native early successional plant community, removed from agriculture in 1989, demonstrated that tillage and vegetation influence the microscale distribution and oxidation states of soil Mn, which may have implications for the cycling of soil organic matter. Collaboration with Dr. Possinger&rsquo;s group enabled soil Mn chemistry characterization for this work. The project allowed a postdoc to visit SLAC to learn the techniques and to conduct XRF and XANES measurements.</p><br /> <p>At Rutgers University, G. Mainelis continued to investigate fate and transport of airborne particles, specifically due to the use of consumer products. The increasing application of nanotechnology has resulted in a growing number of nano-enabled consumer products, and they could be important contributors to indoor particulate matter, with potential adverse health effects. Here we investigated personal exposures of adults and children to the released and resuspended manufactured particles from seven nano-enabled consumer sprays. Sedimentation and resuspension of released particles were investigated in a newly constructed test chamber. We investigated the resuspension of deposited particles as a function of product type, flooring material (e.g., carpet and vinyl), resuspension force (e.g., walking by an adult and motion of a robotic sampler that simulated a child), and measurement height. We found that particle resuspension depended on the product, but was higher from carpeted flooring and due to walking by an adult.</p>

Publications

<p><strong>Peer-reviewed:</strong></p><br /> <ol><br /> <li>Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Agronomic practices for optimizing soil water retention.&nbsp; pp. 75-110.&nbsp; J.W. Knox (ed.).&nbsp; Improving Water Management in Agriculture:&nbsp; Irrigation and Food Production.&nbsp; Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, United Kingdom.</li><br /> <li>Ansari, J., S. Bardhan, M.P. Davis, S.H. Anderson, and N. Al-Awwal. &nbsp; Greenhouse gas emissions from riparian systems as affected by hydrological extremes:&nbsp; A mini-review.&nbsp; Cogent Food and Agriculture 10:1.&nbsp; DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2024.2321658</li><br /> <li>Ansari, J., F. Eivazi, S.H. Anderson, and S. Bardhan. &nbsp; Selected enzyme activities under different land use management in lower Missouri River Floodplain soils.&nbsp; Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis&nbsp; 55:27-39.</li><br /> <li>Ansari, J., S. Bardhan, F. Eivazi, S.H. Anderson, and S.S. Mendis. &nbsp; Bacterial community diversity for three selected land use systems as affected by soil moisture regime.&nbsp; Applied Soil Ecology&nbsp; 192:105100.&nbsp; DOI:&nbsp; 10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105100</li><br /> <li>Dhaliwal, J.K., S.H. Anderson, J. Lee, S. Jagadamma, and D. Saha. &nbsp; Computed tomography scanning revealed macropore-controlled N2O emissions under long-term tillage and cover cropping practices.&nbsp; Science of the Total Environment 926:171782. DOI:&nbsp; 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171782</li><br /> <li>Lord, S., K.S. Veum, L.L. Sullivan, S.H. Anderson, V. Acosta-Martinez, and K. Clark. &nbsp; Ancient prairies as a reference for soil organic carbon content and microbial community structure.&nbsp; Applied Soil Ecology 198:105355.&nbsp; DOI:&nbsp; 10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105355</li><br /> <li>Moody, A.H., R.N. Lerch, K.W. Goyne, S.H. Anderson, D.G. Mendoza-Cozatl, and D.A. Alvarez. &nbsp; Degradation kinetics of veterinary antibiotics and estrogenic hormones in a claypan soil.&nbsp; Chemosphere 346:140501.&nbsp; DOI:&nbsp; 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140501</li><br /> <li>Salceda, M., R.P. Udawatta, and S.H. Anderson. &nbsp; Agroforestry on runoff nitrogen and phosphorus losses from three paired watersheds after 25 years of implementation.&nbsp; Agroforestry Systems 98:603-617.</li><br /> <li>Zaid, F., N. Al-Awwal, J. Yang, S.H. Anderson, and B.T.B. Alsunuse. &nbsp; Effects of biochar-amended composts on selected enzyme activities in soils.&nbsp; Processes&nbsp; 12:1678. DOI: 10.3390/pr12081678</li><br /> <li>Wang, F., L. Xiang, K.S.-Y. Leung, M. Elsner, &hellip;W. Zhang, &hellip;, et al. 2024. Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective. The Innovation, 100612. DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100612.</li><br /> <li>Banna, G.MH.U, J. Siegenthaler, A. Benedict, B. Allen, R.M. Martinez, W. Zhang, and W. Li. 2024. Heavy metal sensing in plant and soil solutions using carbon fiber electrode. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 370(1), 115232. DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115232.</li><br /> <li>He, R., Zhang. J., and Mainelis, G. (2024) Potential exposure of adults and children to particles from resuspended nano-enabled consumer sprays, Science of the Total Environment, 924: 171459.</li><br /> </ol><br /> <p><strong>Presentations/Abstracts:</strong></p><br /> <ol><br /> <li>Udawatta, R.P., Salceda, M., and Anderson, S.H. 2024. Agroforestry and grass buffers on phosphorus losses from three paired watersheds after 25 years of implementation. 5th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC5). 8-10 October, Lleida, Spain.</li><br /> <li>Anderson, S.H., and T.M. Reinbott. 2024. Long-term soil erosion effects on soil hydraulic properties with Sanborn Field.&nbsp; Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference p. 106.&nbsp; &nbsp; 21-24 July, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.</li><br /> <li>Anderson, S.H., T.M. Reinbott. 2024. Soil hydraulic properties influenced by long-term soil erosion on Sanborn Field.&nbsp; 2024 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.&nbsp; 10-13 November, San Antonio, Texas.</li><br /> <li>Xu, Z., Q. Dong, J.A. Ippolito, W. Zhang, and H. Li. 2024. Fate and transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soils following long-term land application of biosolids. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (oral presentation).</li><br /> <li>Dong, Q., Z. Xu, W. Zhang, and H. Li. 2024. Evaluate the effectiveness of soil amendment through the resolution of PFAS sorption on sorbents and soil. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (oral presentation).</li><br /> <li>Huang, A., H. Li, W. Zhang, and B.J. Teppen. 2024. Evaluation of cation-bridging sorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by soils from water. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (oral presentation).</li><br /> <li>Li, C., Q. Cao, K. Ellis, H. Li, K. Steinke, Z.D. Hayden, and W. Zhang. 2024. How do soil amendments influence toxic metallome of carrots? ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (oral presentation).</li><br /> <li>Cao, Q., C. Li, Z.D. Hayden, K. Steinke, H. Li, and W. Zhang. 2024. Effects of Soil Water Conditions on Heavy Metal Uptake in Carrots. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (poster).</li><br /> <li>Zhang, W. 2024. Environmental contaminants in soil, water, and plant systems. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 10-23 (oral presentation).</li><br /> <li>Stucki, J.W., Pentrak, M.P, and Pentrak, L.A. Fe(II)-pillared montmorillonite. Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 3-7, 2024.</li><br /> </ol><br /> <p><strong>Extension/outreach:</strong></p><br /> <ol><br /> <li>Li, C., A. Huang, Q. Cao, Q. Dong, H. Li, K. Steinke, Z.D. Hayden, R. Hammerschmidt, and W. Zhang. Evaluating and disseminating soil amendment practices to mitigate heavy metal uptake by carrot. Michigan Carrot Committee Research Meeting, February 13, 2024.</li><br /> </ol>

Impact Statements

1. At Missouri the work by Dr. Anderson’s group showed that CT has promising potential for assessing transport processes to help in more accurately predicting contaminant transport through soils.
2. At University of Illinois, a new 50 mCi 57Co source for the Mӧssbauer spectrometer was obtained and the research team is now in the process of ramping up operation of that very valuable instrument. The Mӧssbauer spectrometer also made it possible for this team to positively identify the form of Fe that was located in the Fe pillars between the issuperimposed layers of the smectite (montmorillonite). Without this instrument, confirmation of this seminal observation would not have been possible.
3. At Michigan State University, molecular dynamics tools were developed to simulate the interactions of amino acids with carbon surface and prion fibrils with geosorbents surfaces, which will provide useful information for other researchers and for developing prion mitigation strategies. The studies on the crop uptake of both toxic and essential metal(loids) and PFAS will help manage the crop quality and safety as influenced by metal(loid)s and PFAS. Methodology has been developed for micro-scale mapping of Mn oxidation states in the soil, while maintaining the soil surface and structure intact – a condition crucial for understanding interactions between physical, chemical, and biological soil processes. The developed techniques are now being used in assessing the impact of Mn on soil organic matter under a variety of cropping systems, vegetation, and land use history settings.
4. Experiments performed at Rutgers show that particles deposited from consumer sprays could be resuspended by both a walking adult and a child (the latter simulated by a robot). Importantly, data show that adults not only resuspend the deposited particles and are exposed to them, but also that children present in the room are subjected to even higher released and resuspended particle concentrations. In sum, our actions in indoor spaces (like spraying and walking) affect not only the person engaged in the activity but also others in the room, especially children. We also see that particle resuspension from hard flooring is much lower compared to carpeted surfaces. Actions based on the findings could minimize exposures to indoor pollutants.

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