NC1187: Particulate Reactivity and Cycling in a Changing Environment: Implications for Agriculture and Human Health

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Active

SAES-422 Reports

01/18/2021

Peer-reviewed:


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 & Environment. 3: e20032. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agg2.20032


Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, and R.P. Udawatta.  2020.  Agroforestry, grass, biofuel crop, and row-crop management effects on soil water dynamics for claypan landscapes.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.  84:203-219.


Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, K.S. Veum, and L.M. Rankoth.  2020.  Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.  Agron. J.  112:815-827.


Gantzer, C.J., and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  The Soil and Water Conservation Society - The society’s beginning.  pp. 1-11.  In J.A. Delgado, C.J. Gantzer, and G.J. Sassenrath.  Soil and Water Conservation Society:  A Celebration of 75 Years.  Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa.


Goldstein, A.H., W.W Nazaroff, C.J. Weschler, J. Williams, How Do Indoor Environments Affect Air Pollution Exposure?, Environmental Science & Technology, Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05727, 2020.HTML.


Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  No-till farming systems for enhancing soil water storage.  pp. 213-231.  In Y. Dang, R.C. Dalal, and N.W. Menzies (eds.) No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture:  Challenges and Opportunities.  Springer Nature, Basel, Switzerland.


Haruna, S.I., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, C.J. Gantzer, S. Cui, N.C. Phillips, and Y. Gao.  2020.  Improving soil physical properties through the use of cover crops:  A review.  Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment.  3:e20105.  https://doi.or/10.1002/agg2.20105


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.


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 & Technology. 53, 24, 14273–14284.


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.


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.


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.


Zuber, S.M., K.S. Veum, R.L. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  Role of inherent soil characteristics in assessing soil health across Missouri.  Agricultural & Environmental Letters 5:e20021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20021


 


Books:


Strawn, D.G. H. Bohn, G. O’Connor. 2020. Soil Chemistry. 5th Edition. John Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, UK. 356 pages.


 


Presentations/Abstracts:


Particulate Matter in a Changing Environment: Implications for Agriculture and Human Health” as part of Environmental Quality Division (S11) at the 2020 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting (Virtual). Six presentations. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/prelim.cgi/Session/20939


Al-Awwal, N., M. Mehdi, M. El-Dweik, and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  Specific method for the detection of viable E. Coli using nanoparticle immuno-fluorescent proves.  p. 204. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).


Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.J. Udawatta, and K.S. Veum.  2020.  Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.  p. 194. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).


Ansari, J., S.H. Anderson, F. Eivazi, and S. Bardhan.  2020.  Soil enzyme activity as affected by selected land management in floodplain systems.  p. 197. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).


Cercioglu, M., S.H. Anderson, and R.J. Udawatta.  2020.  Use of cover crops to improve soil quality:  A review.  p. 145. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference Abstracts, 27-29 July, Des Moines, Iowa (virtual).


Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, R.P. Udawatta, and K.S. Veum.  2020.  Long-term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds.  2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).


Al-Awwal, N., M. Mehdi, M. El-Dweik, and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  Nanoparticle immune-fluorescent probes as a specific method for detection of viable E. coli.  2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).


Ansari, J., S.H. Anderson, F. Eivazi, and S. Bardhan.  2020.  Floodplain land management effects on soil enzyme activity.  2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).


Rankoth, L.M., R.P. Udawatta, and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  Cover crop effects on micro-CT-measured geometrical pore parameters.  2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).


Zuber, S.M., K.S. Veum, R. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.  2020.  Crop management impacts on soil health across Missouri.  2020 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  9-13 November, Phoenix, Arizona (virtual).


 

02/15/2022

01/12/2023


  1. Izaditame, F., Siebecker, M. G., & Sparks, D. L. 2022. Sea-level-rise- inducedflooding drives arsenic release from coastal sediments. Journal of    HazardousMaterials, 423, 127161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127161

  2. 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040458

  3. Blanco, H., S. Kumar and S.H. Anderson.   Soil hydrology in a changing climate.  262 pp.  Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

  4. Alagele, S.M., S.H. Anderson, and R.P. Udawatta.   Conservation buffers and soil water.  pp. 133-156.  In H. Blanco, S. Kumar, and S.H. Anderson (eds.)  Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate.  Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

  5. Kumar, S., P. Chakraborty, and S.H. Anderson.   X-ray computed tomography for studying solute transport in soils.  In S.J. Mooney, I. Young, R. Heck, and S. Peth (eds.)   X-Ray Imaging of the Soil Porous Architecture. Springer Nature, Wien, Austria (in press).

  6. Udawatta, R.P., S.H. Anderson, and R.J. Kremer. 2022. Agroforestry for soil health. 355-386.  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.

  7. Al-Awwal, N., M. Masjedi, M. El-Dweik, S.H. Anderson, and J. Ansari.   Nanoparticle immune-fluorescent probes as a method for detection of viable E. coliO157:H7.  J. of Microbiological Methods  193:106403.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106403.

  8. Chakraborty, P., N. Singh, S. Bansal, U. Sekaran, P. Sexton, A. Bly, S.H. Anderson, and S. Kumar.   Does the duration of no-till implementation influence depth distribution of soil organic carbon, hydro-physical properties, and CT-measured pore characteristics?  Soil and Tillage Research 222:Article 105426 (pp. 1-13).

  9. Conway, L.S., K.A. Sudduth, N.R. Kitchen, S.H. Anderson, K.S. Veum, and D.B. Myers.   Soil organic matter prediction with benchtop and implement-mounted optical reflectance sensing approaches.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.  86:(in press).

  10. Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson.   Influence of no-till cover crop management on soil thermal properties.  In S. Jayaraman and R.C. Dalal (ed.)  No-Till Farming:  Prospects and Challenges – Productivity, Soil Health and Ecosystem Services Special Issue.  Soil Research 60:580-589.

  11. Mendis, S.S., R.P. Udawatta, S.H. Anderson, J. Ansari, and M. Salceda.   Effects of cover crops on soil thermal properties of a corn cropping system.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.  86:1194-1205.

  12. Mendis, S.S., R.P. Udawatta, S.H. Anderson, K.A. Nelson, and R.L. Cordsiemon.   Effects of cover crops on soil moisture dynamics of a corn cropping system.  Soil Security 8:100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100072

  13. Mingyuan, J., M.C. Fleetwood, S.H. Anderson, and X. Xiong.   Wetting agent effects on plant available water for hydrophobic USGA root zones.  Agricultural Research and Technology: Open Access J. 2022; 27 (1): 556360. DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2022.27.556360

  14. Rankoth, L.M., R.P. Udawatta., C.J. Gantzer, and S.H. Anderson.   Cover crop effects on mCT-measured geometrical pore characteristics.  Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 5:e20284. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20284

  15. Svedin, J.D., K.S. Veum, C.J. Ransom, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.   An identified agronomic interpretation for potassium permanganate oxidizable carbon.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 86:(in press).

  16. Svedin, J.D., N.R. Kitchen, C.J. Ransom, K.S. Veum, and S.H. Anderson.   Can soil biology tests improve phosphorus and potassium corn fertilizer recommendations?  Agron. J.  114:(in press).

  17. Veum, K.S., S.M. Zuber, C.J. Ransom, R.L. Myers, N.R. Kitchen, and S.H. Anderson.   Reduced tillage and rotational diversity improve soil health in Missouri.  Agron. J.  114:3027-3039.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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)

  23. Gutiérrez, E., E. Chávez, K. H.H. Gamage, D. Argüello, 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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.954521.

  24. 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01185

  25. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03898-8.

  26. 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.

  27. 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 & Technology, 56(13), 9346–9355. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00303.

  28. 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), 1061–1068. DOI: 10.4315/JFP-22-018.

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

  35. Taslakyan, L., Baker, M. C., Shrestha, D. S., Strawn, D. G., & Möller, 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.

  36. 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.

  37. Strawn, D. G., Mohotti, D., Carp, E., Liang, X., Chen, J., Schroeder, K., & Marshall, J. (2022). Cadmium concentrations in Idaho wheat grain and soil. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 5, e20288.

12/15/2023

01/09/2025

Peer-reviewed:



  1. Haruna, S.I., and S.H. Anderson.   Agronomic practices for optimizing soil water retention.  pp. 75-110.  J.W. Knox (ed.).  Improving Water Management in Agriculture:  Irrigation and Food Production.  Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

  2. Ansari, J., S. Bardhan, M.P. Davis, S.H. Anderson, and N. Al-Awwal.   Greenhouse gas emissions from riparian systems as affected by hydrological extremes:  A mini-review.  Cogent Food and Agriculture 10:1.  DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2024.2321658

  3. Ansari, J., F. Eivazi, S.H. Anderson, and S. Bardhan.   Selected enzyme activities under different land use management in lower Missouri River Floodplain soils.  Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis  55:27-39.

  4. Ansari, J., S. Bardhan, F. Eivazi, S.H. Anderson, and S.S. Mendis.   Bacterial community diversity for three selected land use systems as affected by soil moisture regime.  Applied Soil Ecology  192:105100.  DOI:  10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105100

  5. Dhaliwal, J.K., S.H. Anderson, J. Lee, S. Jagadamma, and D. Saha.   Computed tomography scanning revealed macropore-controlled N2O emissions under long-term tillage and cover cropping practices.  Science of the Total Environment 926:171782. DOI:  10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171782

  6. Lord, S., K.S. Veum, L.L. Sullivan, S.H. Anderson, V. Acosta-Martinez, and K. Clark.   Ancient prairies as a reference for soil organic carbon content and microbial community structure.  Applied Soil Ecology 198:105355.  DOI:  10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105355

  7. Moody, A.H., R.N. Lerch, K.W. Goyne, S.H. Anderson, D.G. Mendoza-Cozatl, and D.A. Alvarez.   Degradation kinetics of veterinary antibiotics and estrogenic hormones in a claypan soil.  Chemosphere 346:140501.  DOI:  10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140501

  8. Salceda, M., R.P. Udawatta, and S.H. Anderson.   Agroforestry on runoff nitrogen and phosphorus losses from three paired watersheds after 25 years of implementation.  Agroforestry Systems 98:603-617.

  9. Zaid, F., N. Al-Awwal, J. Yang, S.H. Anderson, and B.T.B. Alsunuse.   Effects of biochar-amended composts on selected enzyme activities in soils.  Processes  12:1678. DOI: 10.3390/pr12081678

  10. Wang, F., L. Xiang, K.S.-Y. Leung, M. Elsner, …W. Zhang, …, et al. 2024. Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective. The Innovation, 100612. DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100612.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.


Presentations/Abstracts:



  1. 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.

  2. Anderson, S.H., and T.M. Reinbott. 2024. Long-term soil erosion effects on soil hydraulic properties with Sanborn Field.  Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference p. 106.    21-24 July, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

  3. Anderson, S.H., T.M. Reinbott. 2024. Soil hydraulic properties influenced by long-term soil erosion on Sanborn Field.  2024 American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America International Meeting Abstracts.  10-13 November, San Antonio, Texas.

  4. 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).

  5. 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).

  6. 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).

  7. 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).

  8. 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).

  9. 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).

  10. 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.


Extension/outreach:



  1. 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.

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