12/21/2006

Institution: University of California, Davis
Committee Representative: Will Horwath

Rasmussen C, Southard R J, Horwath WR. 2006. Mineral control of organic carbon mineralization in a range of temperate conifer forest soils. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 12 (5): 834-847.

Moran KK, Six J, Horwath WR, van Kessel C. 2005. Role of mineral-nitrogen in residue decomposition and stable soil organic matter formation. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL 69 (6): 1730-1736.


Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Committee Representative: Michelle Wander

Yoo, G and MM Wander, 2006. Influence of conventional and no tillage practices on soil structural controls over C mineralization. SSSAJ 70:651-659.

Yoo, G, TM Nissen, and MM Wander, 2006. Use of physical properties to predict the effects of tillage practices on organic matter dynamics in three Illinois soils. JEQ 35:1576-1583.

Yoo, G, LA Spomer, and MM Wander, 2006. Regulation of carbon mineralization rates by soil structure and water in an agricultural field and a prairie-like soil. In Press.

Marriott, ME and MM Wander, 2006. Using qualitative and quantitative differences in particulate organic matter to assess fertility in organic and conventional farming systems. Soil Biol Biochem (avail on line)
Marriott, ME and MM Wander, 2006. Total and labile soil organic matter in organic farming systems. SSSAJ 70:950-959.

Illinois soil N test
Mulvaney, RL, SA Khan, Tr Ellsworth, 2006. Need for a soil-based approach in managing nitrogen fertilizers for profitable corn production. SSSAJ 70: 172-182.

Ruffo, ML, GA Bollero, RG Hoeft et al., 2005. Spatial variability of the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test: Implications for soil sampling. Agron J 97: 1485-1492.

Cover crop management
Miguez, FE, GA Bollero, 2005. Review of corn yield response under winter cover cropping systems using meta-analytic methods. Crop Sci 45: 2318-2329.


Institution: Purdue University
Committee Representative: Ron Turco

Ruark, M. The fate of dissolved organic carbon in tile drained agroecosystems. PhD Thesis. December 2006.

Shi, W., M. Bischoff, R.F. Turco and A. Konopka. 2005. Microbial catabolic diversity in soils contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals. Environmental Sciences and Technology 39:1974-1979.

Edwards, I., A. Gillespie J. Chen, K. Johnsen and R.F. Turco. 2005. Spatial distribution of ammonium and calcium in optimally fertilized pine plantation soils. Soil Science Society American Journal 69:1813-1821.


Institution: Kansas State University
Committee Representative: Charles W. Rice

Mikha, M.M, C.W. Rice, and G.A. Milliken. 2005. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization as affected by wetting and drying cycles. Soil Boil. Biochem. 37:339-347.

Liphadzi, K.B., K. Al-Khatib, C.N. Bensch, P.W. Stahlman, J.A. Dille, C.W. Rice. And M.J. Horak. 2005. Soil microbial and nematode communities as affected by glyphosate-resistant cropping system under conventional and no-till environments. Weed Sci. 53:536-545.

Jastrow, J.D., R.M. Miller, R. Matamala, R.J. Norby, T.W. Boutton, C.W. Rice, and C.E. Owensby. 2005. Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil carbon. Global Change Biol. 11:2057-2064.

Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice and C.E. Owensby. 2006. Natural 15N abundances in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to 8-y of elevated atmospheric CO2. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38:409-412.

McVay, K.A., J.A. Budde, K. Fabrizzi, M.M. Mikha, C.W. Rice, A.J. Schlegel, D.E. Peterson, D.W. Sweeney, and C. Thompson. 2006. Management effects on soil physical properties in long-term tillage studies in Kansas. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:434-438.

Pendell, D.L., J.R. Williams, C.W. Rice, R. G. Nelson, and S.B. Boyles. 2006. Economic feasibility of no-tillage and manure for soil carbon sequestration in corn production. J. Environ. Qual. 35: 1364-1373.

Koçyiit, R., and C.W. Rice. 2006. Partitioning root, rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere respiration during wheat growth under greenhouse conditions. Comm. Plant Soil Anal. 37:1173-1184.

Mikha, M.M., C.W. Rice and J.G. Benjamin. 2006. Estimating soil mineralizable nitrogen under different management practices. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1522-1531.

Pendell, D., J.R. Williams, S.B. Boyles, C.W. Rice, and R. G Nelson. 200x. Preference for soil carbon sequestration with alternative tillage and nitrogen sources under risk. Review Agric. Econ. (In Press).

Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, F. OMara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, S. Ogle, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, S. Towprayoon M. Wattenbach and J. Smith. 2006. Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B). (In Press).

P. Smith, D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, S. Ogle, F. OMara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, and S. Towprayoon. 2006. Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. (Accepted).

Gehl R.J. and C.W. Rice. 2007. Emerging technologies for in situ measurement of soil carbon. Climatic Change (In press).

McCarl,B., F.B. Metting, and C.W. Rice. 2007. Soil carbon sequestration: Global potential, science needs, and land management impacts. Climate Change (In Press)


Institution: University of Maryland
Committee Representative: Ray R. Weil

Wienhold, B.J., and R.R. Weil. 2006. Preserving soil and crop resources by increasing cropping intensity and decreasing tillage. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 21:1-2.

Jed Waddell and Ray Weil. 2006. Effects of Fertilizer Placement on Solute Leaching under Ridge Tillage and No Till. Soil & Tillage Research (in press)


Institution: Michigan State University
Committee Representative: Sieglinde Snapp

Bezner-Kerr, R., S.S. Snapp, M. Chirwa, L. Shumba and R. Msachi. 2007. Participatory research on legume diversification with Malawian smallholder farmers for improved human nutrition and soil fertility. Experimental Agriculture, In press.

Drinkwater, L.E. and S.S. Snapp. 2007. Nutrients in agroecosystems: Rethinking the management paradigm. Advances in Agronomy. 92: xx-xx

Snapp, S.S. 2005. Early planting enhances root growth in fresh market tomatoes. J of Vegetable Crop Production. 11:117-132.

Snapp, S.S., S.M. Swinton, R. Labarta, D. Mutch, J.R. Black, R. Leep, J. Nyiraneza and K. O'Neil. 2005. Evaluating benefits and costs of cover crops for cropping system niches. Agronomy J.97:322-332

Snapp, S.S. and H. Borden. 2005. Enhanced nitrogen mineralization in mowed or glyphosate treated cover crops compared to direct incorporation. Plant and Soil 270:101-112.


Institution: University of Minnesota
Committee Representative: Deborah Allan

King, JY, DL Allan, JS Stock, JC Bell, H Van Vleck, S Abreu and K Piotrowski, 2005. Investigating C and N Dynamics Using Stable Isotope Tracers in Corn. 69th Annual Meeting of Soil Science Society of America. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Porter, P, D Allan, K Crookston, M Harbur, K Olson, D Wyse, 2006. Overview of the University of Minnesota Variable Input Crop Management Systems (VICMS) Trials. In Raupp, J, C Pekrun, M Oltmanns, U Köpke (Eds.): Long Term Field Experiments in Organic Farming. ISOFAR Scientific Series No 1. Verlag Dr. Köster, Berlin, Germany. Pages 99-116.

Harbur, MM, DL Allan, CC Sheaffer and DL Wyse, 2006. Crop sequence and organic management effects on crops, weeds and soil quality. Agronomy Journal. Submitted.


Institution: University of Missouri
Committee Representative: Peter Motavalli

Pengthamkeerati, P., P.P. Motavalli, R.J. Kremer, and S. H. Anderson. In press. Soil compaction and poultry litter effects on factors affecting nitrogen availability in a claypan soil. Soil Tillage Res.

Udawatta, R.P., P.P. Motavalli, H.E. Garrett, and J.J. Krstansky. In press. Soil nitrogen losses in runoff from three adjacent agricultural watersheds with claypan soils. Agric. Ecosys and Environ.

Mungai, N.W., P.P. Motavalli and R.J. Kremer.2006. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions in temperate alley cropping systems. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 37:977-992.

Mungai, N.W. and P.P. Motavalli. 2006. Litter quality effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in temperate alley cropping systems. Applied Soil Ecology 31:32-42.

Pengthamkeerati, P., P.P. Motavalli, R.J. Kremer, and S. H. Anderson. 2005. Soil carbon dioxide efflux from a claypan soil affected by surface compaction and applications of poultry litter. Agric. Ecosys and Environ. 109:75-86.

Mungai, N.W., P.P. Motavalli, K.A. Nelson and R.J. Kremer. 2005. Differences in yields, residue composition and N mineralization dynamics of Bt and non-Bt maize. Nutr Cycl in Agroecosy. 73:101-109.

Mungai, N.W., P.P. Motavalli, R.J. Kremer, and K.A. Nelson. 2005. Spatial variation of soil enzyme activities and microbial functional diversity in temperate alley cropping systems. Biol. Fertil. Soils 42:129-136.

Fang, M., R.J. Kremer, P.P. Motavalli, and G. Davis. 2005. Bacterial diversity in rhizospheres of non-transgenic and transgenic corn. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:4132-4136.

Jung, W.K., N. R. Kitchen, K. A. Sudduth, R. J. Kremer, and P. P. Motavalli. 2005. Relationship of apparent soil electrical conductivity to claypan soil properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:883-892.


Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Committee Member: Rhae Drijber

Bradley, K., R.A. Drijber and J. Knops. Increased N availability in grassland soils modifies their microbial communities and decreases the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Accepted by Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Grigera, M.S., R.A. Drijber, K.M. Eskridge and B.J. Wienhold. Soil microbial biomass response to physicochemical properties that define apparent electrical conductivity classification. Accepted by Soil Science Society of America Journal.

Adviento-Borbe, M.A.A., J.W. Doran, R.A. Drijber, A. Dobermann. Soil electrical conductivity and water content affect N2O and CO2 emissions in intensively managed soils. Accepted by Journal of Environmental Quality.


Institution: North Dakota State University
Committee Representative: Larry J Cihacek

Cihacek, L.J. 2005. A soil carbon survey of Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 58A of Montana. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership (PCOR) Technical Report. Energy and Environment Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. 24 p.

Cihacek, L.J. 2005. A soil carbon survey of the southern part of Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 54 of South Dakota. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership (PCOR) Technical Report. Energy and Environment Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. 19 p.

Cihacek, L.J., G. Yellajosula, T. Faller, and C. Schauer. 2005. A soil carbon survey of the transitional cropping systems at the NDSU Hettinger Research and Extension Center, Adams County, North Dakota. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership (PCOR) Technical Report. Energy and Environment Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. 16 p.

de Silva, L.L., L.J. Cihacek, F.L. Leistritz, T. C. Faller, D.A. Bangsund, J. A. Sorenson, E.N. Steadman, and J.A. Harju. 2005. The contribution of soils to carbon sequestration. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership (PCOR) Topical Report. Energy and Environment Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. 23 p. August 2005.


Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Committee Representative: Douglas D. Archibald

Ahn, M.-Y.; Martinez, C. E.; Archibald, D. D.; Zimmerman, A. W.; Bollag, J.-M.; Dec, J. Transformation of catechol in the presence of a laccase and metal oxides. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 1015-1020 (2006).

Bazilevskaya, Katya; Archibald, Douglas; Martínez, Carmen Enid, Complexation of zinc with amino-acids: competition among O-, N- and S- functional groups, The 9th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, March 17-18, 2006, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Poster).

Randhawa, Rupinder K. and Archibald, Douglas D., Assessment of an infrared technique for soil carbon determination, 9th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, March 17-18, 2006, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Poster).

Randhawa, Rupinder K. and Archibald, Douglas D., Evaluation of an infrared spectroscopic technique for assessment of soil organic carbon, The 21st Annual Graduate Exhibition, March 26th, 2006, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Poster).

Rupinder K. Randhawa and Douglas D. Archibald, Comparison of dry-soil infrared spectroscopic techniques for assessment of organic carbon in soil management studies, The 18th World Congress of Soil Science, July 9-15, 2006, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA (Poster)


Institution: USDA-ARS, New England Plant Soil & Water Lab
Committee Representative: Ann-Marie Fortuna

He, Z., A. Fortuna , Senwo , Z.N., Tazisong, I. A. , Honeycutt, C. W. , and T.S. Griffin. 2006. Hedley fractionation may contain inorganic and organic phosphates. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 70:893-899.

Fortuna, A., C.W. Honeycutt and T.L. Marsh 2006. Variation in nitrification potential on manured agroecosystems of contrasting soil type. ESA, Memphis, TN.

Fortuna, A., C.W. Honeycutt and T.L. Marsh 2005. Linking nitrification and microbial community dynamics of ß-ammonia oxidizers of manured soils of contrasting ecoregions. SSSAJ, Salt Lake City, UT.


Institution: USDA-ARS, National Soil Tilth Laboratory


Olk, D.C., K.G. Cassman, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M.M. Anders, J.-D. Mao, and J.L. Deenik. 2006. Chemical stabilization of soil organic nitrogen by phenolic lignin residues in anaerobic agro-ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry: (in press).

Olk, D.C., M.I. Samson, and P. Gapas. 2006. Inhibition of nitrogen mineralization in young humic fractions by anaerobic decomposition of rice crop residues. European Journal of Soil Science: (in press).

Olk, D.C. A chemical fractionation for structure-function relations of soil organic matter in nutrient cycling. Soil Science Society of America Journal: 70.1013-1022.

Olk, D.C. and E.G. Gregorich. 2006. Overview of the symposium proceedings, "Meaningful pools in determining soil C and N dynamics". Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:967-974.

Olk, D.C. 2007. Organic forms of nitrogen. In: M.R. Carter and E.G. Gregorich (eds.) Soil sampling and methods of analysis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (in press).

01/24/2008

Ahn, M.-Y., A. R. Zimmerman, C. E. Martinez, D. D. Archibald, J.-M. Bollag, and J. Dec. "Characteristics of Trametes villosa laccase adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide." Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41[1], 141-148. 2007.

Balser, T.C., K. McMahon, D. Bart, D. Bronson, D. Coyle, N. Craig, M. Flores, K. Forshay, S. Jones, A. Kent, A. Shade. 2006. Bridging the gap between micro- and macroscale perspectives on ecosystem response to disturbance. Plant and Soil 289, 59-70 DOI 10.1007/s11104-006-9104-5

Bird, S.B., J.E. Herrick, M.M. Wander and L. Murray. 2007. Multi-scale variability in soil aggregate stability: implications for understanding semi-arid grassland degradation. Geoderma. In press.

Cespedes Leon,, C.M., A. Stone, and R. P. Dick. 2006. Organic soil amendments: impacts on snap bean common root rot and soil quality. Appl. Soil Ecol 31:199-210.

Cespedes-Leon, M.C., A.G. Stone, and R. P. Dick, 2006. Organic soil amendments: impacts on snap bean common root rot and soil quality. Appl. Soil Ecol. 31:199-210

Darby, H.M., A.G. Stone, and R.P. Dick, 2006. Compost and manure mediated impacts on soilborne pathogens and soil quality. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 347-358.

Dilling, L., Mitchell, R., Fairman, D., Lahsen, M., Moser, S., Patt, A., Potter, C., Rice, C., VanDeveer, S. How can we improve the usefulness of carbon science for decision-making? In: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [King, A., et al. (eds.)]. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, USA, In review.

Fraterrigo, J.M., T.C. Balser, M.G. Turner. 2006. Microbial community variation and its relationship with nitrogen mineralization in historically altered forests, Ecology 87, 570-579.

Garcia, J.P., Drijber, R., Wortmann, C.S., Mamo, M., Tarkalson, D. Occasional tillage of no-till systems reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of roots. Accepted by Agronomy Journal.

Gehl, R.J. and C.W. Rice. 2007. Emerging technologies for in situ measurement of soil carbon. Climatic Change 80:43-54.

Grigera, M.S., Drijber, R.A., Shores-Morrow, R.H., Wienhold, B.J. Distribution of the arbuscular mycorrhizal biomarker C16:1cis11 among neutral-, glycol- and phosphor-lipids extracted from soil during the reproductive growth of corn. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:1589-1596.

Grigera, M.S., Drijber, R.A., Wienhold, B.J. Increased abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil coincides with the reproductive stages of maize. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:1401-1409.

Grigera, M.S., Drijber, R.A., Wienhold, B.J. Redistribution of crop residues during row cultivation creates a biologically enhanced environment for soil microorganisms. Soil and Tillage Research 94:550-554.

Horwath, W. R., 2007b. The Global C Cycle. E. Paul, Ed., In Soil Mirobiology, Ecology and Biochemistry. Academic Press, New York.

Horwath, W.R. 2007a. Carbon cycling and formation of soil organic matter. In, Encyclopedia of Soil Science and Technology. W. Chesworth (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands.

Izaurralde, R.C. and C.W. Rice, 2006: Methods and tools for designing pilot soil carbon sequestration projects. pp. 457-476. In R. Lal, C.C. Cerri, M. Bernoux, J. Etchvers, and E. Cerri. (eds.) Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Latin America. Food Products Press: The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghampton, NY.

Jaynes DB, Olk DC, Colvin TS, Kaspar TC, and Karlen DL. 2007. Response to Comments on Need for a soil-based approach in managing nitrogen fertilizers for profitable corn production and Soil organic nitrogen enrichment following soybean in an Iowa corn-soybean rotation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:255.

Kao, J., T. Balser. 200x. In press. The impact of nutrient availability on rhizosphere microbial communities under native and invasive Hawaiian forest species. Microbial Ecology xx:xxx

Kao-Kniffin, J.T., and Balser, T.C., 2007. Elevated CO2 differentially alters belowground plant and soil microbial community structure in reed canary grass-invaded experimental wetlands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39, 517-525.

Kimble, J.M., C.W. Rice, D. Reed, S. Mooney, R.F. Follett, and R. Lal. 2007. Soil Carbon Management: Economic, Environmental and Societal Benefits. Taylor and Francis.

Liang, C., H.W. Read, T.C. Balser. In review. Reliability of bacterial muramic acid as a biomarker influenced by methodological artefacts from streptomycin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Submitted July _ 2007.

Liang, C., R. Fujinuma, L. Wei, T.C. Balser. 2006. Tree species-specific effects on soil microbial residues in an upper Michigan old growth forest system. Forestry doi:10.1093/forestry/cpl035

Liang, C., R. Fujinuma, T.C. Balser. In review. Comparing PLFA and amino sugars for microbial analysis in an upper Michigan old growth forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, xx-xxx Submitted July 22, 2007

Liang, C., X. Zhang, K.F. Rubert IV, T.C. Balser. 2006. Effect of plant materials on microbial transformation of amino sugars in three soil microcosms. Biology and Fertility of Soil http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00374-006-0142-1

Liang, C., X. Zhang, T.C. Balser, 2007. Net microbial amino sugars accumulation process in soil as influenced by different plant material inputs. Biology and Fertility of Soils DOI 10.1007/s00374-007-0170-5

Lucas, R., B. Casper, J. Jackson, T. Balser. 2007. Nitrogen addition alters microbial community structure but not extracellular enzyme activity in New Jersey pinelands Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39, 2508-2519.

Marriott, M.E, and M.M. Wander. 2006. Total and labile soil organic matter in organic farming systems. Soil Science Society of America. 70:950-959.

Marriott, M.E, and M.M. Wander. 2006. Using qualitative and quantitative differences in particulate organic matter to assess fertility in organic and conventional farming systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38:1527-1536.

McCarl, B., F.B. Metting, and C.W. Rice. 2007. Soil carbon sequestration: Global potential, science needs, and land management impacts. Climate Change 80:1-3.

Medeiros, P.M., M.F. Fernandes, R.P. Dick, and B.R.T. Simoneit, B.R.T Seasonal variations in sugar contents and microbial community in a ryegrass soil. Chemosphere (in press).

Mentzer, J.L., R. Goodman, T.C. Balser. 2006. Linking soil process and microbial ecology in freshwater wetland ecosystems. Plant and Soil DOI 10.1007/s11104-006-9105-4

Mentzer, J.L., R. Goodman, T.C. Balser. 2006. Microbial seasonal response to hydrologic and fertilization treatments in a simulated wet prairie. Plant and Soil 284 pp. 85-100.

Miyazoe, Mikio. 2007. Cover Crop Effects on Root Rot of Sweet Corn and Soil Properties. MS thesis, Oregon State University.

Murphy, M., T. Balser, N. Buchmann, V. Hanh, C. Potvin. 200x. In review. Linking tree biodiversity to belowground process in a young tropical plantation: impacts on soil CO2 flux. Intended for Plant and Soil. Revised and sent back to CP 7/11/06 STATUS as of 10/2006: Submitted 11/30/06, revised spring 2007, re-submitted Spring 2007

Ochiai, N,, M. L. Powelson, F. J. Crowe and R.P. Dick. 2007. Effects of green manure type and amendment rate on Verticillium wilt severity and yield of Russet Burbank potato. Plant Disease (in press).

Olk, D.C. 2007. Organic forms of nitrogen. In: EG Gregorich and MR Carter (eds.) Soil sampling and methods of analysis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. (Page numbers currently unknown. Publication date August 2007).

Olk, DC, Cassman KG, Schmidt-Rohr K, Anders MM, Mao J-D, and Deenik JL. 2006. Chemical stabilization of soil organic nitrogen by phenolic lignin residues in anaerobic agroecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38:3303-3312.

Olk, DC, Samson MI, and Gapas P. 2007. Inhibition of nitrogen mineralization in young humic fractions by anaerobic decomposition of rice crop residues. European Journal of Soil Science 58:270-281.

Pendell, D.L., J.R. Williams, S.B. Boyles, C.W. Rice, and R.G. Nelson. 2007. Soil Carbon Sequestration Strategies with Alternative Tillage and Nitrogen Sources under Risk. Rev. Agric. Eco. 29:247-268

Rice, C.W., K.P. Fabrizzi, and P.M. White, Jr. 2007. Benefits of soil organic carbon to physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Pp. 155-162. In Kimble, J.M., C.W. Rice, D. Reed, S. Mooney, R.F. Follett, and R. Lal. 2007. Soil Carbon Management: Economic, Environmental and Societal Benefits. Taylor and Francis.

Rosen, CJ and DL Allan, 2007. Exploring the benefits of organic nutrient sources for crop production and soil quality. Hort Tech (in press).

Schimel, J., T.C. Balser, M. Wallenstein, 2007. Stress Effects on Microbial Communities and the Implications for Ecosystem Function, Ecology 88, 1386-1394.

Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, F. OMara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, S. Ogle, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, and S. Towprayoon. 2007. Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 118:6-28.

Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, F. OMara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, S. Ogle, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, S. Towprayoon M. Wattenbach and J. Smith. 2007. Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. IPCC.

Veenstra, J. J. W. R. Horwath and J. P. Mitchell. 2006. Conservation Tillage and Cover Cropping Effects on Total Carbon and Aggregate-Protected Carbon in Irrigated Cotton and Tomato Rotations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71: 362-371.

Wander M.M., Yun W., Goldstein W.A., Aref, S., and S.A. Khan. 2007. Organic N and particulate organic matter fractions in organic and conventional farming systems with a history of manure application. Plant and Soil. 291:311-321.

Wander, M.M. 2007. Los Suelos no mienten: Verdades dichas a través de ensayos de larga duración. Engormix.com. Online Journal. May, 2007.

White, Jr., P.M., C.W. Rice, J.A. Baldock, and M.R. Tuinstra. 2007. Soil biological properties following additions of bmr mutant grain sorghum. Soil Biol. Biochem.39:1518-1532.

Yoo, G. and M.M. Wander 2006. Influence of conventional and no tillage practices on soil structural controls over C mineralization. Soil Science Society of America 70: 651-659.

Yoo, G. Nissen, T.M., and M.M. Wander. 2006. Use of physical properties to predict the effects of tillage practices on organic matter dynamics in three Illinois soils. JEQ 35: 576-583.

Yoo, G., Spomer L.A. and M.M. Wander. 2006. Regulation of carbon mineralization rates by soil structure and moisture. 2006. Geoderma 135: 16-25.

ABSTRACTS
Duraisamy, V., R. K. Randhawa, and D. D. Archibald. "Simplified infrared spectroscopy-geographic information system approach for assessing the spatial variability of soil organic carbon in a landscape." The Tenth Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium : The Pennsylvania State University : April 13th - 14th, 2007 , p. 14 (poster).

Moon, J. B., D. H. Wardrop, and D. D. Archibald. "Spatial Variability of the Soil microhabitat in disturbed and undisturbed headwater wetlands of Pennsylvania." 10th International Symposium on Wetland Biogeochemistry : Annapolis, Maryland : April 1st - 4th, 2007 (poster).

Randhawa, R. K. and D. D. Archibald. "Development of a diffuse reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopic technique to assess variability in the type of organic matter of dry screened soils." ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings : Indianapolis, Indiana : November 12th-16th, 2006 (poster).

Resto-Roldan, M., N. Martinez-Villegas, D. D. Archibald, and C. E. Martinez. "Distribution of copper on model soil constituents." Environmental Chemistry/Chemical Ecology Summer Research Symposium : The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania : July 27th, 2006 (poster).

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Cihacek, L. J., and K.A. Jacobson. 2007. Effects of soil sample grinding intensity on carbon determination by high-temperature combustion. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 38(13):1733-1739.

Conant, R.T., R.A. Drijber, M.L. Haddix, W.J. Parton, E.A. Paul, A.F. Plante, J. Six, and J.M. Steinweg. 2008. Sensitivity of organic matter decomposition to warming varies with its quality. Global Change Biology 14:868-877.

Fang, M., P.P. Motavalli, R.J. Kremer, and K.A. Nelson. 2007. Assessing changes in soil microbial communities and carbon mineralization in Bt and non-Bt corn residue-amended soils. Applied Soil Ecology 37:150-160.

Goyne, K.W., H.J. Jun, S.H. Anderson, and P.P. Motavalli. 2008. Phosphorus and nitrogen sorption to soils in the presence of poultry litter-derived dissolved organic matter. J. Environ. Qual. 37:154-163.

Kandeler, E., and R.P.Dick. 2007. Soil enzymes: Spatial distribution and function in agroecosystems. In G. Benckiser and S. Schnell (eds) Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems. CRC Taylor Francis. 2007. Chapter 15. p.263-287.

Lee Y.B., N. Lorenz, L. K. Dick, and R. P. Dick. 2007. Cold storage and pretreatment incubation: Effects on soil microbial properties. Soil Sci. Soc. J. 71:12991305.

Liang, Z, R.A. Drijber, D.J. Lee, I.M. Dwiekat, S.D. Harris, and D.A. Wedin. 2008. A DGGE-cloning method to characterize arbuscular mycorrhizal community structure in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40:956-966.

Miller, G., M. Mamo, R. Drijber, C. Wortmann, and R. Renken. Sorghum growth, root responses, and soil solution aluminum and manganese in pH stratified sandy soil. Accepted by Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, July 2007.

Moore-Kucera, J., and R. P. Dick. 2008. A pulse-chase method to 13Carbon-label douglas-fir seedlings for decomposition studies. Soil Science. 173:46-53.

Motavalli, P.P., J. Aguilera, C. Valdivia, M. Garcia, E. Jimenez, J.A. Cusicanqui, and R. Miranda. 2007. Changes in soil organic C and N due to climate change and socioeconomic factors in potato-based cropping systems in the Bolivian Highlands. Agron. Abstr., American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI. [non-paginated CD-ROM].

Ochiai, N., M. L. Powelson, F. J. Crowe, and R.P. Dick. 2008. Green manure effects on soil quality in relation to suppression of verticillium wilt of potatoes. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 91:400-406.

Quincke, J.A., C.S. Wortmann, M. Mamo, T. Franti, and R.A. Drijber. 2007. Occasional tillage of no-till systems: Carbon dioxide flux and changes in total and labile soil organic carbon. Agronomy Journal 99:1158-1168.

Quincke, J.A., C.S. Wortmann, M. Mamo, T. Franti, R.A. Drijber, and J.P. Garcia. 2007. One-time tillage of no-till systems: Soil physical properties, phosphorus runoff, and crop yield. Agronomy Journal 99:1104-1110.

Unger, I.M., R.M. Muzika, P.P. Motavalli, and J. Kabrick. 2008. Evaluation of continuous in situ monitoring of soil changes with varying flooding regimes. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 39(11 & 12), 1600-1619.

02/22/2010

See listing of journal and non-refereed articles in individual state reports which are included in committee meeting minutes or see the attached file.

09/14/2010

See state reports in annual meeting minutes.

09/07/2011

Witzling, L., M.Wander. and E. Phillips. 2011. Testing and educating on urban soil lead: A case of Chicago community gardens. The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development . doi:10.5304/jafscd.2010.012.015.


Yoo, G., Yang X. and M. Wander. 2011. Influence of soil aggregation on soil organic carbon sequestration: A preliminary model of SOC protection by aggregate dynamics. Ecological Engineering.


Wander M.M. 2011. Sustainable agriculture in the Great Lakes region; In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture II. Christine Jakobsson (ed). Baltic University Press pp. 263-271.


Feher, S. and M.M. Wander. 2011. Assessment of sustainable land use. In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture III. Christine Jakobsson and Jeff Levengood. (eds.) Baltic University Press. pp.


Higo, M., K. Isobe, D.-J. Kang, K. Ujiie, R.A. Drijber, R. Ishii. 2010. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi or crop rotation with mycorrhizal plants improves the growth of maize in limed acid sulfate soil. Plant Production Science, Vol. 13, pp.74-79.


Okalebo, J., Yuen, G.Y., Drijber, R.A., Blankenship, E., Eken, C., Lindquist, J. 2011.Biological suppression of velvetleaf (Abuliton theophrasti) in an Eastern Nebraska soil. Weed Science 59:155-161.


Haddix, M.L., Plante, A.F., Conant, R.T., Paul, E.A., Six, J., Steinweg, M.J., Magrini-Bair, K., Drijber, R.A., Morris, S.J. 2011. The role of soil characteristics on temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:56-68.


Tian, H., Drijber, R.A., Niu, X.S., Zhang, J.L., Li, X.L. 2011. Spatio-temporal dynamics of an indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in an intensively managed maize agroecosystem in north China. Applied Soil Ecology 47:141-152.


Mahli, S. S., R. L. Lemke, M. A. Liebig, B. McConkey, J. J. Schoenau, L. J. Cihacek, and C.Campbell. 2010. Management strategies and practices for increasing storage of organic C and N in soil in cropping systems in the Northern Great Plains of North America. pp. 325-284. In S. S. Mahli, Y. Gan, J. J. Schoenau, R. L. Lemke and M. A. Liebig (eds.), Recent Trends in Soil Science and Agronomy Research in the Northern Great Plains of North America. Research Signpost Press, Kerala, India.


M. Goebel, S. E. Hobbie, B. Bulaj, M. Zadworny, D. D. Archibald, J. Oleksyn, P. B. Reich and D. M. Eissenstat. "Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: Linking carbon and nutrient dynamics belowground to fine root function and structure." Ecological Monographs 81[1], 89-102. 2011.


"Making carbon crediting really work for farmers, Part 2. Mobile field lab to measure soil carbon," by Elaine Viglione, New Farm Magazine (The Rodale Institute, 4-14-2010, www.rodaleinstitute.org/20100414_Making_carbon_crediting_really_work_for_farmers).


"Making carbon crediting really work for farmers, Part 3. Making in-field carbon measurement a reality," by Elaine Viglione, New Farm Magazine (The Rodale Institute, 7-28-2011, www.rodaleinstitute.org/20100728_making-carbon-crediting-really-work-for-farmers-part-3).


"Making carbon crediting really work for farmers, Part 4. Streamlining the data, lessons learned, taking the lab to farms," by Elaine Viglione and Christi Gabriel, New Farm Magazine (The Rodale Institute, 12-01-2010, www.rodaleinstitute.org/20101201_making-carbon-crediting-really-work-for-farmers-part4).


Habteselassie, M., M. Bischoff, B. Applegate, B. Reuhs, and R. F. Turco. 2010. Understanding the role of agricultural practices in the potential colonization and contamination by E. coli in rhizosphere of fresh produce. Journal of Food Protection. 73: 2001-2009.


Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S. M. Brouder, M. D. Ruark, and R. F. Turco. 2011. Nitrate, phosphate, and ammonium loads at subsurface drains: agroecosystems and nitrogen management. Journal of Environmental Quality 40: 1-12.


Erika Offerdahl, Teri Balser, Clarissa Dirks, Kathryn Miller, Jennifer Momsen, Lisa Montplaisir, Marcy Osgood, Karen Sirum, Mary Pat Wenderoth, Brian White, William B. Wood, Michelle Withers, Robin Wright, 2011. Meeting Report: Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER). CBE-Life Sciences Education, 10(1): 11-13.


Liang, C., T. Balser, 2011. Correspondence: Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: Implications for productivity and climate policy. Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 75 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2386-c1