List by Topic
Publications from Russell Ranch by Topic
Overview
Denison, R.F., and R. Russotti. 1997. Field estimates of green leaf area index using laser-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Field Crops Res. 52:143-150. Pdf
Denison, R.F. 1997. Review of "Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences." Field Crops Res. 54:74-75.
Denison, R.F., R.O. Miller, D. Bryant, A. Abshahi, and W.E. Wildman. 1996. Image processing extracts more information from color infrared aerial photos. Calif. Agric. 50(3):9-13 Link to Document
Denison, R.F., D.C. Bryant, and T.E. Kearny. 2004. Crop yields over the first nine years of LTRAS, a long-term comparison of field crop systems in a Mediterranean climate. Field Crops Research 86:267-277. Pdf
Kaffka. S., D. Bryant and F. Denison. 2005. Comparisons of organic and conventional maize and tomato cropping systems from a long-term experiment in California. Paper at: Researching Sustainable Systems- International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 21-23, 2005. [Unpublished] Pdf
Klonsky, K. and P. Livingston. 1994. Alternative systems aim to reduce inputs, maintain profits. California Agriculture. 48(5): 34-42. Pdf
Martini, E.A, J.S. Buyer, D.C. Bryant, T.K. Hartz, R.F. Denison. 2003. Yield increases during the organic transition: improving soil quality or increasing experience? Field Crops Research 86:255-266. Pdf
McGuire, A.M., D.C. Bryant, and R.F. Denison. 1998. Wheat yields, nitrogen uptake, and soil moisture following winter legume cover crop vs. fallow. Agron. J. 90:404-410. Pdf
Poudel, D.D., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W.R. Horwath, K.M. Scow. A.H.C. van Bruggen, W.T. Lanini, J.P. Mitchell, and S.R. Temple. 2001. The sustainable agriculture farming system project in California's Sacramento Valley. Outlook on Agriculture 30(2):109-116. Pdf
Temple S.R., O.A. Somasco, M. Kirk and D. Friedman. 1994. Conventional, low-input, and organic farming systems compared. California Agriculture. 48(5): 14-19. Pdf
Temple, S.R., D.B. Friedman, O. Somasco, H. Ferris, K. Scow, and K. Klonsky. 1994. An interdisciplinary, experiment station-based participatory comparison of alternative crop management systems for California's Sacramento Valley. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 9 (1 & 2): 64-71. Abstract
Conservation Tillage
Burger, M., W.R. Horwath, and W.W. Wallender. 2008. Effects of Cover Cropping and Conservation Tillage on Sediment and Nutrient Losses to Runoff in Conventional and Alternative Farming Systems. Final Report to Funding Agency California Bay-Delta Authority (CALFED). Pdf
Clausnitzer, H. and M.J. Singer. Environmental influences on respirable dust production from agricultural operations in California. Atmospheric Environment 34(11): 1739-1745. Pdf
Clausnitzer, H. and M.J. Singer. 1997. Intensive land preparation emits respirable dust. Calif. Agric. 51(2):27-30 Pdf
Clausnitzer, H. and M.J. Singer. 1996. Respirable-dust production from agricultural operations in the Sacramento Valley, CA. Journal of Environmental Quality 25(4): 877-884. Pdf
Jackson, L.E., F.J. Calderon, K.L. Steenwerth, K.M. Scow, and D.E. Rolston. 2003. Responses of soil microbial processes and community structure to tillage events and implications for soil quality. Geoderma 114:305-317. Pdf
Kallenbach, C.M. 2008. The use of subsurface drip irrigation, cover crops, and conservation tillage in reducing soil CO2 and N2O emissions from irrigated row-crop system. MS Thesis. University of California, Davis. Pdf
Klonsky, K. and P. Livingston. 2008. Resource use reduction from conservation tillage. SAFS Newsletter Vol. 8/ No. 3. Newsletter
Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Transitioning from standard to minimum tillage: Trade-offs between soil organic matter stabilization, nitrous oxide emissions, and N availability in irrigated cropping systems. Soil and Tillage Research. 104(2): 256-262. Pdf
Mailapalli, D.R., W.R. Horwath, W.W. Wallender, and M. Burger. 2012. Infiltration, Runoff and Export of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Furrow-Irrigated Forage Fields under Cover Crop and No-Till Management in the Arid Climate of California. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 138: 35-42. Pdf
Minoshima, H., L.E. Jackson, T.R. Cavagnaro, and H. Ferris. 2007. Short-term fates of 13C-depleted cowpea shoots in no-tillage and standard tillage soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:1859-1866.
Minoshima, H., L.E. Jackson, T.R. Cavagnaro, S. Sánchez-Moreno, H. Ferris, S.R. Temple, and J.P. Mitchell. 2007. Soil food webs and carbon dynamics in response to conservation tillage in legume rotations in California. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:952-963.
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Sutton, K.F., W.T. Lanini, J.P. Mitchell, E.M. Miyao, and A. Shrestha. 2006. Weed Control, Yield, and Quality of Processing Tomato Production under Different Irrigation, Tillage, and Herbicide Systems. Weed Technology 20:831-838. Pdf
Veenstra, J.J., W.R. Horwath and J.P. Mitchell. 2007. Conservation Tillage and Cover Cropping Effects on Total Carbon and Aggregate-Protected Carbon in Irrigated Cotton and Tomato Rotations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. I71:362-37. Pdf
Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Aguilera, E. L. Lassaletta, A. Sanz-Cobena, J. Garnier and A. Vallejo. 2013. The potential of organic fertilizers and water management to reduce N2O emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems. A review. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 164(1): 32-52. Pdf
Bryant, D. and I. Herrera. 2007. Equipment options: Emphasis on reducing energy consumption. SAFS Newsletter Vol. 7/No. 2. Pdf
Burger, M., L.E. Jackson, E.J. Lundquist, D.T. Louie, R.L. Miller, D.E. Rolston, and K.M. Scow. 2005. Microbial responses and nitrous oxide emissions during wetting and drying of organically and conventionally managed soil under tomatoes. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42:109-118. Pdf
De Gryze, S., A. Wolf, S.R. Kaffka, J. Mitchell, D.E. Rolston, S.R. Temple, J. Lee and J. Six. 2010. Simulating greenhouse gas budgets of four California cropping systems under conventional and alternative management. Ecological Applications 20(7): 1805-1819. Pdf
De Gryze, S., J. Lee, S. Ogle, K. Paustian and J. Six. 2011. Assessing the potential for greenhouse gas mitigation in intensively managed annual cropping systems at the regional scale. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 144(1): 150-158. Pdf
Kallenbach, C.M. 2008. The use of subsurface drip irrigation, cover crops, and conservation tillage in reducing soil CO2 and N2O emissions from irrigated row-crop system. MS Thesis. University of California, Davis. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Transitioning from standard to minimum tillage: Trade-offs between soil organic matter stabilization, nitrous oxide emissions, and N availability in irrigated cropping systems. Soil and Tillage Research. 104(2): 256-262. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel and J. Six. 2007. Soil aggregates control N cycling efficiency in long-term conventional and alternative cropping systems. Nutrient Cycling Agroecosystems. 79: 45-58. Pdf
Nitrogen
Burger, M. and L.E. Jackson. 2003. Microbial immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in relation to ammonification and nitrification rates in organic and conventional cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35:29-36. Pdf
Burger, M., L.E. Jackson, E.J. Lundquist, D.T. Louie, R.L. Miller, D.E. Rolston, and K.M. Scow. 2005. Microbial responses and nitrous oxide emissions during wetting and drying of organically and conventionally managed soil under tomatoes. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42:109-118. Pdf
Calderón, F.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow, and D.E. Rolston. 2001. Short-term dynamics of nitrogen, microbial activity, and phospholipid fatty acids after tillage. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65(1):118-126. Pdf
Cavero J., R.E. Plant, C. Shennan, and D. Friedman. 1997. The Effect of Nitrogen Source and Crop Rotation On the Growth and Yield of Processing Tomatoes Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 47: 271-282. Pdf
Clark, M.S., W.R. Horwath, C. Shennan, K.M. Scow, W.T. Lanini, and H. Ferris. 1999. Nitrogen, weeds and water as yield-limiting factors in conventional, low-input, and organic tomato systems. Agri. Ecosyst. Environ. 73:257-270. Pdf
Ferris, H., R.C. Venette and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil management to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations and their nitrogen mineralization function. Applied Soil Ecology 24:19-35. Pdf
Fogg, G.E., D.E. Rolston, D.L. Decker, D.T. Louie, and M.E. Grismer. 1998. Spatial variation in nitrogen isotope values beneath nitrate contamination sources. Ground Water 36(3): 418-426. Pdf
Hadas, A., T.A. Doane, A.W. Kramer, C. van Kessel, and W.R. Horwath. 2002. Modelling the turnover of 15N-labelled fertilizer and cover crop in soil and its recovery by maize. European Journal of Soil Science 53:541-552. Pdf
Hasegawa, H., D.C. Bryant, and R.F. Denison. 2000. Testing CERES model predictions of crop growth and N dynamics, in cropping systems with leguminous green manures in a Mediterranean climate. Field Crops Res. 67:239-255. Pdf
Hasegawa, H., J.M. Labavitch, A.M. McGuire, D.C. Bryant, and R.F. Denison. 1999. Testing CERES model predictions of N release from legume cover crop residue. Field Crops Research 63:255-267. Pdf
Horwath, W.R., O.C. Devêvre, T.A. Doane, A.W. Kramer, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Soil C sequestration management effects on N cycling and availability. J.M. Kimble, R. Lal and R.F. Follett, eds. Chapter 14, pp. 155-164 In: Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil. Lewis Publishers.
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath. 2009. Significance of organic nitrogen uptake from plant residues by soil microorganisms as affected by carbon and nitrogen availability. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41: 1281–1288. Pdf
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath. 2008. Regulation of extracellular protease activity in soil in response to different sources and concentrations of nitrogen and carbon. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40: 3040–3048. Pdf
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath, R.G. Joergensen, B. Ludwig. 2010.
Pathways of nitrogen utilization by soil microorganisms- A review. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 42(12): 2058-2067. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Transitioning from standard to minimum tillage: Trade-offs between soil organic matter stabilization, nitrous oxide emissions, and N availability in irrigated cropping systems. Soil and Tillage Research. 104(2): 256-262. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel and J. Six. 2007. Soil aggregates control N cycling efficiency in long-term conventional and alternative cropping systems. Nutrient Cycling Agroecosystems. 79: 45-58. Pdf
Kramer, A.W., T.A. Doane, W.R. Horwath, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Combining fertilizer and organic inputs to synchronize N supply in alternative cropping systems in California. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 91:233-243. Pdf
Kramer, A.W., T.A. Doane, W.R. Horwath, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Short-term nitrogen-15 recovery vs. long-term total soil N gains in conventional and alternative cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34:43-50. Pdf
Lundquist, E.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow, and C. Hsu. 1999. Changes in microbial biomass and community composition, and soil carbon and nitrogen pools after incorporation of rye into three California agricultural soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:221-236. Pdf
McGuire, A.M., D.C. Bryant, and R.F. Denison. 1998. Wheat yields, nitrogen uptake, and soil moisture following winter legume cover crop vs. fallow. Agron. J. 90:404-410. Pdf
Poudel, D.D., W.R. Horwath, J.P. Mitchell, and S.R. Temple. 2001. Impacts of cropping systems on soil nitrogen storage and loss. Agricultural Systems 68:253-268. Pdf
Poudel, D.D., W.R. Horwath, J.P. Mitchell, and S.R. Temple. 2001. Impacts of farming systems on soil mineral nitrogen levels in irrigated processing tomatoes. T.K. Hartz, ed. Proceedings VII International Symposium on the Processing Tomato. June 10-13, 2000, Sacramento, CA. pp. 321-332. Pdf
Poudel, D.D., W.R. Horwath, W.T. Lanini, S.R. Temple, and A.H.C. van Bruggen. 2002. Comparison of soil N availability and leaching potential, crop yields and weeds in organic, low-input and conventional farming systems in northern California. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 90:125-137. Pdf
Nutrition
Eoh, E., S. Kaffka, and A.E. Mitchell. 2012. A long-term comparison of the influence of organic and conventional crop management practices on the content of the glycoalkaloid a-tomatine in tomatoes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 0000(0000): [Epub ahead of print]. Pdf
Mitchell, A.E., Y.-J. Hong, E. Koh, D.M. Barrett, D.E. Bryant, R.F. Denison, and S. Kaffka. 2007. Ten-year comparison of the influence of organic and conventional crop management practices on the content of flavonoids in tomatoes. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55:6154-6159. Pdf
Pest and Weed Management
Clark, M.S., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W.T. Lanini, A.H.C. vanBruggen, and F.G. Zalom. 1998. Agronomic, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Pest Management in Conventional and Alternative Tomato and Corn Systems in Northern California. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 68:51-71 Pdf
Clark, M.S., W.R. Horwath, C. Shennan, K.M. Scow, W.T. Lanini, and H. Ferris. 1999. Nitrogen, weeds and water as yield-limiting factors in conventional, low-input, and organic tomato systems. Agri. Ecosyst. Environ. 73:257-270. Pdf
Clark, M.S.. 1999. Ground Beetle Abundance and Community Composition in Conventional and Organic Tomato Systems of California's Central Valley. Applied Soil Ecology 11:199-206. Pdf
Sutton, K.F., W.T. Lanini, J.P. Mitchell, E.M. Miyao, and A. Shrestha. 2006. Weed Control, Yield, and Quality of Processing Tomato Production under Different Irrigation, Tillage, and Herbicide Systems. Weed Technology 20:831-838. Pdf
Soil Biology
Berkelmans, R., H. Ferris, M. Tenuta, and A.H.C. van Bruggen. 2003. Effects of long-term crop management on nematode trophic levels other than plant feeders disappear after one year of disruptive soil management. Applied Soil Ecology 23:223-235. Pdf
Bossio, D.A., K.M. Scow, N. Gunapala and K.J. Graham. 1998. Determinants of soil microbial communities: Effects of agricultural management, season, and soil type on phospholipid fatty acid profiles. Microb. Ecol. 36:1-12. Pdf
Briar, S.S., S.J. Fonte, I. Park, J. Six, K. Scow and H. Ferris. 2011. The distribution of nematodes and soil microbial communities across soil aggregate fractions and farm management systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43(5): 905-914. Pdf
Burger, M. and L.E. Jackson. 2003. Microbial immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in relation to ammonification and nitrification rates in organic and conventional cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35:29-36. Pdf
Burger, M., L.E. Jackson, E.J. Lundquist, D.T. Louie, R.L. Miller, D.E. Rolston, and K.M. Scow. 2005. Microbial responses and nitrous oxide emissions during wetting and drying of organically and conventionally managed soil under tomatoes. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42:109-118. Pdf
Calderon, F.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow, and D.E. Rolston. 2000. Microbial responses to simulated tillage in cultivated and uncultivated soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32:1547-1559. Pdf
Calderón, F.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow, and D.E. Rolston. 2001. Short-term dynamics of nitrogen, microbial activity, and phospholipid fatty acids after tillage. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65(1):118-126. Pdf
Cavagnaro, T.R., L.E. Jackson, J. Six, H. Ferris, S. Goyal, D. Asami, and K.M. Scow. 2006. Arbuscular mycorrhizas, microbial communities, nutrient availability, and soil aggregates in organic tomato production. Plant Soil 282:209-225. Pdf
Chen, J., H. Ferris, K.M. Scow, and K.J. Graham. 2001. Fatty acid composition and dynamics of selected fungal-feeding nematodes and fungi. Comparative Biochem. and Physiol. Part B 130:135-144. Pdf
Drenovsky, R.E., D. Vo, K.J. Graham, and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil water content and organic carbon availability are major determinants of soil microbial community composition. Microb. Ecol 48:424-430. Pdf
Drenovsky, R.E., G.N. Elliott, K.J. Graham, and K.M. Scow. 2004. Comparison of phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and total soil fatty acid methyl esters (TSFAME) for characterizing soil microbial communities. Soil Biol. & Biochem. 36:1793-1800. Pdf
DuPont, S.T., H. Ferris, and M. Van Horn (in press) Cover crop quality and quantity affect soil food webs and nutrient cycling in soils. Applied Soil Ecology. Pdf
Ferris, H. 1992. New frontiers in nematode ecology. Journal of Nematology 25:374-382. Pdf
Ferris, H. and S. Lau. 1992. Respiration rates of microbivorous nematodes. Journal of Nematology 24:589. Pdf
Ferris, H. and T. Bongers (in press). Indices for analysis of nematode assemblages. In Wilson, M. and T. Kakouli-Duarte. Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators. CABI, Wallingford, U.K.
Ferris, H. and T. Bongers. 2006. Nematode indicators of organic enrichment. Journal of Nematology 38:3-12. Pdf
Ferris, H., M. Eyre, R.C. Venette, and S. S. Lau. 1996. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: stage-specific development and fecundity rates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28 (3): 271-280. Pdf
Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, S. A. Lau, K. M. Scow, and N. Gunapala. 1994. Bacterial-feeding nematodes in conventional and organic farming systems. Journal of Nematology 26:544.
Ferris, H., R.C. Venette and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil management to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations and their nitrogen mineralization function. Applied Soil Ecology 24:19-35. Pdf
Ferris, H., R.C. Venette, and S.S. Lau. 1996. Dynamics of nematode communities in tomatoes grown in conventional and organic farming systems, and their impact on soil fertility. Applied Soil Ecology 3: 161-175. Pdf
Ferris, H., T. Bongers and R. De Goede. 2004. Nematode faunal analyses to assess food web enrichment and connectance. Pp 503-510 in R.C. Cook and D.J. Hunt (eds) Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 2. Brill, Netherlands. 866p. Abstract
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath. 2009. Significance of organic nitrogen uptake from plant residues by soil microorganisms as affected by carbon and nitrogen availability. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41: 1281–1288. Pdf
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath. 2008. Regulation of extracellular protease activity in soil in response to different sources and concentrations of nitrogen and carbon. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40: 3040–3048. Pdf
Geisseler, D. and W.R. Horwath, R.G. Joergensen, B. Ludwig. 2010. Pathways of nitrogen utilization by soil microorganisms- A review. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42(12): 2058-2067. Pdf
Gunapala, N. and K.M. Scow. 1998. Dynamics of soil microbial biomass and activity in conventional and organic farming systems. Soil Biol. Biochem., 30(6):805-816. Pdf
Jackson, L.E., F.J. Calderon, K.L. Steenwerth, K.M. Scow, and D.E. Rolston. 2003. Responses of soil microbial processes and community structure to tillage events and implications for soil quality. Geoderma 114:305-317. Pdf
Jaffee, B.A., H. Ferris, and K.M. Scow. 1998. Nematode-trapping fungi in organic and conventional cropping systems. Phytopath. 88:344-350. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., and J. Six. 2012. Microbial community assimilation of cover crop rhizodeposition within soil microenvironments in alternative and conventional cropping systems. Plant and Soil 365 (1-2): 315-330. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., J. Six. 2010. Tracing root vs. residue carbon into soils from conventional and alternative cropping systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74(4): 1201-1210. Pdf
Lau, S.S., M.E. Fuller, H. Ferris, R.C. Venette, and K.M. Scow. 1997. Development and testing of an assay for soil-ecosystem health using the bacterial-feeding nematode Cruznema tripartitum. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 36:133-139. Pdf
Leroy, B.L.M., N. De Sutter, H. Ferris, M. Moens, S. De Neve and D. Reheul. 2009. Short-term nematode population dynamics as influenced by the quality of exogenous organic matter. Nematology 11: 23-38. Pdf
Lundquist, E.J., K.M. Scow, L.E. Jackson, S.L. Uesugi, and C.R. Johnson. 1999. Rapid response of soil microbial communities from conventional, low input, and organic farming systems to a wet/dry cycle. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:1661-1675. Pdf
Minoshima, H., L.E. Jackson, T.R. Cavagnaro, S. Sánchez-Moreno, H. Ferris, S.R. Temple, and J.P. Mitchell. 2007. Soil food webs and carbon dynamics in response to conservation tillage in legume rotations in California. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:952-963.
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Okano, Y., K.R. Hristova, C.M. Leutenegger, L.E. Jackson, R.F. Denison, B. Gebreyesus, D. Lebauer, and K.M. Scow. 2004. Application of real-time PCR to study effects of ammonium on population size of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(2):1008-1016. Pdf
Sánchez-Moreno, S. and H. Ferris. 2007. Suppressive service of the soil food web: Effects of environmental management. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 119:75-87. Pdf
Sánchez-Moreno, S., H. Ferris, N. Guil. 2008. Role of tardigrades in the suppressive service of a soil food web. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 124:187-192. Pdf
Sánchez-Moreno, S., H. Ferris, N. L. Nicola, and F. G. Zalom. 2008. Effects of agricultural management on nematode – mite assemblages: Soil food web indices as predictors of mite community composition. Appl. Soil Ecol. (In Press) Pdf
Sánchez-Moreno, S., H. Minoshima, H. Ferris and L.E. Jackson. 2006. Linking soil properties and nematode community composition: effects of soil management on soil food webs. Nematology 8:703-715. Pdf
Scow, K.M. 1997. Soil microbial communities and carbon flow in agroecosystems, p. 361-407. In: Jackson, L.E. (ed.) Ecology in Agriculture. Academic Press, N.Y.
Scow, K.M. 1996. Interrelationships Between Microbial Dynamics and Carbon Flow in Agroecosystems. In: Jackson, L.E. (ed.) Ecology in Agriculture Ch. 11:367-403.
Scow, K.M., O. Somasco, N. Gunapala, S. Lau, R. Venette, H. Ferris, R. Miller, and C. Shennan. 1994. Transition from conventional to low-input agriculture changes soil fertility and biology. California Agriculture 48(5):20-26. Pdf
Steenwerth, K.L., Jackson, L.E., Calderon, F.J., Scow, K.M., and Rolston, D.E. 2005. Response of microbial community composition and activity in agricultural and grassland soils after a simulated rainfall. Soil Biol. and Biochem. 37:2249-2262. Pdf
Tenuta, M. and H. Ferris. 2004. Relationship between nematode life-history classification and sensitivity to stressors: ionic and osmotic effects of nitrogenous solutions. Journal of Nematology 36:85-94. Pdf
Timm, L., D. Pearson, and B. Jaffee. 2001. Nematode-trapping fungi in conventionally- and organically-managed corn-tomato rotations. Mycologia 93:25-29 Paper
Ventette, R.C. and H. Ferris. 1996. Thermal constraints to population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biol. Biochem. 29 (1): 63-74. Pdf
Soil Quality, Carbon, Chemistry and Physics
Andrews, S.S., J.P. Mitchell, R. Mancinelli, D.L. Karlen, T.K. Hartz, W.R. Horwath, G.S. Pettygrove, K.M. Scow, and D.S. Munk. 2002. On-farm assessment of soil quality in California’s central valley. Agron. J. 94:12-23. Pdf
Chen, J., J.W. Hopmans, and G.E. Fogg. 1995. Sampling design for soil moisture measurements in large field trials. Soil Sci. 159:155-161. Abstract
Clark, M.S., W.R. Horwath, C. Shennan, and K.M. Scow. 1998. Changes in soil chemical properties resulting from organic and low-input farming practices. Agron. J. 90(5):662-671. Pdf
Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, M.P. Jensen, S.B. Jones, L.W. de Jonge, K.M. Scow, J.W. Hopmans, D.E. Rolston, K. Kawamoto and T. Komatsu. 2012. Diffusion aspects of designing porous growth media for earth and space. Soil Science of America 76(5): 1564-1578 Pdf
Clausnitzer, H. and M.J. Singer. 1997. Intensive land preparation emits respirable dust. Calif. Agric. 51(2):27-30 Pdf
Devêvre O.C. and W.R. Horwath. 1999. Soil Humic Fractions as Indicators of the Transition from Conventional to Low-Input-Organic Farming Systems: Evaluation of SOM Maintenance. International Humic Society, Brisbane, Austrailia. September 1998.
Doane, T.A. and W.R. Horwath. 2004. Annual dynamics of soil organic matter in the context of long-term trends. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18:1-11. Pdf
Doane, T.A., O.C. Devêvre, and W.R. Horwáth. 2003. Short-term soil carbon dynamics of humic fractions in low-input and organic cropping systems. Geoderma 114:319-331. Pdf
Eden, M., P. Moldrup, P. Schjonning, K.M. Scow and L.W. de Jonge. 2012. Soil-gas phase transport and structure parameters for a soil under different management regimes and at two moisutre levels. Soil Science 177(9): 527-534. Pdf
Gunapala, N., R.C. Venette, H. Ferris, and K.M. Scow. 1998. Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition. Soil. Biol. Biochem. 30(14):1917-1927. Pdf
Hadas, A., T.A. Doane, A.W. Kramer, C. van Kessel, and W.R. Horwath. 2002. Modelling the turnover of 15N-labelled fertilizer and cover crop in soil and its recovery by maize. European Journal of Soil Science 53:541-552. Pdf
Horwath, W.R., O.C. Devêvre, T.A. Doane, A.W. Kramer, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Soil C sequestration management effects on N cycling and availability. J.M. Kimble, R. Lal and R.F. Follett, eds. Chapter 14, pp. 155-164 In: Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil. Lewis Publishers.
Kong, A.Y.Y., J. Six. 2010. Tracing root vs. residue carbon into soils from conventional and alternative cropping systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74(4): 1201-1210. Pdf
Kong, A.Y.Y., J. Six, D.C. Bryant, R.F. Denison, and C. van Kessel. 2005. The relationship between carbon input, aggregation, and soil organic carbon stabilization in sustainable cropping systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1078-1085. Pdf
Kosugi, K., and J.W. Hopmans. 1998. Scaling of soil water retention curves for soils with a lognormal pore size distribution. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 62:1496-1505. Pdf
Lundquist, E.J., L.E. Jackson, and K.M. Scow. 1999. Wet-dry cycles affect dissolved organic carbon in two California agricultural soils. Soil Bio. Biochem. 31:1031-1038. Pdf
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