1st Edition

Soil Organic Matter in Temperate AgroecosystemsLong Term Experiments in North America

    The presence - or absence - of soil organic matter (SOM) has important implications for agricultural productivity. It could also have significant implications for global climate due to its role as a source/sink of carbon. Therefore, it is important to understand the issues related to the accumulation or loss of SOM, to use what we have learned from experiments to make sound decisions about soil and crop management, and to test models and future concepts concerning SOM management. A database is included with the book, presenting tabular data for 34 sites in North America.
    Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Agroecosystems discusses all of these issues and more, answering such questions as:

    The Role of Soil Organic Matter in Agricultural Systems and Global Change
    Impacts of Agriculture on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, K.W. Flach, T.O. Barnwell, Jr., and P. Crosson
    Management Controls on Soil Carbon, K. Paustian, H.P. Collins, and E.A. Paul
    Characterization of Soil Organic Carbon Relative to Its Stability and Turnover, H.P. Collins, E.A. Paul, K. Paustian, and E.T. Elliott
    Crop Residue Input to Soil Organic Matter, G.A. Buyanovsky and G.H. Wagner
    Biogeochemistry of Managed Grasslands in Central North America, I. C. Burke, W.K Lauenroth, and D. G. Milchunas
    Site Management Effects on Productivity and Soil Organic Matter in the Corn Belt
    Nitrogen Fertilizer and Legume-Cereal Rotation Effects on Soil Productivity and Organic Matter Dynamics in Wisconsin, M.B. Vanotti, L.G. Bundy, and A.E. Peterson
    Long-Term N Management Effects on Corn Yield and Soil C of an Aquic Haplustoll in Minnesota, D.R. Huggins and D.J. Fuchs
    Long Term Effects of Fertilizer and Manure on Corn Yield, Soil Carbon and Other Soil Chemical Properties in Michigan, M.L. Vitosh, R.E. Lucas, and G.H. Silva
    Long-Term Tillage and Periodic Plowing of a No-Tilled Soil in Michigan: Impacts, Yield and Soil Organic Matter, F.J. Pierce and M-C. Fortin
    Soil Organic Matter in Sugar Beet and Dry Bean Cropping Systems in Michigan, D.R. Christenson
    Soil Organic Carbon Changes Through Time at the University of Illinois Morrow Plots, R.G. Darmody and T.R. Peck
    Continuous Application of No-Tillage to Ohio Soils: Changes in Crop Yields and Organic Matter-Related Soil Properties, W.A. Dick, W.M. Edwards, and E.L. McCoy
    Management Impacts on SOM and Related Soil Properties in a Long Term Farming Systems Trial in Pennsylvania: 1981-1991, S.E. Peters, M.M. Wander, L.S. Saporito, G.H. Harris, and D.B. Friedman
    Crop Rotation, Manure, and Agricultural Chemical Effects on Dryland Crop Yield, SOM, and other Soil Characteristics over 16 Years in Eastern Nebraska, G.W. Lesoing and J.W. Doran
    Sanborn Field: Effects of One Hundred Years of Cropping on Soil Parameters Influencing Productivity, G.A. Buyanovsky, J.R. Brown, and G.H. Wagner
    Soil Organic Matter Under Long-Term No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage Corn Production in Kentucky, W.W. Frye and R.L. Blevins
    Long-Term Patterns of Plant Production and Soil Carbon Dynamics in a Georgia Piedmont Agroecosystem, P.F. Hendrix
    Soil Carbon Level Dependence Upon Crop Culture Variables in a Thermic-Udic Region, R.R. Bruce and G.W. Langdale
    Changes in Ecosystem Carbon 46 Years after Establishing Red Pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) on Abandoned Agricultural Land in the Great Lakes Region, K.S. Pregitzer and B.J. Palik
    Site Management Effects on Productivity and Soil Organic Matter Characteristics in the Great Plains
    Crop Yield and Soil Organic Matter Trends over 60 Years in a Typic Cryoboralf at Breton, Alberta, N.G. Juma, R.C. Izaurralde, J.A. Robertson, and W.B. McGill
    Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in Long-Term Experiments in Southern Alberta, H.H. Janzen, A.M. Johnston, J.M. Carefoot, and C.W. Lindwall
    Crop Production and Soil Organic Matter in Long-Term Crop Rotations in the Sub-Humid Northern Great Plains of Canada, C.A Campbell, G.P. Lafond, A.P. Moulin, L. Townley-Smith, and R.P. Zentner
    Crop Production and Soil Organic Matter in Long-Term Crop Rotations in the Semi-Arid Northern Great Plains of Canada, C.A. Campbell and R.P. Zentner
    A Conservation Tillage-Cropping Systems Study in the Northern Great Plains of the USA, A.L. Black and D.L. Tanaka
    Soil Organic Matter Changes Over Two Decades of Winter Wheat-Fallow Cropping in Western Nebraska, D.J. Lyon, C.A Monz, R.E. Brown, and A.K. Metherell
    Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Change in Long-Term Agricultural Experiments at Pendleton, Oregon, P.E. Rasmussen and R.W. Smiley
    Long-Term Tillage and Crop Residue Management Study at Akron, Colorado, A.D. Halvorson, M.F. Vigil, G.A. Peterson, and E.T Elliott
    Management of Dryland Agroecosystems in the Central Great Plains of Colorado, G.A. Peterson and D.G. Westfall
    Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in the East-Central Great Plains of Kansas, J.L. Havlin and D.E. Kissel
    Management of Dry-Farmed Southern Great Plains Soils for Sustained Productivity, O.R. Jones, B.A. Stewart, and P.W. Unger
    Soil, Crop and Management of Long-Term Experiments in North America (Database)
    Arlington, WI: N Effects on Continuous Corn, L.G. Bundy, M.B. Vanotti, and D.H. Mueller
    Lancaster, WI: Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilizer Effects, L.G. Bundy, M.B. Vanotti, and T.M. Wood
    Lamberton, MN: Nitrogen Rate and Application Method Effects on Continuous Corn, D. Huggins
    East Lansing, MI: Manure-Fertilizer Effects on Corn, Grain and Silage, M.L. Vitosh, R.E. Lucas, and G.H. Silva
    East Lansing, MI: No-Till Sequences and Cover Crops, F.J. Pierce and M.-C. Fortin
    Saginaw Valley, MI: Corn-Sugarbeet-Navy Bean-Alfalfa Rotations, D.R. Christenson
    Champaign-Urbana, IL: The Morrow Plots, Established 1876, R.G. Darmody, T.R. Peck, M.G. Oldham, and L.V. Boone
    Wooster, OH: Tillage-Crop Rotations on a Upland Glacial Till, W.A. Dick
    Hoytville, OH: Tillage-Crop Rotations on a Poorly Drained Glacial Till, W.A. Dick
    South Charleston, OH: Tillage Effects on Continuous Corn Crop Rotations, W.A. Dick
    Kutztown, PA: The Rodale Reversion Experiment, S. Peters, L. Drinkwater, and R. Janke
    Mead, NE: Crop Rotations, Manure, Fertilizer and Herbicide Interactions, G. W. Lesoing and J. W. Doran
    Columbia, MO: Sanborn Field, Established in 1888, J.R. Brown, G.H. Wagner, and G.A Buyanovsky
    Lexington, KY: No-Till and Nitrogen Fertilizer Interactions, R.L. Blevins
    Athens, GA: The Horseshoe Bend Cropping Systems Experiment, P.F. Hendrix, D.A Crossley, and D.C. Coleman
    Watkinsville, GA: Crop Rotation, Tillage and Irrigation Interactions, R.R. Bruce and G.W. Langdale
    Breton, Alberta: Crop Rotations on a Northern Wooded Soil, N.G. Juma, J.A Robertson, R.C. Izaurralde, and W.B. McGill
    Lethbridge, Alberta: Historical Dryland Rotations, H.H. Janzen and C. W. Lindwall
    Lethbridge, Alberta: Crop-Fertilizer Interactions, Rotation U, H.H. Janzen and J.M. Carefoot
    Lethbridge, Alberta: Restoration Dryland Rotations, H.H. Janzen
    Lethbridge, Alberta: Summerfallow Management, H.H. Janzen, C.W. Lindwall, and F.J. Larney
    Melfort, Saskatchewan: Crop Rotations and Fertilizer Interactions, A.P. Moulin, L. Townley-Smith, C.A. Campbell, G.P. Lafond, and R.P. Zentner
    Indian Head, Saskatchewan: Crop Rotations and Fertilizer Interactions, G.P. Lafond, C.A. Campbell, A.P. Moulin, L. Townley-Smith, and R.P. Zentner
    Swift Current, Saskatchewan: Crop Rotations and Fertilizer Interactions, C.A. Campbell and R.P. Zentner
    Pendleton, OR: Crop Residue Experiment, P.E. Rasmussen and R.V. Smiley
    Pendleton, OR: Tillage-Fertilizer Interactions, P.E. Rasmussen and R. V. Smiley
    Sidney, NE: Tillage Effects in Wheat-Fallow Rotations, D.J. Lyon
    Alcron, CO: Tillage Effects in Wheat-Fallow Rotations, A.D. Halvorson, M.F. Vigil, G.A Peterson, and E. T. Elliott
    Sterling, CO: Cropping Systems on a Catenary Sequence, G.A. Peterson and D.G. Westfall
    Stratton, CO: Cropping Systems on a Catenary Sequence. G.A. Peterson and D.G. Westfall
    Walsh, CO: Cropping Systems on a Catenary Sequence, G.A. Peterson and D.G. Westfall
    Manhattan, KA: Crop Rotations and Tillage Interactions, J.L. Havlin and D. Peterson
    Bushland, TX: Conservation Tillage on Graded Terraces, O.R. Jones, B.A. Stewart, and P.W. Unger
    Bushland, TX: Cropping and Tillage Systems for Minibenches, O.R. Jones, B.A. Stewart, and P.W. Unger

    Biography

    Paul\, Eldor A.; Paustian\, Keith H.; Elliott\, E. T.; Cole\, C. Vernon

    "…is a valuable resource for scientists studying soil C cycling in agroecosystems."
    --Ray R. Weil, American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, Vol. 15