Central Great Plains Research Station 
USDA-ARS / NRCS / CSU cooperating in Akron, Colorado 
1907 - 2004

 

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2002 Annual Report

PUBLICATIONS

Alderfasi, A.A. and D.C. Nielsen. 2001. Use of crop water stress index for monitoring water status and scheduling irrigation in wheat. Agric. Water Manage. 47:69-75.

Anapalli, S.S., D.C. Nielsen, L. Ma, and L.R. Ahuja. Performance of RZWQM and CERES wheat models for simulating N management effects on winter wheat. Agron. Abst. CD-ROM. 2002.

Benjamin, J.G., and D.C. Nielsen. A method to separate plant roots from soil and analyze root surface area. Agron. Abst. CD-ROM. 2002.

Bowman, R.A., and M.F. Vigil. 2002. Soil testing and analyses for different phosphorus pools. J. of Soil and Water Conservation Soc. 57:(6) p. 479-485.

Davis J.G., K.V. Iverson, and M.F. Vigil. 2002. Nutrient variability in manures: Implications for Sampling and Regional database creation. J. of Soil and Water Conserv. Soc. 57:(6) p. 473-479.

Johnston, A.M., D.L. Tanaka, P.R. Miller, S.A. Brandt, D.C. Nielsen, G.P. Lafond, and N.R. Riveland. 2002. Oilseed crops for semiarid cropping systems on the northern Great Plains. Agron. J. 94:231-240.

Ma., L., D.C. Nielsen, L.R. Ahuja, J.R. Kiniry, J.D. Hanson, and G. Hoogenboom. 2002. An evaluation of RZWQM, CROPGRO, and CERES-Maize for responses to water stress in the central Great Plains of the U.S. p. 119-148. In L.R. Ahuja, L. Ma, and T.A. Howell (ed.) Agricultural System Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer. Lewis Publishers-CRC Press, New York.

McMaster, G.S., J.C. Ascough, II, M.J. Shaffer, L.A. Deer-Ascough, P.F. Byrne, S.D. Haley, D.C. Nielsen, A.A. Andales, and G.H. Dunn, M.A. Welz, and L.R. Ahuja. 2002. Parameterizing GPFARM: An agricultural decision support system for integrating science, economics, resource use, and environmental impacts. Proc. Int. Ecol. Modeling and Software Soc. P.72-77. June 24-27, Lugano, Switzerland.

Nielsen, D.C. 2002. Water use efficiency, enhancing. p. 1399-1402. In R. Lal and L. Ahuja (ed.) Encyclopedia of Soil Sci., Marcel Dekker, New York.

Nielsen, D.C., L. Ma, L.R. Ahuja, and G. Hoogenboom. 2002. Simulating soybean water stress effects with RZWQM and CROPGRO models. Agron. J. 94:1234-1243.

Nielsen, D.C., J. Benjamin, and J. Schneekloth. 2002. Corn water use and yield under dryland rotations and limited irrigation. In. J. Davis (ed.) From the Ground Up, Agronomy News 22:3-4. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Ft. Collins.

Nielsen, D.C. 2002. Crop rotation, soil water content and wheat yields. Conserv. Tillage Facts #1-02. Central Great Plains Research Station, Akron, CO.

Nielsen, D.C., M.F. Vigil, R.L. Anderson, R.A. Bowman, and A.D. Halvorson. 2002. Cropping system influence on planting water content and yield of winter wheat. Agron. J. 94:962-967.

Nielsen, D.C., and M.F. Vigil. Legume green fallow effect on soil water content at wheat planting and wheat yield. Agron. Abst. CD-ROM. 2002.

Pikul J.L. Jr, T.E. Schumacher and M.F. Vigil. 2001. Nitrogen use and carbon sequestered by corn rotations in the Northern Corn Belt, U.S. Proc of the 2nd International Nitrogen Conf. on Science Policy. The Sci. World 1(S2) 707-713.

Vigil, M.F., B. Eghball, M.L. Cabrera, B.R. Jakubowski, and J.G. Davis. 2002. Accounting for Seasonal nitrogen mineralization: An overview. J. of Soil and Water Conserv. 57:(6) p. 464-469.

Vigil M.F. and J.G. Benjamin. 2002. Nitrogen response of sunflowers in a no-till dryland rotation. Agron. Abstracts Nov 10-14 Indianapolis IA.

ACCEPTED

Benjamin, J.G., D.C. Nielsen, and M.F. Vigil. 2002. Quantifying effects of soil conditions on plant growth and crop production. Geoderma XX:XXX-XXX (accepted for publication May 20,2002).

Baltenspurger D.D., G.E. Frickel, L.A. Nelson, Jim Krall, M.F. Vigil, J.J. Johnson and J.R. Rickertson. 2003. Registration of Horizon proso millet. Nebraska Agricultural Exp. Stn. Bull ###.

Davis J.G., M.F. Vigil, B.R. Jakubowski and G. M. Smith. 2003. Impact of Manure characteristics and management on nitrogen minerlaization. Proceedings of the Western Nutrient Management Con. March, 2003.

Green,T.R., L.R. Ahuja, J.G. Benjamin, G.H. Dunn and G.A. Peterson. 2002. Some advances in quantifying agricultural management effects on soil hydraulic properties in space and time. Geoderma XX:XXX-XXX.

Ma. L., D.C. Nielsen, L.R. Ahuja, R.W. Malone, S.A. Saseendran, K.W. Rojas, J.D. Hanson, and J.G. Benjamin. 2003. Evaluation of RZWQM under varying irrigation levels in eastern Colorado. Trans. ASAE 46:XXX-XXX. 2003. (accepted 18 Oct 2002).

Nielsen, D.C. 2003. Water in dryland cropping systems. Proceedings of the Colorado Conservation Tillage Assoc. 17:A2-A6, Feb. 4-5, 2003, Island Grove Park, Greeley, CO. (accepted 6 Jan 2003).

Shanahan. J.F., T.A. Doerge, J.J. Johnson, and M.F. Vigil. 2003. Feasibility of site-specific management of corn hybrids and plant densities in the Great Plains. Submitted to Agron. J.

IN PREPARATION

Benjamin, J.G., D.C. Nielsen. 2003. A method to separate plant roots from soil and analyze root surface area. Plant and Soil. XX:XXX-XXX.

Nielsen, D.C. 2003. Kenaf forage yield and quality under varying water availability. (submitted to Agron. J., currently in revision following journal review).

Nielsen, D.C., and M.F. Vigil. 2003. Legume green fallow effect on soil water content at wheat planting and wheat yield. (to be submitted to Agron. J.).

Nielsen, D.C. 2003. Stubble management effects on available crop water. In J. Davis (ed.) From the Ground Up, Agron. News XX:X-X. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Ft. Collins.

McMaster, G.S., J.C. Ascough, M.J. Shaffer, L.A. Deer-Ascough, P.F. Byrne, D.C. Nielsen, S.D. Haley, A.A. Andales, and G.H. Dunn. 2003. Using species-based plant parameters in GPFARM: Complications of varieties and the G x E interaction in wheat. Trans. ASAE (in revision following journal review).

Saseendran S.A., D.C. Nielsen, L. Ma, L.R. Ahuja, and A.D. Halvorson. 2003. Modeling nitrogen management effects on winter wheat production using RZWQM and CERES-wheat. (submitted to Agron. J.).

Vigil M.F. and D.C. Nielsen. 2003. Assessment of the nitrogen contribution of annual legumes to winter wheat in a legume-green fallow rotation. Agron. J.

Vigil M.F. and J.G Benjamin. 2003. Nitrogen response of sunflowers in a no-till dryland rotation. Agron. J.

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