Review: Redesigning Canadian prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience

Late-season catch crops reduce nitrate leaching risk after grazed green manures but release N slower than wheat demand

(2015) Harun Cicek et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Enhancing agroecosystem performance and resilience through increased diversification of landscapes and cropping systems

(2015) Matt Liebman et al.   Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene

Productivity and nitrogen benefits of late-season legume cover crops in organic wheat production

(2014) Harun Cicek et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Negative and positive contributions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa to wheat production and nutrient uptake efficiency in organic and conventional systems in the Canadian prairie

(2014) Mulan Dai et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Review: Annual crop adaptation to abiotic stress on the Canadian prairies: Six case studies

(2013) Rosalind A. Bueckert et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields

(2013) Lora A. Morandin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Diversity loss with persistent human disturbance increases vulnerability to ecosystem collapse

(2013) A. S. MacDougall et al.   NATURE

Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services

(2013) H. Asbjornsen et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

How sustainable is organic farming?

(2012) Jens Leifeld   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Soil profile carbon and nutrient stocks under long-term conventional and organic crop and alfalfa-crop rotations and re-established grassland

(2012) L.W. Bell et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Annual vs. perennial grain production

(2012) David Pimentel et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The agronomic relevance of arbuscular mycorrhizas in the fertility of Australian extensive cropping systems

(2012) Megan H. Ryan et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Diversity influences forage yield and stability in perennial prairie plant mixtures

(2012) Catherine L. Bonin et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Conservation agriculture cropping systems in temperate and tropical conditions, performances and impacts. A review

(2012) Eric Scopel et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Agronomic Assessment of Perennial Wheat and Perennial Rye as Cereal Crops

(2012) N. S. Jaikumar et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Performance of Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivar Mixtures

(2012) J. Dai et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Agronomic Benefit and Economic Potential of Introducing Fall-Seeded Pea and Lentil into Conventional Wheat-Based Crop Rotations

(2012) Chengci Chen et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Cover Crop Mixtures for the Western Corn Belt: Opportunities for Increased Productivity and Stability

(2012) S. E. Wortman et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Yield and Weed Suppression of Crop Mixtures in Organic and Conventional Systems of the Western Canadian Prairie

(2012) A. G. Nelson et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Effects of organic farming on biodiversity and ecosystem services: taking landscape complexity into account

(2012) Camilla Winqvist et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Glyphosate reduces spore viability and root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2012) Magdalena Druille et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effect of the pig slurry separation techniques on the characteristics and potential availability of N to plants in the resulting liquid and solid fractions

(2012) D. Fangueiro et al.   BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Passive solid–liquid separation of anaerobically digested dairy manure using two-stage filtration

(2012) Mengjing Xia et al.   BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Tree-Based Intercropping in Southern Ontario, Canada

(2012) Imran A. Toor et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D AGROECONOMIE

Assessment of the environmental sustainability of organic farming: Definitions, indicators and the major challenges

(2012) Niels Halberg   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Denitrification during the growing season as influenced by long-term application of composted versus fresh feedlot manure

(2012) J. J. Miller et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Perennial cereal crops: An initial evaluation of wheat derivatives

(2012) R.C. Hayes et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Dairy Heifer Manure Management, Dietary Phosphorus, and Soil Test P Effects on Runoff Phosphorus

(2012) William E. Jokela et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

(2012) Verena Seufert et al.   NATURE

Effects of beef cow winter feeding systems, pen manure and compost on soil nitrogen and phosphorous amounts and distribution, soil density, and crop biomass

(2012) Breeanna Kelln et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Comparison of organic and conventional selection environments for spring wheat

(2012) ANNE P. KIRK et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Organic Farming and Landscape Structure: Effects on Insect-Pollinated Plant Diversity in Intensively Managed Grasslands

(2012) Eileen F. Power et al.   PLoS One

Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health

(2012) Adam S. Davis et al.   PLoS One

The effects of farming system and fertilisers on pests and natural enemies: A synthesis of current research

(2011) M.P.D. Garratt et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Winter feeding beef cattle on the western Canadian prairies: Impacts on soil nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and forage growth

(2011) P.F. Jungnitsch et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Reduced soil nutrient leaching following the establishment of tree-based intercropping systems in eastern Canada

(2011) Mélanie Bergeron et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Effects of shelterbelts on snow distribution and sublimation

(2011) John Kort et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Designing cropping systems from nature

(2011) Eric Malézieux   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Beneficial management practices and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture of the Canadian Prairie: a review

(2011) Haben Asgedom et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Genotype × Environment Interactions for Mineral Concentration in Grain of Organically Grown Spring Wheat

(2011) Kevin M. Murphy et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Winter Cereal Canopy Effect on Cereal and Interseeded Legume Productivity

(2011) Brock C. Blaser et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Long-Term Lentil Green-Manure Replacement for Fallow in the Semiarid Northern Great Plains

(2011) Brett L. Allen et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Economic Performance of Long-Term Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems in Minnesota

(2011) Timothy A. Delbridge et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Resilience in Agriculture through Crop Diversification: Adaptive Management for Environmental Change

(2011) Brenda B. Lin   BIOSCIENCE

Annual cool season crops for grazing by beef cattle. A Canadian Review

(2011) D. McCartney et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Yields in mixtures of resistant and susceptible field pea cultivars infested with powdery mildew – defining thresholds for a possible strategy for preserving resistance

(2011) Dengjin Bing et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Agronomic performance of barley cultivars in response to varying rates of swine slurry

(2011) K. E. Buckley et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Crop management effect on arbuscular mycorrhizae and root growth of flax

(2011) M. A. Monreal et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Integrating green manure and grazing systems: A review

(2011) Joanne Thiessen Martens et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Effect of crop rotation, fertilizer and tillage management on spring wheat grain yield and N and P content in a thin Black Chernozem: A long-term study

(2011) C. A. Campbell et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Evaluating phosphorus loading from repeated manure applications to two Saskatchewansoils

(2011) C. Stumborg et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Nitrogen- and phosphorus-based applications of cattle manure and compost for irrigated cereal silage

(2011) B.M. Olson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Accumulation and redistribution of residual chloride, nitrate, and soil test phosphorus in soil profiles amended with fresh and composted cattle manure containing straw or wood-chip bedding

(2011) J. J. Miller et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Soil quality as affected by amendments in bean-potato rotations

(2011) A. Moulin et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of wheat cultivar mixtures on stripe rust: A meta-analysis on field trials

(2011) Chong Huang et al.   CROP PROTECTION

USDA conservation program and practice effects on wetland ecosystem services in the Prairie Pothole Region

(2011) R. A. Gleason et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Facing up to the paradigm of ecological intensification in agronomy: Revisiting methods, concepts and knowledge

(2011) Thierry Doré et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

SOIL BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL QUALITY OF WHEAT-MAIZE CROPPING SYSTEM IN LONG-TERM FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS

(2011) CHENG HU et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

Green Agriculture: foundations for biodiverse, resilient and productive agricultural systems

(2011) Parviz Koohafkan et al.   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Utilization of liquid hog manure to fertilize grasslands in southeast Manitoba: impact of application timing and forage harvest strategy on nutrient utilization and accumulation

(2011) C. Wilson et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Ecological impact of wheat and spelt production under industrial and alternative farming systems

(2011) Martina Bavec et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Diverse perennial crop mixtures sustain higher productivity over time based on ecological complementarity

(2011) Valentín D. Picasso et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Effects of input management and crop diversity on economic returns and riskiness of cropping systems in the semi-arid Canadian Prairie

(2011) R.P. Zentner et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Long term impact of no-till on soil properties and crop productivity on the Canadian prairies

(2011) Guy P. Lafond et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Temporal and compositional differences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in conventional monocropping and tree-based intercropping systems

(2011) Luke D. Bainard et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Residual Effects of Compost on Soil Quality and Dryland Wheat Yield Sixteen Years after Compost Application

(2011) J. R. Reeve et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Nutrient export in run-off from an in-field cattle overwintering site in East-Central Saskatchewan

(2011) A. Smith et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Management intensity – not biodiversity – the driver of ecosystem services in a long-term row crop experiment

(2010) Sieglinde S. Snapp et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Tree-based intercropping does not compromise canola (Brassica napus L.) seed oil yield and reduces soil nitrous oxide emissions

(2010) C. Beaudette et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions in an organic farmscape

(2010) S.M. Smukler et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

An evaluation of the century model to predict soil organic carbon: examples from Costa Rica and Canada

(2010) Maren Oelbermann et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Adaptiveness to enhance the sustainability of farming systems. A review

(2010) Ika Darnhofer et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

No-till soil management increases microbial biomass and alters community profiles in soil aggregates

(2010) B.L. Helgason et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Potential of warm-season annual forages and Brassica crops for grazing: A Canadian Review

(2010) D McCartney et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Effects of wheat, triticale and rye plant extracts on germination of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and selected weed species

(2010) H E Flood et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Unity hard red spring wheat

(2010) S L Fox et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Organic and conventional field crop soil and land management practices in Canada

(2010) A G Nelson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Suitability of legume cover crop-winter wheat intercrops on the semi-arid Canadian Prairies

(2010) R E Blackshaw et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

The potential role of annual forage legumes in Canada: A review

(2010) D. McCartney et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Available nitrogen and phosphorus in soil amended with fresh or composted cattle manure containing straw or wood-chip bedding

(2010) J J Miller et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Correlations between Phosphorus Fractions and Total Leachate Phosphorus from Cattle Manure– and Swine Manure–Amended Soil

(2010) Shadi Ashjaei et al.   COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS

A direct comparison of the consequences of plant genotypic and species diversity on communities and ecosystem function

(2010) Susan C. Cook-Patton et al.   ECOLOGY

Realized gains from selection for spring wheat grain yield are different in conventional and organically managed systems

(2010) Todd A. Reid et al.   EUPHYTICA

Effects of input management and crop diversity on non-renewable energy use efficiency of cropping systems in the Canadian Prairie

(2010) R.P. Zentner et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Assessing a farm's sustainability: insights from resilience thinking

(2010) Ika Darnhofer et al.   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Adaptability to organic farming of lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik.) varieties developed from conventional breeding programmes

(2010) D. N. VLACHOSTERGIOS et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control

(2010) David W. Crowder et al.   NATURE

Managing grazing animals to achieve nutrient cycling and soil improvement in no-till integrated systems

(2010) Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Organic agriculture and climate change

(2010) Nadia El-Hage Scialabba et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Increased Food and Ecosystem Security via Perennial Grains

(2010) J. D. Glover et al.   SCIENCE

Forages, cover crops and related shoot and root additions in no-till rotations to C sequestration in a subtropical Ferralsol

(2010) Nícolas Zendonadi dos Santos et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Cover-Crop Roller–Crimper Contributes to Weed Management in No-Till Soybean

(2010) Adam S. Davis   WEED SCIENCE

Perennial wheat: a review of environmental and agronomic prospects for development in Australia

(2010) Lindsay W. Bell et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Molecular analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal community structure and spores distribution in tree-based intercropping and forest systems

(2009) Vincent Chifflot et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Grain yield increase in cereal variety mixtures: A meta-analysis of field trials

(2009) Lars P. Kiær et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Contribution of trees to carbon storage in soils of silvopastoral systems in Florida, USA

(2009) SOLOMON G. HAILE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evaluation of Alternative Planting Strategies to Reduce Wheat Stem Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Damage to Spring Wheat in the Northern Great Plains

(2009) B. L. Beres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Crown Rust Development and Selection for Virulence inPuccinia coronataf. sp.avenaein an Oat Multiline Cultivar

(2009) M. L. Carson   PLANT DISEASE

A conceptual framework for improving the P efficiency of organic farming without inputs of soluble P fertiliser

(2009) M. K. Conyers et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Energy requirements for transport and surface application of liquid pig manure in Manitoba, Canada

(2008) M.J. Wiens et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Competition for 15N labeled nitrogen in a loblolly pine–cotton alley cropping system in the southeastern United States

(2008) Diomides S. Zamora et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Production of soybean associated with different hybrid poplar clones in a tree-based intercropping system in southwestern Québec, Canada

(2008) David Rivest et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Nitrate and Escherichia coli NAR analysis in tile drain effluent from a mixed tree intercrop and monocrop system

(2008) Michael C. Dougherty et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The ecology and economics of insect pest management in nut tree alley cropping systems in the Midwestern United States

(2008) W.T. Stamps et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Do tree-based intercropping systems increase the diversity and stability of soil microbial communities?

(2008) Simon Lacombe et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

External economic benefits and social goods from prairie shelterbelts

(2008) Surendra Kulshreshtha et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Organic and conventional management of mixtures of wheat and spring cereals

(2008) A. H. E. E. Kaut et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Effects of Crop Diversity on Agroecosystem Function: Crop Yield Response

(2008) Richard G. Smith et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of input level and crop diversity on soil nitrate-N, extractable P, aggregation, organic C and N, and nutrient balance in the Canadian Prairie

(2008) S. S. Malhi et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

A preliminary whole-farm economic analysis of perennial wheat in an Australian dryland farming system

(2007) Lindsay W. Bell et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence

(2007) J. Pretty   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES