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Chris van Kessel Publications


  1. 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 Tillage Res. 104:256-262.
  2. Ros, G. H., E. Hoffland, C van Kessel and E.J.M. Temminghoff. Extractable and dissolved soil organic nitrogen – A quantitative assessment. 2009. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:1029-1039.
  3. Hungate, B. A., K-J van Groenigen, J. Six, J.D. Jastrow, Y. Luo, M-A. de Graaff, C. van Kessel, and C.W. Osenberg. 2009. Assessing the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on soil carbon: a comparison of four meta-analyses. Global Change Biol. 15:2020-2034.
  4. Gentile, R., B. Vanlauwe, C van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Managing N availability and losses by combining fertilizer-N with different quality residues in Kenya. Agricul. Ecosyst. Environm, 131:308-314.
  5. de Graaff, M-A., C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Rhizodeposition-induced decomposition increases N availability to wild and cultivated wheat genotypes under elevated CO2 . Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:1094-1103.
  6. Lee J., J.W. Hopmans, C. van Kessel, A.P. King, K.J. Evatt, D. Louie, D.E. Rolston, and J. Six. 2009. Tillage and seasonal emissions of CO2, N2O and NO across a seed and at the field scale in a Mediterranean climate. Agricul. Ecosyst. Environm, 129:378-390.
  7. Van Kessel, C., T. Clough and J.W. van Groenigen. 2009. Dissolved organic nitrogen: an overlooked pathway of nitrogen loss from agricultural systems. J. Environ. Qual. 38:393-401.
  8. Linquist, B., A. Fisher, L. Godfrey, C. Greer, J. Hill, K. Koffler, M. Moeching, R. Mutters and C. van Kessel. 2009. Minimum tillage could benefit California rice farmers. Cal. Agric. 62: 24-29
  9. Lindquist, B. A., J.E. Hill, R.G. Mutters, C.A. Greer, C.H. Hartley, M.D. Ruark, and C. van Kessel. 2009. Assessing the necessity of surface-applied preplant nitrogen fertilizer in rice systems. Agron. J. 101:906-915.
  10. Chivenge, P., B. Vanlauwe, R. Gentile, H. Wangechi, D. Mugendi, C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2009. Organic and mineral input management to enhance crop productivity in Central Keya. Agron. J. 101:1266-1275.
  11. Powlson, D.S., T.M. Addisott, N. Benjamin, K.G. Cassman, T.M. de Kok, H. van Grinsven, J.L. L’hirondel, A.A. Avery, and C. van Kessel. 2008. When does nitrate become a risk for humans? J. Environ. Quality 37:291-295.
  12. Linquist., B., A. Fisher, L. Godfrey, C. Greer, J. Hill, K. Koffler, M. Moeching, R. Mutters, and C. van Kessel. 2008. Minimum tillage could benefit California rice farmers. Cal. Ag. 37:291-295.
  13. DeGraaff, M-A, C. van Kessel, and J. Six. 2008. The impact of long-term elevated CO2 on C and N retention in stable SOM pools. Plant Soil, 303:311-321.
  14. Linquist, B.A., E. Byous, G. Jones, J.F. Williams, J. Six, W. Horwath, and C. v an Kessel. 2008. Nitrogen and potassium fertility impacts on aggregate sheath spot disease and yields of rice. Plant Prod. Sci. 11:260-267.
  15. 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 Cycl. Agroeco. 79:45-58.
  16. Van Groenigen, K.J., J. Six, D. Harris, and C. van Kessel. 2007. Elevated CO2 does not favor a fungal decomposition pathway. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39:2168-2172.
  17. Fonte S. J., A.Y.Y. Kong, C. van Kessel, P.F. Hendrix, and J. Six. 2007. Influence of earthworm activity on aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen dynamics differs with agroecosystem management. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39: 1014-1022.
  18. DeGraaff, MA., J. Six, and C. van Kessel. 2007. Elevated CO2 increases nitrogen rhizodeposition and microbial immobilization of root-derived nitrogen. New Phytol. 173:778-786.
  19. Pons, L., K. Perreijn, C. van Kessel, and M.J.A. Werger. 2007. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in a tropical rainforest:N-15 natural abundance measurements supported by experimental isotopic enrichment. New Phytol. 173:154-167.
  20. DeGraaff, M-A, J. Six, H. Blum, and C. van Kessel. 2006. Prolonged elevated atmospheric CO2 does not affect decomposition of plant material. Soil, Biol. Biochem. 38:187-190.
  21. Van Kessel, C., B. Boots, M.A. De Graaff, D. Harris, H. Blum and J. Six. 2006. Total soil C and N sequestration in a grassland following 10 years of free air CO2 enrichment. Global Change Biol. 12:21987-2199.
  22. De Graaf, MA., K.J. van Groenigen, J. Six, B.A. Hungate, and C. van Kessel. 2006. Interactions between plant growth and nutrient dynamics under elevated CO2. A meta analysis. Global Change Biol. 12:2077-2091.
  23. Van Groeningen, K.J., M.A. De Graaff, J. Six, D. Harris, P. Kuikman, and C. van Kessel. 2006. The impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil C and N dynamics: A meta analysis. In: Managed Ecosystems and CO2 Case Studies, Processes, and Perspectives. Eds. J. Noesberger, S.P. Long, R.J. Norby, M. Stitt, G.R. Hendrey, and H. Blum. Sproinger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Pp. 373-391.
  24. Van Groenigen, K-J, J. Six, B.A. Hungate, M-A DeGraaff, N. Van Breemen, and C. van Kessel. 2006. Element interactions limit soil carbon storage. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103:6571-6574.
  25. DeGraaff, M-A, J. Six, H. Blum, and C. van Kessel. 2006. Prolonged elevated atmospheric CO2 does not affect decomposition of plant material. Soil, Biol. Biochem. 38:187-190.
  26. Lee J., J. Six, A.P. King, C. van Kessel, and D.R. Rolston. 2006. Tillage and field scale controls on greenhouse gas emissions. J. Environm. Qual. 35:714-725.
  27. Ladha, J.K., H. Parthak, T.J. Krupnik, J. Six and C. van Kessel. 2005. Efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal production: retrospects and prospects. Adv. Agron. 87:85-156.
  28. Moran, K.K., J. Six, W.R. Horwath, and C. van Kessel. 2005. Role of mineral-nitrogen in residue decomposition and stable soil organic matter formation. Soil Sci. Sc. Am. J. 69:1730-1736.
  29. Van Groenigen, J.W., K.B. Zwart, D. Harris, and C. van Kessel. 2005. Vertical gradients of δ15N and δ18O in soil atmospheric N2O-temporal dynamics in a sandy soil. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectr. 19:1289-1295.
  30. 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.
  31. Bedard-Haughn, A, K. Tate and C. van Kessel.2005. Using 15N to quantify vegetative buffer effectiveness for sequestering N in runoff. J. Environ. Quality. 34:1651-1664.
  32. Van Groeningen K.J., A. Gorissen, J. Six, D. Harris, P. Kuikman, J.W. van Groenigen, and C. van Kessel. 2005. Decomposition of 14C-labled roots in a pasture soil exposed to 10 years of elevated CO2. Soil Biol. & Biochem. 37:497-506
  33. Van Groenigen, J.W., P. J. Georgius, C. van Kessel, E. W.J. Hummelink, G. L. Velthof, and K. B. Zwart. 2005. Subsoil 15N-N2O concentrations in a sandy soil profile after application of 15N-fertilizer. Agricul. Ecosyst. Environm. 72:13-25.
  34. de Graaff M., J. Six, D. Harris, H. Blum, C. van Kessel. Decomposition of soil and plant carbon from pasture systems after nine years of exposure to elevated CO2: Impact on C- cycling and modeling. 2004. Global Change Biol. 10:1922-1935
  35. Van Diepen, L.T.A., J.W. van Groenigen, and C. van Kessel. 2004. Isotopic evidence for changes in residue decomposition and N-cycling in winter flooded rice fields by foraging waterfowl. Agric. Ecosyst. Environm. 102:41-47.
  36. Van Groenigen, K.J., J. Six, D. Harris, H. Blum and C. van Kessel. 2003. Soil 13C-15N dynamics in an N2-fixing clover system under long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biol. 9:1751-1762.
  37. Pataki, D.E., D.S. Ellsworth, R.D. Evans, M. Gonzalez-Meler, J. King, S.W Leavitt, G. Lin, R. Matamala, E. Pendall, R. Siegwolf, C. van Kessel, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2003. Tracing changes in ecosystem function under elevated carbon dioxide conditions. BioScience 53:805-818.
  38. Kohls, S.J., D.D. Baker, C. van Kessel, and J.O. Dawson. 2003. An assessment of soil enrichment by actinorhizal N2 fixation using δ15N values in a chronosequence of deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Plant Soil 254:11-17.
  39. Bird, JA, C. van Kessel, and W.R. Horwath. 2003. Stabilization of C-13 carbon and immobilization of N-15 nitrogen from rice straw in humic fractions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:806-816.
  40. Van Groenigen, J.W., E.G. Burns, J.M. Eadie, W.R. Horwath, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Effects of foraging waterfowl in winter flooded rice fields on weed stress and residue decomposition. Agr. Eco. Environ. 95: 289-296.
  41. Van Groenigen, J.W., C.S. Mutters, W.R. Horwath, and C. van Kessel. NIR and DRIFT-MIR spectrometry of soils for predicting soil and crop parameter in a flooded field. Plant Soil. 250:155-165.
  42. Corwin, D.l., S.R. Kaffka, J.W. Hopmans, Y. Mori, J.W. van Groenigen, C. van Kessel, S.M. Lesch, and J.D. Oster. 2003 Assessment and field-scale mapping of soil quality properties of a saline-sodic soil. Geoderma 114:231-259.
  43. Bird, J.A., A.J. Eagle, W.R. Horwath, M.W. Hair, E.E. Zilbert, and C. van Kessel. 2002. Long-term studies find benefits, challenges in alternative rice straw management. Cal. Agric. 56:69-75.