Reading List

There are some interesting things about the prairies that affect how nutrients are transported and affect our management recommendations.  We have put together a shortlist of readings that we think are helpful for understanding the prairie environment and nutrient management.  If you’re interested in our ‘long list’ please feel free to reach out.

Agronomy-focused literature:

  1. Doyle, P.J., and L.E. Cowell. 1993. Phosphorus. In Rennie, D.A., C.A. Campbell, and T.L. Roberts (Eds.). Impact of macronutrients on crop responses and environmental sustainability on the Canadian Prairies. Pp 110-170. https://canadianagronomist.ca/resource/the-red-book/#:~:text=The%20Canadian%20Society%20of%20Soil,crop%20productivity%20and%20environmental%20sustainability.
  2. Grant, C.A., and D.N. Flaten. 2019. 4R management of phosphorus fertilizer in the northern Great Plains. J. Environ. Qual. 48: 1356-1369. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.02.0061
  3. Grant, C.A., and D.N. Flaten. 2019. 4R Management of Phosphorus Fertilizer in the Northern Great Plains: A Review of the Scientific Literature. https://fertilizercanada.ca/news-events/news/4r-management-of-phosphorus-fertilizer-in-the-northern-great-plains-a-review-of-the-scientific-literature/

Water quality-focused literature:

Understanding runoff in our systems:

  1. Liu J., J.A. Elliott, H.F. Wilson, M.L. Macrae, H.M. Baulch, and D.A. Lobb. 2021. Phosphorus runoff from Canadian agricultural land: A cross-region synthesis of edge-of-field results. Agricultural Water Management 255:107030. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037837742100295X (with additional information presented at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921006879)
  2. Liu J., H.M. Baulch, M.L. Macrae, H.F. Wilson, J.A. Elliott, L. Bergström, A.J. Glenn, and P.A. Vadas. 2019. Agricultural water quality in cold climates: Processes, drivers, management options, and research needs. Journal of Environmental Quality 48:792–802. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.05.0220
  3. Wilson, H., J. Elliott, M. Macrae, and A. Glenn. 2019. Near-surface soils as a source of phosphorus in snowmelt runoff from cropland. J. Environ. Qual. 48:921–930. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.04.0155

Management challenges and opportunities:

  1. Baulch, H.M., J.A. Elliott, M.R.C. Cordeiro, D.N. Flaten, D.A. Lobb, and H.F. Wilson. 2019. Soil and water management practices: Opportunities to mitigate nutrient losses to surface waters in the northern Great Plains. Environ. Rev. 27:447–477. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/er-2018-0101
  2. Liu, J., J.A. Elliott, H.F. Wilson, and H.M. Baulch. 2019. Impacts of soil phosphorus drawdown on snowmelt and rainfall runoff water quality. J. Environ. Qual. 48:803–812. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2018.12.0437
  3. Tiessen, K.H.D., J.A. Elliott, J. Yarotski, D.A. Lobb, D.N. Flaten, and N.E. Glozier. 2010. Conventional and conservation tillage: Influence on seasonal runoff, sediment, and nutrient losses in the Canadian prairies. J. Environ. Qual. 39:964–980. doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0219. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/jeq2009.0219
  4. Liu, K., J.A. Elliott, D.A. Lobb, D.N. Flaten, and J. Yarotski. 2014. Conversion of conservation tillage to rotational tillage to reduce phosphorus losses during snowmelt runoff in the Canadian Prairies. J. Environ. Qual. 43:1679–1689. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/jeq2013.09.036
  5. Liu, J., M.L. Macrae, J.A. Elliott, H.M. Baulch, H.F. Wilson, and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2019. Impacts of cover crops and crop residues on phosphorus losses in cold climates: A review. J. Environ. Qual. 48:850–868. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.03.0119