Publications

Publications in Scientific Journals and Conference Proceedings

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

2008

• Dercon G., Poesen, J., Deckers, J., Govers, G., Tacuri, E., Villavicencio, A., Iglesias, C., Loaiza, G., 2008. Non-linear behaviour of soil translocation in response to slope gradient by mechanised tillage in steepland agriculture: The role of tillage speed and field surface form. Catena, Accepted.
• Evett, S.R., Heng, L.K., Moutonnet, P., Nguyen, M.L. 2008. Field Estimation of Soil Water Content: A Practical Guide to Methods, Instrumentation and Sensor Technology. IAEA-TCS-30. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. ISSN 1018-5518. 131 p.
• Evett, S.R., Hignett, C., Heng, L. 2008. Electrical resistance sensors for soil water tension estimates. In: Evett, S.R., Heng, L.K., Moutonnet, P., Nguyen, M.L., editors. Field Estimation of Soil Water Content: A Practical Guide to Methods, Instrumentation, and Sensor Technology. IAEA-TCS-30. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. ISSN 1018-5518. p. 123-129.
• Heng, L.K., Evett, S.R. 2008. Tensiometers. In: Evett, S.R., Heng, L.K., Moutonnet, P., Nguyen, M.L., editors. Field Estimation of Soil Water Content: A Practical Guide to Methods, Instrumentation, and Sensor Technology. IAEA-TCS-30. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. ISSN 1018-5518. p. 113-121.
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C., Makhlouf, M., Laverdière M.R. 2008. Spatial variability of erosion and soil organic matter content estimated from 137Cs measurements and geostatistics. (Accepted in Geoderma).
• Mabit, L., Klik, A. 2008. Erosion and sedimentation evaluation in a small agricultural Austrian watershed using Caesium-137, Lead-210 and traditional approaches. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (CD-Rom), Volume 10, European Geosciences Union - General Assembly 2008, ISSN: 1029-7006. Abstract EGU2008-A-01651.pdf, 2 pages. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2008/01651/EGU2008-A-01651-2.pdf.
• Pansak, W., Hilger, T., Dercon, G., Kongkaew, T., Cadisch, G. 2008. Changes in the Relationship between Soil Erosion and N Loss Pathways after Establishing Soil Conservation Systems in Uplands of Northeast Thailand. Accepted in Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment.
• Schmitter, P., Hertel, M., Dercon, G., Hilger, T., Thi Le Ha, T., Huu Thanh, N., Duc Vien, T., Van Dung, N. and Cadisch, G. (2008) Linkage between sediment induced spatial variability in soil quality and rice performance in paddy fields in mountainous regions of Vietnam. International Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology. Consequences of climate change on tropical ecosystems, Stuttgart, February 2008, page 48 [paper].
• Tiessen, K.H.D., Dercon, G., Sancho, F., Lobb, D.A. and Mehuys, G.R.. 2008. Tillage erosion – A different way to look at soil erosion and conservation within steepland potato production in the Americas. Potato science for the Poor - Challenges for the new Millennium. Cuzco, Peru. March 2008 [paper].

2007

• Adu-Gyamfi, J J, Myaka, F A, Sakala W D, Odgaard, R, Vesterager J M and Jensen H H (2007) Biological nitrogen fixation and nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in farmer-managed intercrops of maize-pigeonpea in the semi-arid Southern and Eastern Africa. Plant and Soil 295:127-136.
• Dercon, G., Govers, G., Poesen, J., Rombaut, K., Vandenbroeck, E., Sánchez, H., Loaiza, G., Deckers, J., (2007). Animal-powered tillage erosion assessment in the Southern Andes region of Ecuador. Geomorphology 87: 4-15.
• Heng, L.K., Asseng, S., Mejahed, K. and Rusan, M. (2007). Optimizing wheat productivity in two rain-fed environments of the West Asia - North Africa region using a simulation model. European J. Agronomy 26: 121-129.
• Hogh-Jensen H, Myaka F A, Sakala W D, Kamalongo D, Ngwira A Odgaard, R, Nielsen N E and Adu-Gyamfi, J J,(2007) Yields and qualities of pigeonpea varieties grown under smallholder farmers’ conditions in Eastern and Southern Africa. African J Agric. Res Vol 2 (6) 269-278.
• Kanai, S., Ohkura, K., Adu-Gyamfi, J.J., Mohapatra, P.K., Nguyen, N.T., Saneoka, H. and Fujita, K. (2007). Depression of sink activity precedes the inhibition of biomass production in tomato plants subjected to potassium deficiency. J Experimental Botany 58: 2917-2928.
• Laso, J., Marohn, C., Dercon, G., Dewi, S., Ekadinata, A., Joshi, L., Van Noordwijk, M., Meyer, U. and Cadisch, G. (2007) Assessment of physical mitigation provided by tree crops in the December 2004 Tsunami event in West Aceh – Indonesia. In Utilisation of diversity in land use system: Sustainable and organic approaches to meet human needs, International research on food security, natural resource management and rural development, Tropentag 2007 Witzenhausen, 9-11 October 2007, Eds. Tielkes, E., page 315 [Full paper on http://www.tropentag.de/2007/abstracts/full/151.pdf].
• Mabit, L and Fulajtar, E. (2007). The use of 137Cs to assess soil erosion and sedimentation processes: advantages and limitations. In: Book of the extended Synopses of the International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity: From Measurements and Assessments to Regulation. 23-27 April 2007, IAEA headquarter, Vienna, Austria. IAEA Publication. Iaea-cn-145. Pages 338-339.
• Mabit, L. (2007). Use of Geostatistics to Establish Soil Movement Map and Sediment Budget Using Fallout Radionuclides (FRN). In: Proceedings of the tenth International symposium on river sedimentation. Effects of river sediments and channel processes on social, economic and environmental safety. 10th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, 1-4 August 2007, Moscow, Russia. Publication of the Moscow University, Russia. Vol I. pp.247-254.
• Mabit, L. and Bernard, C. (2007). Assessment of spatial distribution of Fallout RadioNuclides through geostatistics concept. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 97 (2-3), 206-219.
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C. and Laverdière, M.R. (2007). Étude de la dégradation des sols par l’érosion hydrique à l’échelle des bassins versants en utilisant la méthode du Cs¹³⁷. Agrosolution, 18 (1), 12-16.
• Mabit, L., Li, L., Toloza, A. and Bernard, C. (2007). Soil erosion processes and soil quality variability evaluated using fallout radionuclides. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (CD-Rom), Volume 9, European Geosciences Union – General Assembly 2007. Abstract EGU2007-A-01090. pdf, 2 pages.
• Marohn, C., Distel, A., Laso, J., Yusvita, D., Dercon, G., Dewi, S., Lusiana, B., Joshi, L., Agus, F., Meyer, U., Van Noordwijk, M. and Cadisch, G. (2007) Assessing short and long term time dimensions of the Tsunami impact on the green infrastructure in Aceh, Indonesia: A challenge to data collection and methodological approaches. In Utilisation of diversity in land use system: Sustainable and organic approaches to meet human needs, International research on food security, natural resource management and rural development, Tropentag 2007 Witzenhausen, 9-11 October 2007, Eds. Tielkes, E., page 386 [Full paper on http://www.tropentag.de/2007/abstracts/full/151.pdf].
• Monje, C., Cobo, J.G., Dercon, G., Cadisch, G. and Delve, R. Biophysical factors affecting maize productivity of small-scale farming systems under three settlement schemes in North East Zimbabwe. Tropentag 2007, Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany, October 2007, page 119 [Poster].
• Nguyen, M.L., Heng, L.K.; Zapata, F. (2007). The Use of Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques in Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture: Food Security and Environmental Sustainability. In UNIDO Technology Foresight Summit Water Productivity in Industry. 2007e-Poster, 27-29 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary.
• Pansak, W., Dercon, G., Hilger, T. H., Kongkaew T. and Cadisch, G. (2007). 13 C isotopic discrimination: A starting point for new insights in competition for nitrogen and water under contour hedgerow systems in tropical mountainous regions. Plant and Soil. 298, 175-189.
• Pansak, W., Hilger, T. H., Dercon, G., Kongkaew T. and Cadisch, G. (2007). Mineralisation and leaching of nitrogen as affected by contour hedgerow systems on moderate slope in Northeast Thailand. In Utilisation of diversity in land use system: Sustainable and organic approaches to meet human needs, International research on food security, natural resource management and rural development, Tropentag 2007 Witzenhausen, 9-11 October 2007, Eds. Tielkes, E., page 400.
• Pathak, H., Yadvinder-Singh, Hussain, A., Hussain, F., Munnankarni, R.; Gathala M., Nguyen, M. L., Ladha, J.K. (2007). Use of CERES Model for Evaluation of Resource Conservation Technologies in Rice-Wheat System in South Asia. The 2007 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 4-8 November 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
• Yusvita, D., Marohn, C., Dercon, G., Suyamto, D., Lusiana, B., Joshi, L., Van Noordwijk, M. and Cadisch, G. (2007). Modelling farmers' land use decisions after the 2004 Tsunami event: A case study in West Aceh, Sumatra, with respect to annual and tree-crops based systems. Tropentag 2007, Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany, October 2007, page 389 [Poster].
• Zaman, M., Nguyen, M.L., Matheson, F., Blennerhassett, J.D., Quin, B.F. (2007). Can soil amendments (zeolite or lime) shift the balance between nitrous oxide and dinitrogen emissions from pasture and wetland soils receiving urine or urea-N. Australian Journal of Soil Research 45: 543-553.

2006

• Mabit, L., Bernard. C. and Melero Urzainqui M. (2006). Impact of the soil sample intensity on soil erosion estimation using 137Cs methodology. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (CD-Rom), Volume 8, European Geosciences Union - General Assembly 2006. Abstract EGU06-J-01246. pdf, 2 pages.
• Mabit, L., Bernard. C. and Melero Urzainqui M. (2006). Test of 134Cs as soil erosion tracer under rainfall simulation. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (CD-Rom), Volume 8, European Geosciences Union - General Assembly 2006. Abstract EGU06-J-01245. pdf, 2 pages.
• Mabit, L. and Melero Urzainqui M. (2006). Study of 137Cs redistribution at the field scale using geostatistics. In: Third Research Co-ordination Meeting of the Co-ordinated Research Project D1.50.08 “Assess the effectiveness of soil conservation techniques for sustainable watershed management using fallout radionuclides”. IAEA, Vienna International Centre, CD-Room, ppt. presentations no 23.
• Aigner, M, A. Shakhashiro and A.Trinkl. (2006). ‘Final Report on the annual Proficiency Test ‘EQA2005’ for the measurement of ¹⁵N- and ¹³C isotopic abundance and total nitrogen- and carbon concentration in plant materials’, IAEA Laboratories, Seibersdorf, IAEA/AL/165, 105 pages.
• Aye, T.M., Nguyen, M.L, Bolan, N.S, Hedley, M. J. (2006). Phosphorus in soils of riparian and non-riparian wetland and buffer strips in the Waikato area, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 29 (3): 349–358.
• Bayala J., Balesdent J., Marol C., Zapata F., Teklehaimanot Z., Ouedraogo S. J. (2006). Relative contribution of trees and crops to soil carbon content in a parkland system in Burkina Faso using variations in natural 13C abundance, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 76:193-201.
• Bernard, C., Mabit, L. and Laverdière, M.R. (2006). Assessment of soil erosion and sediment production at the watershed scale using fallout radionuclide ¹³⁷Cs. In: The 14th Conference of International Soil Conservation Organization – Water Management and Soil Conservation in Semi-Arid Environments. Final Program and Book of Abstracts. Edition INRA 2006. ISBN: 9954-0-6653-5. Page 247 & CD-ROM of the proceedings in pdf format, extended summary of 4 pages.
• Bernard, C., Mabit, L. and Laverdière, M.R. (2006). Utilisation des marqueurs radioisotopiques pour l'étude de l'érosion à diverses échelles spatiales et temporelles). pp. 159-166. In : Érosion et gestion conservatoire de l'eau et de la fertilité des sols. Editions Scientifiques GB. ISBN: 2-84703-032-8. (In French).
• Dang, T. H., Cai, G. X., Guo, S. L., Hao, M. D. and Heng, L. K. (2006). Effect of nitrogen management on yield and water use efficiency of rainfed wheat and maize in Northwest China. Pedosphere, 16: 495–504.
• Fulajtar E., Mabit, L., Bernard C. (2006). Assessing erosion-sedimentation processes and efficiency of soil conservation practices using radio-isotope techniques. In: Abstracts of the International Sediment Initiative Conference (ISIC). pp. 79-80 + CD room. unesco Chair in Water Resources. 12-15 November 2006, Khartoum, Sudan.
• Hardarson, G., Heng, L. K. Mabit, L., Serraj, R., Bernard, C. and Nguyen, M.L. (2006). An Overview of the Recent Soil-Water-Plant Research and Technical Activities of the FAO/IAEA Programme. 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Frontiers of Soil Science: Technology and the Information Age. 9–15 July 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In: Abstracts (CD-ROM) 18th World Congress of Soil Science, SESSION 172 (172-1,2301b), Soil Science and International Organizations, D:/techprogram/P11476.htm, 1 page.
• Heng, L.K., Asseng, S., Mejahed, K. and Rusan, M. (2006). Optimizing wheat productivity in two rain-fed environments of the West Asia - North Africa region using a simulation model. European J. Agronomy (Accepted).
• Mabit, L. and Bernard, C. (2006). Spatial variability of erosion as evidenced from ¹³⁷Cs and organic matter content measurements and some soil parameters at the field scale in the Boyer River watershed (Canada). In: The 14th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization – Water Management and Soil Conservation in Semi-Arid Environments. Final Program and Book of Abstracts. Edition INRA 2006. ISBN: 9954-0-6653-5. Page 241 & CD-ROM of the proceedings in .pdf format, extended summary of 4 pages.
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C. and Laverdière, M.R. (2007). Assessment of erosion in the Boyer River watershed (Canada) using a GIS oriented sampling strategy and ¹³⁷Cs measurements. CATENA (In Press).
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C., Melero Urzainqui M. and Makhlouf, M. (2006). Application of geostatistics concept in agri-environmental sciences: A case study addressing soil and organic matter redistribution by erosion processes to assess soil fertility and establish sediment budget. p. 183–186. In: G. Kammerer and F. Kastanek (eds.). Soil Physics and Rural Water Management-Progress, Needs and Challenges. Proceedings of the International Symposium SOPHYWA. 28–29 September 2006. Vienna, Austria. ISBN-13: 978-3-900962-65-4.
• Misra, S.C., Randive, R., Rao, V.S., Sheshshayee, M.S., Serraj, R., Monneveux, P. (2006). Relationship between carbon isotope discrimination, ash content and grain yield in wheat in the peninsular zone of India. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 192: 352–362.
• Myaka, F.A, Sakala W.D, Adu-Gyamfi, J.J, Kamalongo D, Ngwira A, Odgaard, R, Nielsen N.E and Jensen H.H. (2006). Yields and accumulations of N and P in farmer-managed intercrops of maize-pigeonpea in semi-arid Africa. Plant and Soil, 285: 207–220.
• Nguyen, M. L. and Zapata, F. (2006). Use of nuclear techniques in addressing soil-water-nutrient issues for sustainable agricultural production. In: CD-ROM Abstracts -Session No.1-1, 18th World Congress of Soil Science Philadelphia, USA, 9–15 July 2006.

Poster

• Distel, A., Marohn, C., Dercon, G., Agus, F., Joshi, L., Van Noordwijk, M., Meyer, U. and Cadisch, G. (2007). Assessing temporal dynamics of groundwater and soil salinity and impact on the green infrastructure after the Tsunami event in Aceh, Indonesia. Tropentag 2007, Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany, October 2007, page 469.
• Hertel, M., Schmitter, P., Duc Vien, T., Dercon, G., Hilger, T. and Cadisch, G. (2007). Spatial variability in yield and growth performance along rice paddies in the mountainous regions of North-West Vietnam. Tropentag 2007, Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany, October 2007, page 483.

Abstracts

• Steduto, Pasquale, Raes, Dirk, Hsiao,Theodore C., Fereres, Elias, Heng, Lee. 2008. AquaCrop. FAO’s crop water productivity model. Abstract submitted to International Symposium on Crop Modeling and Decision Support. ISCMDS, Nanjing, China.
• Heng, L.K., Evett, S.R., Howell, T.A. and Hsiao, T.C. 2007. Calibration and testing of FAO AquaCrop model for rainfed and irrigated maize. Abstract presented at American Society of Agronomy, New Orleans, 2007.
• Theodore C. Hsiao, T.C., Heng, L, Steduto, P., Raes, D and Fereres, E. 2007. AquaCrop – Model parameterization and testing for maize. Abstract presented at American Society of Agronomy, New Orleans, 2007.
• Wani, S., Heng, L., Facchi, A, Singh, P andSteduto, P. 2007. Productivity of Soybean-based Systems in Semi-arid Tropics -Parameterization of AquaCrop. Abstract presented at American Society of Agronomy, New Orleans, 2007.

2005

• Quilbé, R., Serreau, C., Wicherek, S., Bernard, C., Thomas, Y., Oudinet, J.-P. 2005. Nutrient transfer by runoff from sewage sludge amended soil under simulated rainfall. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 100: 177-190.
• Akhter J, Mahmood K, Tasneem MA, Malik KA, Naqvi MH, Hussain F, Serraj R. 2005. Water-use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination of Acacia ampliceps and Eucalyptus camaldulensis at different soil moisture regimes under semi-arid conditions. Biologia Plantarum 49: 269-272.
• Bernard, C., Mabit, L. and Laverdière, M.R. 2005. Using fallout radionuclide 137Cs to assess the magnitude and spatial extent of soil erosion and sediment production areas in the Boyer River watershed (Québec, Canada). In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (CD-Rom), Volume 7, EGU General assembly 2005, ISSN: 1029-7006. Abstract EGU05-J-06075. pdf , 2 pages.
• Tanner, C.C.; Nguyen, M.L.; Sukias, J.P.S. 2005. Nutrient removal by a constructed wetland treating subsurface drainage from grazed dairy pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105: 145-162.

2004

• Mabit, L., Laverdière, M.R., Duchemin, M., Bernard, C. 2004. Quantification de l’érosion hydrique et étude de l’origine des sédiments colmatant la frayère de la rivière Boyer Québec). Vecteur Environnement 37(2): 80-89.
• Hardarson, G. (2004). Enhancement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Grain Legumes: Selected Results from the FAO/IAEA Programme, In Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation ed. R. Serraj. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, pp. 163 - 172.
• Heng, L.K., Asseng, S., Mejahed, K. El., Rusan, M.M. and Keerthisinghe, G. 2004. Optimizing wheat productivity under extreme dry rainfed environments of West-Asia-North Africa (WANA) using APSIM. In: S-E. Jacobsen, C.R. Jensen, and J.R. Porter (eds). Book of Proceedings of VIII European Society for Agronomy Congress. 11-15 July 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark. p. 923-924.
• Kütük, C., Çayci, G. and Heng, L.K. 2004. Effects of increasing salinity and ¹⁵N-labelled urea levels on growth, N uptake, and water use efficiency of young tomato plants. Australian J. Soil Research 42: 345-351.
• Roy R.N. and Zapata F. 2004. Chapter 12. Epilogue. In: F. Zapata and R.N. Roy (eds.). Use of Phosphate Rocks for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 13. FAO, Rome, Italy, p. 125-126.
• Sale, P.W.G. and Heng, L.K. 2004. Chapter 7. Decision-support systems for the use of phosphate rocks. In: F. Zapata and R.N. Roy (eds.). Use of Phosphate Rocks for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 13. FAO, Rome, Italy, p. 69-75.
• Zapata F. and Roy, R.N. 2004. Chapter 1. Introduction. In: F. Zapata and R.N. Roy (eds.). Use of Phosphate Rocks for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 13. FAO, Rome, Italy, p. 1-9.
• Roy, R.N. and Zapata F. 2004. Chapter 12. Epilogue. In: F. Zapata and R.N. Roy (eds.). Use of Phosphate Rocks for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 13. FAO, Rome, Italy, p. 125-126.
• Zapata F. 2004. Soil erosion and sedimentation studies using fallout radionuclides: Recent developments and future applications. In: R. Francaviglia (ed) “Agricultural impacts on soil erosion and soil biodiversity: Developing indicators for policy analysis”, pp. 415-426. Proc. from an OECD Expert Meeting. Rome, Italy, March 2003, 654 pp. Also the individual paper is available as pdf download at URL: http://webdomino1.oecd.comnet/agr/soil_ero_bio.nsf/viewHtml/index/$file/Publ.
• Monneveux P, Reynolds MP , Gonzalez-Santoyo H , Pena RJ , Mayr L , Zapata F (2004) Relationships between Grain Yield, Flag Leaf Morphology, Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Ash Content in Irrigated Wheat. J. Agron. & Crop Sci. 190: 389-394.
• Monneveux P, Reynolds MP , Trethowan R, Pena RJ , Zapata F (2004) Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Leaf Ash Content and Grain Yield in Bread and Durum Wheat Grown under Full-Irrigated Conditions. J. Agron. & Crop Sci. 190: 395-401.

2003

• Chalk, P.M., Heng, L.K. and Moutonnet, P. 2003. Nitrogen fertilization and its environmental impact. In: Fertilization in the Third Millenium - Fertilizer, Food Security and Environmental Protection. Keynote Lecture, Proceedings of the 12th International World Fertilizer Congress, Vol. 1. pp. 1 - 15. International Scientific Center of Fertilizers (CIEC) and The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). ISBN 7-5381-3749-1.
• Chalk, P. and Hardarson, G. 2003. The role of legumes in sustainable farming systems. Powerpoint presentation and video clip. UN University International Course in Environment and Sustainable Development, 19th May-27th June 2003, Tokyo. CD ROM, L. Jansky (Ed.) ISBN 92-808-8021-7. UN University, Tokyo.
• Chalk, P., Keerthisinghe G., Zapata, F., Heng, L. and R. Hood-Nowotny 2003. Integrated management of soil, water and nutrients in cropping systems to conserve natural resources and optimize external inputs. Powerpoint presentation and video clip. UN University International Course in Environment and Sustainable Development, 19th May-27th June 2003, Tokyo. CD ROM, L. Jansky (Ed.) ISBN 92-808-8021-7. UN University, Tokyo.
• Karanja, N.K., K.A. Mwenda, J.R. Okalebo and F. Zapata 2003. Effects of phosphate rock fertilization and arbuscular mycorrhizae inoculation on the growth of agroforestry tree seedlings. In: S.S.S. Rajan and S.H. Chien (eds). Direct application of phosphate rock and related technology: latest developments and practical experiences. Proc. Int. Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 16-20 July 2001. Special Publications IFDC-SP-37. Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA, p. 353-366.
• Zapata, F. 2003. FAO/IAEA research activities on direct application of phosphate rock for sustainable crop production. In: S.S.S. Rajan and S.H. Chien (eds) Direct application of phosphate rock and related technology: latest developments and practical experiences. Proc. Int. Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 16-20 July 2001. Special Publications IFDC-SP-37. Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA, p. 100-109.
• Zaharah, A.R. and F. Zapata 2003. The use of P-32 isotope techniques to study soil P dynamics and to evaluate the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate fertilizers. In: S.S.S. Rajan and S.H. Chien (eds) Direct application of phosphate rock and related technology: latest developments and practical experiences. Proc. Int. Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 16 - 20 July 2001. Special Publications IFDC-SP-37. Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA, p. 225-235.
• Hardarson, G., Bunning, S., Montanez, A., Roy, R. and MacMillan, A .2003. The value of symbiotic nitrogen fixation by grain legumes in comparison to the cost of nitrogen fertilizer used in developing countries. In: Maximising the Use of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture. Hardarson, G. and Broughton, W. J. (Eds). FAO, Rome, and Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. pp. 213 - 220.
• Hardarson, G. and Atkins, C. 2003. Optimising biological N2 fixation by legumes in farming systems. Plant and Soil 252: 41 - 54.
• Hood, R. C., Khan, M., Haque, A., Khadir M., Bonetto, J. P., Mayr, L. and Heiling, M. 2003. Development of preparation methods for C-13/12 analysis of soil and plant samples using optical breath test analysers. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 34: 2219 - 2227.
• Hardarson, G. and Broughton, W. J. (Eds) 2003. Maximising the Use of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture. Special Issue, Plant and Soil, Vol. 252, No 1, 186 pp. (2003).
• Zapata, F. (Ed.) 2003. Field Application of the Cs-137 Technique in Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Studies. (Special Issue, Soil & Tillage Research, Vol.69, Nos. 1 - 2, 188 p.
• Keerthisinghe, G., Chalk, P.M., Zapata, F. 2003. Plant Nutrition: Challenges and Tasks Ahead. In Proceedings of the IFA-FAO Agricultural Conference on “Global Food Security and the Role of Sustainable Fertilization”, 26 - 28 March 2003, Rome, Italy. 15 pp. http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/publicat/PDF/2003_rome_keerthisinghe.pdf and slides 10 pp. http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/publicat/PDF/2003_rome_keerthisinghe_slides.pdf
• Nario, A., Pino, I., Zapata, F., Paz Albornoz, M., Baherle, P. 2003. Nitrogen (15-N) fertiliser use efficiency in peach (Prunus persica) cv. Goldencrest trees in Chile. Sci. Hort. 97: 27 - 287.
• Kamilov, B., Ibragimov, N., Esanbekov, Y., Evett, S. and Heng, L. 2003. Drip irrigated cotton: Irrigation scheduling study by use of soil moisture neutron probe. International Water & Irrigation. 23: 38 - 41.
• Zapata, F. 2003. Introduction to the Special Issue. Soil & Tillage Research 69: 1 – 2.
• Zapata, F. 2003. The use of environmental radionuclides as tracers in soil erosion and sedimentation investigations: recent advances and future developments. Soil & Tillage Research 69: 3 – 13.

2002

• Ximena Videla and Hood, R. 2002. The effect of polyphenols on gross mineralisation and nitrification. Suelo y Nutricion Vegetal 1 - 6.
• Zapata, F., Garcia-Agudo, E., Ritchie, J.C. and Appleby, P.G. 2002. Introduction. In: Handbook for the Assessment of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Using Environmental Radionuclides. (F. Zapata, Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Pp. 1 - 13.
• Owusu-Bennoah, E., Zapata, F. and Fardeau, J.C. 2002. Comparison of greenhouse and 32P isotopic laboratory methods for evaluating the agronomic effectiveness of natural and modified rock phosphates in some acid soils of Ghana. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 36: 1–12.
• Montenegro A. and Zapata, F. 2002. Rape genotypic differences in P uptake and utilization from phosphate rock in an Andisol of Chile. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 36: 27–33.
• Zapata, F. and Zaharah, A.R. 2002. Phosphorus availability from phosphate rock and sewage sludge as influenced by the addition of water soluble phosphate fertilizer. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 36: 43–48.
• Aigner, M., Fardeau, J-C. and Zapata, F. 2002. Does the Pi strip method allow assessment of the available soil P ?: Comparison against the reference isotope method. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 36: 49–58.
• Fardeau, J-C. and Zapata, F. 2002. Phosphorus fertility recapitalization of nutrient-depleted tropical acis soils with reactive phosphate rock: An assessment using the isotopic exchange technique. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 36: 69–79.
• Chalk, P.M., Ladha, J.K. and Padre, A. 2002. Efficacy of three N-15 labelling techniques for estimating below-ground N in Sesbania rostrata. Biology and Fertility of Soils 35: 387–389.
• Zapata, F. 2002. Contribution of nuclear techniques to the development of integrated soil, water and nutrient management practices for increasing agricultural production. Terra 20 (1): 1–6.
• Muraoka, T., Ambrosano, E.J., Zapata, F., Bortoletto, N., Martins, A.L.M., Trivelin, P.C.O., Boaretto, A.E. and Scivittaro, W.B. 2002. Efficiency of green manure (crotalaria and mucuna) and urea as nitrogen source for rice crop. Terra 20 (1): 17–23.
• Moutonnet, P. 2002. Yield response factors of field crops to deficit irrigation. Water Reports No. 22, FAO, Rome, pp. 11–15.
• Smith, M., Kivumbi, D. and Heng, L.K. 2002. Use of the FAO CROPWAT model in deficit irrigation studies. Water Reports No. 22, FAO, Rome, pp. 17–27.
• Truong, B. and Zapata, F. 2002. Standard characterization of phosphate rock samples from the FAO/IAEA phosphate project. In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimise Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC-1272. pp. 9–23.
• Montange, D. and Zapata, F. 2002. Standard characterization of soils employed in the FAO/IAEA phosphate project. In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimise Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC-1272. pp. 24–43.
• Zapata, F. and Arrillaga, J.L. 2002. Agronomic evaluation of guano sources by means of isotope techniques. In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimise Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC-1272. pp. 83–89.
• Pino, I., Parada, A.M., Zapata, F., Navia, M. and Luzio, W. 2002. Comparative study of P uptake and utilization from P fertilizers by Chilean wheat genotypes. In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimise Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC-1272. pp. 156–163.
• Karanja, N.K., Mwendwa, K.A. and Zapata, F. 2002. Response of seedlings of Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. to phosphorus fertilization in acid soils from Kenya. In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimise Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC-1272. pp. 201–210.
• Chalk, P.M., Zapata, F. and Keerthisinghe, G. 2002. Towards integrated soil, water and nutrient management in cropping systems: the role of nuclear techniques. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. CD ROM. pp. 2164/1–2164/11.
• Cadisch, G., Ndufa, J.K., Yasmin, K., Mutuo, P., Baggs, E.M., Keerthisinghe, G. and Albrecht, A. 2002. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. CD ROM. pp. 1165/1–1165/10.
• Heng, L.K., Cayci, G., Kutuk, C., Arrillaga, J.L. and Moutonnet, P. 2002. Comparison of soil moisture sensors between neutron probe, Diviner 2000 and TDR under tomato crops. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. CD ROM. pp. 1532/1–1532/9.
• Hood, R., Atie, W., Harti, S., Syambusul, R., Matijevic, M. and Heiling, M. 2002. The influence of quality parameters on plant N uptake from organic residues. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. CD ROM. pp. 795/1–794/14.
• Hood, R.C., Khan, M., Haque, A., Juan, P.B., Mayr, L. and Heiling, M. 2002. Development of preparation methods for C-13/C-12 analysis of soil and plant samples, using optical breath test analysers. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. Abstracts Vol. 5: p. 1791.
• Bogdevitch, I., Putyatin, Y., Tarasiuk, S. and Zapata, F. 2002. Effect of different phosphate fertilizers on acid peaty soil. In: Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century, Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14 - 21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand. Abstracts Vol. 5: p. 1815.
• Chalk, P.M. 2002. Opening Statement. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 4 – 5.
• Bogdevitch, I., Tarasiuk, S., Putyatin, Y., Pirogovskaya, G., Soroka, V. and Zapata, F. 2002. Evaluation of agronomic effects of rock phosphate using radioisotope techniques. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 39 – 46.
• Moutonnet, P. and Heng, L.K. 2002. Overview of the IAEA programme on fertigation studies in the Mediterranean region. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 217 – 234.
• Hood, R., Mayr, L. and McTiernan, K. 2002. Measuring isotopic signatures in water-soluble organic carbon. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 384 – 389.
• Videla, C.C. and Hood, R. 2002. Gross mineralization from plant residues using cross-labelling. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 400 – 401.
• Dueñas, G., Muñiz, O., Lopez, T. and Zapata, F. 2002. Nitrogen recycling in a potato-maize-potato sequence. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 410 – 411.
• Heng, L.K. and Moutonnet, P. 2002. The use of nuclear techniques for optimising fertilizer application to irrigated wheat. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 427 – 429.
• Shaheen R. and Hood, R.C. 2002. The use of carbon-isotope discrimination to screen wheat cultivars for tolerance to salinity and drought. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 464 – 465.
• Hardarson, G. and Aigner, M. 2002. Nitrogen transfer from legumes to non-legumes. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 468 – 469.
• Chalk, P.M. 2002. Closing Statement and Synthesis. In: Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 16 – 20 October 2000, Vienna, Austria. IAEA-C&S-11 and IAEA-C&S-11/C, pp. 473 – 475.
• Hood R C 2002 Plant N uptake from plant and animal organic residues, measured using the soil pre-labelling N-15 isotope dilution approach. "Integrated Plant Nutrient Management in Sub-Saharan Africa " Eds (Vanlauwe,Diels Sanginga and Merckx) CABI, Wallingford,UK pp 123-131.
• Hood, R. 2002 The Use of Stable Isotopes in Soil Fertility Research. In: Soil Fertility and Crop Production. (Ed Krishna, K.R. ). Science Publishers Inc Enfield USA, Plymouth UK pp 313-335.
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C. and Laverdière M. R. 2002. Quantification of soil redistribution and sediment budget in a Canadian watershed from fallout caesium-137 (¹³⁷Cs) data. Can. J. Soil Sci. 82: 423-431.
• Mabit, L., Bernard, C. and Laverdière, M.R. 2002. Influence of the sampling strategy on soil loss assessments from ¹³⁷Cs measurements. In Proceedings of the third International Congress Man and Soil at the Third Millennium. J.L. Rubio, R.PC. Morgan, S. Asins & V. Andreu (eds). Geoforma Ediciones. pp. 2083-2090.
• Mabit, L. and Bernard, C. 2002. Vertical redistibution of radio-caesium (¹³⁷Cs) in an undisturbed organic soil of northeastern France. In Applied Geomorphology: Theory and Practice, R.J. Allison (ed). Wiley. pp. 197-203.
• Mabit, L. Laverdière, M.R. and Bernard, C. 2002. L’érosion hydrique: Méthodes et études de cas dans le Nord de la France. Cahiers Agriculture 11(3): 195-206.

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• Keerthisinghe, G., Zapata, F., Chalk, P. and Hocking, P. 2001. Integrated approach for improved P nutrition of plants in tropical acid soils. In Food Security and Sustainability of Agro-Ecosystems through Basic and Applied Research. Eds. Horst. W. J., Schenk, M. K., Bürkert, A., Classen, N., Flessa, H., Frommer, W. B., Goldbach, H., Olfs, H. W., Römheld, V., Sattelmacher, B., Schmidhalter, U., Schubert, S., Wiren, N. v. and Wittenmayer, L. Proceedings of the XIV International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 974-975.
• Heng, L.K. 2001. Towards developing a decision support system for phosphate rock direct application in agriculture. In Proc. IFDC Int. Meeting “Direct Application of Phosphate Rock and Related Appropriate Technology - Latest Developments and Practical Experiences”, 16 – 20 July 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, CD ROM, 18 pp.
• Hood, R.C. 2001. Field estimation of crop N uptake from organic residues using a new approach to the ¹⁵N isotope dilution technique, Biology and Fertility of Soils 34:156–161.
• Hood, R.C. 2001. The role of stable isotopes in reaching sustainability in the nitrogen cycle. In: “The Nitrogen Cycle and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, (J. Calbó, G. Pardini and M. Rigola, Eds.), Divertas 19: Universitat de Girona, Spain, pp. 131–147.
• Zaharah, A.R. and Zapata, F. 2001. The use of ³²P isotope techniques to study soil P dynamics and to evaluate the agronomic effectiveness of phosphatic fertilizers. In: Proc. IFDC Int. Meeting “Direct Application of Phosphate Rock and Related Appropriate Technology - Latest Developments and Practical Experiences”, 16–20 July 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CD ROM, 22 pp.
• Zapata, F. 2001. FAO/IAEA research activities on direct application of phosphate rocks for sustainable crop production. In: Proc. IFDC Int. Meeting “Direct Application of Phosphate Rock and Related Appropriate Technology - Latest Developments and Practical Experiences”, 16–20 July 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, CD ROM, 12 pp.
• Hood, R. 2001. The effect of temperature and moisture on organic matter decomposition and plant growth. Stable Isotopes in Health and Environmental Studies, 37, 25–41.
• Bernard, C.and Laverdière, M.R. 2001. Assessment of soil erosion at the watershed scale from ¹³⁷Cs measurements. In Sustaining the global farm. D.E. Stott, R.H. Mohtar, G.C. Steinhardt (eds). pp. 1034-1038.
• Wicherek, S., Laverdière, M.R., Angéliaume, A., Boissier, M.O., Bernard, C. and Coté, D. 2001. Valorisation des résidus en terres agricoles au Québec et en France. Cahiers Agricultures 10(5): 327-333.

2000

• Hood, R., Merckx, R., Jensen, E. S., Powlson, D., Matijevic, M. and Hardarson, G. 2000. Estimating crop N uptake from organic residues using a new approach to the 15N isotope dilution technique. Plant and Soil 223, 33–44.
• Moutonnet, P. 2000. Role of FAO/IAEA program in fertigation studies in the Mediterrenean Region. In: Plant Nutrient Management under Pressurized Irrigation Systems in the Mediterranean Region. (Ryan, J. Ed.). Proceedings of International Fertigation Workshop organized by the World Phosphate Institute (IMPHOS), 25–27 April 1999, Amman, Jordan. pp. 97–119. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria. ISBN: 82-9127-101-2.
• Queralt, I., Zapata, F. and Garcia Agudo, E. 2000. Assessment of soil erosion and sedimentation through the use of the ¹³⁷Cs and related techniques. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35 (3-4), 195–367.
• Robert, J., Heng, L. and Simunek, J. 2000. Excess nitrogen in a fragile montane forest ecosystem. In: Forests and Society: the Role of Research. Proceedings of the XXI IUFRO World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 2, p. 367.
• Zapata, F. and Garcia Agudo, E. 2000. Future prospects for the ¹³⁷Cs technique for estimating soil erosion and sedimentation rates. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35, 197–205.
• Aigner, M. 2000. Modified micro-diffusion method for ¹⁵N-enriched soil solutions. In: Optimising Nitrogen Fertiliser Application to Irrigated Wheat. IAEA-TECDOC-1164, pp. 191–200.
• Grageda-Cabrera, O., Esparza-García, F., Zapata, F. and Peña-Cabriales, J.J. 2000. Influence of sorghum crop residue management on the recovery of ¹⁵N-labelled fertiliser by wheat in Mexico. J. Sustainable Agriculture 16 (3): 75–91.
• Heng, L.K., Baethgen, W.E. and Moutonnet, P. 2000. The collection of a minimum dataset and the application of DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) for optimising wheat yield in irrigated cropping systems. In: Optimising Nitrogen Fertiliser Application to Irrigated Wheat. IAEA-TECDOC-1164, pp. 7–18.
• Heng, L.K. 2000. Modelling, database and the P sub-model. In: Management and Conservation of Tropical Acid Soils for Sustainable Crop Production. IAEA-TECDOC- 1159, pp. 101–111.
• Hocking, P.J., Randall, P., Delhaize, E. and Keerthisinghe, G. 2000. The role of organic acids exuded from roots in phosphorus nutrition and aluminium tolerance in acidic soils. In: IAEA-TECDOC-1159, pp. 61–73.
• Zapata, F. 2000. Evaluating the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate rocks using nuclear and related techniques: Results from a past FAO/IAEA co-ordinated research project. In: IAEA-TECDOC-1159, pp. 91–100.
• Snoeck, D., Zapata, F. and Domenach, A.M. 2000. Isotopic evidence of the transfer of nitrogen fixed by legumes to coffee trees. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 4 (2): 95–100.
• Chalk, P.M. 2000. Integrated effects of mineral nutrition on legume performance. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32, 577–579.
• Heng, L.K., White, R.E. and Chen, D. 2000. Soil water status under perennial and annual pastures. In: Comparison of Soil Water Measurement Using the Neutron Scattering, Time Domain Reflectometry and Capacitance Methods. IAEA-TECDOC-1137. pp. 125–137.
• DeRegge, P., Donohue, D., de Mora, S., Wyse, E., Campbell, M., Groening, M., Hood, R. and Mayr, L. 2000. Isotopic signatures from hydrogen to plutonium: A survey of mass spectrometry in the IAEA Laboratory. Proceedings of the Eighth ISMAS Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, Volume 1, 99–117.
• Bernard, C. and Laverdière, M.R. 2000. Évaluation des risques agroenvironnementaux à l'échelle du bassin versant: exemple de la rivière Boyer (Québec). In: L'eau, de la cellule au paysage. S. Wicherek (éd.) Elsevier. pp. 21-30.
• Bernard, C. and Laverdière, M.R. 2000. Using ¹³⁷Cs as a tool for the assessment and the management of erosion/sedimentation risks in view of the restoration of the Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) fish population in the Boyer River basin (Québec, Canada). Acta Geologica Hispanica 35 (3-4): 321-327.