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Meta-analysis approach to assess effect of tillage on microbial biomass and enzyme activities by Zuber, Stacy M., Villamil, María B.

“…Measures of soil biology are critical for the assessment of soil quality under different agricultural management practices. By modifying soil microclimate,…”
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Long-term crop rotation and tillage effects on soil greenhouse gas emissions and crop production in Illinois, USA by Behnke, Gevan D., Zuber, Stacy M., Pittelkow, Cameron M., Nafziger, Emerson D., Villamil, María B.

“…•Compared continuous corn, continuous soybean, corn-soybean, and corn-soybean-wheat rotations under chisel tillage or no-till.•Rotated corn and soybean…”
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Assessing long‐term impacts of cover crops on soil organic carbon in the central US Midwestern agroecosystems by Qin, Ziqi, Guan, Kaiyu, Zhou, Wang, Peng, Bin, Tang, Jinyun, Jin, Zhenong, Grant, Robert, Hu, Tongxi, Villamil, María B., DeLucia, Evan, Margenot, Andrew J., Umakant, Mishra, Chen, Zhangliang, Coppess, Jonathan

“…Cover crops have been reported as one of the most effective practices to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) for agroecosystems. Impacts of cover crops on SOC…”
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Short‐Term Effects of Cover Crops and Compaction on Soil Properties and Soybean Production in Illinois by Acuña, Juan C. M., Villamil, María B.

“…Cover crops (CC) are being actively promoted in Illinois as a tool to improve soil properties and enhance crop performance and yield. Our goals were to assess…”
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Limited Impacts of Cover Cropping on Soil N-Cycling Microbial Communities of Long-Term Corn Monocultures by Kim, Nakian, Riggins, Chance W., Zabaloy, María C., Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L., Villamil, María B.

“…Cover cropping (CC) is a promising in-field practice to mitigate soil health degradation and nitrogen (N) losses from excessive N fertilization. Soil N-cycling…”
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Characterization of Mollisols after Long-Term N Fertilization at Successive Rates in Continuous and Rotated Corn Systems by Kim, Nakian, Behnke, Gevan D., Villamil, María B.

“…Modern agricultural systems rely on inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilization to enhance crop yields, but its overuse may negatively impact soil properties. Soil…”
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Characterization of Septoria brown spot disease development and yield effects on soybean in Illinois by Lin, Heng-An, Villamil, María B., Mideros, Santiago X.

“…Brown spot, caused by Septoria glycines Hemmi, is a highly prevalent foliar disease of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Despite its wide distribution, the…”
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Using cover crops in headlands of organic grain farms: Effects on soil properties, weeds and crop yields by Welch, Rachel Y., Behnke, Gevan D., Davis, Adam S., Masiunas, John, Villamil, María B.

“…•Participatory study tested cover crops (CC) in organic farms’ headlands (HL).•HL areas had greater PR and BD, and WAS, TC, P, and pH compared to NHL areas.•HL…”
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Probabilistic Assessment of Cereal Rye Cover Crop Impacts on Regional Crop Yield and Soil Carbon by Rai, Teerath, Lee, Nicole, Williams, Martin, Davis, Adam, Villamil, María, Dokoohaki, Hamze

“…Field research for exploring the impact of winter cover crops (WCCs) integration into cropping systems is resource intensive, time-consuming and offers limited…”
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High-Resolution Indicators of Soil Microbial Responses to N Fertilization and Cover Cropping in Corn Monocultures by Kim, Nakian, Riggins, Chance W., Zabaloy, María C., Allegrini, Marco, Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L., Villamil, María B.

“…Cover cropping (CC) is the most promising in-field practice to improve soil health and mitigate N losses from fertilizer use. Although the soil microbiota play…”
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Rhizospheric Microbiome Responses to Cover Crop Suppression Methods by Morales, Marianela E., Allegrini, Marco, Iocoli, Gastón A., Basualdo, Jessica, Villamil, María B., Zabaloy, María C.

“…Although winter cover crops (WCCs) have demonstrated positive effects on soil properties, relatively little is known about the responses of the soil and plant…”
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Biochemistry and Immune Biomarkers Indicate Interacting Effects of Pre- and Postnatal Stressors in Pigs across Sexes by Rymut, Haley E, Rund, Laurie A, Bolt, Courtni R, Villamil, María B, Bender, Diane E, Southey, Bruce R, Johnson, Rodney W, Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L

“…The effects of maternal immune activation (MIA) elicited by a prenatal stressor and postnatal metabolic or immune stressors on chemical and inflammatory…”
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Microbial Shifts Following Five Years of Cover Cropping and Tillage Practices in Fertile Agroecosystems by Kim, Nakian, Zabaloy, María C, Riggins, Chance W, Rodríguez-Zas, Sandra, Villamil, María B

“…Metagenomics in agricultural research allows for searching for bioindicators of soil health to characterize changes caused by management practices. Cover…”
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Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste by Iocoli, Gastón A., Orden, Luciano, López, Fernando M., Gómez, Marisa A., Villamil, María B., Zabaloy, María C.

“…Mineralization studies are the first step in determining the usefulness of an amendment such as fertilizer, and are essential to creating guidelines for dairy…”
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Estimating Factor Contributions to Soybean Yield from Farm Field Data by Villamil, María B, Davis, Vince M, Nafziger, Emerson D

“…Illinois ranks second in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production in the United States with an annual crop value of some $4 billion. To discover what…”
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Microbial Signatures in Fertile Soils Under Long-Term N Management by Villamil, María B., Kim, Nakian, Riggins, Chance W., Zabaloy, María C., Allegrini, Marco, Rodríguez-Zas, Sandra L.

“…Long-term reliance on inorganic N to maintain and increase crop yields in overly simplified cropping systems in the U.S. Midwest region has led to soil…”
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Long-Term N Fertilization Decreased Diversity and Altered the Composition of Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Communities by Sun, Renpeng, Zhang, Pan, Riggins, Chance W., Zabaloy, María C., Rodríguez-Zas, Sandra, Villamil, María B.

“…Soil microbial communities are essential in the cycling of nutrients that affect crop production. Our goal was to characterize the microbial community…”
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Cover crop rotations affect greenhouse gas emissions and crop production in Illinois, USA by Behnke, Gevan D., Villamil, María B.

“…•Rotations with cover crop growth reduced greenhouse gas emissions and soil nitrate.•By affecting cover crop success, weather greatly affected the observed…”
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Initial Plant Size Affects Response to Thinning in Soybean by Davis, Vince M., Mellendorf, Nathan E., Villamil, María B., Nafziger, Emerson D.

“…Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] can produce compensatory yield following plant stand reduction, but the effect of plant size within a developmental stage on…”
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Meiotic pairing as an indicator of genome composition in polyploid prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) by Bishop, Jeffrey W., Kim, Sumin, Villamil, María B., Lee, D. K., Rayburn, A. Lane

“…The existence of neopolyploidy in prairie cordgrass ( Spartina pectinata Link) has been documented. The neohexaploid was discovered coexisting with tetraploids…”
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