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Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in tropical agro-ecosystems? by Powlson, David S., Stirling, Clare M., Thierfelder, Christian, White, Rodger P., Jat, M.L.

“…•Meta-analysis of conservation agriculture impacts on soil C in two tropical regions.•Small increases in soil C so small climate change mitigation through C…”
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The effect of impedance to root growth on plant architecture in wheat by Jin, Kemo, Shen, Jianbo, Ashton, Rhys W., White, Rodger P., Dodd, Ian C., Phillips, Andrew L., Parry, Martin A. J., Whalley, William R.

“…Background and aims We were interested in the effect of impedance to root growth on root and shoot architecture of wheat. It is known that Rht-1 semi-dwarfing…”
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Impacts of climate change on wheat anthesis and fusarium ear blight in the UK by Madgwick, James W., West, Jon S., White, Rodger P., Semenov, Mikhail A., Townsend, James A., Turner, Judith A., Fitt, Bruce D. L.

“…Climate change will affect both growth of agricultural crops and diseases that attack them but there has been little work to study how its impacts on crop…”
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The dynamics of arsenic in four paddy fields in the Bengal delta by Stroud, Jacqueline L., Norton, Gareth J., Islam, M. Rafiqul, Dasgupta, Tapash, White, Rodger P., Price, Adam H., Meharg, Andrew A., McGrath, Steve P., Zhao, Fang-Jie

“…Irrigation with arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Bengal Delta may lead to As accumulation in the soil and rice grain. The dynamics of As concentration…”
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Wheat root growth responses to horizontal stratification of fertiliser in a water-limited environment by Jin, Kemo, Shen, Jianbo, Ashton, Rhys W, White, Rodger P, Dodd, Ian C, Parry, Martin A. J, Whalley, William R

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We were interested to determine the effects of horizontal stratification of nutrient-rich zones within different layers of the soil…”
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Species and Genotype Effects of Bioenergy Crops on Root Production, Carbon and Nitrogen in Temperate Agricultural Soil by Gregory, Andrew S., Dungait, Jennifer A. J., Shield, Ian F., Macalpine, William J., Cunniff, Jennifer, Durenkamp, Mark, White, Rodger P., Joynes, Adrian, Richter, Goetz M.

“…Bioenergy crops have a secondary benefit if they increase soil organic C (SOC) stocks through capture and allocation below-ground. The effects of four…”
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Triaxial Testing to Determine the Effect of Soil Type and Organic Carbon Content on Soil Consolidation and Shear Deformation Characteristics by Chakraborty, Debashis, Watts, Christopher W., Powlson, David S., Macdonald, Andrew J., Ashton, Rhys W., White, Rodger P., Whalley, William R.

“…The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of soil type and organic matter on the deformation characteristics of soil. We used triaxial testing to…”
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Engineering soil organic matter quality: Biodiesel Co-Product (BCP) stimulates exudation of nitrogenous microbial biopolymers by Redmile-Gordon, Marc A., Evershed, Richard P., Kuhl, Alison, Armenise, Elena, White, Rodger P., Hirsch, Penny R., Goulding, Keith W.T., Brookes, Philip C.

“…Biodiesel Co-Product (BCP) is a complex organic material formed during the transesterification of lipids. We investigated the effect of BCP on the…”
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Carbon dynamics in a 60 year fallowed loamy-sand soil compared to that in a 60 year permanent arable or permanent grassland UK soil by Wu, Yuping, Kemmitt, Sarah, White, Rodger P., Xu, Jianming, Brookes, Philip C.

“…Aims To determine if the soil microbial biomass in a 60 year fallow soil of the Highfield Ley-Arable Experiment at Rothamsted Research, UK, had maintained its…”
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Acute and chronic exposure to ammonia and olfactory acuity for n-butanol in the pig by Jones, Jonathan B, Wathes, Christopher M, Persaud, Krishna C, White, Rodger P, Jones, R.Bryan

“…An associative learning method (using a food reward) was developed to measure pigs’ olfactory acuity for n-butanol, a standard odourant in human olfactometry…”
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Spatial variation in soil compaction, and the burrowing activity of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa by Stovold, R.J, Whalley, W.R, Harris, P.J, White, R.P

“…The effects of soil compaction on earthworm ( Aporrectodea caliginosa nocturna) activity were studied using pot experiments. Two compaction pressures were used…”
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Population collapse of Lumbricus terrestris in conventional arable cultivations and response to straw applications by Stroud, Jacqueline L., Irons, Daisy E., Watts, Chris W., White, Rodger P., McGrath, Steve P., Whitmore, Andrew P.

“…•Oat cropping was linked to a seasonal L. terrestris population collapse.•Very low L. terrestris populations (0–4.6 middens per m2) found.•Wheat and barley…”
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Controlled atmosphere stunning of broiler chickens. II. Effects on behaviour, physiology and meat quality in a commercial processing plant by McKeegan, D.E.F, Abeyesinghe, S.M, McLeman, M.A, Lowe, J.C, Demmers, T.G.M, White, R.P, Kranen, R.W, Bemmel, H. van, Lankhaar, J.A.C, Wathes, C.M

“…1. The effects of controlled atmosphere stunning on behavioural and physiological responses, and carcase and meat quality of broiler chickens were studied…”
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Spatial variation in soil compaction, and the burrowing activity of the earthworm Aporredodea caliginosa by STOVOLD, Robert J, WHALLEY, W. Richard, HARRIS, Peter J, WHITE, Rodger P

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Influence of milking interval on the total bacterial count in a simulated automatic milking system by Frost, A R, Mottram, T T, Allen, C J, White, R P

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