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Research Papers Theme 4 – Biofuel Crops

Theme 4C - The bilateral influence of plant and rhizosphere characteristics in Brassica sp. varying in seed oil productivity

Beaudette, C., Bradley, R.L., Smith, D.L., McVetty, P.E.B., and Vessey, J.K. 2010. Tree-based intercropping increases canola seed-oil yield (Brassica napus L.) and reduces soil nitrous oxide emissions (in preparation).

Dandie, C. Burton, D.L., Zebarth, B.J., Henderson, S. Trevors, J.T., and Goyer. C. 2008. Changes in bacterial denitrifier community abundance over time in an agricultural field and their relationship with denitrification activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(19): 5997-6005.

Fei, H., and Vessey, J.K. 2010. Carbon and nitrogen partitioning in shoots, roots and rhizospheric soil of Brassica napus cultivars varying in seed oil content. Biomass and Bioenergy (in preparation).
Miller, M.N., Zebarth, B.J., Dandie, C.E., Burton, D.L., Goyer, C., and Trevors, J.T. 2008. Crop residue influence on denitrification, N2O emissions and denitrifier community abundance in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 2553-2562.

Miller, M.N., Zebarth, B.J., Dandie, C.E., Burton, D.L., Goyer, C., and Trevors, J.T. 2009. Denitrifier community dynamics in soil aggregates under permanent grassland and arable cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 73: 1843-1851.

Miller, M.N., Zebarth, B.J., Dandie, C.E., Burton, D.L., Goyer, C., and Trevors, J.T. 2008. Influence of liquid manure on soil denitrifier abundance, denitrification and N2O emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 73: 760-768.

Saleh-Lakha, S., Shannon K.E., Goyer. C., Trevors, J.T.T., Zebarth, B.J. and Burton, D.L. 2008. Nitric oxide reductase gene expression and nitrous oxide production in nitrate-grown Pseudomonas mandelii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(22): 6876-6879.

Saleh-Lakha, S., Shannon K.E., Henderson, S.L., Goyer, C., Trevors, J.T.T., Zebarth, B.J., and Burton, D.L. 2009. Effect of pH and temperature on denitrification gene expression and activity in Pseudomonas mandelii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(12): 3903-3911.

Saleh-Lakha, S., Shannon, K.E., Henderson, S.L., Goyer, C., Trevors, J.T.T., Zebarth, B.J., and Burton, D.L. 2009. Effect of nitrate and acetylene on nirS, cnorB and nosZ expression and denitrification activity in Pseudomonas mandelii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(15): 5082-5087.