Current Research Projects:
- Optimizing the value of papermill biosolids as a soil amendment on agricultural land in Eastern Ontario.
- Qualifying the detrimental effects of improperly timed cultivation under no-till and conventional till practice.
Selected Bibliographic Highlights From the Last Five Years:
Curnoe, W. E. 2003. “A Domtar Land Application Experience” North East Branch American Society of Agronomy Conference Burlington, Vermont.
Curnoe, W.E., D.R. Lapen, G.C. Topp, and E.G. Gregorich. 2002. “Soil Aeration and Compaction Limitations to Corn Establishment Resulting from Field Trafficking and Tillage Practice” OFA 2002 Annual meeting, Toronto, Ont.
Lapen, D.R., Topp, G.C., Gregorich, E.G., McLaughlin, N.B., Curnoe, W.E, 2002. “Avoid soil compaction and enhance your yields” BetterFarming 4(4), 32.
Turpin, K., D. Lapen, E. Gregorich, G. Topp, M.. Edwards, N. Mclaughlin, W. Curnoe & M. Robin.“Using multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) to identify relationships between soil and corn (Zea mays L.) production properties” Canadian Journal of Soil Science 85 (2005): 625-637
Hayhoe, H. N. ; Lapen, D. R. ; McLaughlin, N. B. ; Curnoe, W. E. “Measurements of mouldboard plow draft: I. Spectrum analysis and filtering” Precision Agriculture 3 (2001): 225-236
Lapen, D.R., Topp, G.C., Gregorich, E.G., Curnoe, W.E. “Least limiting water range indicators of soil quality and corn production, eastern Ontario, Canada”. Soil & tillage research 78 (2004): 151-170.
Lapen, D.R., Topp, G.C., Edwards, M.E., Gregorich, E.G., Curnoe, W.E “Combination cone penetration resistance/water content instrumentation to evaluate cone penetration--water content relationships in tillage research” Soil & tillage research 79 (2004): 51-62.
Topp, G.C., B. Dow, M. Edwards, E.G. Gregorich, W.E. Curnoe and F.J. Cook. “Oxygen measurements in the root zone facilitated by TDR” Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 80 (2000)
Lapen, D.R., Topp, G.C., McLaughlin, N.B., Gregorich, E.G., Hayhoe, H.N., and Curnoe, W.E. “On using multiple approaches to assess tillage and trafficking effects on crop yields” Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok, Thailand., Paper no. 1099 (2002): 1099-1-1099-9.
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