Underline indicates technician, postdoc or undergraduate/graduate student advised by PI Margenot.
Updated list of publications and citations on Google Scholar.
2025
Asprooth, L., Arbuckle, J., Traldi, R., Church, S., Floress, K. Gramig, B., Margenot, A.J., Maynard, E., Thompson, A., Torres, A., Usher, E., Woodings, F., Awashra, I., Pivaral, K., Prokopy, L.S. 2025. To Diversify or Not to Diversify: A Preliminary Report on Farmers’ Perspectives on Diversification in the U.S. Midwest. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Accepted.
Xu, S., Margenot, A.J. 2025. Phosphate elution from anion-exchange membranes in soil analysis. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 10(1): e70012.
Ruffatto, K., Saha, A., Muenich, R.L., Margenot, A.J., Cusick, R.D. 2025. Unlocking the Phosphorus Circularity Potential of Corn Belt Watersheds with Biorefinery Phosphorus Recovery Incentives. Journal of Environmental Management. 374: 124010.
Li, C., Wade, J., Margenot, A.J. 2025. In pursuit of soil P mineralization: a review and synthesis of radioisotopic labeling techniques. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202: 109701.
Li, C., Wade, J., Vollbracht, K., Hooper, D.G., Wills, S. Margenot, A.J. 2025. Do chromogenic assays of soil enzyme activities need buffers? More disadvantages than advantages of modified universal buffer in the para-nitrophenyl-based assay of phosphomonoesterase and β-glucosidase. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202: 109704.
Nakayama, Y., Arreguin, S., Leon, P., Douglass, M., Becker, T., Margenot, A.J. 2025. Nitrogen losses under soybean production are mitigated by substituting ammonium phosphates with triple superphosphate but non-fertilizer losses remain appreciable. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 378: 109274.
Zhou, S., Margenot, A.J. 2025. The double-edged sword of agricultural tile drainage effects on stream flashiness: a meta-analysis. Journal of Hydrology. 651: 132500.
Lyons, S. E., Arnall, D.B., Ashford-Kornburger D., Brouder, S.M., Christian, E., Dobermann, A., Haefele, S.M., Haegele, J., Helmers, M.J., Jin, V.L., Margenot, A.J., McGrath, J.M., Morgan, K.T., Murrell, T.S., Osmond, D.L., Pelster, D.E., Slaton, N.A., Vadas, P.A., Venterea, R.T., Volenec, J.J., Wagner-Riddle, C. 2025. Field Trial Guidelines for Evaluating Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 89(1): e20787.
2024
Xu, S., Nakayama, Y., Rothman, M.G., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Crop rotation and fertilization practices over 145 years alter soil phosphorus pools independently of phosphorus balances. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(6): e70006.
Caldrone, S., Margenot, A.J., Morrow Plots Data Curation Working Group. 2024. From Complex Histories to Cohesive Data, A Long-Term Agricultural Dataset from the Morrow Plots. Scientific Data. 11: 1145 .
Nakayama, Y., Leon, P., Becker, T., Douglass, M., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Optimum source, rate, timing, and placement of phosphorus fertilizer for Illinois soybean. Agronomy Journal. 116 (6): 3300-3314.
Xu, S., Stumpf, A., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Phosphorus dynamics across a 450 kya vertical chronosequence of loess derived (paleo)soils in central US. 2024. Science of the Total Environment. 954: 176403.
Chatterjee, N., Li, C., Margenot, A.J. 2024. 33P-isotope labelling ammonium phosphate fertilizers reveals majority of early growth maize phosphorus is soil-derived. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(5): e13578.
Allen Asensio, H., McSweeney, K., Brown, T., Barker, D., Charuc, J., Lombardini, L., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Soil carbon stocks and nutrient stratification in a volcanically active coffee-dominated landscape in south-central Guatemala. Geoderma Regional. e00857.
Leon, P., Chatterjee, N., Li, C., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Lower and slower: quantifying phosphorus leaching from struvite relative to monoammonium phosphate by 33P radioisotopic labeling. Geoderma. 449: 116990.
Hu, Y., Yu, Z., Yang, W.H., Margenot, A.J., Gentry, L.E., Wander, M.M., Mulvaey, R.L., Mitchell, C.A., Gaucho, C.E.B. 2024. Deciphering the isotopic imprint of nitrate in a tile-drained agroecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 129 (8): e2024JG008027.
Serrano-Grijalva, L., van der Putten, W. H., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Margenot, A. J., van Rijssel, S., Koorneef, G., Veen, G. F. 2024. Soil extracellular enzyme activity increases during the transition from conventional to organic farming. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Ecology. 375: 109202.
Margenot, A.J., Rippner, D.A., Green, P.G., Scow, K.M., Parikh, S.J. 2024. The importance of counterion effects of anion controls of metal nanoparticles for assessing soil biological responses. Soil & Environmental Health. 2(3): 100094.
Slaton, N., Pearce, A., Gatiboni, L., Osmond, D., Bolster, C., Clark, J., Dhillon, J., Farmaha, B.S., Kaiser, D., Lyons, S., Margenot, A.J., Miguez, F., Moore, A., Ruiz Diaz, D., Sotomayor, D., Spackman, J., Spargo, J., Yost, M. 2024. Models and Sufficiency Interpretation for Estimating Critical Soil Test Values for the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(4): 1419-1437.
Filippelli, G.M., Dietrich, M.D., Shukle, J. Wood, L., Margenot, A.J., Egendorf, S.P., Miekle, H.W. 2024. One in four US households likely exceed new soil lead guidance levels. GeoHealth. 8(6): e2024GH001045.
Sanchez-Bustamante Bailon, A.P., Margenot, A.J., Cooke, R., Christianson, L.E. 2024. Denitrifying bioreactors and dissolved phosphorus: Net source or sink. Journal of Environmental Quality. Accepted.
Margenot, A.J., Wade, J., Woodings, F.S. 2024. The misuse of permanganate as a quantitative measure of soil organic carbon. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 9(1): e20124.
Baker, K., Koduru, S., Babaei, S., Adeyemi, O., Williams, G., Armstrong, S. Margenot, A.J., Sadeghpour, A. 2024. Precision planting effect on winter rye yield and quality for biofuel and forage production. Biomass and Bioenergy. 184: 107219.
Liebig, M.A., Calderon, F.J., Clemensen, A.K., Durso, L., Duttenhefner, J.L., Eberly, J.O., Halvorson, J.J., Jin, V.L., Mankin, K., Margenot, A.J., Steward, C.E., Van Pelt, S., Vigil, M. 2024. Long-Term Soil Change in the U.S. Great Plains: An Evaluation of the Haas Soil Archive. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. 7(2): e20502.
Chae, H.G., Margenot, A.J., Joen, J.R., Sung, K.M., Kyoung-Soon, J., Young, Y.H., Kim, P.J., Lee, J. 2024. Linking the humification of organic amendments with size aggregate distribution: insights into molecular composition using FT-ICR-MS. Science of the Total Environment. 927: 172147.
Raza, S., Sommer, R., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Do soil enzyme activities explain stimulated carbon mineralization following liming? Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 109416.
Margenot, A.J., Zhou, S., Xu, S., Condron, L.M., Metson, G.S., Haygarth, P.A., Wade, J., Agyeman, P.C. 2024. Missing phosphorus legacy of the Anthropocene: Quantifying residual phosphorus in the biosphere. Global Change Biology. 30(6): e17376.
Sible, C.N., Kent, A.D., Margenot, A.J., Below, F.E. 2024. Long-term continuous maize: impacts on the soil microbiome and implications for residue management. Soil Science Society of America Journal. Accepted.
Lee, J., Hertzberger, A., Juneja, A., Cusick, R.D., Singh, V., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Phytin recovered from grain distillation can be used as a phosphorus fertilizer for maize and soybean. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(3): 816-829.
Daughtridge, R.C., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Examining activity-pH relationships of soil nitrogen hydrolytic enzymes. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(3): 667-683..
Kasmerchak, C.S., Lovell, S., Douglass, M., Gates, B., Shoaff, S., Gonzalez Delgado, G., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Multifunctional woody polycultures preserve agroforestry soil health benefits shortly after establishment: implications for production-based soil conservation practices. Geoderma Regional. e00782.
Raza, S., Irshad, A., Margenot, A.J., Zamaniana, K., Li, N., Medhmood, K., Ullahd, S., Kuzyakov, Y., Khang, M.A., Siddiqueh, N., Zhao, X., Kuzyakov, Y. 2024. Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis. Geoderma. 443: 116831.
Xu, S., Gu, C., Rodrigues, J.M., Li, C., Hu, Y., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Changes in soil phosphorus cycling across a 100-year deforestation chronosequence in the Amazon rainforest. Global Change Biology. 30(1): e17077.
Leon, P., Nakayama, Y., Margenot, A.J. 2024. Field-scale evaluation of struvite phosphorus and nitrogen leaching potential relative to monoammonium phosphate. Journal of Environmental Quality. 53(1): 23-34.
2023
Yu, Z., Hu, Y., Gentry, L.E., Yang, W.H., Margenot, A.J., Guan, K., Mitchell, C.A., Hu, M. 2023. Linking water age, nitrate export regime, and nitrate isotope biogeochemistry in a tile-drained agricultural field. Water Resources Research. 59(12): e2023WR034948.
Zhou, S., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Muddied Waters: The Use of “Residual” And “Legacy” Phosphorus. Environmental Science & Technology. 57, 51: 21535–21539.
Safanelli, J.L., Sanderman, J. Bloom, D., Todd-Brown, K., Parente, L.L., Hengl, T., Adam, S., Albinet, F., Ben-Dor, E., Boot, C.M., Bridson, J.H., Chabrillat, S., Deiss, L., Demattê, J.A.M., Demyan, M.S., Dercon, G., Doetterl, S., van Egmond, F., Ferguson, R., Garrett, L.G., Haddix, M.L., Haefele, S.M., Heiling, M., Hernandez-Allica, J., Huang, J., Jastrow; J.D., Karyotis, K., Machmuller, M., Malefetsane, K., Margenot, A.J., Matamala, R., Miesel, J.R., Mouazen, A.M., Nagel, P., Sunita Patel, S., Qaswar, M., Ramakhanna, S., Resch, C., Robertson, A.H.J., Roudier, P., Sabetizade, M., Shabtai, I., Sherif, F., Sinha, N., Six, J., Summerauer, L., Thomas, C.L., Toloza, A., Tomczyk, B., Tsakiridis, N.L., van Wesemael, B., Woodings, F.S., Zalidis, G., Żelazny, W.R. 2023. An interlaboratory comparison of mid-infrared spectra acquisition: instruments and procedures matter. Geoderma. 440: 116724.
Singh, J., Navas Soto, J., Ibarra Lόpez, R.E., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Soil aminopeptidase activities under 145-year crop rotation and fertility practices in the North Central US. Geoderma. 440: 116703.
Vos, H.M.., Zweig, R., Margenot, A.J., Koopmans, G.F., van Groenigen, J.W. 2023. Phosphatase activity in the drilosphere and its link to phosphorus uptake of grass. Geoderma. 439: 116690.
Margenot, A.J., Lee, J. 2023. The fate of nitrogen of ammonium phosphate fertilizers: a blind spot. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. 8(2): e20116.
Margenot, A.J., Parikh, S.J., Calderón, F.J. 2023. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for soil organic matter (SOM) analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 87(6): 1503-1528.
Margenot, A.J., Zhou, S., McDowell, R., Hebert, T., Fox, G., Schilling, K., Richmond, S., Kovar, J., Wickramarathne, N., Lemke, D., Boomer, K., Golovay, S. 2023. Streambank erosion and phosphorus loading to surface waters: knowns, unknowns, and implications for nutrient loss reduction research and policy. Journal of Environmental Quality. 52(6) 1063-1079.
Margenot, A.J., Wade, J. 2023. Getting the basics right on soil enzyme activities: a comment on Sainju et al. (2022). Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 6(3): e20405.
Potash, E., Margenot, A.J., Guan, K., Lee, D., Boe, A., Douglass, M., Heaton, E., Jang, C., Jin, V., Li, N., Mitchell, R., Namoi, N., Schmer, M., Wang, S., Zump, C. 2023. Multi-site evaluation of stratified and balanced sampling for estimating soil organic carbon stocks in agricultural fields. Geoderma. 438: 116587.
Zhou, H., Margenot, A.J., Zheng, W., Wardropper, C., Cusick, R.D., Bhattarai, R. 2023. Advancing circular nutrient economy to achieve benefits beyond nutrient loss reduction in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River basin. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation. 78(4):82A-84A.
Chatterjee, N., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Crop growth is increased by arbuscular mycorrhizae for both phosphate rock and soluble phosphorus fertilizer, but fertilizer solubility primarily determines crop growth. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 59: 843–862.
Zhou, S., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Phosphorus stocks and pools in eroding streambank soils. CATENA. 231: 107305.
Li, N., Bullock, D., Butts-Wilmsmeyer, C, Gentry, L., Goodwin, G., Han, J., Kleczweski, N, Martin, N., Paulausky, P., Pistorius, P, Seiter, N., Schroeder, N., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Distinct soil health indicators are associated with on-farm variation in maize yield and tile drain nitrate losses across contrasting nitrogen applications in central Illinois. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 87(6): 1332-1347.
Guan, K., Jin, Z., Peng, B., Tang, J., DeLucia, E.H., West, P., Jiang, C., Wang, S., Kim, T., Zhou, W., Griffis, T., Liu, L., Yang, W.H., Qin, Z., Yang, Q., Margenot, A.J., Stuchiner, E.R., Kumar, V., Bernacchi, C., Coppess, J., Novick, K.A., Gerber, J., Jahn, M., Khanna, M., Lee, D., Chen, Z., Yang, S. 2023. A scalable framework for quantifying field-level agricultural carbon outcomes. Earth Science Reviews. 104462.
Woodings, F., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Revisiting the Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon (POXC) Assay Assumptions: POXC is Lignin Sensitive. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 8(1): e20108.
Lynch, L., Margenot, A.J., Calderón, F.J., Ernakovich, J. 2023. Greater regulation of permafrost organic matter composition by enzymes and redox than temperature. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 180: 108991.
Qin, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Tang, J., Jin, Z., Grant, R., Hu, T., Villamil, M.B., DeLucia, E., Margenot, A.J., Umakant, M., Chen, Z., Coppess, J. 2023. Assessing long-term impacts of cover crops on soil organic carbon in the central U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems. Global Change Biology. 29(9): 2572-2590.
Mori, T., Rosinger, C., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Enzymatic C:N:P stoichiometry: Questionable assumptions and inconsistencies to infer soil microbial nutrient limitation. Geoderma. 429: 116242..
Nakayama, Y., Wade, J., Li, C., Daughtridge, R., Margenot, A.J. 2023. Quantifying the relative importance of controls and assay conditions for reliable measurement of soil enzyme activities with para-nitrophenol substrates. Geoderma. 429: 116234.
Zhou, W., Guan, K., Peng, B., Margenot, A.J., Lee, D., Tang, J., Jin Z., Grant, R., DeLucia, E., Qin, Z., Wander, M.M., Wang, S. 2023. How does uncertainty of soil organic carbon stock affect cropland carbon budget calculation for the U.S. Midwest? Geoderma. 429: 116254.
Li, N., Zhou, S., Margenot, A.J. 2023. From prairie to crop: spatiotemporal dynamics of surface soil organic carbon stocks over 167 years in Illinois, U.S.A. Science of the Total Environment. 159038.
2022
Wang, S., Guan, K.., Zhang, C., Jiang, C., Zhou, Q., Li, K., Qin, Z., Ainsworth, E.A., He, J., Wu, J., Schaefer, D., Lowell, L.E., Margenot, A.J., Herzberger, L. 2022. Airborne hyperspectral imaging of cover crops through radiative transfer process-guided machine learning. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285: 113386.
Jing, B. Zhang, S., Zhu, Y., Peng, B. Guan, K., Margenot, A.J., Tong, H. 2022. Retrieval Based Time Series Forecasting. arXiv: 2209: 13525.
Wang, H., Huang, W., Wu, Z., Tong, H., Margenot, A.J., He, J. 2022. Deep Active Learning by Leveraging Training Dynamics. NeurIPS. Accepted.
Chiartas, J., Jackson, L.E., Long, R.F., Margenot, A.J., O’Geen, A. 2022. Hedgerows on crop field edges increase soil carbon to a depth of 1 meter. Sustainability. 14(19), 12901.
Margenot, A.J., Calderon, F.J., Parikh, S.J. 2022. Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for the study of soil organic matter (SOM). SSSA Methods of Soil Analyses. Accepted.
Margenot, A.J., Rao, I. 2022. Chapter 9: Nutrient Deficiencies. In Soil Constraints on Crop Production, Ed. Dang, Y. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK. pp. 196-217.
Zhou, S., Li, N., Margenot, A.J. 2022. Soil meets stream: vertical distribution of soil phosphorus in streambanks. Geoderma. 424: 115989. PDF here.
Ruffatto, K., Emaminejad, A., Juneja, A., Kurambhatti, C., Margenot, A.J., Singh, V., Cusick, R.D. 2022. Mapping the national phosphorus recovery potential from centralized wastewater and corn ethanol infrastructure. Environmental Science & Technology. 56, 12, 8691-8701. PDF here.
Margenot, A.J., Daughtridge, R.C. 2022. Overlooked tools for studying soil nitrogen depolymerization: aminopeptidase assays using nitroanilide substrates. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. 7(1): e20079.
Li, Y., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Grant, R.F., Nazfiger, E.D., Cai, Y., Qin, Z., Archontoulis, S., Fernandez, F.G., Gentry, L., Yu, Z., Margenot, A.J., Lee, D., Yang, Y. 2022. Assessing the impacts of pre-growing-season weather conditions on soil nitrogen dynamics and crop productivity in the U.S. Midwest. Field Crops Research. 284: 108563.
Wade, J., Culman, S.W., Gasch, C.K., Lazcano, C., Maltais-Landry, G., Margenot, A.J., Martin, T.K., Potter, T.S., Roper, W.R., Ruark, M.D., Sprunger, C.D., Wallenstein, M.D. 2022. Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 170: 108710.
Wilson, S.G., Dahlgren, R., Margenot, A.J., Rasmussen, C., O’Geen, T.A. 2022. Expanding the Paradigm: The Influence of Climate and Lithology on Soil Phosphorus. Geoderma. 421: 115809.
Watson, G.P., Margenot, A.J. 2022. Fruit lead concentrations of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) grown in lead-contaminated soils are unaffected by phosphate amendments but remain below risk thresholds. Science of the Total Environment. 836: 155076.
Sun, W., Villamil, M.B., Behnke, G.D., Margenot, A.J. 2022. Long-term effects of crop rotation and nitrogen fertilization on phosphorus cycling and balances in loess-derived Mollisols. Geoderma. 420: 115829. PDF here.
Wang, S., Guan, K., Zhang, C., Lee, D., Margenot, A.J., Ge, Y., Peng, J., Zhou, W., Zhou, Q., Huang, Y. 2022. Using soil library hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning to predict soil organic carbon: assessing potential of airborne and spaceborne optical soil sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment. 271: 112914.
Potash, E., Guan, K., Margenot, A.J., Lee., D., DeLucia, E., Wang, S., Jang, C. 2022. How to estimate soil organic carbon stocks of agricultural fields? Perspectives using ex-ante evaluation. Geoderma. 411: 115693.
Bergh, E.L., Calderon, F., Clemensen, A.K., Durso, L., Eberly, J., Halvorson, J.J., Jin, V., Margenot, A.J., Stewart, C.E., Van Pelt, S., Liebig, M.A. 2022. Time in a Bottle: Use of Soil Archives for Understanding Long-term Soil Change. Soil Society of America Journal. 86(3): 520-527. PDF here.
Wade, J., Ac Pangan, M.A., Favoretto, V., Taylor, A.J., Engeseth, N.E., Margenot, A.J. 2022. Drivers of cadmium accumulation in Theobroma cacao L. beans: a quantitative synthesis of soil-plant relationships across the Cacao Belt. PLoS ONE. 17(2): e0261989.
Watson, G.P., Martin, N.F., Grant, Z.B., Batka, S.C., Margenot, A.J. 2022. Soil lead distribution in Chicago, USA. Geoderma Regional. e00480.
Fan, M., Zhang, H., Margenot, A.J., Lal, R., Wu, J., Wu, P., Chen, F., Gao, C. 2022. Soil organic carbon dynamics in intensively managed agricultural landscapes of eastern China. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 68(4): 503-515 .
2021
Rippner, D.A., Margenot, A.J., Aguilera, A.L., Li, C., Sohng, J., McElroy, N., Wade, J., Green, P.G., Peak, D., McElrone, A.J., Fakra, S.C., Chen, N., Feng, R., Scow, K.M., Parikh, S.J. 2021. Microbial response to copper oxide nanoparticles in soils is controlled by land use rather than copper fate. Environmental Science: Nano. 8: 3560-3576.
Jesmin, T., Margenot, A.J., Mulvaney, R. 2021. A comprehensive method for casein-based assay of soil protease activity. Communications in Soil and Plant Analyses. 53(4): 507-520.
Li, C., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Apparent kinetic properties of soil phosphomonoesterase and β-glucosidase are disparately influenced by pH. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(6): 2007-2018.
Wade, J., Trankina, G., Li, C., Pulleman, M.M., Wills, S., Margenot, A.J. 2021. To standardize by mass of soil or organic carbon? A comparison of permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC) assay methods. Geoderma. 404: 115392 .
Qin, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Villamil, M.B., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Grant, R., Gentry, L., Margenot, A.J., Bollero, G., Li, Z. 2021. Assessing the impacts of cover crops on maize and soybean yield in the U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems. Field Crops Research. 273: 108264.
Sanchez Bustamante Bailon, A.P., Margenot, A.J., Cooke, R.A.C., Christianson, L.E. 2021. Batch test evaluation of woodchip bioreactor phosphorus removal. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29: 6733–6743.
Yoon, B.K., Tae, H., Jackman, J.A., Guha, S., Kagan, C.R., Margenot, A.J., Weiss, P.S., Cho, N.J. 2021. Entrepreneurial Talent Building for 21st Century Agricultural Innovation. ACS Nano. 15 (7): 10748–10758.
Nakayama, Y., Wade, J., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Does soil phosphomonoesterase activity reflect phosphorus pools estimated by Hedley phosphorus fractionation? Geoderma. 401: 115279.
Li, C., Wade, J., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Modified universal buffer does not necessarily maintain soil enzyme assay pH. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 57: 869-872 .
Chávez, E.F.J., Wade, J., Miernicki, E.A., Torres, M., Stanek, E., Subía García, C., Caicedo, C., Ticono, L., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Apparent nitrogen limitation of Robusta coffee yields in young agroforestry systems. Agronomy Journal. 113(6): 5398-5411.
Wade, J., Li, C., Vollbracht, K., Hopper, D., Wills, S., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Soil β-glucosidase but not phosphomonoesterase pH optima are decoupled from soil pH. Geoderma. 401:115161.
Wade, J., Beetstra, M.A., Hamilton, M.A., Culman, S.W., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Soil health conceptualization differs across key stakeholder groups in the Midwest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 02158.
Di Tomassi, I., Chatterjee, N., Barrios Masias, F., Zhou, Q., Gu, C., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizae increase biomass and nutrient uptake of tomato fertilized with struvite compared to monoammonium phosphate. Plant and Soil. 464: 321–333. PDF here.
Daughtridge, R.C., Nakayama, Y., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Sources of abiotic hydrolysis of chromogenic substrates in soil enzyme assays: storage, termination, and incubation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 158: 108245. PDF here.
Ibarra López, R.E., Chavez Navarrete, F.J., Pico Rosado, J., Subía García, C., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Soil nitrogen cycling under contrasting management systems in Amazon Coffea canephora agroecosystems. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(5): 1634-1648.
Gu, C., Zhou, Q., Cusick, R.S., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Evaluating agronomic soil phosphorus tests for soils amended with struvite. Geoderma. 339: 115093. PDF here.
Nyawira, S.S., Hartman, M.D., Nguyen, H.T., Margenot, A.J., Kihara, J., Paul, B., Williams, S., Bolo, P., Sommer, R. 2021. Stimulating soil organic carbon in maize-based systems under improved agronomic management in Western Kenya. Soil and Tillage Research. 211: 105000.
Waring, B.G., DeGuzman, M., Du, D., Dupuy, J.M., Gutknecht, J., Hulshof, C., Jelinski, N.A., Margenot, A.J., Medvigy, D., Pizano, C., Salgado-Negret, B., Trierweiler, A., Van Bloem, S.J., Vargas, G.G., Powers, J.S. 2021. Soil biogeochemistry across Neotropical dry forests: climatic, edaphic, and biotic drivers of variation across spatial scales. Ecological Monographs. e01453 .
Calderón, F.J., Margenot, A.J., Murphy, S. 2021. Advances in NIR spectroscopy to assess soil health. In Advances in Measuring Soil Health. Ed. Otten, W. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. pp. 1-22.
Hertzberger, A.J., Cusick, R.S., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Maize and soybean response to phosphorus fertilization with blends of struvite and monoammonium phosphate. Plant and Soil. 461, 547–563. PDF here.
Margenot, A.J.,* Durrer, A.,* Silva, L.C.R., Bohannan, B.J.M., Nusslein, K., Meredith, L., Saleska, S., Tsai, S.M., Andreote, F., Parikh, S.J., Rodrigues, J. 2021. Beyond total carbon: long-term effect of deforestation on Amazonian soils alters soil C cycling. Biogeochemistry. 152: 179–194.
*First co-authors.
Zhou, H., Margenot, A.J., Li., Y., Si, B., Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Li, S., Bhattarai, R.. 2021. Phosphorus pollution control using waste-based adsorbents: Material synthesis, modification, and sustainability. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(12): 2023-2059.
Pulleman, M., Wills, S., Creamer, R., Dick, R., Ferguson, R., Hooper, D., Williams, C., Margenot, A.J. 2021. Soil mass and grind size used for sample homogenization strongly affect permanganate-oxidizable carbon (POXC) values, with implications for its use as a national soil health indicator. Geoderma. 383:114742.
2020
Trimmer, J.T., Miller, D.C., Byrne, D.M., Lohman, H.A.C., Banadda, N., Baylis, K., Cook, S.M., Cusick, R.D., Jjuuko, F., Margenot, A.J., Zerai, A., Guest, J.S. 2020. Re-envisioning sanitation as a human-derived resource system. Environmental Science & Technology. 54 (17): 10446–10459. PDF here.
Gu, C., Gates, B.A., Margenot, A.J. 2020. Phosphate recycled as struvite immobilizes bioaccessible soil lead while minimizing environmental risk. Journal of Cleaner Production. 122635. PDF here.
Prokopy, L.S., Gramig, B.M., Bower, A., Church, S., Ellison, B., Floress, K., Gassman, P., Genskow, K., Gucker, D., Hallett, S., Hill, Hunt, N., Johnson, K., Kaplan, I., Kelleher, K., Kok, H., Komp, Lammers, P., LaRose, S., Liebman, M., Margenot, A.J., Mulla, D., O’Donnell, M., Peimer, A., Reaves, E., Salazar, K., Schelly, C., Schilling, K., Secchi, S., Spaulding, A., Swenson, Thompson, A., Ulrich-Schad, J. 2020. The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean. Agriculture and Human Values. 37: 537–539.
Wu, J., Margenot, A.J., Best, J.L., Fan, M., Zhang, H., Wu, P., Chen, F., Gao, C. Source apportionment of soil heavy metals in fluvial islands, Anhui section of the lower Yangtze River: Comparison of the APCS-MLR and PMF models. 2020. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 20: 380–3393.
Gu, C., Margenot, A.J. 2020. Navigating limitations and opportunities of soil phosphorus fractionation. Plant and Soil. 459: 13–17. PDF here.
Miernicki, E.A., Heald, A.L., Brooks, C.S., Huff, K.D., Margenot, A.J. 2020. Nuclear waste heat use in agriculture: history and opportunities in the United States. Journal of Cleaner Production. 121918.
Fan, M., Margenot, A.J., Zhang, H., Lal, R., Wu, J., Wu, P., Chen, F., Gao, C. 2020. Distribution and source identification of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soils through high-resolution sampling. Environmental Pollution. 114527.
Hertzberger, A., Cusick, R.S., Margenot, A.J. 2020. A review and meta-analysis of the agricultural potential of struvite as a phosphorus fertilizer. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 84: 653-671. PDF here.
Wade, J., Maltais-Landry, G., Lucas, D.E. Bongiorno, G., Bowles, T.M., Calderón, F.J., Culman, S., Daughtridge, R., Ernakovich, J.G., Fonte, F., Giang, D., Herman, B.L., Guan, L., Jastrow, J., Loh, B.H.H., Kelly, C., Mann, M.E., Matamala, R., Miernicki, E.A., Peterson, B., Pulleman, M., Scow, K.M., Snapp, S, Thomas, V., Tu, X., Wang, D., Jelinski, N.A., Liles, G.C., Barrios-Masias, F., Rippner, D.A., Silveira, M., Margenot, A.J. 2020. Assessing the sensitivity and repeatability of permanganate oxidizable carbon as a soil health metric: an interlab comparison across soils. Geoderma. 366: 114235.
Deiss, L., Margenot, A.J., Culman, S.W., Demyan, M.S. 2020. Tuning support vector machines regression models improves prediction accuracy of soil properties using MIR spectroscopy. Geoderma. 365: 114227.
Fan, M., Lal, R., Zhang, H., Margenot, A.J., Wu, J., Wu, P., Zhang, L., Yao, J., Cheng, F., Gao, C. 2020. Variability and determinants of soil organic matter in an intensive agricultural region, eastern China. Soil and Tillage Research. 198: 104544.
Margenot, A.J., O’Neill, T., Sommer, R., Akella, V. 2020. Predicting soil permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC) by coupling DRIFT spectroscopy and artificial neural networks (ANN). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 168: 105098.
Gu, C., Wilson, S., Margenot, A.J. 2020. Lithological and bioclimatic impacts on soil phosphatase activities in California temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 141: 107633.
2019
Deiss, L., Margenot, A.J., Culman, S.W., Demyan, M.S. 2019. Optimizing acquisition parameters in diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy of soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 84: 930-948.
Margenot, A.J., Kitt, D., Gramig, B.M., Berkshire, T.B., Chatterjee, N., Hertzberger, A.J., Aguiar, S., Furneaux, A., Sharma, N., Cusick, R. 2019. Toward a regional phosphorus (re)cycle in the U.S. Midwest. Journal of Environmental Quality. 48(5):1397-1413. PDF here.
Trimmer, J., Margenot, A.J., Cusick, R., Guest, J. 2019. Aligning product chemistry and soil context for agronomic reuse of human-derived resources. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(11):6501-6510. PDF here.
Jesse, S.D., Zhang, Y., Margenot, A.J., Davidson, P.C. 2019. Hydroponic lettuce production using treated post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater (PHW). Sustainability. 11 (13): 3605.
Jackson, L.E., Bowles, T.M., Ferris, H., Margenot, A.J., Hollander A., Garcia-Palacios. P., Daufresne, T., Sanchez-Moreno, S. 2019. Plant and soil microfaunal biodiversity across the borders between arable and forest ecosystems in a Mediterranean landscape. Applied Soil Ecology. 136:122-138.
Margenot, A.J., Parikh, S.J., Calderón, F.J. 2019. Improving infrared spectroscopy characterization of soil organic matter by sample pre-treatments and spectral subtractions. Journal of Visual Experiments. 143, e57464.
2018
Margenot, A.J., Nakayama, Y., Parikh, S.J. 2018. Methodological recommendations for optimizing assays of enzyme activities in soil samples. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 125:350-360.
Margenot, A.J., Griffin, D.E., Alves, B.S.Q., Rippner, D.A., Chongyang, L. Parikh, S.J. 2018. Substitution of peat moss with softwood biochar for soil-free marigold growth. Industrial Crops and Products. 112: 160-169.
Margenot, A.J., Rippner, D.A., Dumlao, M.R., Nezami, S, Green, P.G., Silk, W.M., Parikh, S.J., McElrone, A.J. 2018. Copper oxide nanoparticle effects on root growth and hydraulic conductivity of two vegetable crops. Plant and Soil. 431 (1-2): 333–345.
Margenot, A.J., Sommer, R., Parikh, S.J. 2018. Soil Phosphatase Activities across a Liming Gradient under Long-Term Managements in Kenya. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 82(4):850-861.
2017 and before…
Margenot, A.J., Bal, L., Rao, L., R. Sommer, R. 2017. Phosphorus Fertilization and Management in Soils of Sub Saharan Africa. Eds. Lal, R. and Stewart, B.A. Soil Phosphorus. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Margenot, A.J., Pulleman, M., Sommer, R., Paul, B., Parikh, S.J., Jackson, L.E., Fonte, S. 2017. Biochemical proxies indicate differences in soil C cycling induced by long-term tillage and residue management in a tropical agroecosystem. Plant and Soil. 420(1-2):315-329
Margenot, A.J., Sommer, R., Mukalama, J., Parikh, S.J. 2017. Biological P cycling is influenced by the form of P fertilizer in an Oxisol. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 53(8):899-909
Margenot, A.J., Calderón, F.J., Magrini, K.A., Evans, R. 2017. Application of DRIFTS, 13C NMR, and py-MBMS to Characterize the Effects of Soil Science Oxidation Assays on Soil Organic Matter Composition in a Mollic Xerofluvent. Applied Spectroscopy 71(7):1506-1518
Margenot, A.J., Paul, B., Sommer, R., Pulleman, M., Parikh, S.J., Jackson, L.E., Fonte, S. 2017. Can conservation agriculture improve phosphorus (P) availability in weathered soils? Effects of tillage and residue management on soil P status after 9 years in a Kenyan Oxisol. Soil and Tillage Research 166: 157-166
Margenot, A.J., Calderón, F.J., Goyne, K., Mukome, F.N.D., Parikh, S.J. 2016. Soil analysis, applications of FTIR spectroscopy. Ed. G. Tranter. Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, 3rd Ed. Elsevier, Ltd: Oxford, UK.
Margenot, A.J., Hodson, A. 2016. Relationships between labile soil organic matter and nematode communities in a natural landscape. Nematology 18(10):1231-1245
Margenot, A.J., Alldritt, K., Southard, S., O’Geen, T. 2016. Integrating Soil Science into Primary School Curricula_Students Promote Soil Science Education with Dig It! The Secrets of Soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80(4):831-838
Pincus, L., J. Six, J., Margenot, A.J., Scow, K. 2016. On-farm trial assessing combined organic and mineral fertilizer amendments on vegetable yields in central Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 225:62-71
Margenot, A.J., Calderón, F.J., Parikh, S.J. 2015. Limitations and Potential of Spectral Subtractions in Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Soil Samples. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80(1):10-26
Margenot, A.J., Calderón, F.J., Bowles, T.M., Parikh, S.J., Jackson, L.E. 2015. Soil organic matter functional group composition in relation to organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fractions in organically managed tomato fields. Soil Science Society of American Journal 79(3): 772-782
Parikh, S.J., Goyne, K., Margenot, A.J., Mukome, F.M.D., Calderón, F.J. 2014. Soil chemical insights provided through vibrational spectroscopy. Advances in Agronomy 126:1-148