Steve Culman Publications

Hurisso, T.T., Moebius-Clune, D.J., Culman, S.W., Moebius-Clune, B.N., Thies, J.E., and Van Es, H.M. 2018. Soil Protein as a Rapid Soil Health Indicator of Potentially Available Organic Nitrogen. Agricultural and Environmental Letters 3: 1-5.

Testen, A.L., Mamiro, D. Nahson, J., Amuri, N., Culman, S.W. Miller, S.A. 2018. Farmer-Focused Tools to Improve Soil Health Monitoring on Smallholder Farms in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Plant Health Progress 19: 56–63.

Wade, J., Culman, S.W., Hurisso, T.T., Miller, R.O., Baker, L., Horwath, W.R. 2018 Sources of Variability that Compromise Mineralizable Carbon as a Soil Health Indicator, Soil Science Society of America Journal 82:243-252.

Fulford, A.M. and Culman, S.W. 2018. Over-Fertilization Does Not Build Soil Test Phosphorus and Potassium in Ohio. Agronomy Journal 111:56-65.

Chaganti, V., and Culman, S.W. 2017. Historical Perspective of Soil Balancing Theory and Identifying Knowledge Gaps: A Review. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. 3:1-7.

Sprunger, C.D., Culman, S.W., Robertson, G.P., Snapp, S.S. 2017. Perennial grain on a Midwest Alfisol shows no sign of early soil carbon gain. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 23:1-13.

Obrycki, J.F., Basta, N.T., Culman, S.W. 2017. Management Options for Contaminated Urban Soils to Reduce Public Exposure and Maintain Soil Health. Journal of Environmental Quality 46: 420-430.

Brooker, A.P., Lindsey, L.E., Culman, S.W. , Subburayalu, S.K., Thomison, P.R. 2017. Low Soil Phosphorus and Potassium Limit Soybean Grain Yield in Ohio. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management 3: 1-5.

Calderón, F.J., Culman, S.W., Six, J., Franzluebbers, A.J., Schipanski, M.E., Beniston, J. Grandy, A.S., Kong, A.Y.Y. 2017. Quantification of Permanganate Oxidizable C Using Infrared Spectroscopy. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81, 277-288.

Crews, T.E., Blesh, J., Culman, S.W., Hayes, R.C., Jensen, E.S., Mack, M.C., Peoples, M.B., Schipanski, M.E., 2016. Going where no grains have gone before: From early to mid-succession. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 223, 223–238. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.012

Hurisso, T.T., Culman, S.W., Horwath, W.R., Wade, J., Cass, D., Beniston, J.W., Bowles, T.M., Grandy, A.S., Franzluebbers, A.J., Schipanski, M.E., Lucas, S.T., Ugarte, C.M., 2016. Comparison of Permanganate-Oxidizable Carbon and Mineralizable Carbon for Assessment of Organic Matter Stabilization and Mineralization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80, 1352–1364. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.04.0106

DeHaan, L.R., Van Tassel, D.L., Anderson, J.A., Asselin, S.R., Barnes, R., Baute, G.J., Cattani, D.J., Culman, S.W., Dorn, K.M., Hulke, B.S., Kantar, M., Larson, S., Marks, M.D., Miller, A.J., Poland, J., Ravetta, D.A., Rude, E., Ryan, M.R., Wyse, D., Zhang, X., 2016. A Pipeline Strategy for Grain Crop Domestication. Crop Science 56, 1–14. doi:10.2135/cropsci2015.06.0356

Fulford, A.M., Culman, S.W., Mullen, R.W., Dygert, C.E., 2016. Corn and Soybean Response to Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization in Ohio. Better Crops With Plant Food 100, 7–9.

Londo, A.J., LaBarge, G., Watters, H., Culman, S.W., Rose, M.A., Hall, P. Arnold, G., Custer, S., Richer, E., Noggle, S., Penrose. C. 2015. Water Quality and Nutrient Management Extension Programs in Ohio. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education 156: 48–55.

Hankinson, M. W., Lindsey, L.E., Culman, S.W. 2015. “Effect of Planting Date and Starter Fertilizer on Soybean Grain Yield.” Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 1(1). doi:10.2134/cftm2015.0178.

DuPont, S.T., Beniston, J., Glover, J.D., Hodson, A., Culman, S.W., Lal, R., Ferris, H. 2014. Root traits and soil properties in harvested perennial grassland, annual wheat, and never-tilled annual wheat. Plant and Soil 381: 405-420

Maul, J.E., Buyer, J.S., Lehman, R.M., Culman, S.W., Blackwood, C.B., Roberts, D.P., Zasada, I.A., Teasdale, J.R. 2014. Microbial community structure and abundance in the rhizosphere and bulk soil of a tomato cropping system that includes cover crops. Applied Soil Ecology 77:42–50.

Grandy, A.S., Salam, D.S., Wickings, K. McDaniel, M., Culman, S.W., Snapp, S.S. 2013. Soil Respiration and Litter Decomposition Responses to Nitrogen Fertilization Rate in No-till Corn Systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 179:35–40.

Culman, S.W., Snapp, S.S., Ollenburger, M., Basso, B., DeHaan, L.R. 2013. Soil and water quality rapidly responds to the perennial grain, kernza wheatgrass. Agronomy Journal 105:735–744.

Culman, S.W., Snapp, S.S., Green, J.M., Gentry, L. 2013. Short and long-term labile soil C and N dynamics reflect management and predict corn agronomic performance. Agronomy J 105: 493 –      502.

Culman, S.W., Snapp, S.S., Schipanski, M.E., Freeman, M.A., Beniston, J., Drinkwater, L.E., Franzluebbers, A.J., Glover, J.D., Grandy, A.S., Lal, R., Lee, J., Maul, J.E., Mirsky, S.B., Six, J., Wander, M.M. 2012. Permanganate oxidizable carbon reflects a processed soil fraction that is sensitive to management. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76:494 – 504.

Briar, S.S., Culman, S.W., Young-Mathews, A., Jackson, L.E., Ferris, H. 2012. Nematode community responses to a moisture gradient and grazing along a restored riparian corridor. European Journal of Soil Biology 50: 32-38.

Sánchez-Moreno, S., Ferris, H., Young-Mathews, A., Culman, S.W., Jackson, L.E. 2011. Abundance, diversity and connectance of soil food web channels along environmental gradients in an agricultural landscape. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43: 2374-2383.

Jack, A.L.H., Rangarajan, A., Culman, S.W., Sooksa-Nguan, T., Thies, J.E. 2011. Choice of organic amendments in tomato transplants has lasting effects on bacterial rhizosphere communities and crop performance in the field. Applied Soil Ecology 48: 94 – 101.

Glover, J.D., Reganold, J.P., Bell, L.W., Borevitz, J., Brummer, E.C., Buckler, E.S., Cox, C.M., Cox, T.S., Crews, T.E., Culman, S.W., DeHaan, L.R., Eriksson, D., Gill, B.S., Holland, J., Hu, F., Hulke, B.S., Ibrahim, A.M.H., Jackson, W., Jones, S.S., Murray, S.C., Paterson, A.H., Ploschuk, E., Sacks, E.J., Snapp, S., Tao, D., Van Tassel1, D.L., Wade, L.J., Wyse, D.L., Xu, Y. 2010. Perennial questions of hydrology and climate response. Science 330: 33 – 34.

Culman, S.W., Young-Mathews, A., Hollander, A., Sánchez-Moreno, S., Ferris, H., O’Geen, T.A., Jackson, L.E. 2010. Biodiversity is associated with indicators of soil ecosystem functions over a landscape gradient of agricultural intensification. Landscape Ecology 25: 1333 – 13348.

Young-Mathews, A., Culman, S.W., Sánchez-Moreno, S., O’Geen, T.A., Ferris, H., Hollander, A., Jackson, L.E. 2010. Plant-soil biodiversity relationships and nutrient retention in agricultural riparian zones of the Sacramento Valley, California. Agroforestry Systems 80: 41 – 60.

Glover, J.D., Reganold, J.P., Bell, L.W., Borevitz, J., Brummer, E.C., Buckler, E.S., Cox, C.M., Cox, T.S., Crews, T.E., Culman, S.W., DeHaan, L.R., Eriksson, D., Gill, B.S., Holland, J., Hu, F., Hulke, B.S., Ibrahim, A.M.H., Jackson, W., Jones, S.S., Murray, S.C., Paterson, A.H., Ploschuk, E., Sacks, E.J., Snapp, S., Tao, D., Van Tassel1, D.L., Wade, L.J., Wyse, D.L., Xu, Y. 2010. Increased food and ecosystem security via perennial grains. Science 328: 1638 – 1639.

Culman, S.W., DuPont, S.T., Glover, J.D., Crews, T.E., Buckley, D.H., Ferris, H., Fick, G.W. 2010. Long-term impacts of high-input annual cropping and unfertilized perennial grass production on soil properties and belowground food webs in Kansas, USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137: 13 – 24.

Glover, J.D., Culman, S.W., DuPont, S.T., Broussard, W., Young, L., Mangan, M., Mai, J., Crews, T.E., DeHaan, L.R., Buckley, D.H., Ferris, H., Reynolds, H., Turner, E., Wyse, D. 2010. Harvested perennial grasslands provide ecological benchmarks for agricultural sustainability. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137: 3 – 12.

DuPont, S.T., Culman, S.W., Glover, J.D., Buckley, D.H., Ferris, H. 2010. No-tillage conversion of harvested perennial grassland to annual cropland reduces root biomass, decreases active carbon stocks, and impacts soil biota. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137: 25 – 32.

Culman, S.W., Bukowski, R., Gauch, H.G., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Buckley, D.H. 2009. T-REX: Software for the processing and analysis of T-RFLP data. BMC Bioinformatics 10:171

Culman, S.W., Gauch, H.G., Blackwood, C.B., Thies, J.E. 2008. Analysis of T-RFLP data using analysis of variance and ordination methods: a comparative study. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75: 55 – 63.

Culman, S.W., Duxbury, J.M., Lauren, J.L., Thies, J.E. 2006. Microbial community response to soil solarization in Nepal’s rice-wheat cropping system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38: 3359 – 3371.