Publications

Journals & Periodicals

Adams AS, Currie CR, Cardoza YJ, Klepzig KD, Raffa KF. Effects of symbiotic bacteria and tree chemistry on the growth and reproduction of bark beetle fungal symbionts. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2009;39(6):1133-1147.

Bell M, Raczkowski CW. Soil property indices for assessing short-term changes in soil quality. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2008;23(1):1-11.

Bertone M, Green J, Washburn S, Poore M, Sorenson C, Watson DW. Seasonal activity and species composition of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) inhabiting cattle pastures in North Carolina. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2005;98(3):309-321.

Bertone MA, Green JT, Washburn SP, Poore MH, Watson DW. The contribution of tunneling dung beetles to pasture soil nutrition. Online. Forage and Grazinglands. 2006. doi:10.1094/FG-2006-0711-02-RS.

Brooks AM, Danehower DA, Murphy JP, Reberg-Horton SC, and Burton JD. Estimation of heritability of benzoxazinoid production in rye (Secale cereale) using gas chromatographic analysis. Plant Breeding (Ahead of Print). doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01885.x

Bullock LR, Ristaino JB. Effect of synthetic and organic soil fertility amendments on southern blight, soil microbial communities, and yield of processing tomatoes. Phytopathology. 2002;92(2):181-189.

Cardoza YJ, Vasanthakumar A, Suazo A, Raffa KF. Survey and phylogenetic analysis of culturable microbes in the oral secretions of three bark beetle species. Entomol Exp Appl. 2009;131:138-147.

Cardoza YJ. Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to insects mediated by an earthworm-produced organic soil amendment. Pest Management Science. 2011:67(2):233-238.

Casteel, MJ, Sobsey MD, Mueller JP. Fecal contamination of agricultural soils before and after hurricane-associated flooding in North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 2006;41:173–184.

Creamer NG, Baldwin KR, Louws FJ. A training series for cooperative extension agents in organic farming systems. HortTechnology. 2000;10(4):675-681.

Creamer NG, Baldwin KR. An evaluation of summer cover crops for use in vegetable production systems in North Carolina. HortScience. 2000;35(4):600-603.

Creamer NG, Dabney SM. Killing cover crops mechanically: Review of recent literature and assessment of new research results. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. 2002;17(1):32-40.

Cubbage F, Glenn V, Mueller JP, Myers R, Luginbuhl JM, and Myers R. Early tree growth, crop yields, and estimated returns for an agroforestry trial in Goldsboro, NC. Agroforestry Systems. 2012. (Accepted)

Croissant AE, Washburn SP, Dean LL, Drake MA. Chemical properties and consumer perception of fluid milk from conventional and pasture-based production systems. J Dairy Sci. 2007;90(11):4942-4953.

Drake, W.L., D.L. Jordan, M. Schroeder-Moreno, P.D. Johnson, J.L. Heitman, Y.J. Cardoza, R.L. Brandenburg, B.B. Shew, T. Corbett, C.R. Bogle, W. Ye, and D. Hardy. 2010. Crop Response following tall fescue sod and agronomic crops. Agronomy Journal. 102:1692-1699.

Drewnoski ME, Oliphant EJ, Marshall BT, Poore MH, Green JT, Hockett ME. Performance of growing cattle grazing stockpiled Jesup tall fescue with varying endophyte status. J Anim Sci. 2009;87:1034-1041.

Drewnoski ME, Oliphant EJ, Poore MH, Green JT, Hockett ME. Growth and reproductive performance of beef heifers grazing endophyte-free, endophyte-infected, and novel endophyte-infected tall fescue. Livestock Science. 2009;125(2-3):254-260.

Fear F, Creamer NG, Pirog R, Block, Redmond L, with Dickerson, Baldwin, Imig G. Higher education community partnerships: The politics of engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 2005;9(2):139-156.

Finney DM, Creamer NG, Schultheis JR, Wagger MG, Brownie C. Sorghum sudangrass as a summer cover and hay crop for organic fall cabbage production. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2009;24(3):225-233.

Forehand LM, Orr DB, Linker HM. Evaluation of a commercially available beneficial insect habitat for management of lepidoptera pests. Journal of Economic Entomology. 2006;99(3):641-647.

Forehand LM, Orr DB, Linker HM. Insect communities associated with beneficial insect habitat plants in North Carolina. Environmental Entomology. 2006;35(6):1541-1549.

Francis C, Lieblein G, Gliessman S, Breland TA, Creamer N, Harwood R, Salomonsson L, Helenius J, Rickerl D, Salvador R, Wiedenhoeft M, Simmons S, Allen P, Altieri M, Flora C, Poincelot R. Agroecology: The ecology of food systems. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 2003;22(3):99-118.

Freeman SR, Poore MH, Huntington GB, Middleton TF, Ferket PR. Determination of nitrogen balance in goats fed a meal produced from hydrolyzed spent hen hard tissues. J Anim Sci. 2009;87:1068-1076.

Garland, B, Schroeder-Moreno M, Fernandez G, Creamer N. 2010. Influence of summer cover crops and mycorrhizal fungi on strawberry production in the Southeastern United States. HortScience. 46(7):985-992.

Grossman JM, O’Neill BE, Tsai SM, Liang B, Neves E, Lehmann J, Thies JE. 2010. Amazonian anthrosols support similar microbial communities that differ distinctly from those extant in adjacent, unmodified soils of the same mineralogy. Microbial Ecology. 60(1):192-205.

Grossman JM, Patel M, Drinkwater L. Enhancing undergraduate agro-ecological laboratory employment through experiential learning. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 2010;39:31-39.

Grossman JM, Sherard M, Prohn S, Bradley L, Goodell S, Andrew K. An Exploratory Analysis of Student-Community Interactions in Urban Agriculture. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 2012. (In Press)

Grossman JM, Schipanski ME, Sooksanguan T, Drinkwater LE. 2011. Diversity of rhizobia nodulating soybean [Glycine max (Vinton)] varies under organic and conventional management. Applied Soil Ecology. 50:14-20.

Huntington GB, Magee K, Matthews A, Poore M, Burns J. Urea metabolism in beef steers fed tall fescue, orchardgrass, or gamagrass hays. J Anim Sci. 2009;87:1346-1353.

Jemison JM Jr, and Reberg-Horton SC. 2010. Assessing Bt silage corn in Maine. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2010-1022-01-RS.

Jemison JM, Darby HM, and Reberg-Horton SC. Winter grain-short season corn double crop production system for New England. Agronomy Journal. (Accepted)

Krings A, Burton MG, York AC. Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae) new to North Carolina and an updated key to Carolina congeners. SIDA. 2002;20(1):419-422.

Liang B, Lehmann J, Sohi SP, Thies JE, O’Neill B, Trujillo L, Gaunt J, Solomon D, Grossman J, Neves EG, Luizão FJ. Black carbon affects the cycling of non-black carbon in soil. Organic Geochemistry. 2010; 41(2):206-213.

Luginbuhl J-M, Pietrosemoli S, Freeman JM, Anderson KL. Alternatives to traditional anthelmintics to control gastrointestinal nematodes in grazing meat goats. Arch Latinoam Prod Anim. (In Press)

Millar LC, Barbercheck ME. Effects of tillage practices on entomopathogenic nematodes in a corn agroecosystem. Biological Control. 2002;25(1):1-11.

Millar LC, Barbercheck ME. Interaction between endemic and introduced entomopathogenic nematodes in conventional-till and no-till corn. Biological Control. 2001;22(3):235-245.

Mothapo N, Maul J, Grossman JM. Nodulation and Rhizobia diversity associated with genetically distinct Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) accessions. Applied Soil Ecology. (In Review)

Mueller JP, Barbercheck ME, Bell MC, Brownie C, Creamer NG, Hitt A, Hu S, King L, Linker HM, Louws FJ, Marlow S, Marra M, Raczkowski CW, Susko DJ, Wagger MG. Development and implementation of a long-term agricultural systems study: Challenges and opportunities. HortTechnology. 2002;12(3):362-368.

Niño EL, Sorenson CE, Washburn SP, Watson DW. Effects of the insect growth regulator, methoprene, on Onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Environ Entomol. 2009;38(2):493-498.

O’Neill B, Grossman JM, Tsai MT, Gomes JE, Lehmann J, Peterson J, Neves E, Thies JE. Bacterial community composition in Brazilian anthrosols and adjacent soils characterized using culturing and molecular identification. Microbial Ecology. 2009;58(1):23-35.

Olson KM, Cassell BG, McAllister AJ, Washburn SP. Dystocia, stillbirth, gestation length, and birth weight in Holstein, Jersey, and reciprocal crosses from a planned experiment. J Dairy Sci. 2009;92(12):6167-6175.

Parr M, Reberg-Horton SC, Crozier C, Grossman JM. Decomposition and nitrogen release from roll-killed legume cover crops in an organic corn system. Soil Tillage Research. 2011. (In Review)

Parr M, Grossman JM, Reberg-Horton SC, Brinton C, and Crozier C. 2011. Nitrogen fixation of legume cover crops in no-till organic corn production. Agronomy Journal. 103(6), 1578-1590.

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Jordan DL, Isleib TG, Wilkerson GG. Influence of Virginia market type genotype on peanut response to weed interference. Peanut Science. (Accepted)

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Burton MG. Effects of preplant and postplant rotary hoe use on weed control, soybean pod position, and soybean yield. Weed Science. 2009;57(3):290-295.

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Carter TE, Smith AN. 2011. Effects of soybean seed size on weed competition. Agronomy Journal 103:175-181.

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Dunphy JE, Smith AN. Seeding rate effects on weed control and yield for organic soybean production. Weed Technology. 2009;23(4):497-502.

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Jordan DL. Interaction of cultivar, planting pattern, and weed management tactics in peanut. Weed Science. 2010. 58:442-448.

Place GT, Reberg-Horton SC, Dickey DA and Carter TE. 2011. Identifying soybean traits of interest for weed competition. Crop Science 51:2642-2654.

Place, G.T., S.C. Reberg-Horton, and T.E. Carter. 2011. Screening tactics for identifying competitive soybean genotypes. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 42:2654-2665.

Raczkowski CW, Mueller JP, Busscher WJ, Bell MC, and McGraw ML. Soil physical properties of agricultural systems in a large-scale study. Soil and Tillage Research. 2012; 119:50-59.

Reberg-Horton SC, Burton JD, Danehower DA, Ma G, Monks DW, Murphy JP, Ranells NN, Williamson JD, Creamer NG. Changes over time in the allelochemical content of ten cultivars of rye (Secale cereale L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2005;31(1):179-193.

Reberg-Horton SC, Mueller JP, Mellage SJ, Creamer NG, Brownie C, Bell M, Burton MG. Influence of Field Margin Type on Weed Species Richness and Abundance in Conventional Crop Fields. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2011;26(2):127-136.

Reberg-Horton SC, Grossman J, Kornecki TS, Meijer AD, Price AJ, Place G, Webster TM. Utilizing cover crop mulches to reduce tillage in organic systems in the Southeastern USA. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. View online: doi:10.1017/S1742170511000469. (In Press)

Robertson GP, Allen VG, Broody G, Boose ER, Creamer NG, Drinkwater LE, Gosz JR, Lynch L, Havlin JL, Jackson LE, Pickett STA, Pitelka L, Randall A, Reed AS, Seastedt TR, Waide RB, Wall DH. Long-term agricultural research: A research, education, and extension imperative. BioScience. 2008;58(7):640-645.

Schroeder MS, Creamer NG, Linker HM, Mueller JP, Rzewnicki P. Interdisciplinary and multilevel approach to organic and sustainable agriculture education at North Carolina State University. HortTechnology. 2006;16(3): 418-426.

Schroeder-Moreno MS. 2010. Enhancing Active and Interactive Learning Online - Lessons Learned from an Online Introductory Agroecology Course. North American College Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). 54:21-30.

Seem J, Creamer NG, Monks DW. Critical weed-free period for ‘Beauregard’ sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas). Weed Technology. 2003;17(4):686-695.

Smith AN, Reberg-Horton SC, Place GT, Meijer AD, Arellano C, and Mueller JP. 2011. Rolled rye mulch for weed suppression in organic no-tillage soybeans. Weed Science 59:224-231.

Sydorovych O, Raczkowski C, Wossink A, Mueller JP, Creamer N, Hu S, Bell M, Tu C. A technique for assessing environmental impact risks of agricultural systems. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2009;24(3):234-243.

Sydorovych O, Wossink A. The meaning of agricultural sustainability: Evidence from a conjoint choice survey. Agricultural Systems. 2008;98(1):10-20.

Treadwell DD, Creamer NG, Schultheis JR, Hoyt GD. Cover crop management affects weeds and yield in organically managed sweetpotato systems. Weed Technology. 2007;21(4):1039-1048.

Treadwell DD, McKinney DE, Creamer NG. From philosophy to science: A brief history of organic horticulture in the United States. HortScience. 2003;38(5):1009-1014. (Invited paper for 100th anniversary issue.)

Tu C, Louws FJ, Creamer NG, Mueller JP, Brownie C, Fager K, Bell M, Hu S. Responses of soil microbial biomass and N availability to transition strategies from conventional to organic farming systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 2006;113:206-215.

Tungate KD, Susko DJ, Rufty TW. Reproduction and offspring competitiveness of Senna obtusifolia are influenced by nutrient availability. New Phytologist. 2002;154(3):661-669.

Unruh Snyder LJ, Luginbuhl J-M, Mueller JP, Conrad AP, Turner KE. Intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilization of Robinia pseudoacacia foliage fed to growing goat wethers. Small Ruminant Research. 2007;71:179-193.

Unruh Snyder LJ, Mueller JP, Luginbuhl J-M, Brownie C. Growth characteristics and allometry of Robinia pseudoacacia as a silvopastoral system component. Agroforestry Systems. 2007;70(1):41-51.

Vibart RE, Washburn SP, Green JT Jr., Benson GA, Williams CM, Pacheco D, and Lopez-Villalobos N. Effects of feeding strategy on milk production, reproduction, pasture utilization, and economics of autumn-calving dairy cows in eastern North Carolina. Journal of Dairy Science. 2012;95:997-1010.

Vollmer ER, Creamer N, Reberg-Horton C, Hoyt G. Evaluating cover crop mulches for no-till organic production of onions. HortScience. 2010;45(1):61-70.

Washburn SP. Lessons learned from grazing dairies. Progressive Dairyman (Western and Southwestern editions). 2009;15:6-10.

Washburn SP, and Mullen KAE. 2012. Invited Review: Optimizing genetics for pasture-based dairy systems. Journal of Dairy Science. 95. (In Review)

Watson DW, Stringham SM, Denning SS, Washburn SP, Poore MH, Meier A. Managing the horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae) using an electric walk-through fly trap. Journal of Economic Entomology. 2002;95(5):1113-1118.

Webb M, Abaye OA, Teutsch C, Luginbuhl J-M, Scaglia G, Zipper C. Effects of mixed grazing goats with cattle on forage biomass, botanical composition and browse species on reclaimed pastures in the Appalachian coal region. Sheep & Goat Res. J. (In Press)

Witting BE, Orr DB, Linker HM. Attraction of insect natural enemies to habitat plantings in North Carolina. Journal of Entomological Science. 2007;42:439-456.

Witting-Bissinger BE, Orr DB, Linker HM. Effects of floral resources on fitness of the parasitoids Trichogramma exiguum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Biological Control. 2008;47(2):180-186.

Ye W, Torres-Barragan A, Cardoza YJ. 2010. Oscheius carolinensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a potential entomopathogenic nematode from vermicompost. Nematology 12: 121-135.

Zhang WJ, Feng JX, Wu J, Parker K. Differences in soil microbial biomass and activity for six agroecosystems with a management disturbance gradient. Pedosphere. 2004;14:441-447.

Zhang WJ, Rui WY, Tu C, Diab HG, Louws FJ, Mueller JP, Creamer N, Bell M, Wagger MG, Hu S. Responses of soil microbial community structure and diversity to agricultural deintensification. Pedosphere. 2005;15:440-447.