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ARS Home Pacific West Area Salinas, California Crop Improvement and Protection Research People Eric B. Brennan







Peer-reviewed Publications & Book Chaptersheadline bar Eric B. Brennan **Peer-reviewed Publications & Book Chapters /ARSUserFiles/21904/Photos/data smaller rs.jpg**  (PDFs of all my publications are available for free download by clicking **PDF** after each citation in the list below. The abstracts can also be browsed here, or by clicking on these main research categories: Cover Crops   Long-term Systems Research   Weed Management   Soil P Issues in Organic, Biological Control, Novel Tools & Methods   Opinions   Soil Health   Plant Disease  Birds  Science communication Plant-Insect Interactions   Plant Propagation    Errata (Mistakes) **2030-2021** Brennan, E.B. 2024. **“I” versus “The Author”: The power of first-person voice when writing about science.** Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 121 (22) e2316966121. **PDF**
Brennan, E.B. 2023. **Quadrat misuse: Confessions of a cover crop researcher's biomass sampling journey.** Agronomy Journal 115:2275-2285. **PDF**
Young et al. 2023. **Agricultural Research Service Weed Science Research: Past, Present, and Future.** Weed Science 71:312-327. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., R.F. Smith. 2023.**Predicting cereal cover crop biomass using shoot length in California vegetable systems**. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 8:e20099. **PDF**
White, K.E., Brennan, E.B., Cavigelli, M.A., and Smith, R.F. 2022. **Winter cover crops increased nitrogen availability and efficient use during eight years of intensive organic vegetable production**. PLOS ONE 17(4), e0267757. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267757. **PDF**
Brennan, E.B. (2021). **Using Video to Give More Effective and Engaging Science Talks.** Frontiers in Communication 6(195). doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.725811. **PDF**
Brennan, E.B. (2021). **Why should scientists be on YouTube? It’s all about Bamboo, Oil and Ice Cream.** Frontiers in Communication 6(37), 586297. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.586297. **PDF** **2020-2011** Brennan E.B. 2020. **Sparrow Preferences for Winter Cover Crops in California's Central Coast.** Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4:567579. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.567579. **PDF**
White K.E., E.B. Brennan, M.A. Cavigelli, R.F. Smith. 2020. **Winter cover crops increase readily decomposable soil carbon, but compost drives total soil carbon during eight years of intensive, organic vegetable production in California**. PLoS One 15:e0228677. **PDF**
White K.E., E.B. Brennan, M.A. Cavigelli. 2020. **Soil carbon and nitrogen data during eight years of cover crop and compost treatments in organic vegetable production**. Data in Brief 33:106481. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106481. **PDF** ****
Brennan E.B., V. Acosta-Martinez. 2019. **Cover crops and compost influence soil enzymes during 6 years of tillage-intensive, organic vegetable production**. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83:624-637.  **PDF**
Brennan E.B., V. Acosta-Martinez. 2018. **Soil microbial biomass and soil enzymes data after six years of cover crop and compost treatments in organic vegetable production**. Data in Brief 21:212-227. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., R.F. Smith. 2018. **Mustard cover crop growth and weed suppression in organic, strawberry furrows in California**. HortScience 53:432-440. **PDF** Brennan E.B. 2018. **The slide hammer seeder – A novel tool for planting small seeds**. Horttechnology 28:764-775.**PDF**
Brennan E.B., R.F. Smith. 2017. **Cover crop frequency and compost effects on a legume-rye cover crop during 8 year of organic vegetables**. Agronomy Journal 109:2199-2213. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., V. Acosta-Martinez. 2017. **Cover cropping frequency is the main driver of soil microbial changes during six years of organic vegetable production**. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 109:188-204. **PDF**
Brennan E.B. 2017. **Can we grow organic or conventional vegetables sustainably without cover crops?** Horttechnology 27:151-161. **PDF**
Brennan E.B. 2016. **Agronomy of strip intercropping broccoli with alyssum for biological control of aphids**. Biological Control 97:109-119. **PDF**
Maltais-Landry E., K. Scow, E.B. Brennan, E. Torbert, P. Vitousek. 2016. **Higher flexibility in input N:P ratios results in more balanced phosphorus budgets in two long-term experimental agroecosystems**. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 223:197-210. **PDF**
Maltais-Landry E., K. Scow, E.B. Brennan, P. Vitousek. 2015. **Long-term effects of compost and cover crops on soil phosphorus in two California agroecosystems**. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79:688-697. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., J.E. Leap. 2014. **A comparison of drill and broadcast methods for establishing cover crops on beds**. HortScience 49:441-447. **PDF**
Kuo Y.-W., R.L. Gilbertson, T. Turini, E.B. Brennan, R.F. Smith, T.F. Koike. 2014. **Characterization and epidemiology of outbreaks of Impatiens necrotic spot virus on lettuce in coastal California**. Plant Disease 98:1050-1059. **PDF**
Maltais-Landry E., K. Scow, E.B. Brennan. 2014. **Soil phosphorus mobilization in the rhizosphere of cover crops has little effect on phosphorus cycling in California agricultural soils**. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 78:255-262. **PDF**
Brennan E.B. 2013. **Agronomic aspects of strip intercropping lettuce with alyssum for biological control of aphids**. Biological Control 65:302-311. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., N.S. Boyd, R.F. Smith. 2013. **Winter cover crop seeding rate and variety affects during eight years of organic vegetables: III. Cover crop residue quality and nitrogen mineralization**. Agronomy Journal 105:171-182. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., N.S. Boyd. 2012. **Winter cover crop seeding rate and variety affects during eight years of organic vegetables: I. Cover crop biomass production**. Agronomy Journal 104:684-698.**PDF**
Brennan E.B., N.S. Boyd. 2012. **Winter cover crop seeding rate and variety affects during eight years of organic vegetables: II. Cover crop nitrogen accumulation**. Agronomy Journal 104:799-806.**PDF**
Ferris H., S. Sanchez-Moreno, E.B. Brennan. 2012. **Structure, functions and interguild relationships of the soil nematode assemblage in organic vegetable production**. Applied Soil Ecology 61:16-25. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., O. Daugovish, R.F. Smith, S.A. Fennimore. 2011. **Weeds**, In: R. F. Smith et al., editors, Cover cropping for vegetable production: A grower’s handbook, Univ. of California, Oakland, CA. pp. 43-46. **PDF**
Van Horn M., E.B. Brennan, O. Daugovish, J. Mitchell. 2011. **Cover Crop Management**, In: R. F. Smith et al., editors, Cover cropping for vegetable production: A grower’s handbook, Univ. of California, Oakland, CA. pp. 71-78. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., N.S. Boyd, R.F. Smith, P. Foster. 2011. **Comparison of rye and legume-rye cover crop mixtures for vegetable production in California**. Agronomy Journal 103:449-463. **PDF**
Brennan E.B. 2011. **A time-efficient scooping method to prepare cover crop seed for cone planters**. Agronomy Journal 103:917-924. **PDF** **2010-2000** Brennan E.B., N.S. Boyd, R.F. Smith, P. Foster. 2009.**Seeding rate and planting arrangement effects on growth and weed suppression of a legume-oat cover crop for organic vegetable systems**. Agronomy Journal 101:979-988. **PDF**
Boyd N.S., E.B. Brennan, R.F. Smith, R. Yokota. 2009. **Effect of seeding rate and planting arrangement on rye cover crop and weed growth**. Agronomy Journal 101:47-51.**PDF**
Boyd N.S., E.B. Brennan, S.A. Fennimore. 2006. **Stale seedbed techniques for organic vegetable production**. Weed Technology 20:1052-1057. **PDF**
Boyd N.S., E.B. Brennan. 2006. **Burning nettle, common purslane, and rye response to a clove oil herbicide**. Weed Technology 20:646-650. **PDF**
Boyd N.S., E.B. Brennan. 2006. **Weed management in a legume-cereal cover crop with the rotary hoe**. Weed Technology 20:733-737.  **PDF**
Brennan E.B., R.F. Smith. 2005. **Winter cover crop growth and weed suppression on the central coast of California**. Weed Technology 19:1017-1024.  **PDF**
Grube R.C., E.B. Brennan, E.J. Ryder. 2003. **Characterization and genetic analysis of a lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) mutant, weary, that exhibits reduced gravitropic response in hypocotyls and inflorescence stems.** Journal of Experimental Botany 54:1259-1268. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum, K. Pinney. 2001.**A new technique for studying the stylet tracks of homopteran insects in hand-sectioned plant tissue using light or epifluorescence microscopy**. Biotechnic & Histochemistry 76:59-66. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum, J.A. Rosenheim, R. Karban. 2001. **Heteroblasty in Eucalyptus globulus (Myricales : Myricaceae) affects ovipositonal and settling preferences of Ctenarytaina eucalypti and C-spatulata (Homoptera : Psyllidae)**. Environmental Entomology 30:1144-1149. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum. 2001. **Psyllid responses to colored sticky traps and the colors of juvenile and adult leaves of the heteroblastic host plant Eucalyptus globulus**. Environmental Entomology 30:365-370. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum. 2001. **Performance of adult psyllids in no-choice experiments on juvenile and adult leaves of Eucalyptus globulus**. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 100:179-185. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum. 2001. **Effect of epicuticular wax on adhesion of psyllids to glaucous juvenile and glossy adult leaves of Eucalyptus globulus Labillardiere**. Australian Journal of Entomology 40:270-277. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., S.A. Weinbaum. 2001. **Stylet penetration and survival of three psyllid species on adult leaves and 'waxy' and 'de-waxed' juvenile leaves of Eucalyptus globulus**. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 100:355-363. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., G.F. Hrusa, S.A. Weinbaum, W. Levison. 2001. **Resistance of Eucalyptus species to Glycaspis brimblecombei (Homoptera : Psyllidae) in the San Francisco Bay area**. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 77:249-253. **PDF**
Thao M.L., M.A. Clark, L. Baumann, E.B. Brennan, N.A. Moran, P. Baumann. 2000. **Secondary endosymbionts of psyllids have been acquired multiple times**. Current Microbiology 41:300-304. **PDF**
Thao M.L., N.A. Moran, P. Abbot, E.B. Brennan, D.H. Burckhardt, P. Baumann. 2000. **Cospeciation of psyllids and their primary prokaryotic endosymbionts**. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66:2898-2905. **PDF** **1999-1990** Brennan E.B., K.W. Mudge, A. Sherrer. 1998. **Open-pollinated, interspecific F1 hybrid seed orchards of Leucaena - I. Rootstock effects**. Agroforestry Systems 41:221-235. **PDF**
Mudge K.W., E.B. Brennan. 1999. **Clonal propagation of multipurpose and fruit trees used in agroforestry,** In: L. E. Buck et al., editors, Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp. 157-190. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., R.J. Gill, G.F. Hrusa, S.A. Weinbaum. 1999.**First record of Glycaspis brimblecombei (Moore) (Homoptera : Psyllidae) in North America: Initial observations and predator associations of a potentially serious new pest of eucalyptus in California**. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 75:55-57. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., K.W. Mudge. 1998. **Clonal propagation of Leucaena by single bud splice grafting with a new grafting tool, and by modified veneer crown grafting**. New Forests 15:283-297. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., K.W. Mudge. 1998.**Vegetative propagation of Inga feuillei from shoot cuttings and air layering**. New Forests 15:37-51. **PDF**
Brennan E.B., K.W. Mudge, E. Elevitch. 1998. **Open-pollinated, interspecific F1 hybrid seed orchards of Leucaena - II. Analysis of seedlings**. Agroforestry Systems 41:237-250.**PDF**
Brennan E.B. 1992. **A new grafting technique for Erythrina, Leucaena, and possibly other nitrogen fixing tree species**. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Research Reports 10:85-88. **PDF**
Brennan E.B. 1990. **Using farmers and their ideas for effective extension work**, In: C. Haugen et al., editors, Proceedings of Strategies and Methods for Orienting Multipurpose Tree System Research for Small Scale Farm Use  Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development Project (F/FRED), and International Development Research Centre of Canada, Jakarta, Indonesia. pp. 94-97. **PDF**  **Return to Eric Brennan's Home Page**


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