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Robert Wade Steinriede, Jr.
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                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Improving soil sater storage with no-till cover cropping in the Mississippi River Alluvial Basin
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dhakal, M., Locke, M.A., Reddy, K.N., Moore, M.T., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Krutz, L.J. 2024. Improving soil sater storage with no-till cover cropping in the Mississippi River Alluvial Basin. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20638.Occurrence of agricultural pesticides in Mississippi Delta Bayou Sediments and their effects on the Amphipod: Hyalella azteca
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Locke, M.A. 2021. Occurrence of agricultural pesticides in Mississippi Delta Bayou Sediments and their effects on the Amphipod: Hyalella azteca. Chemistry and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540.2021.1886281.Furrow-irrigation application efficiency in mid-southern USA conservation tillage systems
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bryant, C.J., Locke, M.A., Krutz, L.J., Reynolds, D.B., Golden, B.R., Irby, T., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Spencer, G.D. 2021. Furrow-irrigation application efficiency in mid-southern USA conservation tillage systems. Agronomy Journal. 113(1):397-406. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20468.Conservation production systems in the mid-southern USA:  III. Zone tillage for furrow-irrigated soybean
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bryant, C.J., Krutz, L.J., Reynolds, D.B., Locke, M.A., Golden, B.R., Irby, T., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Spencer, G.D., Mills, B.E., Wood, C.W. 2020. Conservation production systems in the mid-southern USA:  III. Zone tillage for furrow-irrigated soybean. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20057.Conservation soybean production systems in the mid-southern USA:  II. Replacing subsoiling with cover crops
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bryant, C., Krutz, L.J., Reynolds, D.B., Locke, M.A., Golden, B.R., Irbytrent, Steinriede Jr, R.W., Spencer, G.D., Mills, B.E., Wood, C.W. 2020. Conservation soybean production systems in the mid-southern USA:  II. Replacing subsoiling with cover crops. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20058.Conservation soybean production systems in the mid-southern USA:  I. Transitioning from conventional to conservation tillage
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bryant, C.J., Krutz, L.J., Reynolds, D.B., Locke, M.A., Golden, B.R., Irby, T., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Spencer, G.D., Mills, B.E., Wood, C.W. 2020. Conservation soybean production systems in the mid-southern USA:  I. Transitioning from conventional to conservation tillage. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20055.Glyphosate applications, glyphosate resistant corn, and tillage on nitrification rates and distribution of nitrifying microbial communities
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)CJenkins, M., Locke, M.A., Reddy, K.N., McChesney, D.S., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2018. Glyphosate applications, glyphosate resistant corn, and tillage on nitrification rates and distribution of nitrifying microbial communities. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81(6):1371-1380.Dredging effects on selected nutrient concentrations and ecoenzymatic activity in two drainage ditch sediments in the lower Mississippi River Valley
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Moore, M.T., Locke, M.A., Jenkins, M., Steinriede Jr, R.W., McChesney, D.S. 2017. Dredging effects on selected nutrient concentrations and ecoenzymatic activity in two drainage ditch sediments in the lower Mississippi River Valley. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 5:190-195. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.06.004.Effectiveness of integrated best management practices on mitigation of atrazine and metolachlor in an agricultural lake watershed
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Locke, M.A., Bingner, R.L., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Smith, S. 2017. Effectiveness of integrated best management practices on mitigation of atrazine and metolachlor in an agricultural lake watershed. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 98(4):447-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-2020-3.Impact of glyphosate resistant corn, glyphosate applications, and tillage on soil nutrient ratios, exoenzyme activities, and nutrient acquisition ratios
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Jenkins, M., Locke, M.A., Reddy, K.N., McChesney, D.S., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2017. Impact of glyphosate resistant corn, glyphosate applications, and tillage on soil nutrient ratios, exoenzyme activities, and nutrient acquisition ratios. Pest Management Science. 73:78-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4413.Impact of conservation land management practices on soil microbial function in an agricultural watershed

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tyler, H.L., Locke, M.A., Moore, M.T., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2016. Impact of conservation land management practices on soil microbial function in an agricultural watershed. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 71:396-403.Impact of seven years of glyphosate resistant corn and glyphosate applications under conventional and reduced tillage on bulk and rhizosphere soil exoenzyme activities and corn root endophytic microbial community structure

- (Abstract Only)Overview of water quality and water resource research in the Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit, Oxford, MS

- (Abstract Only)Conservation management improves runoff water quality: Implications for environmental sustainability in a glyphosate-resistant cotton production system
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Krutz, L.J., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Testa III, S. 2015. Conservation management improves runoff water quality: Implications for environmental sustainability in a glyphosate-resistant cotton production system. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 79(2):660-671. doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.09.0389.Impact of glyphosate resistant corn and glyphosate applications under conventional and reduced tillage practices on exoenzyme activities and microbial community structure of bulk and rhizosphere soils

- (Abstract Only)Responses of phytoplankton and Hyalella azteca to agrichemical mixtures in a constructed wetland mesocosms
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Testa III, S., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2013. Responses of phytoplankton and Hyalella azteca to agrichemical mixtures in a constructed wetland mesocosms. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 65:474-485.The herbicide glyphosate impacts rhizosphere soil exoenzyme activities and microbial community structure associated with glyphosate–tolerant and non-tolerant corn

- (Abstract Only)Conservation management in cotton production: long-term soil biological, chemical, and physical changes

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Steinriede Jr., R.W., Testa III, S., Reddy, K.N. 2013. Conservation management in cotton production: long-term soil biological, chemical, and physical changes. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 77:974-984.Assessment of best management practice effects on metolachlor mitigation in an agricultural watershed

- (Abstract Only)Interactions of tillage and cover crop on runoff water quality from glyphosate-resistant cotton systems

- (Abstract Only)Water quality monitoring of an agricultural watershed lake: the effectiveness of agricultural best management practices

- (Book / Chapter)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Knight, S.S., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Testa III, S., Bryant, C.T. 2012. Water quality monitoring of an agricultural watershed lake: the effectiveness of agricultural best management practices. pp. 283-294. In: Hernandez, S., and Brebbia, C.A. (eds.), Design and Nature IV: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering.  WIT Transactions in Ecology and the Environment Series, Volume 160, 332 pp. WIT Press, UK.Ten-year assessment of agricultural management and land-use practices on pesticide loads and risk to aquatic biota of an oxbow lake in the Mississippi Delta, USA

- (Book / Chapter)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Knight, S.S., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2011. Ten-year assessment of agricultural management and land-use practices on pesticide loads and risk to aquatic biota of an oxbow lake in the Mississippi Delta, USA, 349-371. In: B. Hendriks (ed.) Agricultural Research Updates. New York, NY: Nova Publishers, Vol. 2. 478 pp.Water, sediment, and metolachlor transport between wide- and narrow row cotton production systems

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Krutz, L.J., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Reddy, K.N., Libous Bailey, L.M., Burke, I. 2012. Water, sediment, and metolachlor transport between wide- and narrow row cotton production systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society. 67:1-8.Constructed wetlands as a component of the agricultural landscape: Mitigation of herbicides in simulated runoff from upland drainage areas

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Weaver, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Bryson, C.T., Cullum, R.F. 2011. Constructed wetlands as a component of the agricultural landscape: Mitigation of herbicides in simulated runoff from upland drainage areas. Chemosphere. 83:1532-1538. DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.034.Cover Crops Reduce Water, Sediment, and Herbicide Loss in Acreage Requiring Tillage to Control Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds

- (Government Publication)Krutz, L.J., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2010. Cover Crops Reduce Water, Sediment, and Herbicide Loss in Acreage Requiring Tillage to Control Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds. Agricultural Experiment Station Publication, Crop Production Systems Research Unit. Fact Sheet 2010-2.Nutrient mitigation capacity in Mississippi Delta, USA drainage ditches

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Moore, M.T., Kroger, R., Locke, M.A., Cullum, R.F., Steinriede Jr., R.W., Testa III, S., Lizotte Jr., R.E., Bryant, C.T., Cooper, C.M. 2010. Nutrient mitigation capacity in Mississippi Delta, USA drainage ditches. Environmental Pollution. 158(1):175-184. DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.024.Evaluating the influence of wetland vegetation on chemical residence time in Mississippi Delta drainage ditches

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Kroger, R., Moore, M.T., Locke, M.A., Cullum, R.F., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Testa III, S., Bryant, C.T., Cooper, C.M. 2009. Evaluating the influence of wetland vegetation on chemical residence time in Mississippi Delta drainage ditches. Agricultural Water Management, 96: 1175-1179.Interactions of Tillage and Cover Crop on Water, Sediment, and Pre-emergence Herbicide Loss in Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton: Implications for the Control of Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Biotypes

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Krutz, L.J., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2009. Interactions of Tillage and Cover Crop on Water, Sediment, and Pre-emergence Herbicide Loss in Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton: Implications for the Control of Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Biotypes. Journal of Environmental Quality 38:1240-1247.Tillage management to mitigate herbicide loss in runoff under simulated rainfall conditions

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Reddy, K.N., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2008. Tillage management to mitigate herbicide loss in runoff under simulated rainfall conditions. Chemosphere. 70:1422-1428.Reduced Surface Runoff Losses of Metolachlor in Narrow Row Compared to Wide-Row Soybean

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Krutz, L.J., Koger III, C.H., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2007. Reduced Surface Runoff Losses of Metolachlor in Narrow Row Compared to Wide-Row Soybean.  Journal of Environmental Quality 36:1331-1337. doi:10.2134/jeq2006.0548.DEGRADATION AND SORPTION OF FLUOMETURON AND METABOLITES IN CONSERVATION TILLAGE SOILS

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Kingery, W.L. 2007. Degradation and sorption of fluometuron and metabolites in conservation tillage soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:844-851.INFLUENCE OF WATERSHED SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ON HERBICIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI DELTA OXBOW LAKES

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zablotowicz, R.M., Locke, M.A., Krutz, L.J., Lerch, R.N., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Knight, S.S., Gordon, R.E., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2006. Influence of watershed system management on herbicide concentrations in mississippi delta oxbow lakes. Science of the Total Environment 370:552-560.FOLIAR WASHOFF POTENTIAL AND SIMULATED SURFACE RUNOFF LOSSES OF TRIFLOXYSULFURON IN COTTON

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Matocha, M.A., Krutz, L.J., Reddy, K.N., Senseman, S.A., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. and Palmer, E.W. 2006. Foliar washoff potential and simulated surface runoff losses of trifloxysulfuron in cotton. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 54:5498-5502.TURBIDITY SENSORS TRACK SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN RUNOFF FROM AGRICULTURAL FIELDS

- (Proceedings)Dabney, S.M., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2006. Turbidity sensors track sediment concentrations in runoff from agricultural fields. Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference Proceedings, April 2-6, 2006, Reno, Nevada.  CDROM.Conservation cotton production in the Southern United States: herbicide dissipation in soil and cover crops

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Bauer, P.J., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Gaston, L.A. 2005. Conservation cotton production in the southern United States: Herbicide dissipation in soil and cover crops. Weed Science. 53:717-727.COTTON PRODUCTION IN A MISSISSIPPI DELTA CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

- (Abstract Only)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Dabney, S.M., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Reddy, K.N. 2005. Cotton production in a mississippi delta conservation management system. American Society of Agronomy Abstracts.  97:146-1, Salt Lake City, UT.HERBICIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE OXBOW LAKES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA MSEA PROJECT:  2000 TO 2003

- (Abstract Only)Zablotowicz, R.M., Locke, M.A., Krutz, L.J., Lerch, R.N., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Knight, S.S., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2005. Herbicide concentrations in the oxbow lakes of the mississippi delta msea project:  2000 to 2003. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 45, CD ROM.USE OF GRASS BUFFERS TO MITIGATE HERBICIDE LOSS IN RUNOFF UNDER SIMULATED RAINFALL CONDITIONS [ABSTRACT]

- (Abstract Only)Locke, M. A., Zablotowicz, R. M., Steinriede Jr, R. W., Reddy, K. N. 2005. Use of grass buffers to mitigate herbicide loss in runoff under simulated rainfall conditions [abstract]. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. 45:329.CONTINUOUS SOIL LOSS MONITORING USING TURBIDITY SENSORS

- (Abstract Only)Dabney, S.M., Locke, M.A., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2004. Continuous soil loss monitoring using turbidity sensors. Agronomy Abstracts. 3383. CD-ROM 2004.NOVEL METHOD FOR THE EXAMINATION OF LEAF LITTER CONTAMINATION

- (Abstract Only)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Moore, M.T., Smith Jr, S., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2004. Novel method for the examination of leaf litter contamination. Mid-South Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Abstracts. p. 15.ASSESSMENT OF DIAZINON TOXICITY IN A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND USING HYALELLA AZTECA

- (Abstract Only)Lizotte Jr, R.E., Moore, M.T., Smith Jr, S., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2004. Assessment of diazinon toxicity in a constructed wetland using hyalella azteca. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Abstracts. p. 385.CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT IN MID-SOUTH U. S. ROW CROPS

- (Abstract Only)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Dabney, S.M., Reddy, K.N., Steinriede Jr., R.W. 2004. Conservation management in Mid-South U. S. row crops. National Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference Proceedings. Tunica, Mississippi, January 2004. p. 17.EFFECTS OF LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON HERBICIDES, SEDIMENTS AND PLANKTONIC POPULATIONS OF THREE MISSISSIPPI DELTA MSEA OXBOW LAKES

- (Abstract Only)Zablotowicz, R.M., Locke, M.A., Zimba, P.V., Lerch, R.N., Knight, S.S., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Steinriede Jr, R.W. 2003. Effects of land management practices on herbicides, sediments and planktonic populations of three mississippi delta msea oxbow lakes. [Abstract]. American Society of Agronomy.DRAINAGE DITCH MONITORING OF THE DELTA CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATION CENTER (DCDC), MISSISSIPPI, USA

- (Abstract Only)Moore, M.T., Cooper, C.M., Smith Jr, S., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Farris, J.L., Stephens, W.W. 2003. Drainage ditch monitoring of the Delta Conservation Demonstration Center (DCDC), Mississippi, USA. Abstract Book of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society Of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry. p. 200.REDUCED WATER USE AND METHANE EMISSIONS FROM RICE GROWN USING INTERMITTENT IRRIGATION

- (Proceedings)Massey, J.H., Scherder, E.F., Talbert, R.E., Zablotowicz, R.M., Locke, M.A., Weaver, M.A., Smith, M.C., and Steinriede Jr, R.W. Reduced water use and methane emissions from rice grown using intermittent irrigation. Proceedings Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute, CD-ROM, 2003.CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN MISSISSIPPI DELTA AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CROP PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

- (Proceedings)Locke, M.A., Zablotowicz, R.M., Steinriede Jr, R.W., Dabney, S.M. 2002. CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN MISSISSIPPI DELTA AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CROP PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In: Making Conservation Tillage Conventional: Building a Future on 25 Years of Research, E. van Santen (Ed.). Proc. 25th Southern Conservation Tillage Conference, Auburn, AL, pp. 320-326.


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