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2022
Kim H, Lee, DK, Voigt TB, Tian G, and Yannarell AC. 2022. Agricultural practices of perennial energy crops affect nitrogen cycling microbial communities. Applied Soil Ecology 172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104366.
Oladeji O, Tian G, Cooke R, Cox A, Zhang H, and Podczerwinski E. 2022. Capture of surface water runoff for irrigation of corn in western Illinois: implications for nutrient loss reduction. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 77: 284-291.
Johnston T, Tian G, Voigt T, Lindo P, Cox A, Granato T, Zhang H and Podczerwinski E. 2022. Assessment of availability of trace elements in turf soil after biosolids application. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21155.
Morgan B, Tian G, Oladeji O, Cox A, Zhang H, and Podczerwinski E. 2022. Persistence of biosolids amendment benefits on soil health and microbial activities eight years after cessation of long-term biosolids application. Proceedings of WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference, May 25–27, 2022, Columbus, Ohio.
2021
Wijesekara H, Colyvas K, Rippon P, Hoang A, Bolan N, Manna M, Thangavel R, Seshadri B, Vithanage M, Awad Y, Surapaneni A, Saint C, Tian G, Torri S, and Kirkham M. 2021. Carbon sequestration value of biosolids applied to soil: a global meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 284: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112008.
Chang E-H, Tsai I-J, Jien S-H, Tian G and Chiu C-Y. 2021. Biogeographic changes in forest soil microbial communities of offshore islands—a case study of remote islands in Taiwan. Forests 12: 4, https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010004.
2020
Oladeji O, Tian G, Lindo P, Kumar K, Cox A, Hundal L, Zhang H, and Podczerwinski E. 2020. Nitrogen release and plant available nitrogen of composted and un-composted biosolids. Journal Water Environment Research 92: 631-640.
Shiau YJ, Chang, EH, Tian G, Chen, TH, and Chiu CY. 2020. Improvements in soil C and N compositions after 40 and 80 years of reforestation in subtropical low mountain forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005598.
Tian G, Oladeji O, Cox A, Zhang H and Podczerwinski E. 2020. Fulton County Nutrient Loss Reduction Research and Demonstration Program: Research and Outreach Highlights (2015-2019). Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL, 8p.
2019
Wang HC, Tian G, Chen CP, Chang EH, Chou CY, Chiou CR, and Chiu CY 2019. Response of humic acids and soil organic matter to vegetation replacement in subtropical high mountain forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005139.
Chang EH, Tian G, Shiau YJ, Chen TH, and Chiu CY. 2019. Influence of thorny bamboo plantations on soil microbial biomass and community structure in subtropical badland soils. Forests 10: 854, https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100854.
Brose DA, Kumar K, Liao A, Hundal LS, Tian G, Cox A, Zhang H, Podczerwinski EW. 2019. A reduction in Triclosan and Triclocarban in water resource recovery facilities’ influent, effluent, and biosolids following the U.S. FDA's 2013 proposed rulemaking on antibacterial products. Water Environment Research 91: 715-721.
Lee DK and Tian G. 2019. Multifunctional Perennial Filter Strips: An effective way to reduce nutrient loss. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Extension, Urbana, IL, 4p.
2018
Chang E-H, Chen C-P, Tian G, and Chiu C-Y. 2018. Replacement of natural hardwood forest with planted bamboo and cedar in a humid subtropical mountain affects soil microbial community. Applied Soil Ecology 124: 146–154.
Geng Y, Yu H, Li Y, Tarafder M,
Tian G, and Chappell A. 2018. Traditional manual tillage significantly affects soil redistribution and CO2 emission in agricultural plots on the Loess Plateau. Soil Research https://doi.org/10.1071/SR16157.
2017
Shiau YJ, Wang HC, Chen TH, Jien SH and Tian G. 2017. Improvement in the biochemical and chemical properties of badland soils by thorny bamboo. Scientific Reports 7: 40561 (1-10).
Chang E-H, Tian G and Chiu C-Y. 2017. Soil microbial communities in natural and managed cloud montane forests. Forests 8: 33, doi:10.3390/f8010033.
Shiau Y-J, Lee S-C, Chen T-H, Tian G and Chiu C-Y. 2017. Water salinity effects on growth and nitrogen assimilation rate of mangrove (Kandelia candel) seedlings. Aquatic Botany 137: 50-55.
Shiau Y-J, Lin M-F, Tan C-C, Tian G and Chiu C-Y 2017. Assessing N2 fixation in estuarine mangrove soils. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 189: 84-89.
Pang X, Huang J, Zhao Q, Feng D, Bao W and Tian G. 2017. Ecosystem carbon stock across a chronosequence of spruce plantations established on cutovers of a high-elevation region. Journal of Soils and Sediments 17: 2239-2249.
Yang B., Pang X, Hu B, Bao W and Tian G 2017. Does thinning‐induced gap size result in altered soil microbial community in pine plantation in eastern Tibetan Plateau? Ecology and Evolution 7: 2986-2993.
Chang E-H, Tian G and Chiu C-Y 2017. The effect of re-planting trees on soil microbial communities in a wildfire-induced subalpine grassland. Forests 8: 385, doi:10.3390/f8100385.
Kumar K, Tian G, Cox A and Hundal L. 2017. Phosphorus Bioavailability and Control of Runoff Losses in Land Applied Biosolids. Research Report No. 17-44. Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 99p.
2016
Pang X, Hu B, Bao W, de Oliveira Vargas T and Tian G. 2016. Effect of thinning-induced gap size on soil CO2 efflux in a reforested spruce forest in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 220: 1-9.
Huang J, Hu B, Qi K, Chen W, Pang X, Bao W and Tian G. 2016. Effects of phosphorus addition on soil microbial biomass and community composition in a subalpine spruce plantation. European Journal of Soil Biology 72: 35-41.
Hu B, Yang B, Pang X, Bao W and Tian G. 2016. Responses of soil phosphorus fractions to gap size in a reforested spruce forest. Geoderma 279: 61-69.
Tian G, Cox AE, Kumar K, Granato TC, O'Connor GA and Elliott HA. 2016. Assessment of plant availability and environmental risk of biosolids-phosphorus in a US Midwest Corn-Belt Soil. Journal of Environmental Management 172: 171-176.
Chang EH, Chen TH, Tian G and Chiu CY. 2016. The effect of altitudinal gradient on soil microbial community activity and structure in moso bamboo plantations. Applied Soil Ecology 98: 213-220.
Shiau YJ, Dham V, Tian G and Chiu CY. 2016. Factors influencing removal of sewage nitrogen through denitrification in mangrove soils. Wetlands 36: 1-10.
Chang EH, Chen TH, Tian G, Hsu CK and Chiu CY. 2016. Effect of 40 and 80 years of conifer regrowth on soil microbial activities and community structure in subtropical low mountain forests. Forests 7: 244, doi:10.3390/f7100244.
Wang HC, Tian G and Chiu C-Y. 2016. Invasion of moso bamboo into a Japanese cedar plantation affects the chemical composition and humification of soil organic matter. Scientific Report 6: 32211 (1-6).
Wang HC, Chou CY, Chiou CR, Tian G and Chiu CY. 2016. Humic acid composition and characteristics of soil organic matter in relation to the elevation gradient of moso bamboo plantations. PLOS ONE September 1: 1-13.
Wen D, Zhai W, Moschandreas D, Tian G and Noll K. 2016. Relationship between mineral soil surface area and the biological degradation of biosolids added to soil. Agriculture 6: 1-14.
Oladeji O, Tian G, Lindo P, Hundal L, Cox A and Zhang H. 2016. Evaluation of Performance and Plant Available Nitrogen in Composted and Uncomposted Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Biosolids. Research Report No. 16-03. Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 20p.
2015
Tian G, Chiu CY, Franzluebbers AJ, Olawale OO, Granato TC and Cox AE. 2015. Biosolids amendment dramatically increases sequestration of crop residue-carbon in agricultural soils in western Illinois. Applied Soil Ecology 85: 86–93.
Li Y, Yu HQ, Zhou N, Tian G, Poesen J, Zhang ZD. 2015. Linking fine root and understory vegetation to channel erosion in forested hillslopes of southwestern China. Plant and Soil 389: 323–334.
Tsai CW, Tian G and Chiu CY. 2015. Great fraction of dissolved organic C and N in the primary per-humid Chamaecyparis forest soil. Botanical Studies 56: 1-9.
2014
Lukicheva I, Pagilla K, Tian G, Cox A and Granato T. 2014. Enhanced stabilization of digested sludge during long-term storage in anaerobic lagoons. Water Environment Research 86: 291-295.
Huang, CY, Jien, SH, Chen, TH, Tian, G and Chiu, CY. 2014. Soluble organic C and N and their relationships with soil organic C and N and microbial characteristics in moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) plantations along an elevation gradient in Central Taiwan. Journal of Soils and Sediments 14: 1061–1070.
Zhai W., Moschandreas DJ, Tian G, Venkatesan D and Noll KE 2014. Degradation rate model formulation to estimate soil carbon sequestration from repeated biosolids application. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78: 238–247.
Voigt T, Tian G, Cox A, Lindo P, Kumar K, Granato T. 2014. Fertilizing golf course rough with biosolids. Golf Course Management 82: 84-88.
Tian G, Olawale O, Lindo P, Kumar K, Cox A, Hundal L, Granato T, Zhang H, Collins D, Patel G. 2014. Biosolids Farmland Application as the District’s Sustainable Biosolids Management Program. Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 20p.
2013
Tian G, Franzluebbers AJ, Granato TC, Cox A and O’Connor C. 2013. Stability of soil organic matter under long-term biosolids application. Applied Soil Ecology 64: 223-227.
Oladeji OO, Tian G, Cox AE, Granato TC, O’Connor C, Abedin Z and Pietz RI. 2013. Effect of long-term application of biosolids for mine land reclamation on groundwater chemistry: Nutrients and other selected qualities. Journal of Environmental Quality 42: 94-102.
Thangarajan R, Bolan NS, Tian G, Naidu R and Kunhikrishnan A. 2013. Role of organic amendments application on greenhouse gas emission from soil. Science of the Total Environment 465: 72–96.
Chen JS, Chung T.L., Tian G. and Chiu C.Y. 2013. Characterization of soil organic matter in perhumid natural cypress forest: Comparison of humification in different particle-size fractions. Botanical Studies 54: 1-9.
Tian G., Oladeji O, Hundal L, Lindo P, Cox A, Gawrys J, Collins D, Zhang H, Granato TC. 2013. The Development of Biosolids Compost in Chicago. Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 13p.
2012
Lukicheva I, Tian G, Cox A, Granato TC and Pagilla K. 2012. Anaerobic and aerobic transformations affecting stability of dewatered sludge during long-term storage in a lagoon. Water Environment Research 84: 17-24.
Oladeji OO, Tian G, Cox AE, Granato TC, Pietz RI, Carlson CR and Abedin Z. 2012. Effect of long-term application of biosolids for mine land reclamation on groundwater chemistry: Trace metals. Journal of Environmental Quality 41: 1445-1451.
Chung TL, Chen JS, Chiu CY and Tian G. 2012. 13C-NMR spectroscopy studies of humic substances in subtropical perhumid montane forest soil. Journal of Forest Research 17: 458-467.
Oguntade, OA, Adeogun AI, Tian G, Adeoye G. 2012. Decomposition and nutrients release pattern of leaves, stems/vines and roots of selected leguminous and non-Leguminous plant species. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. Series B. Biological Sciences 55: 70-81.
Brown S, Tian G, Cox A and Collins D. 2012. A greenhouse gas accounting of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s biosolids end uses: evaluation of years 2001 and 2008. Monitoring and Research Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 24p.
2009-2011
Chiu CY and Tian G. 2011. Chemical structure of humic acids in biosolids-amended soils as revealed by NMR spectroscopy. Applied Soil Ecology 49: 76–80.
Adeoye GO, Tian G, Opuokpo EP and Shodeke DKA 2010. Greenhouse monitored growth characteristics and biomass distribution of four legumes and a grass on some acidic non-acidic Alfisols of southern Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Soil Science 20: 161-167.
Tian G, Granato TC, Cox A, Pietz RI, Carlson CR Jr and Abedin Z. 2009. Soil carbon sequestration resulting from long-term application of biosolids for land reclamation. Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 61-74.
2008
Tian G, Granato TC, Dinelli FD, and Cox A. 2008. Effectiveness of biosolids in enhancing soil microbial populations and N mineralization in golf course putting greens. Applied Soil Ecology 40: 381-386.
Okoh AI and Tian G. 2008. Dynamics of culturable soil microbial communities during decomposition of some agroforestry species in semi-arid and arid tropical agroecozones of West Africa. African Journal of Biotechnology 7: 3690-3696.
Salako FK, Tian G and Kirchhof G. 2008. Soil chemical properties and crop yields on an eroded Alfisol managed with herbaceous legumes under yam-maize rotation. Nigerian Journal of Soil Science 18:1-9.
Fatunbi AO, Hayashi Y, Adeoye GO and Tian G. 2008. Effects of mineral fertilizer and foliage of local trees and non-woody species on the soil macro-fauna density in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Bowen Journal of Agriculture 2: 143-153.
Fatunbi AO, Hayashi Y, Tian G and Adeoye GO. 2008. The effectiveness of different forms of organic amendments for maize production in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Bowen Journal of Agriculture 2: 191-202.
2007
Tian G, Justicia R, Coleman DC and Carroll CR. 2007. Assessment of soil and plant carbon levels in two ecosystems (woody bamboo and pasture) in montane Ecuador. Soil Science 172: 459-468.
Tian G, Badejo MA, Okoh AI, Ishida F, Kolawole GO, Hayashi Y and Salako FK. 2007. Effects of residue quality and climate on plant residue decomposition and nutrient release along the transect from humid forest to Sahel of West Africa. Biogeochemistry 86: 217-229.
Kolawole GO and Tian G. 2007. Phosphorus fractionation and crop performance on an Alfisol amended with phosphate rock combined with or without plant residues. African Journal of Biotechnology 6: 1972-1978.
Salako FK, Olowokere FA, Tian G, Kirchhof G and Osiname O. 2007. Ground cover by three crops cultivated on marginal lands in southwestern Nigeria and implications for soil erosion. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 5: 497-505.
Tanimu J, Iwuafor ENO, Odunze AC and Tian G. 2007. Effect of incorporation of leguminous cover crops on yield and yield components of maize. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 3: 243-249.
Carsky RJ, Wolo N, Manyong VM and Tian G. 2007. Nutritional balance model for design of sustainable production in yam cropping systems. In: MO Akoroda and JM Ngeve (eds) Proceedings of the 7th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root and Tuber Crops—Africa Branch. IITA, Cotonou, Benin, pp 198–209.
2006
Tian G, Granato TC, Pietz RI, Carlson CR and Abedin Z. 2006. Effect of long-term application of biosolids for land reclamation on surface water chemistry. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 101-113.
Adejuyigbe CO, Tian G and Adeoye GO. 2006. Microcosmic study of soil microarthropod and earthworm interaction in litter decomposition and nutrient turnover. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 75: 47-55.
Chiu CY, Chen TH, Imberger K and Tian G. 2006. Particle size fractionation of fungal and bacterial biomass in subalpine grassland and forest soils. Geoderma 130: 265-271.
Salako FK, Kirchhof G and Tian G. 2006. Management of a previously eroded tropical Alfisol with herbaceous legumes: Soil loss and physical properties under mound tillage. Soil & Tillage Research 89: 185-195.
Salako FK, Tian G, Kirchhof G and Akinbola GE. 2006. Soil particles in agricultural landscapes of a derived savanna in southwestern Nigeria and implications for selected soil properties. Geoderma 137: 90-99.
Oladeji OO, Kolawole GO, Adeoye GO and Tian G. 2006. Effects of plant residue quality, application rate, and placement method on phosphorus availability from Sokoto rock phosphate. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 76:1-10.
Adejuyigbe CO, Tian G, Adeoye GO. 2006. Effects of soil microarthropods on nutrient release of decomposing litter with contrasting chemical composition. Moor Journal of Agricultural Research 5: 95-101.
2005
Tian G, Kang BT, Kolawole GO, Idinoba P and Salako FK. 2005. Long-term effects of fallow systems and lengths on crop production and soil fertility maintenance in West Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 71: 139-150.
Kolawole GO, Tian G and Tijani-Eniola H. 2005. Effects of fallow duration on soil phosphorus fractions and crop P uptake under natural regrowth and planted Pueraria phaseoloides fallow systems in southwestern Nigeria. Experimental Agriculture 41:51-68.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2005. Litter production and soil condition under agroforestry trees in two agroecological zones of southern Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 26: 5-21.
Chen TH, Chiu CY and Tian G. 2005. Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass in coastal sand dune forest. Pedobiologia 49: 645-653.
Liu G, Tian G, Shu D, Lin S and Liu S. 2005. Characteristics of surface runoff and throughflow in a purple soil of Southwestern China under various rainfall events. Hydrological Processes 19: 1883 – 1891.
Liu G, Zhang J, Tian G and Wei C. 2005. The effects of land uses on purplish soil erosion in hilly area of Sichuan province, China. Journal of Mountain Science 2: 68-75.
Fadayomi O, Abayomi YA, Ajayi AS and Tian G. 2005. Intercropping and residual effects of six legume cover crops on weed suppression and crop yield in the southern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Biosciences 5: 51-56.
Hundal LS, Cox AE, Lindo P, Tian G, Granato TC and Sawyer B. 2005. Use of biosolids for establishing vegetation at the USX steel mill slag brownfield in Chicago: a research and demonstration project. Research and Development Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 70p.
2004
Tian G, Vose JM, Coleman DC, Geron CD and Walker JT. 2004. Evaluation of the effectiveness of riparian zone restoration in the southern Appalachians by assessing soil microbial populations. Applied Soil Ecology 26: 63-68.
Tian G and Kolawole G. 2004. Comparison of various plant residues as phosphate rock amendment on savanna soils of west Africa. Journal of Plant Nutrition 27: 571-583.
Kolawole GO, Tijani-Eniola H and Tian G. 2004. Phosphorus fractions in fallow systems of West Africa: effect of residue management. Plant and Soil 263: 113-120.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2004. Root distribution of two woody species grown on farmers’ fields in the Southern Guinea Savannah Zone of Nigeria. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 35: 2577 - 2592.
Li Y, Tian G, Lindstrom MJ and Bork HR. 2004. Variation of surface soil quality parameters by intensive donkey-drawn tillage on steep slope. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68: 907-913.
Chiu CY, Lee SC, Chen TH and Tian G. 2004. Denitrification associated N loss in mangrove soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 69: 185-189.
Zhang J, Frielinghaus M, Tian G and Lobb DA. 2004. Ridge and contour tillage effects on soil erosion from steep hillslopes in the Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 59: 277-284.
Liu G, Tian G, Shu D, Lin S and Liu S. 2004. Streamflow and soil moisture of agroforestry and grass watersheds in hilly area. Pedosphere 14: 263-268.
Kolawole GO, Tijani-Eniola H and Tian G. 2004. Phosphorus fractions under planted Pueraria phaseoloides crop-fallow system: a comparison with natural regrowth. West African Journal of Applied Ecology 6: 40-46.
Kolawole GO and Tian G. 2004. Potentials of leguminous cover crop systems for sustaining agricultural production in the humid tropics. In: M Adetola Badejo and AO Togun (eds) Strategies and Tactics of Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. Vol. 2. College Press Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria, pp 107-124.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2004. Soil conservation and rehabilitation as a basis for sustainable agriculture in the tropics. In M Adetola Badejo and AO Togun (eds) Strategies and Tactics of Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. Vol. 2. College Press Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria, pp 28-48.
Badejo MA, Tian G and Okoh IO. 2004. Litter transformers as ecosystem engineers in sustainable agroecosystems. In: M Adetola Badejo and AO Togun (eds) Strategies and Tactics of Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. Vol. 2. College Press Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria, pp 86-106.
Liu G, Zhu B, Tian G, Li Y and Zhang J. 2004. Land use and its soil erosion characteristics of purple soil in hilly area of Sichuan province, China. In: Y Li, J. Poesen and C. Valentin (eds) Gully Erosion under Global Change, Sichuan Sci. &Tech. Press, Chengdu, China, pp 208-219.
Badejo MA, Tian G, Tarawali SA, Peters M and Sosan MB. 2004. The soil acarine fauna in maize fields in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria after legume mixtures and grazing. Focus 9: 26-33.
2003
Tian G, Kang BT and Kolawole GO. 2003. Effect of fallow on pruning biomass and nutrient accumulation in alley cropping on Alfisols of tropical Africa. Journal of Plant Nutrition 26: 475-486.
Kolawole GO, Tian G and Tijani-Eniola H 2003. Dynamics of phosphorus fractions during fallow with natural vegetation and planted Pueraria phaseoloides in south-western Nigeria. Plant and Soil 257: 63-70.
Schulz S, Tian G, Oyewole B and Bako S. 2003. Rice mill waste as organic manure on a degraded Alfisol. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 100: 221-230.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2003. Soil water depletion under various leguminous cover crops in the derived savanna of West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 100: 173-180.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2003. Management of a degraded Alfisol for crop production in southwestern Nigeria: effects of fallow, mounding and nitrogen. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 22: 3-22.
Cox AE, Tian G and Granato TC. 2003. A survey of characteristics of topsoils marketed in the Chicago metropolitan area. Research and Development Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, USA. 51p.
2002
Salako FK, Tian G and Kang BT. 2002. Indices of root and canopy growth of leguminous cover crops in the savanna zone of Nigeria. Tropical Grasslands 36: 33-46.
Zhang J, Tian G, Li Y and Lindstrom M. 2002. Requirements for success of reforestation projects in a semiarid low-mountain region of the Jinsha River Basin, southwestern China. Land Degradation & Development 13: 395-401.
Niino Y, Tian G, Hons F, Juo A. 2002. Acidification of a tropical Alfisol influenced by organic and inorganic amendments. Proceedings of 17th World Congr. Soil Sci. ISSS, Bangkok, Thailand, 1-6.
Kolawole GO, Tian G and Singh, BB. 2002. Differential response of cowpea lines to P fertilization. In: CA Fatokun, SATarawali, BB Singh, PM Kormawa and M Tamò (eds). Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Sustainable Cowpea Production. Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4-8 September 2000. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. pp 319-328. ISBN 978-131-199-1.
2001
Tian G, Ishida F and Keatinge JDH (editors). 2001. Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. SSSA Spec. Publ. No. 58, SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, USA, 321p.
Tian G, Salako FK and Ishida F. 2001. Replenishment of C, N, and P in a degraded Alfisol under humid tropical conditions: effect of fallow species and litter polyphenols. Soil Science 166: 614-621.
Salako FK and Tian G. 2001. Litter and biomass production from planted and natural fallows on a degraded soil in southwestern Nigeria. Agroforestry Systems 51: 239-251.
Salako FK, Hauser S, Babalola O and Tian G. 2001. Improvement of the physical fertility of a degraded Alfisol with planted and natural fallows under humid tropical conditions. Soil Use and Management 17: 41-47.
Carsky RJ, Oyewole B and Tian G. 2001. Effect of phosphorus application in legume cover crop rotation on subsequent maize in the dry savanna zone of West Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 59: 151-159.
Abayomi A, Fadayomi O, Babatola JO and Tian G. 2001. Evaluation of selected legume cover crops for biomass production, dry season survival and soil fertility improvement in a moist savanna location in Nigeria. African Crop Science Journal 9: 615-628.
Tian G, Hauser S, Koutika L-S, Ishida F, and Chianu JN. 2001. Pueraria cover crop fallow systems: potential and applicability. In: G Tian, F Ishida and JDH Keatinge (eds) Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. SSSA Spec. Publ. No. 58, SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, USA, pp 137-155.
Tian G and Badejo MA. 2001. Soil fauna and soil fertility. In: G Tian, F Ishida and JDH Keatinge (eds) Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. SSSA Spec. Publ. No. 58, SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, USA, pp 45-67.
Ishida F and Tian G. 2001. Indigenous knowledge and soil management. In: G Tian, F Ishida and JDH Keatinge (eds) Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. SSSA Spec. Publ. no. 58, SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, USA, pp 91-109.
Tian G, Salako FK, Ishida F and Zhang J. 2001. Biological restoration of a degraded Alfisol in the humid tropics using planted woody fallow: synthesis of 8-year-resutls. In: DE Stott, RH Mohtar and GC Steinhardt (eds) Sustaining the Global Farm, selected papers from the 10th International Soil Conservation Organization Meeting held 24 - 29 May 1999 at Purdue University and the USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, pp 333-337.
Tian G and Kolawole GO. 2001. Establishing and managing Pueraria cover cropping system. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria.
2000
Tian G, Olimah OA, Adeoye GO and Kang BT. 2000. Regeneration of earthworm population in a degraded soil by natural and planted fallows under humid tropical conditions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64: 222-228.
Tian G, Kolawole GO, Kang BT and Kirchhof G. 2000. Nitrogen fertilizer replacement indexes of legume cover crops in the derived savanna of West Africa. Plant and Soil 224: 287-296.
Kolawole G, Tian G and Singh BB. 2000. Differential response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) lines to Al and P. Journal of Plant Nutrition 23: 731-740.
Tian G, Kolawole GO, Ishida F, and Carsky RJ. 2000. On-farm study of Pueraria cover crop-fallow system in the derived savanna of West Africa. In: RJ Carsky, AC Eteka, JDH Keatinge and VM Manyong (eds) Cover Crops for Natural Resources Management in West Africa, Proceedings of a workshop organized by IITA and CIEPCA, 26-29 Oct 1999, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, pp 185-193.
Manyong VM, Tian G, Makinde KO and Kolawole GO. 2000. Economic evaluation of systems intercropping food crops with leguminous cover crops in the derived savanna of Nigeria. In: RJ Carsky, AC Eteka, JDH Keatinge and VM Manyong (eds) Cover Crops for Natural Resources Management in West Africa, Proceedings of a workshop organized by IITA and CIEPCA, 26-29 Oct 1999, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, pp 95-106.
Salako FK, Kirchhof G and Tian G. 2000. Conservation of a tropical Alfisol using legume cover crop intercropping and residue mulch. In: Proceedings, Tillage at the Threshold of the 21st Century: Looking Ahead, 5th Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO), 2-7 July 2000, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, in CD-ROM.
1999
Tian G, Kolawole GO, Salako FK and Kang BT. 1999. An improved cover crop-fallow system for sustainable management of low activity clay soils of the tropics. Soil Science 164: 671-681.
Carsky RJ, Oyewole B and Tian G. 1999. Integrated soil management for the dry savanna zone of W. Africa: legume rotation and fertilizer N. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 55: 95-105.
Risasi EL, Tian G, Kang BT and Opuwaribo EE. 1999. N-mineralization of roots of maize and selected woody species. Communication in Soil Science & Plant Analysis 30: 1431-1437.
Badejo MA and Tian G. 1999. Abundance of soil mites under four agroforestry tree species with contrasting litter quality. Biology and Fertility of Soils 30: 107-112.
Adejuyigbe CO, Tian G and Adeoye GO. 1999. Soil microarthropod populations under natural and planted fallows in southwestern Nigeria. Agroforestry Systems 47: 263-272.
Kang BT, Caveness FE, Tian G and Kolawole GO. 1999. Long-term alley cropping with four hedgerow species on an Alfisol in southwestern Nigeria - effect on crop performance, soil chemical properties and nematode population. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 54: 145-155.
Okoh IA, Badejo MA, Nathaniel IT and Tian G. 1999. Studies on the bacteria, fungi, and springtails (Collembola) of an agroforestry arboretum in Nigeria. Pedobiologia 43: 18-27.
Tian G and Kolawole GO. 1999. Phosphorus availability of phosphate rock incubated with plant residues with various chemical compositions. Agroforestry Forum 9: 40-42.
1998
Tian G. 1998. Effect of soil degradation on leaf decomposition and nutrient release under humid tropical conditions. Soil Science 163: 897-906.
Tian G and Kang BT. 1998. Effects of soil fertility and fertilizer application on biomass and chemical compositions of leguminous cover crops. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 51: 231-238.
Tian G, Carsky RJ and Kang BT. 1998. Differential phosphorus responses of leguminous cover crops on soils with variable history. Journal of Plant Nutrition 21: 1641-1653.
Tian G, Adejuyigbe CO, Adeoye GO and Kang BT. 1998. Role of soil microarthropods in leaf decomposition and N release under various land-use practices in the humid tropics. Pedobiologia 42: 33-42.
Buresh RJ and Tian G. 1998. Soil improvement by trees in sub-Saharan Africa. Agroforestry Systems 38: 51-76.
Badejo MA, Nathaniel TI and Tian G. 1998. Abundance of springtails (Collembola) under four agroforestry tree species with contrasting litter quality. Biology and Fertility of Soils 27: 15-20.
Carsky RJ, Jagtap SS, Tian G, Sanginga N and Vanlauwe B. 1998. Maintenance of soil organic matter and N supply in the moist savanna zones of West Africa. In: R Lal (ed) Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, Michigan, pp 223-236.
Risasi E, Tian G, Kang BT and Opuwaribo EE. 1998. Root decomposition, nitrogen release and effects on maize performance. In: L Bergstrom and H Kirchmann (eds) Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Natural and Agricultural Tropical Ecosystems. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp 129-138.
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1998. The role of plant residues with different chemical compositions in sustaining maize production in a subhumid tropical environment. In: MA Badejo and AO Togun (eds) Strategies and Tactics of Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. Vol. 1. College Press Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria, pp 68-84.
Tian G. 1998. Leguminous cover crop research: a strategy to arrest soil fertility decline in the tropics. In: Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Science, 20-26 Aug 1998, Montpellier, France, in CD-ROM.
Carsky RJ, Hayashi Y and Tian G. 1998. Benefits of mulching in the Guinea savanna zone and research needs. Resource and Crop Management Division, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. 41p.
Carsky RJ, Tarawali SA, Becker M, Chikoye D, Tian G and Sanginga N. 1998. Mucuna - herbaceous cover legume with potential for multiple uses. Resource and Crop Management Division, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 52p.
Tian G, Kolawole GO, Carsky RJ, Fadayomi RO, Iwuafor ENO, Tanko RJ, Akobundu IO, Kang BT, Ajayi AS, Ekeleme F, Odunze AC, Adeoye KB, Abayomi YA, Babatola JO, Onu I. 1998. IITA-NARS collaborative research in legume cover crop characterization in the moist Savanna zones of West Africa. Resource and Crop Management Division, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. 148p.
1997
Tian G, Kang BT and Brussaard L. 1997. Effect of mulch quality on earthworm activity and nutrient supply in the humid tropics. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 29: 369-373.
Tian G and Brussaard L. 1997. Mulching effect of plant residues with chemically contrasting compositions on soil organic matter content and cation exchange capacity. Communication in Soil Science & Plant Analysis 28: 1603-1611.
Beare MH, Reddy VM, Tian G and Srivastava SC. 1997. Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function: the role of decomposer biota. Applied Soil Ecology 6: 87-108.
Paustian K, Andren O, Janzen HH, Lal R, Smith P, Tian G, Tiessen H, van Noordwijk M and Woomer PL. 1997. Agricultural soil as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions. Soil Use and Management 13: 230-244.
Scholes MC, Powlson D and Tian G. 1997. Input control of organic matter dynamics. Geoderma 79: 25-47.
Tian G, Brussaard L, Kang BT and Swift MJ. 1997. Soil fauna-mediated decomposition of plant residues under environmentally stressed condition. In: G Cadisch and KE Giller (eds) Driven by Nature: Plant Litter Quality and Decomposition. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp 125-134.
Tian G, Badejo MA and Adejuyigbe CO. 1997. Soil faunal activity as an important component of soil fertility through influencing plant decomposition. In: A.A. Agboola (Ed) Proceedings of the Third All African Soil Science Society Conference on Rehabilitation and Management of African Soils for Sustainable Productivity and Environmental Protection, 21-26 Aug 1995, Ibadan, Nigeria, OAU/STRC, Volume 28, pp 579-590.
Adejuyigbe CO, Tian G, Adeoye GO and Kang BT. 1997. Impact of land-use practices on soil microarthropods population. In: AA Agboola (Ed) Proceedings of the Third All African Soil Science Society Conference on Rehabilitation and Management of African Soils for Sustainable Productivity and Environmental Protection, 21-26 Aug 1995, Ibadan, Nigeria, OAU/STRC, Volume 28, pp 499-505.
1996
Tian G, Kang BT and Lambourne LJ. 1996. Ruminant assay for rapidly estimating plant residue decomposability in the field. Pedobiologia 40: 481-483.
Tian G and Kang BT. 1996. A simplified Shaw's wet-combustion technique for determination of carbon in plant materials. Communication in Soil Science & Plant Analysis 27: 2543-2548.
Sanginga N, Wirkom LE, Okogun JA, Akobundu IO, Carsky RJ and Tian G. 1996. Nodulation and estimation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation by herbaceous and shrub legumes in Guinea savanna in Nigeria. Biology and Fertility of Soils 23: 441-448.
Kolawole GO and Tian G. 1996. Response of early growth and nutrient concentration of three multi-purpose species to three soil types. Nigerian Journal of Forestry 26: 35-40.
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1996. The potential of application of prunings with contrasting chemical compositions for improvement of tropical crop production. In: W Hsiung and PF Chandler (eds) Agroforestry: research and practice. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp 277-289.
Badejo MA, Tian G and Brussaard L. 1996. Response of cryptostigmatid mites (Oribatida) to plant residues of different chemical compositions in a maize cropping system. In: R Mitchell, DJ Horn, GR Needham and WC Welbourn (Eds) Proceedings of Acarology IX, Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, USA, pp 595-597.
Carsky RJ, Tian G and Manyong VM. 1996. Strategies for sustainable exploitation of the moist savanna zone of West Africa. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Tropical Savannas, Biodiversity and Sustainable Production of Food and Fibers in the Tropical Savannas, 24 - 29 Mar 1996, Brasilia, Brazil, pp 495-498.
1995
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1995. Breakdown of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions: effect of earthworms and millipedes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 27: 277-280.
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1995. An index for assessing the quality of plant residues and evaluating their effects on soil and crop in the (sub-)humid tropics. Applied Soil Ecology 2: 25-32.
Badejo MA, Tian G and Brussaard L. 1995. Effects of various mulches on soil microarthropods under a maize crop. Biology Fertility of Soil 20: 294-298.
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1995. Plant residue decomposition in the humid tropics - contributions of chemical composition and soil fauna. In: MV Reddy (ed) Soil Organisms and Litter Decomposition in the Tropics. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, pp 203-224.
Tian G, Kang BT, Akobundu IO, and Manyong M. 1995. Food production in moist savanna zone of West and Central Africa: potentials, constraints and research needs. In: BT Kang, IO Akobundu, M Manyong, RJ Carsky, N Sanginga and EA Kueneman (Eds) Moist Savanna of Africa, Proceedings of an International Workshop, 19 - 23 Sept 1994, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, pp 107-127.
1994
Tian G and Kang BT. 1994. Evaluation of phytotoxic effects of Gliricidia sepium prunings on maize and cowpea seedlings. Agroforestry Systems 26: 249-254.
Swift MJ, Dvorak KA, Mulongoy K, Musoko M, Sanginga N and Tian G. 1994. The role of soil organisms in the sustainability of tropical cropping systems. In: JK Syers and DL Rimmer (eds) Soil Science and Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp 155-172.
1993
Tian G, Kang BT and Brussaard L. 1993. Mulching effect of plant residues with chemically contrasting compositions on maize growth and nutrient accumulation. Plant and Soil 153: 179-187.
Tian G, Brussaard L and Kang BT. 1993. Biological effects of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions under humid tropical conditions - Effects on soil fauna. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25: 731-737.
Brussaard L, Hauser S and Tian G. 1993. Soil faunal activity in relation to the sustainability of agricultural systems in the humid tropics. In: K Mulongoy and R Merckx (eds) Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Sustainability of Tropical Agriculture. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp 241-256.
1992
Tian G, Kang BT and Brussaard L. 1992. Biological effects of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions under humid tropical conditions - Decomposition and nutrient release. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 24: 1051-1060.
Tian G, Kang BT and Brussaard L. 1992. Effect of chemical compositions on N, Ca and Mg release during incubation of leaves from selected agroforestry and fallow plant species. Biogeochemistry 16: 103-119.
Tang S and Tian G. 1992. Growth, yield and fruit quality of citrus (C. Sinensis [L.] Osbeck) on acid and calcareous soils. Tropical Science 32: 327-333.