Blair McKenzie
Current research interests
Managing soil to maintain key functions such as food production, storing and filtering water, and preserving biodiversity has been the focus of my research for many years. In today’s terms, this means my research clearly aligns with Sustainable Development Goals 2 – zero hunger; 6-sustainable management of water; and 15 – protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems: halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss. My research comes from understanding the interactions between soil, water and root growth for sustainable agriculture. Here I use agriculture in the broadest sense as I have interests ranging from perennial and intensive horticulture to crofting in the Machair of the Western Isles. I have conducted agricultural research based on managing the soil from the tropics through to temperate climates.
My research has built on understanding the interactions of individual roots or organisms such as earthworms with the soil. From the small scale, I am interested to generalise into developing novel ways to screen crops for their ability to cope with physical stresses that manifest through the soil. These stresses include water deficit and excess, mechanical impedance and aeration. Understanding the stresses leads to interventions and amendments to ameliorate and improve soil conditions. Related to this is investigating the influence of soil structure and strength on root growth and architecture. Because soil and crop conditions vary in time as well as space (e.g. depth in the soil) there is a need to quantify spatial and temporal variability in soil physical conditions for root growth, using approaches such as the least limiting water range.
Major threats to soil and its ability to provide a suitable environment for crops to prosper are erosion, compaction and loss of organic matter. These threats are often linked. Maintaining soil in a soft, stable condition and preventing the loss of soil are keys to preserving all the functions that soil is expected to deliver.
My research for RESAS (Scottish Government) aligns well with my externally funded work. As part of externally funded research I:
- manage the Scottish component of the AHDB-funded and NIAB-led Grower Platforms project. This project uses on-farm interventions aimed at improving crop production and soil function.
- am one of the Hutton investigators on EU funded GROW citizen science project.
- work with commercial companies interested in soil management with a current focus on cover crops.
- led the completed AHDB funded projects “Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments for combinable crops and potatoes.
One way I try to make a difference is by communicating my science. Some of my research has clear farmer-oriented outcomes. This means that I do extensive knowledge exchange or outreach directed at land managers. This can involve field demonstrations, talks at different forums, including Hutton events such as Potatoes in Practice and Arable Scotland, and online content. For example, I recently delivered a webinar Tillage, Soils & Crops in conjunction with AHDB and a regional strategic farmer. I have also presented at farmer focussed events such as the SRUC/AHDB roadshows across four sites in Scotland. Presentations at British Potato from 2015 and 2017 are also available. As part of the EU-funded GROW project, I was a lead educator in the MOOC – From Soil to Sky. I do a limited amount of teaching to Geography and Environmental Science students at the University of Dundee and very occasionally teach part of specialist soils courses e.g. at Aarhus University.
Postgraduate students
I have supervised numerous postgraduate students. Currently, I co-supervise two PhD students.
- George Themistocleous (University of Nottingham): Modelling variety dependant least limiting water range: assessing the limits to root elongation in field soil
- Bianca Batista Barreto as a Doctoral Sandwich student form Federal University of Lavras, Brazil: Applications of portable optical equipment to characterize soil surface conditions
Recently completed PhD students, all from Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Dundee, include:
- Ashley Gorman: Understanding seed-soil adhesion by myxospermous seeds and their biophysical function in agroecosystems
- Lizzie Young: Landscape and sediment sensitivity in the machair landscape of the southern Outer Hebrides
- Tim Lewis: Soil Erosion and Seed Banks: The Links for Sustainable Farming
External duties
- Secretary-General of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO).
- I am on the editorial advisory board for Soil & Tillage Research and am currently the guest editor of a special issue of this journal following the 21st ISTRO conference in Paris.
- Honorary Senior Research Associate, University of Dundee.
Past research
I completed a BAgSc (Hons1) at the University of Adelaide in 1984 and a PhD from the same university in 1988 for research on the interactions between earthworms and soil physics. From 1989 until 2003 I was lecturer then senior lecturer in soil physics at La Trobe University in Melbourne. I was appointed to the Institute in 2003.
Bibliography
- Mariscal-Sancho, I.; Ball, B.; McKenzie, B.M. (2018) Influence of tillage practices, organic manures and extrinsic factors on B-Glucosidase activity: The final step of cellulose hydrolysis., Soil Systems, 2, Article No. 21.
- Holland, J.E.; Bennett, A.E.; Newton, A.C.; White, P.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Pakeman, R.J.; Bailey, J.S.; Fornara, D.A.; Hayes, R.C. (2018) Liming impacts on soils, crops and biodiversity in the UK: a review., Science of the Total Environment, 610-611, 316-332.
- Kouselou, M.; Hashemi, S.; Eskandari, I.; McKenzie, B.M.; Karimi, E.; Rezaei, A.; Rahmati, M. (2018) Quantifying soil displacement and tillage erosion rate by different tillage systems in dryland, northwestern Iran., Soil Use and Management, 34, 48-59.
- Lilly, A.; Baggaley, N.J.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M.; Troldborg, M. (2018) Soil erosion and compaction in Scottish soils: adapting to a changing climate., ClimateXChange Report, 21pp.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Stalham.,M.; Hallett, P.D. (2018) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments - potatoes., Final Report to AHDB Potatoes, Reference No. 11140022, Report No. 2018/3, 88pp.
- Mueller, L.; Blum, W.E.H.; Schenk, W.; Romanenkov, V.; Sychev, V.G.; Jones, M.; Kowarik, I.; Ball, B.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Gerasimova, M.; Dronin, N.N.; Kazakov, L.K.; Kravchenko, V.V.; Bukvareva, E.; Sheudzhen, A.K.; Saparov, A.; Abuduwaili, J.; Kosolapov, V.M.; Schindler, U.; Mirschel, W.; Schnug, E.; Ewert, F.; Eulenstein, F. (2018) About landscapes and their utilisation: status and trends of landscape research processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 1 Landscapes in the 21st Century: Status Analyses, Basic Processes and Research Concepts. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp16-25.
- Mueller, L.; Eulenstein, F.; McKenzie, B.M.; Schindler, U.; Mirschel, W. (2018) Tillage depth and crop yields: re-evaluation of late Holocene soil tillage trials in Eastern and Central Europe processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 4 Optimising Agricultural landscapes. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp312-319.
- Gorman, A.; McKenzie, B.M.; Rowan, J.S.; Neilson, R. (2018) Understanding the interactions of nematodes with soil during landscape redistribution processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 1 landscapes in the 21st Century: Status Analyses, Basic Processes and Research Concepts. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp195-199.
- Ball, B.C.; Guimaraes, R.M.L.; Cloy, J.M.; Hargreaves, P.R.; Shepherd, T.G.; McKenzie, B.M. (2017) Visual soil evaluation: a summary of some applications and potential developments for agriculture., Soil and Tillage Research, 173, 114-124.
- Whitmore, A.; Watts, C.W.; Sizmur, T.; Ebrahim, S.M.; Pawlett, M.; Harris, J.; Ritz, K.; Wallace, P.; White, E.; Stobart, R.; McKenzie, B.M. (2017) Improvement of soil structure and crop yield by adding organic matter to soil., AHDB Project Report No 576, 152pp.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Stobart, R.; Brown, J.L.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2017) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments., AHDB Final Report RD-2012-3786, 178pp.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Braga, R.A.; Coelho, D.E.C.; Krol, M.; Horgan, G.W. (2016) Moire as a low-cost, robust, optical-technique to quantify soil surface condition., Soil and Tillage Research, 158, 147-155.
- Bengough, A.G.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M. (2016) Root hairs aid soil penetration by anchoring the root surface to pore walls., Journal of Experimental Botany, 67, 1071-1078.
- Young, E.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; McNicol, J.W.; Robertson, J.; Wendler, R.; Dawson, S. (2015) Spatial trends in the wind abrasion resistance of cultivated machair soil, South Uist, Scottish Outer Hebrides., Catena, 135, 1-10.
- Wang, H.L.; Tang, X.Y.; Song, S.B.; McKenzie, B.M. (2015) Within-year changes in hydraulic properties of a shallow entisol in farmland and forestland., Vadose Zone Journal, 14. Article No.7.
- Brooker, R.W.; Bennett, A.E.; Cong, W.F.; Daniell, T.J.; George, T.S.; Hallett, P.D.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Jones, H.G.; Karley, A.J.; Li, L.; McKenzie, B.M.; Pakeman, R.J.; Paterson, E.; Schob, C.; Shen, J.; Squire, G.; Watson, C.A.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, J.; White, P.J. (2015) Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology., New Phytologist, 206, 107-117.
- George, T.S.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Valentine, T.A. (2014) Field phenotyping and long-term platforms to characterise how crop genotypes interact with soil processes and the environment., Agronomy, 4, 242-278.
- Ball, B.C.; Griffiths, B.S.; Topp, C.F.E.; Wheatley, R.; Walker, R.L.; Rees, R.M.; Watson, C.A.; Gordon, H.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Nevison, I.M. (2014) Seasonal nitrous oxide emissions in field soils under soil management of reduced tillage, compost application or organic farming., Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 189, 171-180.
- Donn, S.; Wheatley, R.E.; McKenzie, B.M.; Loades, K.W.; Hallett, P.D. (2014) Improved soil fertility from compost amendment increases root growth and reinforcement of surface soil on slopes., Ecological Engineering, 71, 458-465.
- Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; MacKenzie, B.M. (2014) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management; integration of major UK field experiments., Crop Production in Southern Britain Meeting: Precision Decision for Profitable Cropping, Peterborough Arena, 25-26 November 2014. Aspects of Applied Biology, 127, 233-239.
- Mickovski, S.B.; Buss, K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Sokmener, B. (2013) Laboratory study on the potential use of recycled inert construction waste material in the substrate mix for extensive green roofs., Ecological Engineering, 61, 706-714.
- Dresboll, D.B.; Thorup-Kristensen, K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Dupuy, L.X.; Bengough, A.G. (2013) Timelapse scanning reveals spatial variation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) root elongation rates during partial waterlogging., Plant and Soil, 369, 467-477.
- Baxter, C.; Rowan, J.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Neilson, R. (2013) Understanding soil erosion impacts in temperate agroecosystems: bridging the gap between geomorphology and soil ecology using nematodes as a model organism., Biogeosciences, 10, 7133-7145.
- Troldborg, M.; Aalders, I.; Towers, W.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Bengough, A.G.; Lilly, A.; Ball, B.C.; Hough, R.L. (2013) Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example., Soil and Tillage and Research, 132, 56-68.
- Dungait, J.A.J.; Ghee, C.; Rowan, J.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hawes, C.; Dixon, E.R.; Paterson, E.; Hopkins, D.W. (2013) Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 60, 195-201.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Mullins, C.E.; Tisdall, J.M.; Bengough, A.G. (2013) Root-soil friction: quantification provides evidence for measurable benefits for manipulation of root-tip traits., Plant Cell and Environment, 36, 1085-1092.
- Lewis, T.D.; Rowan, J.S.; Hawes, C.; McKenzie, B.M. (2013) Assessing the importance of soil erosion to the seedbank biodiversity in arable agro-ecosystems., Progress in Physical Geography, 37, 622-641.
- White, P.J.; George, T.S.; Gregory, P.J.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M. (2013) Matching roots to their environment., Annals of Botany, 112, 207-222.
- Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Bengough, A.G.; Gordon, D.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Sun, B.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2012) Soil tillage effects on the efficacy of cultivars and their mixtures in winter barley., Field Crops Research, 128, 91-100.
- Nelson, S.E.; Tisdall, J.M.; Wilkinson, K.; Smith, S.E.; McKenzie, B.M. (2012) Stabilisation of soil against wind erosion by six saprotrophic fungi., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 50, 134-141.
- Wheatley, R.E; McKenzie, B.M; Hallett, P.D; Wright, P.; Loades, K.W. (2012) Quality Green Compost Amendments and Cultivation and Equipment Wear ORI003-003., Zero Waste Scotland Report, 31 March 2012.
- Bengough, A.G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Valentine, T.A. (2011) Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits., Journal of Experimental Botany, 62, 59-68.
- Wheatley, R.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Donn, S. (2011) Further studies on the slope at Riverside - Re:- OBF009-47 - Monitoring of engineered slope at the Riverside landfill site, Report to WRAP, 31 March 2011.
- Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M.; Wheatley, R.E. (2011) Green engineering for sustainable environmental solutions., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp12-13.
- Davis, J.; McKenzie, B.M.; White, P.; Towers, W.; Coull, M.C. (2011) Agricultural applications for calcium sulphate filter cake and reclaimed gypsum in Scotland., Report for William Tracey Recycling and Resource Management Group.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Tisdall, J.M.; Vance, W.H. (2011) Soil physical quality., In: Glinski, J., Horabik, J. & Lipiec, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopaedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, The Netherlands, Part 18, 770-777.
- Thorsen, M.K.; Woodward, S.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Kelp (Laminaria digitata) increases germination and affects rooting and plant vigour in crops and native plants from an arable grassland in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland., Journal of Coastal Conservation, 14, 239-247.
- Thorsen, M.K.; Hopkins, D.W.; Woodward, S.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Resilience of microorganisms and aggregation of a sandy calcareous soil to amendment with organic and synthetic fertilizer., Soil Use and Management, 26, 149-157.
- Dupuy, L.; Vignes, M.; McKenzie, B.M.; White, P.J. (2010) The dynamics of root meristem distribution in the soil., Plant Cell and Environment, 33, 358-369.
- Valentine, T.A.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Root traits for a changing physical environment., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp13-14.
- Mariscal-Sancho, I.; Ball, B.; McKenzie, B.M. (2018) Influence of tillage practices, organic manures and extrinsic factors on B-Glucosidase activity: The final step of cellulose hydrolysis., Soil Systems, 2, Article No. 21.
- Holland, J.E.; Bennett, A.E.; Newton, A.C.; White, P.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Pakeman, R.J.; Bailey, J.S.; Fornara, D.A.; Hayes, R.C. (2018) Liming impacts on soils, crops and biodiversity in the UK: a review., Science of the Total Environment, 610-611, 316-332.
- Kouselou, M.; Hashemi, S.; Eskandari, I.; McKenzie, B.M.; Karimi, E.; Rezaei, A.; Rahmati, M. (2018) Quantifying soil displacement and tillage erosion rate by different tillage systems in dryland, northwestern Iran., Soil Use and Management, 34, 48-59.
- Ball, B.C.; Guimaraes, R.M.L.; Cloy, J.M.; Hargreaves, P.R.; Shepherd, T.G.; McKenzie, B.M. (2017) Visual soil evaluation: a summary of some applications and potential developments for agriculture., Soil and Tillage Research, 173, 114-124.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Braga, R.A.; Coelho, D.E.C.; Krol, M.; Horgan, G.W. (2016) Moire as a low-cost, robust, optical-technique to quantify soil surface condition., Soil and Tillage Research, 158, 147-155.
- Bengough, A.G.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M. (2016) Root hairs aid soil penetration by anchoring the root surface to pore walls., Journal of Experimental Botany, 67, 1071-1078.
- Young, E.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; McNicol, J.W.; Robertson, J.; Wendler, R.; Dawson, S. (2015) Spatial trends in the wind abrasion resistance of cultivated machair soil, South Uist, Scottish Outer Hebrides., Catena, 135, 1-10.
- Wang, H.L.; Tang, X.Y.; Song, S.B.; McKenzie, B.M. (2015) Within-year changes in hydraulic properties of a shallow entisol in farmland and forestland., Vadose Zone Journal, 14. Article No.7.
- Brooker, R.W.; Bennett, A.E.; Cong, W.F.; Daniell, T.J.; George, T.S.; Hallett, P.D.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Jones, H.G.; Karley, A.J.; Li, L.; McKenzie, B.M.; Pakeman, R.J.; Paterson, E.; Schob, C.; Shen, J.; Squire, G.; Watson, C.A.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, J.; White, P.J. (2015) Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology., New Phytologist, 206, 107-117.
- George, T.S.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Valentine, T.A. (2014) Field phenotyping and long-term platforms to characterise how crop genotypes interact with soil processes and the environment., Agronomy, 4, 242-278.
- Ball, B.C.; Griffiths, B.S.; Topp, C.F.E.; Wheatley, R.; Walker, R.L.; Rees, R.M.; Watson, C.A.; Gordon, H.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Nevison, I.M. (2014) Seasonal nitrous oxide emissions in field soils under soil management of reduced tillage, compost application or organic farming., Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 189, 171-180.
- Donn, S.; Wheatley, R.E.; McKenzie, B.M.; Loades, K.W.; Hallett, P.D. (2014) Improved soil fertility from compost amendment increases root growth and reinforcement of surface soil on slopes., Ecological Engineering, 71, 458-465.
- Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; MacKenzie, B.M. (2014) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management; integration of major UK field experiments., Crop Production in Southern Britain Meeting: Precision Decision for Profitable Cropping, Peterborough Arena, 25-26 November 2014. Aspects of Applied Biology, 127, 233-239.
- Mickovski, S.B.; Buss, K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Sokmener, B. (2013) Laboratory study on the potential use of recycled inert construction waste material in the substrate mix for extensive green roofs., Ecological Engineering, 61, 706-714.
- Dresboll, D.B.; Thorup-Kristensen, K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Dupuy, L.X.; Bengough, A.G. (2013) Timelapse scanning reveals spatial variation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) root elongation rates during partial waterlogging., Plant and Soil, 369, 467-477.
- Baxter, C.; Rowan, J.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Neilson, R. (2013) Understanding soil erosion impacts in temperate agroecosystems: bridging the gap between geomorphology and soil ecology using nematodes as a model organism., Biogeosciences, 10, 7133-7145.
- Troldborg, M.; Aalders, I.; Towers, W.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Bengough, A.G.; Lilly, A.; Ball, B.C.; Hough, R.L. (2013) Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example., Soil and Tillage and Research, 132, 56-68.
- Dungait, J.A.J.; Ghee, C.; Rowan, J.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hawes, C.; Dixon, E.R.; Paterson, E.; Hopkins, D.W. (2013) Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 60, 195-201.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Mullins, C.E.; Tisdall, J.M.; Bengough, A.G. (2013) Root-soil friction: quantification provides evidence for measurable benefits for manipulation of root-tip traits., Plant Cell and Environment, 36, 1085-1092.
- Lewis, T.D.; Rowan, J.S.; Hawes, C.; McKenzie, B.M. (2013) Assessing the importance of soil erosion to the seedbank biodiversity in arable agro-ecosystems., Progress in Physical Geography, 37, 622-641.
- White, P.J.; George, T.S.; Gregory, P.J.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M. (2013) Matching roots to their environment., Annals of Botany, 112, 207-222.
- Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Bengough, A.G.; Gordon, D.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Sun, B.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2012) Soil tillage effects on the efficacy of cultivars and their mixtures in winter barley., Field Crops Research, 128, 91-100.
- Nelson, S.E.; Tisdall, J.M.; Wilkinson, K.; Smith, S.E.; McKenzie, B.M. (2012) Stabilisation of soil against wind erosion by six saprotrophic fungi., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 50, 134-141.
- Bengough, A.G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Valentine, T.A. (2011) Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits., Journal of Experimental Botany, 62, 59-68.
- Thorsen, M.K.; Woodward, S.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Kelp (Laminaria digitata) increases germination and affects rooting and plant vigour in crops and native plants from an arable grassland in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland., Journal of Coastal Conservation, 14, 239-247.
- Thorsen, M.K.; Hopkins, D.W.; Woodward, S.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Resilience of microorganisms and aggregation of a sandy calcareous soil to amendment with organic and synthetic fertilizer., Soil Use and Management, 26, 149-157.
- Dupuy, L.; Vignes, M.; McKenzie, B.M.; White, P.J. (2010) The dynamics of root meristem distribution in the soil., Plant Cell and Environment, 33, 358-369.
- Barnett, C.M.; Bengough, A.G.; McKenzie, B.M. (2009) Quantitative image analysis of earthworm-mediated soil displacement., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 45, 821- 828.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Kuhner, S.; MacKenzie, K.; Peth, S.; Horn, R. (2009) Soil compaction by uniaxial loading and the survival of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa., Soil and Tillage Research, 104, 320-323.
- Barre, P.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D. (2009) Earthworms bring compacted and loose soils to a similar mechanical state., Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 656-658.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Forster, B.P.; McNicol, J.W. (2009) Deep rooting and drought screening of cereal crops: A novel field-based method and its application., Field Crops Research, 112, 165-171.
- Ma'shum, M.; Tisdall, J.M.; Borrell, A.K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Gill, J.S.; Kusnarta, I.G.M.; Mahrup; Sukartono, M.; Van Cooten, D.E. (2009) Rice responses to soil management in a rice-based cropping system in the semi-arid tropics of southern Lombok, Eastern Indonesia., Field Crops Research, 110, 197-206.
- Aalders, I.H.; Ball, B.; Black, H.I.J.; Campbell, C.D.; Griffiths, B.; Hopkins, D.; Hough, R.L.; Lilly, A.; Mckenzie, B.M.; Rees, R.M.; Sinclair, A.; Towers, W.; Watson, C. (2009) Considerations for Scottish soil monitoring in the European context., European Journal of Soil Science, 60, 833-843.
- Griffiths, B.S.; Liu, Q.; Wang, H.; Zhang, B.; Kuan, H.L.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Neilson, R.; Daniell, T.J. (2008) Restoration of soil physical and biological stability are not coupled in response to plants and earthworms., Ecological Restoration, 26, 102-104.
- Wheaton, A.D.; McKenzie, B.M.;Tisdall, J.M. (2008) Management to increase the depth of soft soil improves soil conditions and grapevine performance in an irrigated vineyard., Soil and Tillage Research, 98, 68-80.
- Grover, S.P.P.; McKenzie, B.M.; Baldock, J.A.; Papst, W.A. (2005) Chemical characterisation of bog peat and dried peat of the Australian Alps., Australian Journal of Soil Research, 43, 963-971.
- Hirth, J.R.; McKenzie, B.M.;Tisdall, J.M. (2005) Ability of seedling roots of Lolium perenne L. to penetrate soil from artificial biopores is modified by soil bulk density, biopore angle and biopore relief., Plant and Soil, 272, 327-336.
- Vance, W.H.; McKenzie, B.M.; Tisdall, J.M. (2002) The stability of soils used for croppping in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales., Australian Journal of Soil Research, 40, 615-624.
- Bengough, A.G.; McKenzie, B.M. (1997) Sloughing of root cap cells decreases the frictional resistance to maize (Zea mays L.) root growth., Journal of Experimental Botany, 48, 885-893.
- Troldborg, M.; Aalders, I.; Towers, W.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Bengough, A.G.; Lilly, A.; Ball, B.C.; Hough, R.L. (2013) Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example., Soil and Tillage and Research, 132, 56-68.
- Dungait, J.A.J.; Ghee, C.; Rowan, J.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hawes, C.; Dixon, E.R.; Paterson, E.; Hopkins, D.W. (2013) Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 60, 195-201.
- Mueller, L.; Blum, W.E.H.; Schenk, W.; Romanenkov, V.; Sychev, V.G.; Jones, M.; Kowarik, I.; Ball, B.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Gerasimova, M.; Dronin, N.N.; Kazakov, L.K.; Kravchenko, V.V.; Bukvareva, E.; Sheudzhen, A.K.; Saparov, A.; Abuduwaili, J.; Kosolapov, V.M.; Schindler, U.; Mirschel, W.; Schnug, E.; Ewert, F.; Eulenstein, F. (2018) About landscapes and their utilisation: status and trends of landscape research processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 1 Landscapes in the 21st Century: Status Analyses, Basic Processes and Research Concepts. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp16-25.
- Mueller, L.; Eulenstein, F.; McKenzie, B.M.; Schindler, U.; Mirschel, W. (2018) Tillage depth and crop yields: re-evaluation of late Holocene soil tillage trials in Eastern and Central Europe processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 4 Optimising Agricultural landscapes. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp312-319.
- Gorman, A.; McKenzie, B.M.; Rowan, J.S.; Neilson, R. (2018) Understanding the interactions of nematodes with soil during landscape redistribution processes., In: Sychev, V.G. & Mueller, L. (eds.). Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Volume 1 landscapes in the 21st Century: Status Analyses, Basic Processes and Research Concepts. Federal State Budgetary Institution, Moscow, pp195-199.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Tisdall, J.M.; Vance, W.H. (2011) Soil physical quality., In: Glinski, J., Horabik, J. & Lipiec, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopaedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, The Netherlands, Part 18, 770-777.
- Lilly, A.; Baggaley, N.J.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M.; Troldborg, M. (2018) Soil erosion and compaction in Scottish soils: adapting to a changing climate., ClimateXChange Report, 21pp.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Stalham.,M.; Hallett, P.D. (2018) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments - potatoes., Final Report to AHDB Potatoes, Reference No. 11140022, Report No. 2018/3, 88pp.
- Whitmore, A.; Watts, C.W.; Sizmur, T.; Ebrahim, S.M.; Pawlett, M.; Harris, J.; Ritz, K.; Wallace, P.; White, E.; Stobart, R.; McKenzie, B.M. (2017) Improvement of soil structure and crop yield by adding organic matter to soil., AHDB Project Report No 576, 152pp.
- McKenzie, B.M.; Stobart, R.; Brown, J.L.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2017) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments., AHDB Final Report RD-2012-3786, 178pp.
- Wheatley, R.E; McKenzie, B.M; Hallett, P.D; Wright, P.; Loades, K.W. (2012) Quality Green Compost Amendments and Cultivation and Equipment Wear ORI003-003., Zero Waste Scotland Report, 31 March 2012.
- Wheatley, R.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Donn, S. (2011) Further studies on the slope at Riverside - Re:- OBF009-47 - Monitoring of engineered slope at the Riverside landfill site, Report to WRAP, 31 March 2011.
- Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; Loades, K.W.; McKenzie, B.M.; Wheatley, R.E. (2011) Green engineering for sustainable environmental solutions., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp12-13.
- Davis, J.; McKenzie, B.M.; White, P.; Towers, W.; Coull, M.C. (2011) Agricultural applications for calcium sulphate filter cake and reclaimed gypsum in Scotland., Report for William Tracey Recycling and Resource Management Group.
- Valentine, T.A.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M. (2010) Root traits for a changing physical environment., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp13-14.
- Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Aspinall, R.J.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Donnelly, D.; Hawes, C.; McCrum, G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Matthews, K.; Miller, D.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Squire, G.; Toma, L. (2009) Rural land use study 1: Drivers and decision-making., Final Report, RERAD, Scottish Government, November 2009, pp156.
- Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Aspinall, R.J.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Donnelly, D.; Hawes, C.; McCrum, G.; McKenzie, B.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Squire, G.; Toma, L. (2009) Changing land use in rural Scotland - drivers and decision makers., Rural Land Use Study Project 1. Scottish Government Social Research.
- Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hawes, C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Matthews, K.B.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Toma, L. (2009) Rural land use study 1: Drivers and decision-making., Inception Report, RERAD, Scottish Government.
- Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hawes, C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Matthews, K.B.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Toma, L. (2009) Rural land use study 1: Drivers and decision-making., First Progress Report, RERAD, Scottish Government.
- Wheatley, R.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Donn, S. (2009) Compost in Soil Eco-engineering - benefits to plant root reinforcement and surface erosion., Report to WRAP, 30 November 2009.
- Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; McKenzie, B.M.; Valentine, T.A.; Wuyts, N. (2006) Dynamics of root-soil systems., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2006, pp40-41.
- Birch, A.N.E.; Boag, B.; Newton, A.C.; Gordon, S.C.; Fenton, B.; Malloch, G.; Hallett, P.D.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Stephens, S.E.; Neilson, S.; Wright, G.M.; Marshall, B.; McKenzie, B.M.; Squire, G.R.; Gill, P.; Wheatley, R.E. (2004) The SCRI LEAF Innovation Centre: Agro-ecosystem research which develops and promotes sustainable agriculture strategies and policies for Scotland, UK and Europe., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp107-114.
- Bengough, A.G.; Croser, C.; Kirby, J.M.; Young, I.M.; Pritchard, J.; McKenzie, B.M. (1998) Physics and physiology of root growth in soil., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1997/98, pp134-135.
Scientific posters/conferences
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