Refereed Publications

‘Publications over past 5 years (of 43 total)’.

[1] Renkema, J.M., Lynch, D.H.,  Cutler, G.C., MacKenzie, K., Walde, S.J. 2011. Predation by Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on immature Rhagoletis mendax Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) in semi-field and field conditions. Submitted to Biological Control (Aug 4, 2011)
[2] Bhatta, G. D., and Lynch, D.  2011. Sustainable soil management practices and farmers livelihoods: A spatial perspective. Elixir Agriculture 37:3825-3831
[3] Renkema, J.M. 2011.   The effects of ground-floor management on blueberry maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran) and predatory beetles in highbush blueberries. PhD thesis, Dalhousie University.
[4] Bhatta, G. D., Doppler, W. and Lynch, D.  2011. Livelihood strategies of farm families: micro-level modeling using Generalized Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS). Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences  9, ISSN 2091-042X
[5] Lynch, D.H., Sharifi, M., Hammermeister, A. and Burton, D. 2011. Nitrogen management in organic potato production. 2011. In Zhongi He, Robert P. Larkin and C. Wayne Honeycutt [Eds] Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies. Springer (in press)
[6] Boiteau, G.,  Lynch, D.H., and MacKinley, P. 2011. Avoidance tests with Folsomia candida for the assessment of copper contamination in agricultural soils. Environmental Pollution 1-4.
[7] Lynch, D. H., MacRae, R.J. and Martin, R.C. 2011. The carbon and global warming potential impacts of organic farming: does it have a significant role in an energy constrained world?
Sustainability 3: 322-362.
[8] Ward, A. 2011. Phosphorus limitation of soybean and alfalfa biological nitrogen fixation on organic dairy farms. MSc thesis, NSAC.
[9] Nelson, K. L.,  Boiteau, G. Lynch, D. H.  Peters , R. D. and Fillmore, S.  2011. Influence of agricultural soils on the growth and reproduction of the bio-indicator Folsomia candida. Pedobiologica 54:79-86.
[10] Renkema, J.M., Cutler, G.C.  Lynch, D.H., MacKenzie, K., and Walde, S.J.. 2011. Mulch type and moisture level affect pupation depth of blueberry maggot (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the laboratory. J. Pest Science (in press)
[11] Arcand, M.M., Lynch, D.H., Voroney, R.P., van Straaten, P. 2010. Residues from a buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) green manure crop grown with phosphate rocks influence soil phosphorus dynamics. Can. J. Soil. Sci. 90: 257-266. 
[12] MacRae, R.J., Lynch, D. H. and Martin, R.C. 2010. Improving energy efficiency and GHG mitigation potentials in Canadian organic farming systems. J. Sust. Ag. 34:549-580
[13] Burkhard, N.E., Lynch, D.H., and Percival, D. C. 2010. Effects of pine-needle and compost mulches amd weeds on nitrogen dynamics in an organically-managed highbush blueberry field. Acta Hort. 873:253-259.
[14] Nelson, K. L., Lynch, D.H., and Boiteau, G. 2009. Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato rotation sequences. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 131:220-228.
[15] Lynch, D. H. 2009. Environmental impacts of organic agriculture: A Canadian perspective. Can. J. Plant Sci. 89:621-628.
[16] Sharifi, M., Lynch, D.H., Zebarth, B.J., Zheng, Z., and Martin, R.C. 2009.  Evaluation of nitrogen supply rate measured by in situ placement of Plant Root Simulator probes as a predictor of nitrogen supply from soil and organic amendments in potato crop. Am. J. Potato Res. 86:356–366.
[17] Klimaszewski, J., Lynch, D., Majka, C.G., Renkema, J., Savard, K. and Hlavá, P. 2009. Pella glooscapi, a new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), and new record of aleocharine beetles from Nova Scotia, Canada. In: Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. (Eds) Biodiversity, Biosystematics, and Ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys 22: 35-44.
[18] Burkhard, N.E., Lynch, D.H., Percival, D. C., and Sharifi, M.  2009. Organic mulch impact on vegetation dynamics and productivity of highbush blueberry under organic production. Hortscience 44(3):1-9.
[19] Thissaverasingan, S. 2009. Evaluation of composted paper mill biosolids as peat substitute in horticultural growing media. M.Sc. thesis, Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
[20] Roberts, C. J., Lynch, D.H., Voroney, R.P., Martin, R. C. and Juurlink, S. D. 2008.  Nutrient budgets of Ontario organic dairy farms. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88:107-114.
[21] Lynch, D.H., Zheng, Z., Zebarth, B.J. and Martin, R.C.  2008. Organic amendment effects on tuber yield, plant N uptake and soil mineral N under organic potato production. Renew. Agric. Food Sys. 23:250-259.
[22] Lynch, D.H., Clegg, E., Owen, J. and Burton, D. 2008. Greenhouse gas emissions from organic crop management in humid region eastern Canada. Proceedings of ‘Organic Agriculture and Climate Change’, April 17-18th, Enita Clermont, Lempdes, France.
[23] Nelson, K. L. 2008. Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato (Solanum tuberosum  L.) rotation sequences and potential use of the bioindicator, Folsomia candida. MSc thesis, NSAC.
[24] Boiteau, G., Lynch, D.H., and Martin, R.C.  2008. Influence of fertilization on the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), in organic potato production. Econ. Ent. 37(2): 575-585.
[25] Martin, R.C. Lynch, D.H., Frick, B and VanStraaten, P . 2007. Phosphorous status on Canadian organic farms. J. Sci. Food and Agric. 87:2737-2740.
[26] Burkhard, N.E. 2007. Vegetation and nitrogen dynamics in an organic highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) production system. M.Sc. thesis, Nova Scotia Agricultural College.