Profile TabsProfileRattan LalProfessor of Soil Sciencelal.1@osu.edu614-292-9069Office: 422B Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210Professional InformationBiography: Full Curriculum Vita 1-page CV 2-page CV 3-page CV Biography Short biography Publications (1967-2016) Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland Signature Areas Environmental quality and sustainability Food security Climate change and soil carbon Soil degradation and restoration Research Interests Soil processes and greenhouse effects Soil wetness and anaerobiosis Sustainable management of soil and water resources Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils including minelands, soil resilience, water quality, soil structure and compaction Conservation tillage Agroforestry Tropical agriculture Natural resources management with emphasis on food security and environmental quality Agricultural development in the Third World Selected Presentations Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change. Soil as a World Heritage presented at Balti, Moldova, May 22-23, 2012 Restoring Land Degradation by Soil Carbon Sequestration presented at the International Congress on Land Degradation and Challenges in Sustainable Soil Management, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, May 15-17, 2012 Soil Organic Matter Management for Sustainable Production and Climate Change presented at the International Symposium on Mountain Resource Management in a Changing Environment, Aquatic Ecology Center, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2-31, 2012 Works - Any -Journal articleBook/book chapterReportWorking paperPolicy briefConference presentationData Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles Date published: Oct 18 2018 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Zhang, HY; Liu, RQ; Ning, TY; Lal, R. 2018. Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles. Environmental Chemistry Letters 16(3): 1095-1100. Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands Date published: Aug 15 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Araujo, Marla A., Yuri L. Zinn and Rattan Lal. 2017. Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands. Geoderma 300:1-10. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan Date published: Jun 15 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Nawaz, A., M. Farooq, R. Lal, A. Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan. Soil and Tillage Research 169:35-43. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan Date published: Jun 8 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Nawaz, Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq, Rattan Lal, Abdul Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan. Soil and Tillage Research 169:35-43. Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems Date published: May 30 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Olson, Kenneth R., Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Rattan Lal and Lois Wright Morton. 2017. Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 72(3):64A-69A. Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (Zea mays L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change Date published: May 30 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Maas, E.D.V.L., R. Lal, K. Coleman, A. Montenegro and W.A. Dick. 2017. Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (Zea mays L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 72(3):191-204. Effects of optimized N fertilization on greenhouse gas emission and crop production in the North China Plain Date published: Apr 15 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Tan, Y.C., C. Xu, D.X. Liu, W.L. Wu, R. Lal and F.Q. Meng. 2017. Effects of optimized N fertilization on greenhouse gas emission and crop production in the North China Plain. Field Crops Research 205:135-146. Influence of sesbania brown manuring and rice residue mulch on soil health, weeds and system productivity of conservation rice-wheat systems Date published: Apr 14 2017 Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Nawaz, A., M. Farooq, R. Lal, A. Rehman, T. Hussain and A. Nadeem. 2017. Influence of sesbania brown manuring and rice residue mulch on soil health, weeds and system productivity of conservation rice-wheat systems. Land Degradation and Development 28(3):1078-1090. US Land-grant universities in India: Assessing the consequences of agricultural partnership, 1952-1972 Date published: Mar 17 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Mehta, Simi, Rattan Lal and David Hansen. 2017. US Land-grant universities in India: Assessing the consequences of agricultural partnership, 1952-1972. International Journal of Educational Development 53:58-70. Within cropping season changes in soil physical properties under no-till in Southern Brazil Date published: Mar 9 2017 Publication type: Journal article Our Author(s): Rattan Lal Anghinoni, G., C.A. Tormena, R. Lal, W.H. Moreira, E. Betioli and C.J.B. Ferreira. 2017. Within cropping season changes in soil physical properties under no-till in Southern Brazil. Soil & Tillage Research 166:108-112. Pages123456next ›last »