Busacca, A.J. and M.R. Sweeney. 2004. Loess. p. 364-373. In D. Hillel (ed.) Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. Academic Press, London.

Kennedy, A. C. and de Luna, L. Z. 2004. Rhizosphere. p. 399-406. In D. Hillel, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. Elsevier LTD, Oxford UK Harcourt Publishers, London UK.

Kennedy, A.C., T.L. Stubbs and W.F. Schillinger. 2004. Soil and crop management effects on soil microbiology. p. 295-326. In F. Magdoff and R.R. Weil (eds.) Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Papendick, R.I. 2004. Farming with the Wind II: Wind erosion and air quality control on the Columbia Plateau and Columbia Basin. Washington State University, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Special Report by the Columbia Plateau PM₁₀ Project. XB1042.

Stubbs, T.L., A.C. Kennedy, and W.F. Schillinger. 2004. Soil ecosystem changes during the transition to no-till cropping. p. 105-135. In D. Clements and A. Shrestha (eds.) New Dimensions in Agroecology. Hawthorn Press, New York, NY.

Baker, D.A., D.L. Young, D.R. Huggins, and W.L. Pan. 2004. Economically optimal fertilization for yield and protein in hard red spring wheat. Agronomy Journal 96:116-123. article

Chandler, D., S. Blaesing-Thompson, and A. Busacca. 2004. Geospatial assessment of agricultural lands critical to air quality on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 59:184-189. abstract

Clement, S.L., L.R. Elberson, N. Youssef, F.L. Young, and M.A. Evans. 2004. Cereal aphid and natural enemy populations in cereal production systems in eastern Washington. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77:165-173. article

Forté-Gardner, O., F.L. Young, D. Dillman, and M.S. Carroll. 2004. Increasing the effectiveness of technology transfer for conservation cropping systems through research and field design. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Vol 19:199-209. article

Juergens, L.A., D.L. Young, W.F. Schillinger, and H.R. Hinman. 2004. Economics of alternative no-till spring crop rotations in Washington’s wheat-fallow region. Agronomy Journal 96:154-158. article

Kjelgaard, J., D. Chandler, and K. Saxton. 2004. Evidence for direct suspension of loessial soils on the Columbia Plateau. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 29:221-236. article

Kjelgaard, J., B. Sharratt, I. Sundram, B. Lamb, C. Claiborn, K. Saxton, and D. Chandler. 2004. PM₁₀ emission from agricultural soils on the Columbia Plateau: Comparison of dynamic and time integrated field scale measurements and entrainment mechanisms. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 125:259-277. article

Rainbolt, C.R., D.C. Thill, and F.L. Young. 2004. Control of volunteer herbicide-resistant wheat and canola. Weed Technology 18:711-718. article

Schillinger, W.F., and D.L. Young. 2004. Cropping systems research in the world’s driest rainfed wheat region. Agronomy Journal 96:1182-1187. article

Stubbs, T.L., A.C. Kennedy, and W.F. Schillinger. 2004. Soil ecosystem changes during the transition to no-till cropping. Journal of Crop Improvement 11:105-135. article

Sundram, I., C. Claiborn, T. Strand, B. Lamb, D. Chandler, and K. Saxton. 2004. Numerical modeling of regional windblown dust in the Pacific Northwest with improved meteorology and dust emission models. Journal of Geophysical Research 109, D24208. article

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, C.A. Richardson, M. Blinnikov, and E.V. McDonald. 2004. Glacial anticyclone recorded in Palouse loess of northwestern United States. Geology 32:705-708. article

Young, F.L. 2004. Long-term weed management studies in the Pacific Northwest. Weed Science 52:897-903. article

Young, F.L. and M.E. Thorne. 2004. Weed species dynamics and management in no-till and reduced-till fallow cropping systems for the semiarid agricultural region of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Crop Protection 23:1097-1110. article

III. Patents  

Sweeney, M.R. (Geology). 2004. Sedimentology, paleoclimatology, and geomorphology of a late Pleistocene-Holocene paired eolian system, Columbia Plateau. Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State University.

Schillinger, W.F., D. Young, D. Rowell, H. Schafer, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. Cropping systems research in the world’s driest rainfed wheat region. Pacific Northwest Conservation Tillage Handbook No. 29, Chapter 2. Online at: http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/.

Schillinger, W.F. 2004. Direct seed and conservation tillage systems in the low-precipitation region: What works and what doesn’t work. p. 81-92. In Proceedings of the Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference, 7-9 January, Pendleton, OR. Online at: http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/.

Dhammapala, R, C. Claiborn, J. Corkill, and B. Gullett. 2004. Emissions of particulate matter, selected PAHs and phenols from agricultural burning in eastern Washington and north Idaho. p. 147. The 23rd Annual AAAR Conference, 4-8 October, Atlanta, GA.

Esser, A.D., T. Herdrick, D. Herdrick, B. Bandy, and R. Bandy. 2004. Recrop winter wheat feasibility in direct seeding. [CD-ROM]. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Feng, G, and B. Sharratt. 2004. Evaluation of Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS). [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Hansen, J.C., A.C. Kennedy, and W.F. Schillinger. 2004. Organic carbon and microbial community changes in soil aggregates with no-till dryland cropping systems. [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Kennedy, A.C. T.L. Stubbs, and R.E Venable. 2004. Rhizobacteria inhibitory to grass weeds. p. 28. Northwest Scientific Association Program and Abstracts. Northwest Scientific Association 77th annual meeting, 24-27 March, Ellensburg, WA.

Schillinger, W.F. 2004. Innovative cropping systems research at the Washington State University Dryland Research Station. [CD-ROM]. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Schillinger, W.F. 2004. Post-harvest control and ecology of Russian thistle in continuous annual spring wheat. [CD-ROM]. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Sharratt, B. and G. Feng. 2004. Wind erosion on the Columbia Plateau. [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Sharratt, B.and G. Feng. 2004. Emission and transport of PM₁₀ from agricultural fields. Soil and Water Conservation Society annual meeting, 24-28 July, St. Paul, MN.

Sharratt, B. 2004. Soil management practices to reduce particulate emissions. Soil and Water Conservation Society annual meeting, 24-28 July, St. Paul, MN.

Stubbs, T.L., A.C. Kennedy, J.C. Hansen, P.E. Reisenauer, J.W. Burns, and K. Campbell. 2004. Composition of straw from cereal cultivars in dryland ecosystems. [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Sundram, I., C. Claiborn, and B. Lamb. 2004. Modeling aerosol optical depths during episodes of windblown dust from semiarid agricultural regions. American Association for Aerosol Research annual conference, 5-8 October, Atlanta, GA.

Tonks, D., and A.D. Esser. 2004. Fall fertilization for spring wheat production in direct seed annual crop rotations. [CD-ROM]. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Venable, R.E., A.C. Kennedy, T.L. Stubbs, and H. Newsome. 2004. Competition of invasive weeds as affected by soil microorganisms in native shrub-steppe ecosystems. [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Venable, R.E., Kennedy, A.C., and T.L. Stubbs. 2004. Rhizobacteria impact plant survival and competition. p. 49. Northwest Scientific Association Program and Abstracts. Northwest Scientific Association 77th annual meeting, 24-27 March, Ellensburg, WA.

Xiao, C., M. Fauci, E. Harwood, R. Bolton, M. Lewis, W. McKean, J. Dobrowlski, R. Stevens, W. Pan. 2004. Soil microbial activity, aggregation and nutrient response to straw pulping black liquor in corn. [CD-ROM]. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 1-4 Nov., Seattle, WA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Paulitz, T.C., W.F. Schillinger, and R.J . Cook. 2004. Greenhouse studies of Rhizoctonia bare patch disease in soil cores from direct-seeded fields. 2004. p. 20. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, B. Sauer, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. Dryland cropping systems research at Lind. p. 17. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, S. Schofstoll, and T. Paulitz. 2004. Soil water is stranded in Rhizoctonia patches. p. 18. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, T. Paulitz, and J. Cook. 2004. Mapping Rhizoctonia bare patch disease in direct-seed cropping systems. p. 19. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B. H. Schafer, B. Sauer, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. How can I miss you when you won’t go away? Post-harvest management of Russian thistle in spring wheat. p. 19. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., R. Jirava, H. Schafer, T. Paulitz, D. Young, A. Kennedy, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. Long-term cropping systems research at the Ron Jirava farm: Year 7. p. 22. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. Extra surface residue only marginally increases seed-zone water content in chemical fallow. p. 22. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, B. Sauer, T. Paulitz, A. Kennedy, D. Young, S. Schofstoll, and B. Fode. 2004. Irrigated cropping systems research at Lind. p. 23. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, B., H. Schafer, B. Sauer, and S. Schofstoll. 2004. Late fall dormant planting of cereals using polymers. 2004. p. 23. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Schillinger, W.F., B.S. Sharratt, D.L. Young, A.J. Busacca, W.L. Pan, A.C. Kennedy, C.S. Claiborn, B.K. Lamb, A.D. Esser, F.L. Young, B.E. Frazier, S. Machado, C.O. Stockle, J.Q. Wu, M. Flury, P.R. Wandschneider, and C.A. Warriner. 2004. 73. p. Northwest Columbia Plateau PM₁₀ Project. 2004 Summary Report. Highlights of research achievements from 1998 through 2004.

Walters, C.G. and D.L. Young. 2004. Landlord influence on more intensive rotations or direct seeding adoption in eastern Washington. p. 27. In 2004 Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Technical Report 04-2, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. article

Williams, J.D., S.B. Wuest, W.F. Schillinger, and H.T. Gollany. 2004. Rotary subsoiling to reduce erosion and improve infiltration in newly-planted winter wheat after summer fallow. p. 103-116. In 2004 Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center annual report. Special Report 1054. Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, Pendleton, OR. article