Harold Mathijs Van Es
Professor
Primary Research Areas
- biophysics
- climatology
- compost
- crop management or crop science
- environmental sciences
- fruit and vegetable production
- horticultural sciences
- information science
- land use
- landscape ecology
- nutrient management
- organic agriculture
- plant pathology
- soil and crop science
- soil health
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable development
- vegetables
- viticulture
- waste management
- water resource management
Research Focus
Current research efforts focus on soil health, precision management of crop inputs, chemical fate in soils, tillage and compaction, and pedometrics
Educational Background
- Kandidaats Degree, (Physical Geography), University of Amsterdam, 1981
- M.S., (Soil Management), Iowa State University, 1984
- Ph.D., (Soil Physics), North Carolina State University, 1987
Research Grants
- PROTOCOL FOR INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF SOIL QUALITY AND ITS CHANGES IN TIME
Selected Publications
PubMed Listings
- Magdoff, F.R., and H.M. van Es. 2000. Building Soils for Better Crops. Handbook Series Book 4. Sustainable Agric. Network, Beltsville, MD. 224 pp. (over 10,000 copies sold).
- H.M. van Es, J.M. Sogbedji, and R.R. Schindelbeck. 2006. Nitrate Leaching under Maize and Grass as Affected by Manure Application Timing and Soil Type. J. Environmental Quality (in print).
- Magri, A., H.M. van Es, M. Glos, and W.J. Cox. 2005. Integrated assessment of the use of crop, soil, and remote sensing information for precision management of maize. Precision Agric. 6:87-110.
- Kahabka, J.E., H.M. van Es, E.J. McClenahan, and W.J. Cox. 2004. Spatial analysis of maize response to N fertilizer in Central New York. Precision Agriculture 5:463-476.
- van Es, H.M., C.B. Ogden, R.L. Hill, R.R. Schindelbeck, and T. Tsegaye. 1999. Integrated assessment of space, time, and management-related variability of soil hydraulic properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:1599-1607.
