Martin Burger
Research Manager

Location: Plant & Environmental Sciences Building 3140, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Telephone: (530) 754-6497
Fax: (530) 752-1552
E-mail: mburger@ucdavis.edu
Education:
B.S. Internat. Ag. Development, UC Davis
Ph.D. Ecology, UC Davis

Soil fertility and mineral nutrition of plants, soil-plant relations, rhizosphere ecology, nitrogen transformations in soil and plants

Sustainable management practices that minimize nitrogen losses to the environment and conserve water

Jackson L.E., Burger M., Cavagnaro T.R. Roots, nitrogen transformations and ecosystem services. Annual Review of Plant Biology. In press.

Gentile R., Burger M., Pierce D., Smart D.R. 2006. Impacts of Climate Change on Crop and Animal Physiology in California Agriculture. In Cavagnaro T.R., Jackson L.E., Scow K.M. (eds.) Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions for California Agricultural Landscapes. California Climate Change Center. http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-500-2005-189/CEC-500-2005-189-SF.PDF

Venterea R.T., Burger M., Spokas K.A. 2005. Nitrogen oxide and methane emissions under varying tillage and fertilizer management. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34: 1467-1477.

Burger M., Jackson L.E., Louie D.T., Lundquist E.J., Miller R.L., Rolston D.E., Scow K.M. 2005. Microbial responses and nitrous oxide emissions during wetting and drying of organically and conventionally managed soil under tomatoes. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42: 109-118.

Burger M. and Jackson L.E. 2004. Plant and microbial nitrogen use and turnover: Rapid conversion of nitrate to ammonium in soil with roots. Plant and Soil, 266:289-301.

Burger M. and Jackson L.E. 2003. Microbial immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in relation to ammonification and nitrification rates in organic and conventional cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 35: 29-37.