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Richard M. Cruse

Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Verified email at iastate.edu
Cited by 8511

Sustainable biofuels redux

…, WJ Parton, PR Adler, JN Barney, RM Cruse… - Science, 2008 - science.org
Although the price of cellulosic feedstocks will likely remain lower than that of grain, the
added costs of pretreatment and enzymes for cellulosic biomass refining will likely continue to …

Overview of Mollisols in the world: Distribution, land use and management

…, G Studdert, X Zhang, RM Cruse… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
… Mollisols are identified by a thick, dark-colored, humus and base-rich surface horizon (mollic
epipedon) with a high base saturation (≥50% by ammonium acetate) to 1.8 m depth (Soil …

Assessing alternative futures for agriculture in Iowa, USA

…, RC Corry, ME Clark, S Polasky, RM Cruse… - Landscape …, 2004 - Springer
The contributions of current agricultural practices to environmental degradation and the
social problems facing agricultural regions are well known. However, landscape-scale …

Sediment removal by prairie filter strips in row‐cropped ephemeral watersheds

…, R Kolka, MD Tomer, RM Cruse - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Twelve small watersheds in central Iowa were used to evaluate the effectiveness of prairie
filter strips (PFS) in trapping sediment from agricultural runoff. Four treatments with PFS of …

Soil: the forgotten piece of the water, food, energy nexus

JL Hatfield, TJ Sauer, RM Cruse - Advances in agronomy, 2017 - Elsevier
The water, food, energy nexus has prompted sustainability concerns as interactions between
these interdependent human needs are degrading natural resources required for a secure …

Nutrient removal by prairie filter strips in agricultural landscapes

…, R Kolka, MD Tomer, RM Cruse - Journal of Soil and …, 2014 - jswconline.org
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from agricultural landscapes have been identified as
primary sources of excess nutrients in aquatic systems. The main objective of this study was to …

Grain yield response of corn, soybean, and oat grown in a strip intercropping system

…, FG Préchac, RM Cruse - American Journal of …, 1994 - cambridge.org
Conventional Midwestern US row crop agriculture has created significant environmental
problems and made the farm economy reliant on government subsidies. Environmentally …

Effects of moisture condition and freeze/thaw cycles on surface soil aggregate size distribution and stability

E Wang, RM Cruse, X Chen… - Canadian Journal of Soil …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wang, E., Cruse, RM, Chen, X. and Daigh, A. 2012. Effects of moisture condition and freeze/thaw
cycles on surface soil aggregate size distribution and stability. Can. J. Soil Sci. 92: 529–…

[HTML][HTML] Gully erosion susceptibility mapping in highly complex terrain using machine learning models

…, C Wang, G Pang, Y Long, L Wang, RM Cruse… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gully erosion is the most severe type of water erosion and is a major land degradation process.
Gully erosion susceptibility mapping (GESM)’s efficiency and interpretability remains a …

Morphological characteristics and influencing factors of permanent gully and its contribution to regional soil loss based on a field investigation of 393 km2 in Mollisols …

…, X Han, RM Cruse, X Zhang, W Hu, Y Yan, M Guo - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Gully erosion, one of the most damaging forms of land degradation, destroys farmlands and
threatens grain and ecological stability. Approximately 295,000 gullies have formed in the …