Courses:
NRM 380 - Soil and Environment
NRM 480 - Soil Management
Research Interests: Nutrient management, soil carbon
dynamics, forage and field crop production in subarctic
area, waste management and composting
Current
Research Programs:
1) Soil carbon, N and P dynamics in long-term tillage
plots,
2) Forage quality and production with different management
practices (i.e., cutting frequency,rate of fertilizer
application),
3) Selection of cereals cultivars suitable for sub
arctic cultivation.
Examples
of Research Support:
"Selection of suitable cereal cultivars for sub
arctic" Natural Resource Fund, $50,000., 2001-2005
Examples
of Publications:
Zhang, Mingchu, S.S. Malhi, E. Solberg, J. Thurston,
M. Nyborg and J. Harapiak. 2001. Greenhouse gas emission
in Alberta crop production sector: opportunities and
challenge. World Resource Review 13(4):555-567
Zhang,
Mingchu, R.E. Karamanos, L.M. Kryzanowski, K.R. Cannon,
T.W. Goddard. 2001. Single measurement to predict
potential mineralizable N. Soil and Plant Analysis
Council International Conference. July 21 - 27, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada. Comm. Soil Sci.& Plant Anal.
33:3517-3530.
