Newton Lupwayi, PhD

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Research Scientist

Soil microbiology

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lethbridge, Alberta

Current research and/or projects

  • The right balance: management strategies for plugging organic soil health.
  • Soybean and Corn Cropping Systems - Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster.
  • Optimizing agroecosystems resiliency - Optimizing systems productivity, resilience and sustainability in the major Canadian ecozones.
  • Integrating multiple beneficial management practices (BMPs) in organic cropping systems: Soil health, weed and insect interactions.
  • Elucidating and exploiting rhizosphere processes for improved soil health and productivity.
  • Evaluation of economic and agro-ecological merits of diverse cropping sequences with perennial forage seed and annual field crops.
  • Novel vs. traditional manure/compost to conserve soil resources and improve soil health.
  • Management strategies to improve rangeland soil health and productivity.
  • Diversity and ecosystem function of insects in cattle dung on pasture.

Research and/or project statements

Study soil microbial community composition, diversity and functioning in agroecosystems.

Professional activities / interests

Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2017 & 2018

Editorial Board Member, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (journal), 2009-Present

Education and awards

PhD Soil Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Co-author of Best 2016 Agronomy Paper in Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 2017

Gold Harvest Award for Innovation, Collaboration and Service Excellence, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, 2015

International experience and/or work

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi

International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Key publications

  1. Smith, E.G., Neil Harker, K., O’Donovan, J.T., Kelly Turkington, T., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z., Johnson, E.N., Pageau, D., Shirtliffe, S.J., Gulden, R.H., Hall, L.M., Willenborg, C.J. (2018). The profitability of diverse crop rotations and other cultural methods that reduce wild oat (Avena fatua). Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(5), 1094-1101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2018-0019

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  2. Khakbazan, M., Grant, C.A., Huang, J., Zhong, C., Smith, E.G., O’Donovan, J.T., Mohz, R.M., Blackshaw, R.E., Harker, K.N., Lafond, G.P., Johnson, E.N., May, W.E., Turkington, T.K., Gan, Y., Lupwayi, N.Z., St. Luce, M. (2018). Economic impact of residual Nitrogen and preceding crops on wheat and canola. Agronomy Journal, [online] 110(1), 339-348. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2017.08.0489

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  3. Akter, Z., Pageni, B.B., Lupwayi, N.Z., Balasubramanian, P.M. (2018). Biological nitrogen fixation by irrigated dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(5), 1159-1167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0301

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  4. Harker, K.N., Hartman, M.D., Tidemann, B.D., O’Donovan, J.T., Turkington, T.K., Lupwayi, N.Z., Smith, E.G., Mohr, R.M. (2017). Attempts to rescue yield loss in continuous canola with agronomic inputs. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(3), 703-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0337

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  5. Lupwayi, N.Z., Larney, F.J., Blackshaw, R.E., Kanashiro, D.A., Pearson, D.C., Petri, R.M. (2017). Pyrosequencing reveals profiles of soil bacterial communities after 12 years of conservation management on irrigated crop rotations. Applied Soil Ecology, [online] 121 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.09.031

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  6. Larney, F.J., Pearson, D.C., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z. (2017). Soil surface cover on irrigated rotations for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), and soft white spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in southern Alberta. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, [online] 72(6), 584-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.72.6.584

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  7. Larney, F.J., Pearson, D.C., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z., Conner, R.L. (2017). Soft white spring wheat is largely unresponsive to conservation management in irrigated rotations with dry bean, potato, and sugar beet. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(1), 155-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0150

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  8. Zhang, Y., Shen, H., He, X., Thomas, B.W., Lupwayi, N.Z., Hao, X., Thomas, M.C., Shi, X. (2017). Fertilization shapes bacterial community structure by alteration of soil pH. Frontiers in Microbiology, [online] 8(JUL), http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01325

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  9. Le microbiome fongique du canola, structure et variations.

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  10. Wijekoon, C.P., Pageni, B.B., Kalischuk, M.L., Lupwayi, N.Z., Kawchuk, L.M. (2017). Amplification of the Phytophthora infestans RG57 loci Facilitates in planta T-RFLP Identification of Late Blight Genotypes. American Journal of Potato Research, [online] 94(3), 251-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12230-016-9560-2

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  11. Lupwayi, N.Z., Larney, F.J., Blackshaw, R.E., Kanashiro, D.A., Pearson, D.C. (2017). Phospholipid fatty acid biomarkers show positive soil microbial community responses to conservation soil management of irrigated crop rotations. Soil & Tillage Research, [online] 168 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2016.12.003

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  12. Akter, Z., Lupwayi, N.Z., Balasubramanian, P.M. (2017). Nitrogen use efficiency of irrigated dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes in southern alberta. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(4), 610-619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0254

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  13. Larney, F.J., Pearson, D.C., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z. (2017). Soil changes over 12 yr of conventional vs. conservation management on irrigated rotations in Southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 97(2), 249-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0141

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  14. Larney, F.J., Nitschelm, J.J., Regitnig, P.J., Pearson, D.C., Blackshaw, R.E. and Lupwayi, N.Z. 2016. Sugar beet response to rotation and soil management in a 12-year irrigated study in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 96: 776–789.

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  15. Grant, C.A., O'Donovan, J.T., Blackshaw, R.E., Harker, K.N., Johnson, E.N., Gan, Y., Lafond, G.P., May, W.E., Turkington, T.K., Lupwayi, N.Z., McLaren, D.L., Zebarth, B., Khakbazan, M., St. Luce, M., Ramnarine, R. (2016). Residual effects of preceding crops and nitrogen fertilizer on yield and crop and soil N dynamics of spring wheat and canola in varying environments on the Canadian prairies. Field Crops Research, [online] 192 86-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2016.04.019

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  16. St. Luce, M., Grant, C.A., Ziadi, N., Zebarth, B.J., O'Donovan, J.T., Blackshaw, R.E., Harker, K.N., Johnson, E.N., Gan, Y., Lafond, G.P., May, W.E., Malhi, S.S., Turkington, T.K., Lupwayi, N.Z., McLaren, D.L. (2016). Preceding crops and nitrogen fertilization influence soil nitrogen cycling in no-till canola and wheat cropping systems. Field Crops Research, [online] 191 20-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2016.02.014

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  17. Khakbazan, M., Grant, C.A., Huang, J., Berry, N.J., Smith, E.G., O’Donovan, J.T., Blackshaw, R.E., Harker, K.N., Lafond, G.P., Johnson, E.N., Gan, Y., May, W.E., Turkington, T.K., Lupwayi, N.Z. (2016). Preceding crops and nitrogen effects on crop energy use efficiency in canola and barley. Agronomy Journal, [online] 108(3), 1079-1088. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0269

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  18. Lupwayi, N.Z., Soon, Y.K. (2016). Nitrogen-Related rotational effects of legume crops on three consecutive subsequent crops. Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online] 80(2), 306-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2015.08.0299

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  19. Larney, F.J., Pearson, D.C., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z., Lynch, D.R. (2016). Conservation Management Practices and Rotations for Irrigated Processing Potato in Southern Alberta. American Journal of Potato Research, [online] 93(1), 50-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12230-015-9487-z

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  20. Harker, K.N., O'Donovan, J.T., Turkington, T.K., Blackshaw, R.E., Lupwayi, N.Z., Smith, E.G., Johnson, E.N., Pageau, D., Shirtliffe, S.J., Gulden, R.H., Rowsell, J., Hall, L.M., Willenborg, C.J. (2016). Diverse Rotations and Optimal Cultural Practices Control Wild Oat (Avena fatua). Weed Science, [online] 64(1), 170-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/WS-D-15-00133.1

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Contact

Research facility

Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Agro-Ecosystem productivity and health

Affiliations

Canadian Society of Soil Science

Soil Science Society of America

Language

English