Xueming Yang, Ph. D.
Dr. Xueming Yang is a research scientist in the AAFC Harrow Research and Development Centre where he studies soil health with special intereste in the relationships between agronomic management practices (tillage, rotation, cover cropping) and soil carbon and nitrogen charateristics and dynamics.
Current research and/or projects
ASC-13 Organic Cluster Activity 4 - Efficacy of two cover crop use in an organic soybean-winter wheat-corn rotation in nitrogen supply and biodiversity maintenance
Evergreen farming in southern Ontario: more effective use of cover crops in rotations involving corn, soybean, or winter wheat
The development of Fourier-transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) as a tool to assess and identify soil quality under best management practices (BMP’s).
Professional activities / interests
- conservation tillage practices and soil quality
- soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
- soil organic carbon and nitrogen modeling
- soil organic carbon fractionation
- soil organic carbon sequestration
- soil organic carbon distribution on landscape
- organic amendments, composts and manure
- crop rotations, cover crops
Education and awards
- B.S.: Jilin Agricultural University, China.
- M.S.: Shenyang Agricultural University, China.
- PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Chaimpaign, USA
International experience and/or work
Worked as an teaching assistant, lecturer and associated professor at Jilin Agricultural University from 1982-1995.
Additional links
Key publications
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Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Mary-Anne Reeb, Dan Reynolds, “A Diversified Organic Cropping System: Impacts on Crop Production and Soil Health in S. Canada”. 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, poster presentation, March 12-16, 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
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Xueming Yang. 2023. Crop production, soil quality, and economic analysis: Organic legume cover crop farming in Southern Ontario. 2023 GUELPH ORGANIC CONFERENCE. Guelph, ON Jan 27, 2023. https://guelphorganicconf.ca/program2023/#1670601295139-31760753-5b55
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Drury, C.F., Agomoh, I., Phillips, L., Reynolds, W.D. and X. Yang. 2022. Mitigation practices to reduce NH3 volatilization and N2O emissions from agricultural soils. Soil C and GHG Emissions Mitigation Modelling Workshop. November 4, 2021. Attendees:100.
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ZHAO, N., YANG, X., HUANG, G., LÜ, Y., ZHANG, J., FAN, Y., DRURY, C.F., YANG, X. (2021). Chemical and spectroscopic characteristics of humic acid from a clay loam soil in Ontario after 52 years of consistent fertilization and crop rotation. Pedosphere, [online] 31(1), 204-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(20)60019-4
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Miller, J.J., Owen, M.L., Hao, X., Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Chanasyk, D.S. (2021). Influence of continuous application of feedlot manure and legacy treatments on soil organic carbon, soil hydrophobicity, and soil water repellency. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 101(3), 439-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2020-0074
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Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Phillips, L.A. (2020). Nitrogen release from shoots and roots of crimson clover, hairy vetch, and red clover. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 100(3), 179-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2019-0164
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Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Reeb, M.D. (2019). Legume cover crops provide nitrogen to corn during a three-year transition to organic cropping. Agronomy Journal, [online] 111(6), 3253-3264. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.10.0652
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Zhang, S., McLaughlin, N.B., Cui, S., Yang, X., Liu, P., Wu, D., Liang, A. (2019). Effects of long-term tillage on carbon partitioning of nematode metabolism in a Black soil of Northeast China. Applied Soil Ecology, [online] 138 207-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.03.006
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Liu, S., Fan, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Liang, A. (2019). Decomposition of maize stover varies with maize type and stover management strategies: A microcosm study on a Black soil (Mollisol) in northeast China. Journal of Environmental Management, [online] 234 226-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.008
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Yang, J.Y., Drury, C., Yang, X.M. 2019. Modelling Ammonia Emission from Nitrogen Fertilizer to Canadian Farmland from 1981-2016. Poster presentation In: SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego California 2019/01/06 - 2019/01/09.
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Yang, J.Y., Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Liu, S. 2019. Simulating maize yield and soil inorganic N dynamics in South Ontario using the DSSAT model. Oral presentation In: SSSA International Soils Meeting, Jan. 6-9, 2019, in San Diego, California
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Liang, A., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Yang, X., McLaughlin, N., Chen, X., Guo, Y., Jia, S., Zhang, S., Wang, L., Tang, J. (2019). Investigations of relationships among aggregate pore structure, microbial biomass, and soil organic carbon in a Mollisol using combined non-destructive measurements and phospholipid fatty acid analysis. Soil & Tillage Research, [online] 185 94-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.09.003
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Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Xu, W., Reeb, M., Oloya, T. (2019). Rapid determinations of dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen in soil leachate using mid-infrared spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 99(4), 579-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2019-0116
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Fan, R., Yang, X., Drury, C.F., Zhang, Z. (2018). Curve-fitting techniques improve the mid-infrared analysis of soil organic carbon: a case study for Brookston clay loam particle-size fractions. Scientific Reports, [online] 8(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30704-2
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Xueming Yang et al. 2018. Legume cover crop: a satisfactory organic N source for grain corn in S Ontario. 17th World Fertilizer Congress, Shenyang, China, Sept 2-7, 2018.
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Woodley, A.L., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Tan, C.S., Yang, X.M., Oloya, T.O. (2018). Long-term cropping effects on partitioning of water flow and nitrate loss between surface runoff and tile drainage. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 47(4), 820-829. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2017.07.0292
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Yang, J.Y., Drury, C.F., Yang, X.M. 2018. Simulating Reactive Nitrogen in Canadian Farmland from 1981 to 2011. Oral Presentation In: The 9/t/h International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Fort Collins Colorado 2018/0625 - 2018/06/29.
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Yang, J.Y., Drury, C.F., Yang, X.M. 2018. Simulating ammonia emission from fertilizer application to Canadian farmland. Oral presentation In: 9th international congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. Fort Collins, Colorado 2018/06/25-2018/06/29
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Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Dan Reynolds, Jingyi Yang, Mary-Anne Reeb. Winter-hardy legumes: important non-fertilizer N sources for corn in soybean-wheat-corn rotation. 2018 Joint Meeting of the CGU-CSSS-CIG-CSAFM-ESSSA, June 10-14, 2018, Niagara Falls, ON.
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Woodley, A.L., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Calder, W., Yang, X.M., Oloya, T.O. (2018). Improved acid trap methodology for determining ammonia volatilization in wind tunnel experiments. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 98(2), 193-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0081
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Affiliations
- Harrow Research and Development Centre, AAFC, Harrow, Ontario
- Adjunct professor, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agro-ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences