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Rattan Lal
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
lal.1@osu.edu
614-292-9069
Office:
422B Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210
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Publications (1967-2020)
Director,
CFAES Dr. Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
(C-MASC)
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Adjunct Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica
Signature Areas
Soil carbon sequestration and climate change
Soil degradation and restoration
Soil health and global food security
Soil quality and sustainable agriculture
Conservation agriculture
Soils of the tropics
Research Interests
Soil carbon dynamics and global warming
Soil structure and its management
Soil erosion and the fate of carbon transported by erosional processes
Soil wetness and anaerobiosis
Sustainable management of soil and water resources
Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils including mine lands, soil resilience, water quality, soil structure and compaction
Conservation agriculture
Agroforestry
Soils of tropical agroecosystems
Natural resources management with emphasis on food security and environmental quality
Agricultural development in developing countries
Selected Presentations
Managing Soil Carbon for Food and Climate.
Presented at the US-UK Scientific Forum on Sustainable Agriculture with National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, D.C., USA. 5 March 2020. Available online:
Soil Management and Sustainable Development Goals.
Presented online at the Virtual Dialogue with Dr. Rattan Lal and Dr. Manuel Otero, General Director of IICA | Soil Health: The Welfare of Humanity with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica. 7 July 2020. Available online:
Status and Challenges of Global Soil Carbon Sequestration
. Presented online at RECSOIL: Re-carbonization of Global Soils with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Rome, Italy. 17 June 2020. Available online:
(Starts at 34:00)
Realizing Sustainable Development Goals by Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Organic Matter Management.
Presented at Syngenta’s Good Growth Plan with the Syngenta Group and IICA, Uberlândia, Brazil and San José, Costa Rica. 23 September 2020. Available online:
Soil: The Essence of Life on Our Planet.
Presented online at the 30th Annual Online Organics Recycling Conference with the Compost Council of Canada and IICA Canada. 30 September 2020.
Translating Science into Action
, featuring the Honorable VP Al Gore and World Food Prize Foundation President Barbara Stinson. Panelist. Presented online at the 2020 Borlaug Dialogue with the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF), Des Moines, Iowa, USA. 12 October 2020. Available online:
Carbon Farming for Food and Climate Security: Producing More from Less
. Presented online at the Iowa State University Norman Borlaug Lecture with the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) and Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa, USA. 12 October 2020. Available online:
Innovative Agriculture Methods to Cater to a Changing Climate in Africa
. Presented online at the Virtual DAAD climapAfrica Conference (Day Two) with Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) (DAAD), Bonn, Germany. 30 October 2020.
The World Soil Day: Perseverance, Opportunities, and Challenges
. Presented online at The Ohio State University Soil Science Seminar: World Soil Day, Columbus, OH, USA. 4 December 2020. Available online:
Works
Effects of agricultural and tillage practices on isotopic signatures and fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon in headwater streams.
Date published:
Jan 18 2020
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Klaus Lorenz
Rattan Lal
Kelsey, S.A., Grottoli, A.G., Bauer, J.E., Klaus, L., Lal, R., Matsui, Y. and T.M. Huey-Sanders. Effects of agricultural and tillage practices on isotopic signatures and fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon in headwater streams.
Aquat Sci
82,
23 (2020).
Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles
Date published:
Oct 18 2018
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Zhang, HY; Liu, RQ; Ning, TY; Lal, R. 2018. Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles.
Environmental Chemistry Letters
16(3): 1095-1100.
Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands
Date published:
Aug 15 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Araujo, Marla A., Yuri L. Zinn and
Rattan Lal
. 2017.
Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands
Geoderma
300:1-10.
Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan
Date published:
Jun 15 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Nawaz, A., M. Farooq,
R. Lal
, A. Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017.
Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan
Soil and Tillage Research
169:35-43.
Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan
Date published:
Jun 8 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Nawaz, Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq,
Rattan Lal
, Abdul Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017.
Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan
Soil and Tillage Research
169:35-43.
Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems
Date published:
May 30 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Olson, Kenneth R., Mahdi Al-Kaisi,
Rattan Lal
and Lois Wright Morton. 2017.
Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
72(3):64A-69A.
Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (Zea mays L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change
Date published:
May 30 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Maas, E.D.V.L.,
R. Lal
, K. Coleman, A. Montenegro and W.A. Dick. 2017.
Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (
Zea mays
L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
72(3):191-204.
Effects of optimized N fertilization on greenhouse gas emission and crop production in the North China Plain
Date published:
Apr 15 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Tan, Y.C., C. Xu, D.X. Liu, W.L. Wu,
R. Lal
and F.Q. Meng. 2017.
Effects of optimized N fertilization on greenhouse gas emission and crop production in the North China Plain
Field Crops Research
205:135-146.
Influence of sesbania brown manuring and rice residue mulch on soil health, weeds and system productivity of conservation rice-wheat systems
Date published:
Apr 14 2017
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Nawaz, A., M. Farooq,
R. Lal
, A. Rehman, T. Hussain and A. Nadeem. 2017.
Influence of sesbania brown manuring and rice residue mulch on soil health, weeds and system productivity of conservation rice-wheat systems
Land Degradation and Development
28(3):1078-1090.
US Land-grant universities in India: Assessing the consequences of agricultural partnership, 1952-1972
Date published:
Mar 17 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Rattan Lal
Mehta, Simi,
Rattan Lal
and David Hansen. 2017.
US Land-grant universities in India: Assessing the consequences of agricultural partnership, 1952-1972
International Journal of Educational Development
53:58-70.
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