B.C. Ball

Scotland's Rural College — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

53h-index10.0kcitations163works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(89), Soil and Unsaturated Flow(37), Soil Management and Crop Yield(36), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(35), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping(20)

Publications162 total

Effect of Mechanical Alleviation of Soil Compaction on Grassland Yields, Soil Structure and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Progress in soil science·2025· 1 cited
Advances in visual soil evaluation techniques
2021· 2 cited
Advances in visual soil evaluation techniques
Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science·2021· 2 cited
Use of a nitrification inhibitor reduces nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from compacted grassland with different soil textures and climatic conditions
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2021· 30 cited
Advances in visual techniques to assess soil structure
2021
Erratum to “WITHDRAWN: The sensitivity of soil organic carbon pools to land management varies depending on former tillage practices” [Soil Tillage Res. 189 (2019) 236–242]
Soil and Tillage Research·2019
The sensitivity of soil organic carbon pools to land management varies depending on former tillage practices
Soil and Tillage Research·2019· 25 cited
Soil compaction effects on grassland silage yields and soil structure under different levels of compaction over three years
European Journal of Agronomy·2019· 68 cited
WITHDRAWN: The sensitivity of soil organic carbon pools to land management varies depending on former tillage practices
Soil and Tillage Research·2019· 20 cited
Influence of Tillage Practices, Organic Manures and Extrinsic Factors on β-Glucosidase Activity: The Final Step of Cellulose Hydrolysis
Soil Systems·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
VISUAL EVALUATION OF SOIL STRUCTURE (VESS) FOR EASY AND RAPID ASSESSMENT OF SOIL STRUCTURAL QUALITY IN THE LANDSCAPE
2018Open Access
A framework of connections between soil and people can help improve sustainability of the food system and soil functions
AMBIO·2017· 51 citedOpen Access
Reduced Cultivation and Direct Drilling for Cereals in Great Britain
2017· 14 cited
Slumping in the rain - winter soil structure across Scotland and its physical degradation from extreme weather
EGUGA·2017
Visual soil evaluation - future research requirements
EGUGA·2017
Opportunities and future directions for visual soil evaluation methods in soil structure research
Soil and Tillage Research·2017· 63 cited
The merits of the Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure method (VESS) for assessing soil physical quality in the remote, undeveloped regions of the Amazon basin
Soil and Tillage Research·2016· 42 cited
A review of visual soil evaluation techniques for soil structure
Soil Use and Management·2016· 70 cited
Visual soil evaluation: A summary of some applications and potential developments for agriculture
Soil and Tillage Research·2016· 114 cited
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions using a nitrification inhibitor, alternative pasture and forage plants and gibberellic acid
Lincoln University Research Archive (Lincoln University)·2016
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert M. Rees(8), Ute Skiba(7), Keith A. Smith(6), Rachel Muylaert Locks Guimarães(5), I. P. McTaggart(4), Albert Scott(3), John Parker(3), K. E. Dobbie(3), Jannette MacDonald(3), Christine Watson(3), Lars Juhl Munkholm(3), Lothar Mueller(3), Uwe Schindler(3), T. Graham Shepherd(3), Cássio Antônio Tormena(3), Stephanie Jones(3), Jean Roger‐Estrade(2), Bishal K. Sitaula(2), Sissel Hansen(2), R. Brumme(2)