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Polidoro, B.A., R.M. Dahlquist, L.E.
Castillo, M.J Morra, E. Somarriba, and N.A Bosque-Perez. 2008. Pesticide
application practices, pest knowledge, and cost-benefits of plantain production
in the Bribri-Cabécar Indigenous Territories, Costa Rica. Environ. Res. (in
press).Hansson, D., M.J. Morra, V. Borek,
A.J. Snyder, J.L. Johnson-Maynard, and D.C. Thill. 2008. Ionic thiocyanate (SCN-)
production, fate, and phytotoxicity in soil amended with Brassicaceae seed
meals. J. Agric. Food Chem. (Web Release Date:
29-Apr-2008; (Article) DOI:
10.1021/jf800104x).
Brown, B.D., B. Geary, M.J. Morra, and R.C.
Gibson. 2008. Biofumigant biomass, nutrient content, and glucosinolate response
to phosphorus. J. Plant Nutrition 31:743-757.
Rice, A.R., J.L. Johnson-Maynard, D.C.
Thill, and M.J. Morra. 2007. Vegetable crop emergence and weed control following
amendment with different Brassicaceae seed meals. Renew. Agric. Food Sys.
22:204–212.
Toevs, G., M.J. Morra, M.L. Polizzotto, D.G. Strawn, B.C. Bostick, and S. Fendorf. 2006. Metal(loid) diagenesis in mine-impacted sediments of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:2537-2543.
Borek, V. and M.J. Morra. 2005. Ionic thiocyanate (SCN-) production from 4-hydroxybenzyl glucosinolate contained in
Sinapis alba seed meal. J. Agric. Food Chem. 47:3837-3842.
Morra, M.J. 2004. Controlling soil-borne plant pests using glucosinolate-containing tissues. Agroindustria 3:251-255.
Smolinska, U., M.J. Morra, G.R. Knudsen, and R.L. James. 2003. Isothiocyanates produced by Brassicaceae species as inhibitors of Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Dis. 87:407-412.
Morra, M.J., and J.A. Kirkegaard. 2002. Isothiocyanate release from soil-incorporated
Brassica tissues. Soil Biol. Biochem. 34:1683-1690.
Umiker, K.J., M.J. Morra, and I.F. Cheng. 2002. Aqueous sulfur species determination using differential pulse polarography. Microchem. J. 73:287-297.
Tokala, R.K, J.L. Strap, C.M. Jung, D.L. Crawford, M.H. Salove, L.E. Deobald, J.F. Bailey, and M.J. Morra. 2002. Novel plant-microbe rhizosphere interaction involving
Streptomyces lydicus WYEC108 and the pea plant (Pisum sativum). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2161-2171.
Kariuki, S., M.J. Morra, K.J. Umiker, and I.F. Cheng. 2001. Analysis of ionic polysulfides by differential pulse polarography. Anal. Chim. Acta 442:277-285.
Joo, J.H., C.V. Eberlein, M.J. Morra, and M.J. Guttieri. 2001. Imazamethabenz persistence in a wheat (Triticum aestivum)-potato (Solanum tuberosum) rotation. Weed Technol. 15:208-215.
Blessing, T.C., B.W. Wielinga, M.J. Morra, and S. Fendorf. 2001. Co(III) EDTA-reduction by
Desulfovibrio vulgaris and propagation of reactions involving dissolved sulfide and polysulfides. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35:1599-1603.
Morra, M.J., V. Borek, and J. Koolpe. 2000. Transformation of chlorinated hydrocarbons using aquocobalamin or coenzyme F430 in combination with zero-valent iron. J. Environ. Qual.29:706-715.
Gardiner, J.B., M.J. Morra, C.V. Eberlein, P.D. Brown, and V. Borek. 1999. Allelochemicals released in soil following incorporation of rapeseed (Brassica napus) green manures. J. Agric. Food Chem. 47:3837-3842.
Eberlein, C.V., M.J. Morra, M.J. Guttieri, P.D. Brown, and J. Brown. 1998. Glucosinolate production in five field-grown
Brassica napus cultivars used as green manures. Weed Technol. 12:712-718.
Borek, V., L.R. Elberson, J.P. McCaffrey, and M.J. Morra. 1998. Toxicity of isothiocyanates produced by glucosinolates in Brassicaceae species to black vine weevil eggs. J. Agric. Food Chem. 46:5318-5323.
Kliewer, K.E., and M.J. Morra. 1998. Sorption and redox activity of cobalt corrinoids on hectorite. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:916-922.
Borek, V., and M.J. Morra. 1998. Cyclic voltammetry of aquocobalamin on clay-modified electrodes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32:2149-2153.
Morra, M.J., M.H. Chaverra, L.-M. Dandurand, and C.S. Orser. 1998. Survival of
Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79RN10 in clay powders undergoing drying. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:663-670.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1997. Control of soil-borne plant pests using glucosinolate-containing plants. Adv. Agron. 61:167-231.
Smolinska, U., M.J. Morra, G.R. Knudsen, and P.D. Brown. 1997. Toxicity of glucosinolate degradation products from
Brassica napus seed meal towards Aphanomyces euteiches f. sp. pisi. Phytopathology 87:77-82.
Borek, V., L.R. Elberson, J.P. McCaffrey, and M.J. Morra. 1997. Toxicity of rapeseed meal and methyl isothiocyanate to larvae of the black vine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 90:109-112.
Fendorf, S.E., G. Li, M.J. Morra, and L.-M. Dandurand. 1997. Imaging a Pseudomonad in mineral suspensions with scanning force and electron microscopy. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:109-115.
Morra, M.J., S.E. Fendorf, and P.D. Brown. 1997. Speciation of sulfur in humic and fulvic acids using X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61:683-688.
Smolinska, U., G.R. Knudsen, M.J. Morra, and V. Borek. 1997. Inhibition of Aphanomyces euteiches f. sp. pisi by volatile allelochemicals from Brassica napus seed meal. Plant Dis. 81:288-292.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1996. Hydrolysis products of glucosinolates in Brassica napus tissues as inhibitors of seed germination. Plant Soil 181:307-316.
Elberson, L.R., V. Borek, J.P. McCaffrey, and M.J. Morra. 1996. Toxicity of rapeseed meal-amended soil to wireworms (Coleoptera:Elateridae). J. Agric. Entomol. 13:323-330.
Borek, V., M.J. Morra, and J.P. McCaffrey. 1996. Myrosinase activity in soil extracts. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60:1792-1797.
Lewis, T.A., M.J. Morra, and P.D. Brown. 1996. Comparative product analysis of carbon tetrachloride dehalogenation catalyzed by cobalt corrins in the presence of thiol or titanium(III) reducing agents. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30:292-300.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1995. Glucosinolate-containing plant tissues as bioherbicides. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43:3070-3074.
Borek, V., L. R. Elberson, J.P. McCaffrey, and M.J. Morra. 1995. Toxicity of aliphatic and aromatic isothiocyanates to eggs of the black vine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 88:1192-1196.
McCaffrey, J.P., L. Williams, III, V. Borek, P.D. Brown, and M.J. Morra. 1995. Toxicity of ionic thiocyanate-amended soil to the wireworm,
Limonius californicus. J. Econ. Entomol. 88:793-797.
Borek, V., M.J. Morra, P.D. Brown, and J.P. McCaffrey. 1995. Transformation of the glucosinolate-derived allelochemicals allyl isothiocyanate and allyl nitrile in soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43:1935-1940.
Lewis, T.A., M.J. Morra, J. Habdas, L. Czuchajowski, and P.D. Brown. 1995. Reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride mediated by cationic water-soluble metalloporphyrins. J. Environ. Qual. 24:56-61.
Brown, P.D., M.J. Morra, and V. Borek. 1994. Gas chromatography of allelochemicals produced during glucosinolate degradation in soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42:2029-2034.
Dandurand, L.-M., M.J. Morra, M.H. Chaverra, and C.S. Orser. 1994. Survival of
Pseudomonas spp. in air-dried mineral powders. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26:1423-1430.
Zhong, T., and M.J. Morra. 1994. Thiosulfate production in cysteine-amended soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:829-835.
Borek, V., M.J. Morra, P.D. Brown, and J.P. McCaffrey. 1994. Allelochemicals produced during sinigrin decomposition in soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42:1030-1034.
Morra, M.J. 1994. Assessing the impact of transgenic plant products on soil organisms. Molec. Ecol. 3:53-55.
Czuchajowski, L., A. Palka, M. Morra, and V. Wandrekar. 1993. Porphyrinyl-nucleosides containing fluorinated nucleobases. Tetrahedron Lett. 34:5409-5412.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1993. Fate of ionic thiocyanate (SCN-) in soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41:978-982.
Williams, L., III, M.J. Morra, P.D. Brown, and J.P. McCaffrey. 1993. Toxicity of allyl isothiocyanate-amended soil to
Limonius californicus (Mann.) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) wireworms. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:1033-1046.
Puchalski, M.M., M.J. Morra, and R. von Wandruszka. 1993. Response to comments on "Fluorescence quenching of synthetic organic compounds by humic materials". Environ. Sci. Technol. 27:1235-1236.
von Wandruszka, R., Y. Xiang, and M.J. Morra. 1993. Determination of sulfur species by cathodic square wave voltammetry; compounds relevant to natural sulfur mineralization. Talanta 40:37-42.
Czuchajowski, L., M. Morra, E. Kubaszewski, and T. Malinski. 1992. 5,7,12,14-Tetramethyldimethoxybenzo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclodecine, a new tumoricidal pseudoporphyrin. J. Heterocyclic Chem. 29:1417-1422.
Puchalski, M.M., M.J. Morra, and R. von Wandruszka. 1992. Fluorescence quenching of synthetic organic compounds by humic materials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26:1787-1792.
Morra, M.J., M.H. Hall, and L.L. Freeborn. 1991. Carbon and nitrogen analysis of soil fractions using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:288-291.
Morra, M.J., and W.A. Dick. 1991. Mechanisms of H2S production from cysteine and cystine by microorganisms enriched from soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:1413-1417.
Morra, M.J., R.R. Blank, L.L. Freeborn, and B. Shaffi. 1991. Size fractionation of soil organo-mineral complexes using ultrasonic dispersion. Soil Sci. 152:294-303.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1991. Ion chromatographic determination of SCN- in soils. J. Agric. Food Chem. 39:1226-1228.
Puchalski, M.M., M.J. Morra, and R. von Wandruszka. 1991. Assessment of corrections for the inner filter effect in fluorimetry. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 340:341-344.
Brown, P.D., M.J. Morra, J.P. McCaffrey, D.L. Auld, and L. Williams, III. 1991. Allelochemicals produced during glucosinolate degradation in soil. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:2021-2034.
Morra, M.J. and L.L. Freeborn. 1990. Increasing deamination reactions in soil with pyridoxal-5'-phosphate. Soil Biol. Biochem. 22:361-366.
von Wandruszka, R., W.D. Edwards, M.M. Puchalski, and M.J. Morra. 1990. Fluorescence characteristics of difenzoquat. Spectrochim. Acta 46A:1313-1318.
Morra, M.J., M.O. Corapcioglu, R.M.A. von Wandruszka, D.B. Marshall, and K. Topper. 1990. Fluorescence quenching and polarization studies of naphthalene and 1-naphthol interaction with humic acid. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54:1283-1289.
Morra, M.J. and W.A. Dick. 1989. Hydrogen sulfide production from cysteine (cystine) in soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 53:440-444.
Morra, M.J., D.B. Marshall, and C.M. Lee. 1989. FT-IR analysis of humic acid in water using cylindrical internal reflectance. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 20:851-867.
Morra, M.J. and L.L. Freeborn. 1989. Catalysis of amino acid deamination in soils by pyridoxal-5'-phosphate. Soil Biol. Biochem. 21:645-650.
Morra, M.J. and W.A. Dick. 1988. Atmospheric sulfur deposition to agricultural land in northeastern Ohio. J. Environ. Qual. 17:323-329.
Morra, M.J. and W.A. Dick. 1985. Production of thiocysteine (sulfide) in cysteine-amended soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 49:882-886.
Book Chapters
Morra, M.J. 2004. Agricultural Chemistry. p. 21-26. In Chemistry: Foundations and Applications. Macmillan Reference USA.
Morra, M.J. 2002. Assessment of extracellular enzymatic activity in soil. pp. 597-603. In C.J. Hurst, R.L. Crawford, G.R. Knudsen, M.J. McInerney, and L.D. Stetzenbach, (ed.) Manual of environmental microbiology, 2nd ed. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.
Brown, P.D., and M.J. Morra. 1999. Glucosinolate-derived allelochemicals in the soil environment. p. 65-89. In S.S. Narwal (ed.) Allelophathy update, vol. 2. Basic and applied aspects. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH.
Morra, M.J. 1997. Assessment of extracellular enzymatic activity in soil. p. 459-465. In C.J. Hurst, G.R. Knudsen, M.J. McInerney, L.D. Stetzenbach, and M.V. Walter (ed.) Manual of environmental microbiology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.
Morra, M.J. 1996. Bioremediation in soil: influence of soil properties on organic contaminants and bacteria. p. 35-60. In R.L. Crawford and D.L. Crawford (ed.) Bioremediation: principles and applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
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