Faculty Directory
Dr.
M. Susan Erich
Research Area:
Soil Chemistry
E-mail:
erich@maine.edu
Phone:
207-581-2997
Office:
418 Deering Hall
Go To Research Website
Bio: Dr. Erich received her
B.S. degree in Chemistry from Bethany College in 1976. She received
a M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1984) in Soil Science from Cornell
University. She joined the faculty in 1987. She is currently a
Professor of Soil Chemistry.
Current Research:
My research relates to the effects of soil amendments
on soil chemical and physical properties. Specifically I have
investigated the effects of naturally derived organic ligands on the
solubility of phosphorus in soils, as well as environmentally and
agronomically appropriate soil testing for phosphorus. I have also
studied the production of phenolics with allelopathic potential in
soils amended with plant residues and compost. I also serve as
Director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
Analytical Laboratory and Soil Testing Service.
Recent Publications
Ohno, T., B.R. Hoskins, and M.S.
Erich. 2007. Soil organic matter effects on plant available
and water soluble phosphorus. Bio. Fertil. Soils
43:683-690. (pdf)
Dail, Heidi, W.,
Zhongqi He, M.Susan Erich, and C. Wayne Honeycutt. 2007. Effect of drying
on phosphorus distribution in poultry manure. Commun. Soil Sci.
Plant Anal.
38:1879-1895.
Schultz, Hillary S., Reeser Manley, William Halteman, M. Susan
Erich, Christa R. Schwintzer, and Constance Stubbs. 2007. The effects of
kaolin particle film on the Viburnum leaf beetle during container
production of Viburnum dentatum under different levels of
applied nitrogen. J. Environ. Hort. 25: 4-8.
(pdf)
He, Z., T. Ohno, B.J. Cade-Menun,
M.S. Erich, and C.W. Honeycutt. 2006. Spectral and chemical
characterization of phosphates associated with humic substances.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1741-1751.
Rice R.W. and M. Susan Erich. 2006.
Estimated VOC losses during the drying of six eastern hardwood
species. Forest Products J. 56:48-51. (pdf available)
Piper, A., M.S. Erich, G.A. Porter and T.S. Griffin. 2006. Root
growth effects on soluble C and P in manured and non-manured soils.
Plant Soil 283:359-372.
(pdf)
Merrit, Karen A. and M. Susan
Erich. 2003. Influence of organic matter decomposition on soluble
carbon and its copper-binding capacity. J. Environ. Qual.
32:2122-2131.
Grandy, A.S., G.A. Porter, and M.S.
Erich. 2002. Organic amendment and rotation crop effects on the
recovery of soil organic matter and aggregation in potato cropping
systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:1311-1319.
Erich, M.S., C.B. Fitzgerald, and G.A. Porter. 2002. The effect of
organic amendments on phosphorus chemistry in a potato cropping
system. Agric. Ecosystems. Environ. 88:79-88.
Conklin, A.E., M.S. Erich, M.
Liebman, D. Lambert, E.R. Gallandt, and W.A. Halteman. 2002. Effects of
red clover (Trifolium pratense) green manure and compost soil
amendments on wild mustard (Brassica kaber) growth and incidence of
disease. Plant Soil 238:245-256.
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