Mario's training includes a B.Sc. (Hon.) in Botany/Physical Geography from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc. in Soil Science from the University of Guelph, a Ph.D. in Plant Sciences from the University of Western Ontario and Post-Doctoral work in Nematology at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Tenuta joined the Department in September 2002.
As of April 2006 through to April 2011, Dr. Tenuta is awarded the position as Canada Research Chair in Applied Soil Ecology.
Soil Ecology Laboratory Mission Statement:
Provide an environment of scholarly achievement and training towards the better appreciation and application of the crucial role soil organisms have in sustaining life.
Current Research Interests of the Soil Ecology Laboratory:
Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from Agriculture:
- Limiting spring-thaw emissions of nitrous oxide
- Optimization of manure application to reduce GHG emissions
- Dynamics of nitrous oxide emissions in Prairie Pothole Landscapes
- Tillage and manure interaction on greenhouse gas emissions
- Use of double-inhibited banded urea to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from soil
- Climate Change Feedbacks on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Nutrient Cycling in the Subarctic Environment of Churchill Manitoba
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal (AMF) Ecology:
- AMF activity and diversity in organic and conventional cropping systems
- Role of AMF in metal uptake of grain and oilseed crops
Nematology:
- Role of Pratylenchus species in the Early Dying Complex of Potatoes in Western Canada
- Liquid hog manure as an alternative means of controlling plant parasitic nematodes
- Formulated lime-stablized sewage sludge to control plant parasitic nematodes
- Development of bio-indicators of improved soil health
- Limiting the Survival of Human Pathogens From Manure in the Environment
Teaching Responsibilities:
SOIL 4120 - Soil Microbiology
SOIL 7200 - Advanced Soil Microbiology
SOIL 7220 - Principles of Scientific Research
Available Graduate Positions in the Soil Ecology Laboratory
Extra-University Collaborators and Mentors
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Facilities in the Soil Ecology Laboratory
Sponsors to the Soil Ecology Laboratory
List of Dr. Tenuta's Scientific Publications
Publications:
2011
Gao, X., Tenuta, M., Flaten, D.N., and Grant, C.A. 2011. Cadmium concentration in flax colonized by mycorrhizal fungi depends on soil phosphorus and cadmium concentrations. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (accepted February 2011).
Gao, X, Flaten, N., Tenuta, M., Grimmett, M.G., Gawalko, E.J., and Grant, C.A. 2011. Soil solution dynamics and plant uptake of cadmium and zinc by durum wheat following phosphate fertilizerion. Plant and Soil 338:423-434.
Kirk, A.P., Entz, M.H., Fox, S.L., and Tenuta, M. 2011. Mycorrhizal colonization, P uptake and yield of older and modern wheats under organic management. Canadian Journal of Plant Sciences (accepted January 2011).
Moulin, A.P., Tenuta, M., Lobb, D.A., Dunmola, A.S., and Yapa, P. 2011. Probability distribution functions for short-term daily nitrous oxide fluxes in a prairie pothole agricultural landscape in western Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science (accepted January 2011).
Tenuta, M. , and Sparling, B.2010. Soil conditions contributing to the burst of nitrous oxide from thawing soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science (accepted January 2011).
2010
Dunmola, A. , Tenuta, M., Moulin, A., Prinantha, Y., and Lobb, D. 2010 Pattern of greenhouse gas emission from a Prairie Pothole agricultural landscape in Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 90:243-256.
Gao, X., Akhter, F. , Tenuta, M., Flaten, D., Gawalko, E., and Grant, C. 2010. Mycorrhizal colonization and grain Cd concentration of field grown durum wheat in response to tillage, preceding crop and phosphorus fertilization. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 90:750-758.
Glenn, A.J. , Amiro, B.D., Tenuta, M., Stewart, S.E., and Wagner-Riddle, C. 2010. Carbon dioxide exchange in a northern prairie cropping system over three years. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150:908-918.
Mahran, A. , Tenuta, M., Shinners-Carenelly, T., Mundo-Ocampo, M., and Daayf, F. 2010. Prevalence and species identification of Pratylenchus spp. in Manitoba potato fields and host suitability of cv. Russet Burbank. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 32:272-282.
Tenuta, M., Mkhabela, M., Tremorin, D., Coppi, L., Phipps, G., Flaten, D., and Ominski, K. 2010. Nitrous Oxide and Methane Emission from a Coarse-texture Grassland Soil Receiving Hog Slurry. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 138:35-43.
Wilson, C., Undi, M., Tenuta, M., Tremorin, D., Coppi, L., Flaten, D.N., Wittenberg, K., and Ominski, K. 2010. Pasture productivity, animal productivity and metabolic status following fertilization of a grassland with liquid hog manure: a three year study. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 90:233-243.
2009
Mahran, A. , Tenuta, M., Lumactud, R.A., and Daayf, F. 2009. Liquid hog manure and its acidification impacts on Pratylenchus penetrans and free living soil nematodes. Applied Soil Ecology 43:75-82.
Mahran, A. , Conn, K.L., Tenuta, M., Lazarovits, G., and Daayf, F. 2009. Effectiveness of Liquid Hog Manure and Acidification to Kill Pratylenchus spp. in Soil. Journal of Nematology 40:266-275.
Raddatz, R.L., Papakyriakou, T., Swystun, K., and Tenuta, M. 2009. Evapotranspiration from a wetland tundra sedge fen: surface resistance of peat for land-surface schemes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149:851-861.
Welsh, C.M. , Tenuta, M., Flaten, D., Thiessen Martens, J., and Entz, M. 2009. High yielding organic crop management decreases plant available but not total soil phosphorus. Agronomy Journal 101:1027-1035.
2008
Holley, R., Walkty, J., Blank, B., Tenuta, M., Ominski, K., Krause, K., and Ng, L.K. Examination of Salmonella and Escherichia coli translocation from hog manure to forage, soil and cattle grazed on the hog manure-treated pasture. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:2083-2092.
Mahran, A. , Conn, K.L., Tenuta, M., Lazarovits, G., and Daayf, F. 2008. Effectiveness of Liquid Hog Manure and Acidification to Kill Pratylenchus spp. in Soil. Journal of Nematology 40:266-275.
Mahran, A. , Tenuta, M., Hanson, M., and Daayf, F. 2008. Mortality of Pratylenchus penetrans by volatile fatty acids from liquid hog manure. Journal of Nematology 40:119-126.
Uppal, A.K., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., Tenuta, M., and Daayf, F. 2008. Biological control of potato Verticillium wilt under controlled and field conditions using selected bacterial antagonists and plant extracts. Biological Control 44:90-100.
Zasada, I.A., and Tenuta, M. 2008. Alteration of soil environment to maximize Meloidogyne incognita suppression using an alkaline-stabilized biosolid amendment. Applied Soil Ecology 40:309-317.
2007
Uppal AK , El Hadrami, A , Adam, L.R, Tenuta, M., and Daayf, F. 2007. Pathogenic variability of Verticillium dahliae Kleb. isolates from potato fields in Manitoba and screening of bacteria for their biocontrol. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 29:141-152.
Zhang, Q., Zhou, X.J., Cicek, N., and Tenuta, M. 2007. Measurement of odour and greenhouse gas emissions in two swine farrowing operations. Canadian Biosystems Engineering 49:6.13 - 6.20.
2006
Arrus, K.M., Holley, R.A., Ominski, K.H., Tenuta, M., and Blank, G. 2006. Influence of temperature on Salmonella survival in hog manure slurry and seasonal temperature profiles in farm manure storage reservoirs. Livestock Science 102:226-236.
Holley, R.A., Arrus, K. M., Ominski, K.H., Tenuta, M., and Blank, G. 2006. Salmonella survival in manure-treated soils during simulated seasonal temperature expposure. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:1170-1180.
2005
Conn, K.L., M. Tenuta, and G. Lazarovits. 2005. Liquid Swine Manure can Kill Verticillium dahliae Microsclerotia in Soil by Volatile Fatty Acid, Nitrous Acid, and/or Ammonia Toxicity. Phytopathology 95:28-35.
Lazarovits, G., Conn, K.L., Abbasi, P. A., and Tenuta, M. 2005. Understanding the mode of action of organic soil amendments provides the way for improved management of soilborne plant pathogens. Acta Horticulturae, 698:215-225.
Meyer, S.F.L., I.A. Zasada, M. Tenuta, and D. P. Roberts. 2005. Application of a biosolid soil amendment, calcium hydroxide, and Streptomyces sp. for management of root-knot nematode on cantaloupe. Hortechnology 15:635-641.
2004
Tenuta, M. , and H. Ferris. 2004. Sensitivity of Nematode Life-History Groups to Ions and Osmotic Tensions of Nitrogenous Solutions. Journal of Nematology 36:85-94.
Tenuta, M., and G. Lazarovits. 2004. Soil properties associated with the variable effectiveness of meat and bone meal to kill microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae. Appl. Soil Ecol. 25:219-236.
Zasada, I.A., and M. Tenuta. 2004. Chemical-mediated toxicity of N-Viro Soil to Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita. Journal of Nematology 36:297-302.
2003
Berkelmans, R., H. Ferris, M. Tenuta, and A.H.C. van Bruggen, A.H.C. 2003. Effects of long-term crop management on nematode trophic levels other than plant feeders disappear after 1 year of disruptive soil management. Applied Soil Ecology 23:223-235.
Tenuta, M., and E.G. Beauchamp. 2003. Nitrous oxide production from nitrogen fertilizers in soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 83:521-532.
2002
Tenuta, M., K.C. Conn, and G. Lazarovits. 2002. Volatile Fatty Acids in Liquid Swine Manure Can Kill Microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae. Phytopathology 92:548-552.
Tenuta, M., and G. Lazarovits. 2002. Identification of specific soil properties that affect the accumulation and toxicity of ammonia to Verticillium dahliae. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 24:219-229.
Tenuta, M., and G. Lazarovits. 2002. Ammonia and nitrous acid from nitrogenous amendments kill the microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae. Phytopathology 92:255-264.
Contact Information:
Dr. Mario Tenuta
Canada Research Chair in Applied Soil Ecology
Department of Soil Science
University of Manitoba
309 Ellis Building
13 Freedman Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Phone: (+001) (204) 474-7827
Fax: (+001) (204) 474-7642
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~tenutam
Email: Mario.Tenuta@ad.umanitoba.ca