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DR.
DON FLATEN
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Dr. Flaten's
training includes a Ph.D. with specialization in Soil Chemistry
and Fertility.
General
Interests:
Effects
of management practices on supplies of N, P, K, S and micronutrients
supplied from soil reserves, various forms and types of fertilizers,
livestock manures, industrial byproducts and municipal waste
and their impact on crop yield, crop quality, agricultural
sustainability and environmental quality.
Current
Projects:
- effects
of S nutrition on wheat quality
- effects
of pulse crop rotations on wheat quality
- effects
of timing, landscape position and nitrification inhibitors
on efficiency of fall banded N
- effects
of sample preparation and extraction on extractability of
soil test S
- optimizing
canola production systems: interactions between fertility,
crop protection and genetics
- agronomic
efficiency of homogeneous NPS fertilizer
- impacts
of livestock management practices on nutrient loading in
soil and transport to water
- risk
of P transfer from agricultural land to surface water
Teaching
Responsibilities:
SOIL 0630 - Soil Fertility
SOIL 4520
- Soil Fertility
SOIL 7140
- Soil Nitrogen
SOIL 7220
- Principles of Scientific Research
Contact
Information:
Dr.
Don Flaten
University
of Manitoba
362 Ellis Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone:
(204) 474-6257
Email:
don_flaten@umanitoba.ca
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