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Plant Science and Agronomy
France
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
21931
World Ranking
559
National Ranking
10

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
73
Citations
21928
World Ranking
1402
National Ranking
47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award

Overview

Bruno Mary is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on aspects of soil science and environmental chemistry within the agricultural and biological sciences.

The main topics of Bruno Mary's work include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

The scientist has contributed to a number of publications, with a focus on long-term soil carbon storage and mineralization processes. Examples of recent papers include:

  • Soil carbon storage and mineralization rates are affected by carbon inputs rather than physical disturbance: Evidence from a 47-year tillage experiment, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Estimating the carbon storage potential and greenhouse gas emissions of French arable cropland using high-resolution modeling, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • The simple AMG model accurately simulates organic carbon storage in soils after repeated application of exogenous organic matter, 2020, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
  • Quantifying and simulating carbon and nitrogen mineralization from diverse exogenous organic matters, 2021, Soil Use and Management
  • Similar specific mineralization rates of organic carbon and nitrogen in incubated soils under contrasted arable cropping systems, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research

Bruno Mary frequently publishes in several scientific venues that include:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
  • Geoderma
  • Soil Use and Management

Their work overlaps with those of several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Fabien Ferchaud
  • Sabine Houot
  • Florent Levavasseur
  • Hugues Clivot
  • Pierre Barré

The core fields of study for Bruno Mary are Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialized focus on soil science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and agronomy and crop science.

Best Publications

  • Stability of organic carbon in deep soil layers controlled by fresh carbon supply

    Sébastien Fontaine;Sébastien Barot;Pierre Barré;Nadia Bdioui

  • An overview of the crop model STICS

    N. Brisson;C. Gary;E. Justes;R. Roche

  • STICS : a generic model for the simulation of crops and their water and nitrogen balances. I. Theory, and parameterization applied to wheat and corn

    Nadine Brisson;Bruno Mary;Dominique Ripoche;Marie Hélène Jeuffroy

  • Determination of a Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve for Winter Wheat Crops

    E. Justes;B. Mary;J.-M. Meynard;J.-M. Machet

  • Fungi mediate long term sequestration of carbon and nitrogen in soil through their priming effect

    S. Fontaine;C. Henault;A. Aamor;N. Bdioui

  • Interactions between decomposition of plant residues and nitrogen cycling in soil

    B. Mary;S. Recous;D. Darwis;D. Robin

  • Simulation of C and N mineralisation during crop residue decomposition: A simple dynamic model based on the C:N ratio of the residues

    B. Nicolardot;S. Recous;B. Mary

  • Soil inorganic N availability: Effect on maize residue decomposition

    S. Recous;D. Robin;D. Darwis;B. Mary

  • Nitrous oxide production by nitrification and denitrification in soil aggregates as affected by O2 concentration

    K Khalil;B Mary;P Renault

  • Conceptual basis, formalisations and parameterization of the STICS crop model

    Nadine Brisson;Marie Launay;Bruno Mary

  • STICS: a generic model for simulating crops and their water and nitrogen balances. II. Model validation for wheat and maize

    Nadine Brisson;Françoise Ruget;Philippe Gate;Josiane Lorgeou

  • Effects of catch crops, no till and reduced nitrogen fertilization on nitrogen leaching and balance in three long-term experiments

    J. Constantin;B. Mary;F. Laurent;G. Aubrion

  • Microbial immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in cultivated soils

    Sylvie Recous;B. Mary;Genevieve Faurie

  • Nitrate leaching in intensive agriculture in Northern France: Effect of farming practices, soils and crop rotations

    N. Beaudoin;J.K. Saad;C. Van Laethem;J.M. Machet

  • Modelling temperature and moisture effects on C-N transformations in soils: comparison of nine models

    Alfredo Rodrigo;Sylvie Recous;Catherine Neel;Bruno Mary

  • A model for calculating nitrogen fluxes in soil using 15N tracing

    B. Mary;S. Recous;D. Robin

  • Biofuels, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

    Cécile Bessou;Fabien Ferchaud;Benoît Gabrielle;Bruno Mary

  • Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in acidic, limed and calcareous agricultural soils : Apparent and actual effects

    Isabelle Bertrand;Olivier Delfosse;Bruno Mary

  • Soil pH has contrasting effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralizations in adjacent forest and grassland soils in central Alberta, Canada

    Yi Cheng;Yi Cheng;Jing Wang;Bruno Mary;Jin-bo Zhang

  • Calculation of nitrogen mineralization and leaching in fallow soil using a simple dynamic model

    B. Mary;N. Beaudoin;E. Justes;J. M. Machet

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Justes
Eric Justes Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Sylvie Recous
Sylvie Recous INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Guy Richard
Guy Richard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Nadine Brisson
Nadine Brisson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sabine Houot
Sabine Houot University of Paris-Saclay
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marco Bindi
Marco Bindi University of Florence
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen

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