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Plant Science and Agronomy

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225
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Soil Science Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1990 - Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1985 - Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1982 - Bouyoucos Soil Science Distinguished Career Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1973 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1969 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1969 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1967 - Soil Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

J. M. Bremner was affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States during their academic career. Their work focused primarily within soil science and agronomy, supported by several distinctions awarded over multiple decades.

Throughout their career, Bremner received numerous honors from the American Society of Agronomy, including the Soil Science Distinguished Service Award (1993), Environmental Quality Research Award (1990), Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award (1985), Bouyoucos Soil Science Distinguished Career Award (1982), and the Soil Science Research Award (1967).

Additional recognitions included election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1984, designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1973, Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 1969, Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 1969, and Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1968.

Bremner's distinctions reflect engagement with soil science, agronomic research, and environmental quality within their field of study.

Best Publications

  • Use of p-nitrophenyl phosphate for assay of soil phosphatase activity

    M.A. Tabatabai;J.M. Bremner

  • A rapid and precise method for routine determination of organic carbon in soil

    J. C. Yeomans;J. M. Bremner

  • Inorganic Forms of Nitrogen

    J. M. Bremner

  • Determination of nitrogen in soil by the Kjeldahl method

    J. M. Bremner

  • Steam distillation methods for determination of ammonium, nitrate and nitrite

    J.M. Bremner;D.R. Keeney

  • Nitrogen—Total 1

    Unknown

  • Assay of urease activity in soils

    M.A. Tabatabai;J.M. Bremner

  • Relationships between the denitrification capacities of soils and total, water-soluble and readily decomposable soil organic matter

    J.R. Burford;J.M. Bremner

  • Ammonium Production in Soil under Waterlogged Conditions as an Index of Nitrogen Availability

    S. A. Waring;S. A. Waring;J. M. Bremner

  • MICROAGGREGATES IN SOILS1

    A. P. Edwards;J. M. Bremner

  • Use of Tracers For Soil And Fertilizer Nitrogen Research

    R.D. Hauck;J.M. Bremner

  • Determination and Isotope-Ratio Analysis of Different Forms of Nitrogen in Soils: 3. Exchangeable Ammonium, Nitrate, and Nitrite by Extraction-Distillation Methods1

    Unknown

  • Arylsulfatase Activity of Soils1

    Unknown

  • Total Nitrogen 1

    Unknown

  • Sources of nitrous oxide in soils

    John M. Bremner

  • Nitrous oxide: emission from soils during nitrification of fertilizer nitrogen.

    J. M. Bremner;A. M. Blackmer

  • Inhibitory effect of nitrate on reduction of N2O to N2 by soil microorganisms

    A.M. Blackmer;J.M. Bremner

  • DETERMINATION AND ISOTOPE-RATIO ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF NITROGEN IN SOILS. 5. FIXED AMMONIUM.

    J. A. Silva;J. M. Bremner

  • Nitrogen Availability Indexes

    J. M. Bremner

  • Comparison and Evaluation of Laboratory Methods of Obtaining an Index of Soil Nitrogen Availability1

    Unknown

  • Denitrification in soil. II. Factors affecting denitrification

    J. M. Bremner;K. Shaw

  • Extraction and colorimetric determination of urea in soils.

    L. A. Douglas;J. M. Bremner

  • Comparison of methods of assaying urease activity in soils

    M.I. Zantua;J.M. Bremner

  • A simple titrimetric method for determination of inorganic carbon in soils

    L. G. Bundy;J. M. Bremner

  • Inhibition of Nitrification in Soils

    L. G. Bundy;J. M. Bremner

  • Determination and isotope-ratio analysis of different forms of nitrogen in soils

    J. M. Bremner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory W. McCarty
Gregory W. McCarty Agricultural Research Service
M. A. Tabatabai
M. A. Tabatabai Iowa State University
D. S. Jenkinson
D. S. Jenkinson Rothamsted Research

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