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Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Stedden CG, Silva EM, Ryan MR, Mallory EB, Darby H, Dawson JC, Hartman A, Sorrells ME. 202X. Organic Small Grain Production in the Upper Midwest and Northeast: Challenges and Lessons Learned. Agronomy Journal. Submitted.
  2. Brockmueller, B., N. Tautges, L. Vereecke and E.M. Silva. 202X. Reducing Tillage in Organic Soybeans by Spring Seeding a Winter Rye Living Mulch. Submitted to Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
  3. Richardson, G., M. Ruark, T. Radatz, A. Radatz, E. Cooley, E. Silva, J. Zhu, and C. Zegler. 202X. The influence of inherent soil factors and agricultural management on soil organic matter. Submitted to Ecosphere.
  4. Keller-Pearson M, Bortolazzo A, Willems L, Smith B, Peterson A, Ané J-M, and M. Silva EM. 2023. A Dual Transcriptomic Approach Reveals Contrasting Patterns of Differential Gene Expression During Drought in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus and Carrot. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 36(12):821-832.
  5. Aguirre-Villegas, H.A., R.A. Larson, N. Rakobitsch, M.A.Wattiaux, and E.M. Silva. 2022. Farm level environmental assessment of organic dairy systems in the U.S. Journal of Cleaner Production. 363: 132390
  6. Wu, K., E.M. Silva, and A. Gevens. 2022. Exploring grower strategies and needs for enhancing organic disease management of tomato late blight. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Firstview.
  7. Potter, T., L. Vereecke, R.A. Lankau, G.R. Sanford, E.M. Silva, and M.D. Ruark. 2022. Long-term management drives divergence in soil microbial biomass, richness, and composition among upper Midwest, USA cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 325: 107718.
  8. Keller-Pearson, M., A. Peterson, K. Pederson, L. Willems, J.M. Ané, and E.M. Silva. 2020. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has a more significant positive impact on the growth of open-pollinated heirloom varieties of carrots than on hybrid cultivars under organic management conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 289.
  9. Ivancic, K.A., M.D. Ruark, F.J. Arriaga, and E.M. Silva. 2019. Spring-seeded green manures continue to demonstrate variable benefits on sandy soil. HortScience. 54:2031-2038. doi: 10.21273/HORTSCI14262-19
  10. Vincent-Caboud, L., Casagrande, M., David, C., Ryan, M.R., Silva, E.M., and Peigné, J. 2019. Using mulch from cover crops to facilitate organic no-till soybean and maize production – a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 39(5) DOI: 10.1007/s13593-019-0590-2
  11. Carr, P.M., M.A. Cavigelli, H. Darby, K. Delate, J. Eberly, G.G. Gramig, J.R. Heckman, E.B. Mallory, J.R. Reeve, E.M. Silva, D.H. Suchoff, and A.L. Woodley. 2019.Nutrient cycling in organic field crops in Canada and the United States. Agronomy Journal. 111:2769-2785. doi:10.2134/agronj2019.04.0275
  12. Carr, P.M., M.A. Cavigelli, H. Darby, K. Delate, J. Eberly, H.K. Fryer, G.G. Gramig, J.R. Heckman, E.B. Mallory, J.R. Reeve, E.M. Silva, D.H. Suchoff, and A.L. Woodley. 2019.Green manure and animal manure use in organic field crop systems. Agronomy Journal. 112:648-674. 10.1002/agj2.20082
  13. Diederich, K. M.D. Ruark, K. Krishnan, F. Arriaga, and E.M. Silva. 2019. Increasing labile soil C and N fractions require a change in system, rather than practice. Soil Science Society of America Journal. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2018.11.0458
  14. Vincent-Caboud, L., L. Vereecke, E.M. Silva, and J. Peigné. 2019. Cover crop effectiveness varies in cover crop-based rotational tillage organic soybean systems depending on species and environment. Agronomy. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9060319
  15. Silva, E.M. and L. Vereecke. 2019. Optimizing organic cover crop-based rotational tillage systems for early soybean growth. Organic Agriculture. Firstview 1-11.
  16. Lyon, A.H., W.F. Tracy, J. Zystro, and E.M. Silva. 2019. Using adaptability analysis in a participatory variety trial of organic vegetable crops. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Firstview DOI: 10.1017/S1742170518000583
  17. Silva, E.M., J. Klink, E. McKinney, J. Price, P. Deming, H. Rivedal, and J. Colquhoun. 2019. Attitudes of university campus dining customers towards sustainability-related food values. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Firstview DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170519000036
  18. Silva, E. M. and M. Tchamitchian. 2018. Long-term systems experiments and long-term agricultural research sites as tools in agroecological research and design. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 42:620-628.
  19. Weil, R., E.M. Silva,J. Hendrickson, and P.D. Mitchell. 2017. Time and technique studies for assessing labor productivity on diversified organic vegetable farms.Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 7:129-148.
  20. Silva, E.M. and K. Delate. 2017. A decade of progress in organic cover crop-based reduced tillage practices in the Upper Midwestern USA. Agriculture. 7:44.
  21. Vincent-Caboud, L., J. Peigné, M. Casagrande, and E.M. Silva. 2017. Overview of organic cover crop – based no tillage technique in Europe: Farmers’ practices and research challenges. Agriculture. 7:42
  22. Liang, D., F. Sun, M. Wattiaux, V. Cabrera, J. Hedtcke, and E.M. Silva.  2017. Effect of feeding strategies and cropping systems on greenhouse gases emission from Wisconsin certified organic dairy farms. Journal of Dairy Science. 7:5957-5973.
  23. Silva, E.M. and V.M. Moore. 2017.Cover Crops as an Agroecological Practice on Organic Vegetable Farms in Wisconsin, USA. Sustainability.  9:55-70.
  24. Silva, E.M., J. Hendrickson, P.D. Mitchell, and E. Bietila. 2017. A participatory approach to assess labor inputs on organic diversified vegetable farms in the Upper Midwestern United States. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Firstview 1-6.
  25. Moore. V.M., P.D. Mitchell, and E.M. Silva. 2016. Cover Crop Adoption and Intensity on Wisconsin’s Organic Vegetable Farms. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 40:693-713.
  26. Bietila, E., E.M Silva, A. Pfeiffer, and J. Colquhoun. 2016. Cover Crop-based No-Till Production Impacts Potato, Bell Pepper, and Snap Bean Production in Wisconsin. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Firstview 1:1-9.
  27. West, J.R., M.D. Ruark, A.J. Bussan, J.B. Colquhoun, and E.M. Silva. 2016. Organic nutrient and weed management on loamy sand soil under sweet corn production. Agronomy Journal. 108:758-769.
  28. Pfeiffer, A.C., E.M. Silva, and J. Colquhoun. 2015. Living mulch cover crops for weed control in small-scale applications. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 31:309-317.
  29. Lyon, A., E.M. Silva, M. Bell, and J. Zystro. 2015. Seed and plant breeding for Wisconsin’s organic vegetable sector: Understanding farmers’ needs and practices. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 39:601-624.
  30. Silva, E.M., R. Claypool, J. Munsch, J. Hendrickson, P. Mitchell, and J. Mills. 2014. Veggie Compass: A spreadsheet-based tool to calculate cost‐of‐production for diversified organic vegetable farmers. HortTechnology 24:394-402.
  31. Silva, E.M. 2014. Management of five fall-sown cover crops for organic no-till production in the Upper Midwest. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 38:748-763.
  32. Silva, E.M. 2014. Management of five fall-sown cover crops for organic no-till production in the Upper Midwest. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 38:748-763.
  33. Pfeiffer, A., E. Silva, and J. Colquhoun. 2014. Innovation in Urban Agricultural Practices: Responding to Diverse Production Environments. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.  29:1-14.
  34. Silva, E.M. and G. Muller. 2013. Creating a Collaborative, Hands-on Program to Teach High School Students Organic Farming, HortTechnology 23:376-381.
  35. Bruner, L., D.J. Eakes, G.J. Keever, J W. Baier, C.S. Whitman, P.R. Knight, J.E. Altland, and E.M. Silva. 2008. Butterfly Feeding Preferences of Lantana camara Cultivars and Lantana montevidensis ‘Weeping Lavender’ in the Landscape and Nectar Characteristics.  Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 26:9–18.
  36. Falk, C., E. Silva, and P. Pao. 2006. From the Classroom to the Community: An Integrated Method for Research and Teaching of Organic Production. Revista Mexicana de Agronegocios. 19:1-16. In English and Spanish.
  37. Silva, E.M., B. B. Dean, and L. K. Hiller. 2004. Patterns of floral nectar production of onion (Allium cepa L.) and the effects of environmental conditions. Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science. 129:299-302.
  38. Silva, E.M., B. B. Dean, and L.K. Hiller. 2003. Honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) foraging in response to pre-conditioning with onion flower scent compounds. Journal of Economic Entomology. 96:1510-1513.
  39. Silva, E.M. and B. B. Dean. 2000. The effect of nectar composition and nectar concentration on honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) visitations to hybrid onion flowers. Journal of Economic Entomology. 93:1216-1221.

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Wezel, A. and E.M. Silva. 2017. Agroecology and agroecological cropping practices. In: Wezel, A. (ed.) Agroecological practices for Sustainable Agriculture: Principles, Applications, and Making the Transition. Springer Press.
  2. Silva, E.M. and A.C. Pfeiffer. 2016. An Agroecological Perspective on Urban Farming. In: Julie Dawson and Alfonso Morales (eds.). Cities of Farmers: Problems, Possibilities and Processes of Producing Food in Cities. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.
  3. Daniels, W., A. Diffley, D. Fiser, D. Hollbach, J. Jewett, A. Korane; J. Koan, L. Halley, P. Thelen, S. Plimpton, E. Silva, and J. Slama. 2013. Wholesale Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Food Safety, Selling, Postharvest Handling, and Packing Produce, 3rd Edition.  J. Slama and A. Diffley, eds. FamilyFarmed.org, Oak park, IL.
  4. Silva, E.M. 2012. Organic Agriculture as an Alternative to a Genetically Engineered-Based System.  In: Jennie Popp, Marty Matlock, Nathan Kemper, and Molly Jahn (eds.). The Role Of Biotechnology In A Sustainable Food Supply.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  5. Diffley, A, D. Fiser, A. Korane, J. Koan, L. Halley, P. Thelen, S. Plimpton, E. Silva, and J. Slama. 2008. Wholesale Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Selling, Postharvest Handling and Packing Produce. FamilyFarmed.org, Oak Park, IL.
  6. Silva, E. M. and P.W. Simon. 2005. Genetic, Physiological, and Environmental Factors Affecting Acrylamide Production in Fried Potato Products, p371-386. In: Mendel Friedman and Don Mottram (eds.). Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer Science, NY.

Other Publications

  1. Silva, E.M., J. Padgham, A. Pfeiffer, K. Peterman, and M. Miller. 2021. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2020 Status Report.  Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ciasorganicreport2015final041615.pdf.
  2. Bauer, L, C. Carusi, A. Gurda, and E.M. Silva. 2017. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2017 Status Report.  https://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/organicreport2017web2final.pdf.
  3. Carusi, C.E., A. Gurda, R. McNair, A. Pfeiffer, and E.M. Silva. 2015. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2015 Status Report.  Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ciasorganicreport2015final041615.pdf.
  4. Silva, E.M., L. Bauer, and L. Paine. 2014. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2014 UW-Madison Research Report. Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/organicreportt021014finalnewlowres.pdf.
  5. Silva, E.M., L. Paine, L. Bauer, C. Carusi, and R. McNair. 2012. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2011 Status Report.  Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/crops-and-livestock/organic-agriculture-in-wisconsin-2012-status-report/
  6. Blazek, K., E.M. Silva, L. Paine and T. Atwell. 2010. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2011 Status Report.  Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/crops-and-livestock/organic-agriculture-in-wisconsin-2009-status-report/.
  7. Delahaut, K., E.M. Silva, and H. Behar. 2007. Becoming a Certified Organic Producer.Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/economics/becoming-a-certified-organic-producer.
  8. Kriegl, T., L. Paine, L. Bauer, C. Carusi, R. McNair, and E. Silva. 2008. Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2007 Status Report.  Available online at http://www.cias.wisc.edu/pdf/organic07.pdf.
  9. Silva, E.M.  2008. Respiration and Ethylene and their Relationship to Postharvest Handling. [Online]. eXtension Foundation, eOrganic Community of Practice. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18354.
  10. Silva, E.M. 2008.  Influence of Preharvest Factors on Postharvest Quality [Online]. eXtension Foundation, eOrganic Community of Practice. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18363.
  11. Silva, E.M. 2008.  Approved Chemicals for Use in Organic Postharvest Systems [Online]. eXtension Foundation, eOrganic Community of Practice. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18355.
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