Associate Professor - Soil Geochemistry

Mailing Address:
Department of Crop and Soil Science
3017 Agricultural and Life Science Building
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

Office: Agricultural and Life Science 3125
Phone: 541-737-5741
Fax: 541-737-5725
E-Mail:

Department Website: Department of Crop and Soil Science
Vita: Short

Current Work Focus: Current research areas emphasize: biogeochemical and mineralogical processes in seasonally reduced soils and riparian zones focusing on the mobility of P and the role of "green rust" minerals on water quality; management of viticultural soils.

Graduate Students:

• Chambers, Nicholas

Projects:

• ORE00318 Phosphorus Solubility and Availability in Wet Soils with Annual Cycles of Oxidation and Reduction

Courses Currently Teaching:

• CSS 205. Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems

Selected Projects:

1. Soil geochemistry
2. Redox processes in seasonally reduced soils
3. P cycling in soils
4. Soil Compaction in Western Oregon Vineyards
5. Biogeochemistry of Fe and Mn in a Seasonally Reduced Riparian Soil
6. Purged Well
7. "Growing Your Own Vegetables" - OSU Extension
8. Soil Processes Journal Club

Position Description

Power Point Presentations:

• Peeper (posted 11/2/98)

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Education:

Professional Experience:

Professional Memberships:

• American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America
• Oregon Society of Soil Scientists
• American Chemical Society
• American Geophysical Union

Publications/Referred Journals (last two years):

Iyamuremye, F., R.P. Dick, and J. Baham. 1996. Organic amendments and phosphorus dynamics: I. Phosphorus chemistry and sorption. Soil Sci. 161:426-435.

Iyamuremye, F., R.P. Dick, and J. Baham. 1996. Organic amendments and phosphorus dynamics: II. Organic amendments and P fractions. Soil Sci. 161:436-443.

Iyamuremye, F., R.P. Dick, and J. Baham. 1996. Organic amendments and phosphorus dynamics: III. phosphorus speciation. Soil Sci. 161:444-451.

Griffith, S.M., J.S. Owen, W.R. Horwath, P.J. Wigington, Jr., J.E. Baham, and L.F. Elliott. 1997. Nitrogen movement and water quality at a poorly-drained agricultural and riparian site in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Soil 195:xxx-xxx (in press).

Publications/Other:

Baham, J., and S. Al-Ismaily. 1996. Formation of weakly cemented siliceous pans induced by long-term agricultural management. 1996 Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Report, Special Rpt. 961. p. 68-70. Oregon Agric. Exp. Station, Corvallis, OR.

Candolfi-Vasconcelos, M.C., S. Castagnoli, and J. Baham. 1997. Winegrape Rootstocks and Nutrient Uptake Efficiency. 1997 Proceeding of the Oregon Horticultural Society, Vol. 88. Portland, OR.

Abstracts and Presentations:

Wigington, P.J., Jr., S.M. Griffith, W.R. Horwath, J.J. Steiner, L.F. Elliott, J.A. Field, P.J. Bottomley, and J.E. Baham. 1996. Water Quality Responses of Riparian Areas in Grass Seed Agricultural Landscapes of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Proceed. of the Agricultural and Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest.

Wigington, P.J., Jr., S.M. Griffith, W.R. Horwath, J.J. Steiner, L.F. Elliott, J.A. Field, P.J. Bottomley, and J.E. Baham. 1996. Water Quality Function of Riparian Areas in Agricultural Landscapes of Western Oregon, USA. Proceedins of the International Conference on Buffer Zones: Their Processes and Potential in Water Quality, ed. N.E. Haycock, Heythrop Park, U.K. p. 68-69.

Griffith, S.M., Horwath, W.R., Wigington Jr., P.J., Steiner, J.J., Elliott, L.F., Field, J.A., P.J. Bottomley, and J.E. Baham. 1996. Denitrification potential of a natural grass riparian zone and adjacent perennial ryegrass seed production field. Proceedings of the Inter-national Conference on Buffer Zones: Their Processes and Potential in Water Quality, ed. N.E. Haycock, Heythrop Park, UK. p. 44.

Griffth, S.M., P.J. Wigington, W.R. Horwath, L.F. Elliott, J.J. Steiner, J.A. Field, J.E. Baham, and P.J. Bottomley. 1996. A water quality project in NW agricultural and riparian landscapes. ASA-CSS-SSA, Madison, WI. Abstract p. 344.

Stewart, S.R. and J. Baham.1996. Rate of formation of Fe-Mn-P concretion in an Oregon vertisol. Agronomy Abstracts. 1996 Annual Meetings. American Society of Agronomy. p. 211.

Candolfi-Vasconcelos, M.C., S. Castagnoli, and J. Baham. 1996. Choosing rootstocks for Oregon: Nutrient uptake efficiency. Proc. Amer. Soc. Enol. Vitic. NW Chapter 7th Annual Meeting, Coeur d'Alene, June 16-18, 1996. (Oral).

Krebs, R., and J. Baham. 1997. Transformations of Fe- and Mn-oxides minerals in seasonally wet soils of the Willamette Valley, OR. Agronomy Abstracts. 1997 Annual Meetings. American Society of Agronomy. p. 314.

Griffth, S.M., J.A. Field, P.J. Wigington, Jr., J.S. Owen, J.E. Baham, and L.E. Elliott. Impacts of riparian systems on water quality in perennial ryegrass seed production agriculture. Agronomy Abstracts. 1997 Annual Meetings. American Society of Agronomy. p. 36.