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Aime Jean MESSIGA, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada
Verified email at canada.ca
Cited by 1039

Assessment and modeling of soil available phosphorus in sustainable cropping systems

N Ziadi, JK Whalen, AJ Messiga, C Morel - Advances in agronomy, 2013 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is one of the most limiting essential nutrients for agricultural crop production.
Diminishing global reserves of rock phosphate are expected to reduce supply and increase …

[HTML][HTML] Historical indigenous food preparation using produce of the three sisters intercropping system

…, I Germain, Q Liu, S MacKinnon, AJ Messiga… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
For centuries, some Indigenous Peoples of the Americas have planted corn, beans and squash
or pumpkins together in mounds, in an intercropping complex known as the Three Sisters…

Long‐term changes in soil phosphorus status related to P budgets under maize monoculture and mineral P fertilization

AJ Messiga, N Ziadi, D Plénet… - Soil use and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring soil phosphorus (P) changes under continuous cropping over decades is an
important agronomic and environmental issue. The aim was to determine soil P dynamics in the …

Long term impact of tillage practices and biennial P and N fertilization on maize and soybean yields and soil P status

AJ Messiga, N Ziadi, C Morel, C Grant, G Tremblay… - Field Crops …, 2012 - Elsevier
The benefits of no till (NT) management in the short to medium terms need to be examined
over decades of continuous cropping. Our objectives were to (i) assess the long term effects …

Tillage practices of a clay loam soil affect soil aggregation and associated C and P concentrations

AJ Messiga, N Ziadi, DA Angers, C Morel, LE Parent - Geoderma, 2011 - Elsevier
Under long-term cultivation, greater accumulations of soil organic matter (SOM) and phosphorus
(P) are found in the surface soil layer under no-till (NT) versus mouldboard ploughing (…

Effect of green manure and supplemental fertility amendments on selected soil quality parameters in an organic potato rotation in Eastern Canada

…, A Hammermeister, DL Burton, AJ Messiga - Nutrient cycling in …, 2014 - Springer
The effects of green manure, crop sequence and off-farm composts on selected soil quality
parameters were assessed in a three-year organic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) rotation in …

Grape yield and quality response to cover crops and amendments in a vineyard in Nova Scotia, Canada

AJ Messiga, KS Gallant, M Sharifi… - … Journal of Enology …, 2016 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
The increasing cost of synthetic fertilizers, combined with their associated environmental
impacts and yield instability, has promoted the use of local waste products and cover crops in …

[HTML][HTML] Soil test phosphorus and cumulative phosphorus budgets in fertilized grassland

AJ Messiga, N Ziadi, C Jouany, P Virkajärvi… - Ambio, 2015 - Springer
We analyzed the linearity of relationships between soil test P (STP) and cumulative
phosphorus (P) budget using data from six long-term fertilized grassland sites in four countries: …

Blueberry yield and soil properties response to long-term fertigation and broadcast nitrogen

AJ Messiga, D Haak, M Dorais - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
The long-term effects of annual applications of nitrogen (N) at varying rates through the
broadcast (BROAD) and fertigation (FERT) methods on soil properties and blueberry yield were …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrients leaching in response to long-term fertigation and broadcast nitrogen in blueberry production

AJ Messiga, K Dyck, K Ronda, K van Baar, D Haak… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nutrient leaching losses from horticultural production threaten the quality of groundwater and
freshwater systems worldwide. The objectives of this study were to (a) assess the effects of …