Maria Silveira

Assistant Professor
Soil Fertility and Water Quality

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

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DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes

RESEARCH FOCUS
Researches nutrient management strategies that result in optimum forage production and profitability, while protecting Florida water resources.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Silveira, M.L., Alleoni, L.R., Change, A.C. 2007. Soil amendments and heavy metal retention and distribution in oxisols treated with biosolids. Brazilian Journal of Soil Science. (In press).

Silveira, M.L., Comerford, N.B., Reddy, K.R., Cooper, W.T., El-Rifai H. 2008. Characterization of soil organic carbon pools by acid hydrolysis. Geoderma, 144:405-414.

Silveira, M.L., Haby, V.A., and Leonard, A. 2006. Response of Coastal bermudagrass yield and nutrient uptake efficiency to N sources. Agronomy Journal 99:707-714.

Silveira, M.L., Chang, A.C., Alleoni, L.R.F., and O’Connor, G.A. 2006. Metal-associated forms and speciation in biosolids-amended Oxisols. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 38:851-869.

Silveira, M.L., Alleoni, L.R.F., O’Connor, G.A., and Chang, A.C. 2006. Heavy metal sequential extraction method - A modification for tropical soils. Chemosphere, 64:1929-1938.

Silveira, M.L., Miyittah, M., and O’Connor, G.A. 2006. Phosphorus release from a manure-impacted spodosol: effects of a water treatment residual. Journal of Environmental Quality, 35:529-541.

Silveira, M.L. 2005. Soil quality for nutrient bioavailability: dissolved organic carbon and bioavailability of N and P as indicators. Scientia Agricola, 62:502-508.

O’Connor, G.A., Brinton, S., and Silveira, M.L. 2005. Selection and evaluation of soil amendments to reduce field-edge P losses. Soil Crop Science Society Florida Proceedings, 64:22-34.     

Silveira, M.L.A., Alleoni, L.R.F., and Guilherme, L.R.G. 2003. Biosolids and heavy metals in soils. Scientia Agricola, 60:793-806.

Silveira, M.L.A., and Alleoni, L.R.F. 2003. Adsorption and desorption of Cu in Oxisols. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 46:529-536.

Silveira, M.L.A., Alleoni, L.R.F., Camargo, and O.A., Casagrande, J.C. 2002. Copper adsorption in oxidic soils after removal of organic matter and iron oxides. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 33:3581-3592.

Silveira, M.L.A., Alleoni, L.R.F., Casagrande, J.C., and Camargo, O.A. 1999. Free energy of copper adsorption reaction in highly weathered Oxisols. Scientia Agricola, 56:1117-1122.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Range Cattle Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3401 Experiment Station, Ona, Fl 33865-9706, (863) 735.1314, (863) 735.1930 fax
email: mlas@ufl.edu
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