Gurpal S. Toor

Assistant Professor
Nutrient Management

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes

RESEARCH FOCUS
Research and extension in the area of nutrient management and emerging contaminants to minimize surface and sub-surface water quality degradation in an urban environment.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Toor, G.S., B.E. Haggard, M.S. Reiter, T.C. Daniel, and A.M. Donoghue. 2007. Phosphorus solubility in poultry litters and granulates: Influence of litter treatments and extraction ratios. Transactions of American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, 50: 533-542.

Toor, G.S., S. Hunger, J.D. Peak, J.T. Sims, and D.L. Sparks. 2006. Advances in the characterization of phosphorus in organic wastes: environmental and agronomic applications. Advances in Agronomy, 89:1-72.

Toor, G.S., B.J. Cade-Menun, and J.T. Sims. 2005. Establishing a linkage between phosphorus forms in dairy diets, feces, and manures. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34:1380-1391.

Toor, G.S., J.D. Peak, and J.T. Sims. 2005. Phosphorus speciation in broiler litter and turkey manure produced from modified diets. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34:687-697.

Toor, G.S., L.M. Condron, B.J. Cade-Menun, H.J. Di, and K.C. Cameron. 2005. Preferential phosphorus leaching from an irrigated grassland soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 56:155-167.

Toor, G.S., J.T. Sims, and Z. Dou. 2005. Reducing phosphorus in dairy diets improves farm nutrient balances and decreases the risk of nonpoint pollution of surface and ground waters. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 105:401-411.

Toor, G.S., L.M. Condron, H.J. Di, and K.C. Cameron. 2004. Seasonal fluctuations in phosphorus loss by leaching from a free draining grassland soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal, J. 68:1429-1436.

Toor, G.S., L.M. Condron, H.J. Di, K.C. Cameron, and J.T. Sims. 2004. Assessment of phosphorus leaching losses from a free draining grassland soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 69:169-184.

Toor, G.S., L.M. Condron, H.J. Di, K.C. Cameron, and B.J. Cade-Menun. 2003. Characterization of organic phosphorus in leachate from a grassland soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 35:1317-1323.


CONTACT INFORMATION
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 14625 CR 672, Wimauma, FL 33598
(813) 634.0000, (813) 634.0001 fax
Email: gstoor@ufl.edu
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