CURRICULUM VITAE
ALLEN V. BARKER
1. Personal Data:
Date of birth: August 15, 1937
Place of Birth: Hamilton county, Illinois
Citizenship: United States of America
2. Educational History
B. S. University of Illinois 1958
M. S. Cornell University 1959
Ph. D. Cornell University 1962
3. Academic Appointments
1964 to present. Assistant Professor (1964), Associate Professor (1970), Professor (1976), Head of Department (1977-1985), Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1966-1967. Plant Physiologist (GS-13), ARS-USDA, and Assistant Professor, Crop Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
1962-1964. Postdoctoral Assistant, Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
4. Current Teaching Assignments
PLSOIL 530 Plant Nutrition http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~psoil120/plant%20nutrition.htm
PLSOIL 365 Hydroponics http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~psoil120/hydroponics.htm
PLSOIL 120 Organic Farming and Gardening http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~psoil120/index.html
5. Recognition and Awards
B. S. (High Honors); Covaledictorian, Class of 1958, University of Illinois.
Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Zeta; Gamma Sigma Delta (Illinois)
Campbell Fellow; Senior Graduate Fellow (Cornell)
Sigma Xi (North Carolina State)
Visiting Scientist, American Society of Agronomy
Environmental Quality Research Award, 1975; Marion Meadows Award, 1977,
American Society for Horticultural Science
Outstanding Teacher, Food and Natural Resources, 1992-1993.
Outstanding Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, 1997
Hewlitt Fellow, University of Massachusetts, 2000
6. Professional Membership
American Society of Agronomy
American Society for Horticultural Science
Crop Science Society of America
Soil Science Society of America
7. Editorial work
Member of Editorial Board:
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
Journal of Plant Nutrition
Environmental Pollution
8. Publications Since 1991
Barker, A.V. and K.A. Corey. 1991. Interrelations of ammonium toxicity and ethylene action in tomato. HortScience 26:177-180.
Barker, A.V. and L.E. Craker. 1991. Inhibition of weed seed germination by microwaves. Agronomy J. 83(2):302-305.
Ahern, J., C.A. Neidner, and A.V. Barker. 1992. Roadside wildflower meadows. A summary of the benefits and guidelines to successful establishment and management. Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, January 1992, Washington, DC.
Feng, J. and A.V. Barker. 1992. Ethylene evolution and ammonium accumulation by nutrient-stressed tomato plants. J. Plant Nutrition 15:137-154.
Feng, J. and A.V. Barker. 1992. Ethylene evolution and ammonium accumulation by nutrient-stressed tomato plants grown with inhibitors of ethylene synthesis or action. J. Plant Nutrition 15:155-168.
Barker, A.V. and T.A. O'Brien. 1993. Evaluation of composts for production of sod-grown crops. p. 31-35. Research Symposium, Fourth National Conference, The Composting Council, Washington, D.C.
Feng, J. and A.V. Barker. 1993. Ethylene evolution and ammonium accumulation by tomato plants with various nitrogen forms and regimes of acidity. J. Plant Nutrition 15:2457-2469.
Feng, J. and A.V. Barker. 1993. Ethylene evolution and ammonium accumulation by tomato plants under water and salinity stresses. J. Plant Nutrition 15:2471-2490.
Feng, J. and A.V. Barker. 1993. Polyamine concentration and ethylene evolution in tomato plants under nutritional stress. HortScience 28:109-110.
Hoelldampf, B., A.V. Barker, and G. Smith. 1993. Mineral element composition of declining and healthy stands of red spruce in western Massachusetts. Commun. Soil Science Plant Anal. 24:1937-1944.
Hoelldampf, B. and A.V. Barker. 1993. Effects of ammonium on elemental nutrition of red spruce and indicator plants grown in acid soil. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 1945-1957.
Barker, A.V. and K.M. Ready. 1994. Ethylene evolution by tomato plants stressed by ammonium nutrition. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119:706-710.
Barker, A.V. and T.A. O'Brien. 1994. Weed control in wildflowers produced in compost. p. 49-51. Fifth National Conference, The Composting Council, Washington, D.C.
Barker, A.V. 1994. Laboratory experiment to assess plant responses to environmental stresses. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 24:145-149.
Barker, A.V. and T.A. O'Brien. 1995. Weed control in establishment of wildflower sods and meadows. Proc. Northeast Weed Sci. Soc. 40:56-60.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1995. Evaluation of field-applied fresh composts for production of wildflower and grass sod on plastic. Compost Sci. Utiliz. 3(4):69-77.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1995. Evaluation of fresh and year-old composts for production of sod crops. Compost Sci.Utiliz. 3(4):69-77.
Stratton, M.L., A.V. Barker, and J.E. Rechcigl. 1995. Composts. p. 249-309. In. J.E. Rechcigl (ed.) Soil Amendments and Environmental Quality. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1996. Evaluation of ammonium and soluble salts on grass sod production in compost. I. Addition of ammonium or nitrate salts. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:57-76.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1996. Evaluation of ammonium and soluble salts on grass sod production in compost. II. Delaying seeding after compost application. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:77-85.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1996. Growth of peppermint in several types of composts. J. Herbs Spices Medic Plants 4(1):19-27.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1996. Evaluation of ammonium and soluble salts on grass sod production in compost. I. Addition of ammonium and nitrate salts. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:57-76.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1996. Evaluation of ammonium and soluble salts on grass sod production in compost. II. Delaying seeding after compost application. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:77-85.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1997. Evaluation of composts for production of wildflower sods on plastic. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 122:445-451.
Barker, A.V. 1997. Uses and composition of composts. In J.E. Rechcigl (ed.) Uses of By-Products and Wastes in Agriculture. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
Barker, A.V. 1997. Nutrition, Media, and Systems for Hydroponic Production of Herbs. Proc. Herbs '97. p. 137-147. Twelfth Ann. Conf. Intern. Herb Assoc., Danvers, Mass, July 1997.
Barker, A.V. 1997. Hydroponics for Herb Production. Herb Spice Medic. Plant Digest 13(3&4):1-9.
Campe, J., T.A. O'Brien, and A.V. Barker. 1997. Soil remineralization for sustainable agriculture. Agricultural Production and Nutrition, p. 141-146. W. Lockeretz (ed.). Proc. Intern. Conf., Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, Mass., March 1997.
Huntley, E.E., A.V. Barker, and M.L. Stratton. 1997. Organic fertilizers. In J.E. Rechcigl (ed.) Uses of By-Products and Wastes in Agriculture. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
Barker, A.V., T.A. O'Brien, and J. Campe. 1998. Soil remineralization for sustainable crop prodution. p. 405-413. In S. Brown, J.S. Angle, and L. Jacobs (ed.) Beneficial co-utilization of agricultural, municipal and industrial by-products. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Barker, A.V. 1998. Soil remineralization for sustainable agriculture. p. 153-174. Proc. Annual Meetings, International Committee on Aggregate Research, St. Louis, Mo., June 1998.
O'Brien, T.A. and A.V. Barker. 1998. Acidification of lime-stabilized biosolids in production of synthetic topsoils. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 29:1107-1114.
Barker, A.V. 1999. Foliar ammonium accumulation as an index of stress in plants. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 30:167-174.
Barker, A.V. 1999. Ammonium accumulation and ethylene evolution by tomato infected with root-knot nematode and grown under different regimes of plant nutrition. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 30:175-182.
Hu, Y. and A.V. Barker. 1999. A single plant tissue digestion for macronutrient analysis. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 30:677-687.
Mangan, F.X., C. Kozower, A. Barker, W. Bramlage et al. 1999. Effects of organic soil amendments, seeding density, cultivar selection, and postharvest practices on cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.) yield and quality. Proc. Intern. Soc. Tropical Hortic., Lima, Peru, November 1999.
O'Brien, T.A., A.V. Barker, and J. Campe. 1999. Container production of tomato with food by-product composts and mineral fines. J. Plant Nutrition 22:445-457.
Barker, A.V., T.A. O'Brien, and M.L. Stratton. 2000. Description of food processing by-products. p. 63-105. Chapter 2. In J. Power and W.A. Dick (ed.) Land application of agricultural, industrial, and municipal by-products. Soil Science Society of America Book Series No. 6, Madison, Wis.
Barker, A.V., M.L. Stratton, and J.E. Rechcigl. 2000. Soil and by-product characteristics that impact the beneficial use of by-products. p. 169-213. Chapter 5. In J. Power and W.A. Dick.(ed.) Land application of agricultural, industrial, and municipal by-products. Soil Science Society of America Book Series No. 6, Madison, Wis.
Barker, A. 2000. Saving and growing with composts. JSS Advantage (Johnnys Selected Seeds, Albion, Me.) 6:11.
Stratton, M.L., A. Barker, and J. Ragsdale. 2000. Bring back native plants. Sheet composting overpowers weeds in restoration project. BioCycle 41(4):57-59.
Barker, A.V. 2001. Compost utilization in sod production and turf management. p. 201-225. In Peter J. Stoffella and Brian A. Kahn (ed.) Compost utilization in horticultural cropping systems. Ann Arbor Press, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Barker, A.V. 2001. Weed control with crop residues in vegetable cropping systems. Journal of Crop Production 4 (2) #8:163-183.
Barker, A.V. 2001. Evaluation of composts for growth of grass sods. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32: 1841-1860.
Stratton, M.L., G.L. Good, and A.V. Barker. 2001. The effects of nitrogen source and concentration on the growth and mineral composition of privet. J. Plant Nutr. 24:1745-1772.
Stratton, M.L., G.L. Good, and A.V. Barker. 2002. The effects of selected soil fungicides on nitrification and growth of privet in a pine bark medium. J. Plant Nutr. 25:159-168.
You, W., and A.V. Barker. 2002. Herbicidal action of root applied glufosinate ammonium on tomato plants. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 127:200-204.
Barker, A.V. and G.M. Bryson. 2002. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Organic Toxicants by Composting. The Scientific World 2:407-420.
Bryson, G.M. and A.V. Barker. Sodium accumulation in soils and plants along Massachusetts Roadsides. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Analysis 33:67-78.
Bryson, G.M. and A.V. Barker. Determination of optimal fertilizer concentrationrange for tomatoes grown in peat-based medium. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Analysis 33:67-78.
O'Brien, T.A., S.J. Herbert, and A.V. Barker. Growth of corn in varying mixtures of paper mill sludge and soil. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal.33:635-646.