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Tom Bruulsema
Director
18 Maplewood Dr
Guelph, Ontario N1G 1L8
Canada

Phone: 519-821-5519
FAX: 519-821-6302
Tom.Bruulsema@ipni.net
Tom Bruulsema
Director
Tom Bruulsema directs research and education programs in the Northeast region for the North American program of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI). The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) is a not-for-profit, scientific organization dedicated to responsible management of plant nutrition for the benefit of the human family. Dr. Bruulsema is a Fellow in the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, and a Certified Crop Adviser. He has research experience in soil science with Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and in Bangladesh agronomy with the Mennonite Central Committee.

Education:

B.S. 1983 University of Guelph (Agriculture)
M.S. 1985 University of Guelph (Crop Science)
Ph.D. 1994 Cornell University (Soil Science)

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Awards & Recognition Professional Service Selected Publications

Fellow, Soil Science Society of America (2008)

Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (2007)

Canadian Fertilizer Institute Award of Merit (2006)

Outstanding Service Award, International CCA Program, American Society of Agronomy (2004)

J. Fielding Reed PPI Fellowship Award, Potash & Phosphate Institute (1993)

Saltonstall Fellowship, Cornell University (1991 - 1993)

American Forage and Grassland Council, Outstanding Young Scientist Award (1985)

Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (1983 - 1984)

Mary Edmunds Williams Fellowship, University of Guelph (1983 - 1984)

Hoechst Scholarship (1982)

Fertilizer Institute of Ontario Award (1982)

2007-present Director, American Society of Agronomy Board (ICCA Representative)

2009-present Past-president, Canadian Society of Agronomy

2005-2009 President-elect and President, Canadian Society of Agronomy

2005-2007 Chair, Division S-8, Soil Science Society of America

2001-2004 Chair, International Certified Crop Adviser Board

2000-2006 Chair, Agronomy-Environment Committee, Canadian Fertilizer Institute

1999-2003 President, NE Branch, American Society of Agronomy & Soil Science Society of America

1999-2000 Chair, Ontario Certified Crop Adviser Board

1995-2005 Chair, Agronomy Research & Environment Committee, Ontario Agri Business Association

1995-1998 Chair, Ontario Certified Crop Adviser Exam Committee

Sheppard, SC, S Bittman, and TW Bruulsema. 2010. Monthly ammonia emissions from fertilizers in 12 Canadian ecoregions. Can J Soil Sci 90:113-127 | doi:10.4141/CJSS09006.

Snyder, CS, TW Bruulsema, TL Jensen and PE Fixen. 2009. Review of greenhouse gas emissions from crop production systems and fertilizer management effects. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 133 (2009) 247–266.

Bruulsema, TW and G. Bélanger. 2009. Forage Fertilizer Decisions in an Uncertain Market. Better Crops 93(2):9-11.

Bruulsema, TW, W. Herz, and J.L. Lemunyon. 2009. Know Your Fertilizer Rights. Continuing education article for Crops & Soils Magazine, American Society of Agronomy.

Laura Bast, Robert Mullen, Ivan O’Halloran, Darryl Warncke and Tom Bruulsema. 2009. Phosphorus Balance Trends on Agricultural Soils of the Lake Erie Drainage Basin. Better Crops 93(1):6-8.

Liwang Ma, Lajpat R Ahuja, Tom Bruulsema, editors. 2008. Quantifying and Understanding Plant Nitrogen Uptake for Systems Modeling. CRC Press, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5295-4.

Bruulsema, TW, ed. 2007. Managing Crop Nitrogen for Weather. Symposium proceedings, Soil Science Society of America, 15 November 2006. International Plant Nutrition Institute, Norcross, GA.

Bruulsema, TW and TS Murrell. 2008. Corn Fertilizer Decisions in a High-Priced Market. Better Crops 92(3):16-18.

Bruulsema, TW and QM Ketterings. 2008. Best Management for Fertilizers on Northeastern Dairy Farms. International Plant Nutrition Institute – USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service BMP series. IPNI item # 30-3220. Norcross, GA.

Bruulsema, TW, C Witt, F García, S Li, TN Rao, F Chen and S. Ivanova. 2008. A Global Framework for Fertilizer BMPs. Better Crops 92(2):13-15.

Snyder, CS, TW Bruulsema, and TL Jensen. 2007. Greenhouse gas emissions from cropping systems and the influence of fertilizer management—a literature review. International Plant Nutrition Institute, Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A.

Bruulsema, TW. 2007. A research agenda for managing crop nitrogen for weather. Better Crops with Plant Food 91(4):3-4.

Snyder, CS and TW Bruulsema. 2007. Nutrient Use Efficiency and Effectiveness: Indices of Agronomic and Environmental Benefit. 4 pp. International Plant Nutrition Institute, Norcross, Georgia. Ref. # 07076.

Deen, B, J Lauzon, and TW Bruulsema. 2007. Corn Response to Intensive Crop Nutrition. Better Crops with Plant Food 91(2):20-21.

Soldat, D, AM Petrovic, R Rao, and TW Bruulsema. 2007. Testing Turfgrass Soils. Better Crops with Plant Food 91(1):26-27.

Zhang, T, C Tan and TW Bruulsema. 2006. Fertigation Boosts Optimum Nitrogen for Tomatoes and Peppers. Better Crops with Plant Food 90(4):8-10.

Sanderson, JB, JA MacLeod, R Coffin, B Douglas, TW Bruulsema. 2003. Phosphorus research on potato in PEI. Acta horticulturae. 2003 Nov., no. 619 p. 409-417. ISSN 0567-7572

Vyn, TJ, Xinhua Yin, TW Bruulsema, C-JC Jackson, I Rajcan, and SM Brouder. 2002. Potassium fertilization effects on isoflavone concentrations in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. J Agric Food Chem 2002, 50, 3501-3506.