| Principal Investigator(s) | Campus | Title |
| A. Chang | Riverside | Sustainability of Long-Term Reclaimed Wastewater Irrigated Cropland-- A Field Evaluation of Soil Quality |
| D.E. Crowley | Riverside | Microbial Community Diversity and Resilience in Relation to Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils |
| R.A. Dahlgren & W.R. Horwath | Davis | Changes in Soil Quality Due to Grazing and Oak Removal in California Oak Woodlands |
| R.F. Denison & T.K. Hartz | Davis | Can Soil Quality Trends Explain the "organic transition" Effect? |
| H.E. Doner | Berkeley | Element Associations and Spatial Distribution as Components of Soil Quality |
| W.J. Farmer & R.C. Graham | Riverside | Microstructural Properties Developed Under Four Types of Native California Vegetation and Their Impact on Molecular Transport Dynamics |
| M.K. Firestone | Berkeley | An Index of Microbial Community Function that has Ecosystem-Level Consequences |
| M.K. Firestone | Berkeley | The Role of Microbial Communities in Soil Organic Matter Storage |
| M. Ghodrati | Berkeley | Development of Fiber Optic Sensors for in situ Measurement of Processes in California Soils |
| R.C. Graham | Riverside | Contributions of Weathered Bedrock to Forest Soil Quality |
| W.R. Horwath | Davis | The Impact of Site Preparation on Soil Organic Matter and Long-term soil Fertility in California Forests |
| W.R. Horwath | Davis | Assessing Soil Organic Matter Changes and Nutrient Sequestration During the Transition from Conventional to Low-input-organic Farming Systems |
| L.E. Jackson & D.E. Rolston | Davis | Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Microbial Communities in Relation to Cultivation History |
| J. Letey & W.J. Farmer | Riverside | Dissolved Organic Matter as a Characteristic Affecting the Role of Soil in Mitigating Pesticide Transport |
| J. Mitchell | Kearney Agricultural Center | Development of a Soil Quality Index: Applications in California's Central Valley |
| D.R. Parker and D. Crowley | Riverside | Bioassays of Soil Quality Degradation due to Trace Metal Contamination: a Comparative Study Using Plant and Microbial Assays |
| K.M. Scow | Davis | Developing Relationships between Soil Communities and Soil Quality in Agroecosystems |
| M.J. Singer & P. Lindert | Davis | Soil Property Trends: a Time-Series Basis for Soil Quality |
| K.K. Tanji | Davis | Terminal Electron-Accepting Processes (TEAPs) in Paddy Rice Soils with Incorporated Rice Straw: Phase II |
| L. Wu & J. Letey | Riverside | Nonlimiting Water Range (NLWR) as an Index of Soil Quality as Related to Physical Properties |
| R.J. Zasoski & R.J. Southard | Davis | Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Amelioration of Agriculturally Induced Acidity |
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