Head of R&D

Eric Bremer obtained his B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1984 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987 and 1991, respectively. He has more than twenty years of experience in soil nutrient research. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Netherlands and Canada from 1991 to 1995, a research scientist with Agrium Inc. from 1995 to 1999, and an independent consultant providing research expertise to private and public institutions from 2000 to 2011. He is an author on 61 refereed journal articles and book chapters. He joined Western Ag Innovations in 2011 as head of R&D activities.

Thesis

• Bremer, E. 1991. Influence of lentil and wheat on nitrogen availability to a subsequent crop. Ph.D. thesis, University of Saskatchewan.
• Bremer, E. 1987. Effect of drought stress on N2 fixation of several grain legumes in Saskatchewan. M.Sc. thesis, University of Saskatchewan.

Refereed journal articles and book chapters

• Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H., Ellert, B. H. and McKenzie, R. H. 2011. Carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gas balances in an 18-year cropping system study on the northern Great Plains. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (Accepted Jan. 18, 2011).
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Middleton, A. B., Pfiffner, P. G. and Woods, S. A. 2011. Optimum seeding date and rate for irrigated cereal and oilseed crops in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. (Accepted Oct 2010).
• Olson, M., Bandara, M., Bing, D. J., Kruger, A., Henriquez, B. and Bremer, E. 2011. Evaluation of mungbean accessions for the southern Canadian prairies. Can. J. Plant Sci. 91:137-141.
• VandenBygaart, A. J., Bremer, E., McConkey, B. G., Ellert, B. H., Janzen, H. H., Angers, D. A., Carter, M. R., Drury, C. F., Lafond, G. P. and McKenzie, R. H. 2011. Impact of sampling depth on differences in soil carbon stocks in long-term agroecosystem experiments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:226-234.
• VandenBygaart, A. J., Bremer, E., McConkey, B. G., Janzen, H., Angers, D., Carter, M. R., Drury, C. F., Lafond, G. and McKenzie, R. 2010. Soil organic carbon stocks on long-term agroecosystem experiments in Canada. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90:543-550.
• Olson, B. M., McKenzie, R., Larney, F. and Bremer, E. 2010. Nitrogen- and phosphorus-based applications of cattle manure and compost for irrigated cereal silage. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90:619-635.
• Olson, B. M., Bremer, E., McKenzie, R. H. and Bennett, D. R. 2010. Phosphorus accumulation and leaching in two irrigated soils with incremental rates of cattle manure. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90:335-362.
• Miller, J. J., Curtis, T., Bremer, E., Chanasyk, D. S. and Willms, W. 2010. Soil test phosphorus and nitrate adjacent to artificial and natural cattle watering sites in southern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90:331-340.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Pfiffner, P. G. and Bremer, E. 2010. Evaluation of polymer-coated urea and urease inhibitor for winter wheat in southern Alberta. Agron. J. 102:1210-1216.
• Beres, B. L., Harker, K. N., Clayton, G. W., Bremer, E., O'Donovan, J. T., Blackshaw, R. E. and Smith, A. M. 2010. Influence of N fertilization method on weed growth, grain yield and grain protein concentration in no-till winter wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. 90:637-644.
• Beres, B. L., Harker, K. N., Clayton, G. W., Bremer, E., Blackshaw, R. E. and Graf, R. J. 2010. Weed competitive ability of spring and winter cereals in the Northern Great Plains. Weed Technol. 24:108.116.
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Pfiffner, P. G., Middleton, A. B., Dow, T., Oba, M., Efetha, A. and Hohm, R. 2009. Yield and quality responses of irrigated timothy to fertilizer application in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 89:247-255.
• Beres, B. L., Cáamo, H. A. and Bremer, E. 2009. Evaluation of alternative planting strategies to reduce wheat stem sawfly damage to spring wheat in the northern Great Plains. J. Econ. Entomol. 102:2137-2145.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Dunn, R., Sadasivaiah, R. S. and Bremer, E. 2008. Response of irrigated soft white spring wheat to seeding date, seeding rate and fertilization. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88:291-298.
• Ellert, B. H., Janzen, H. H., VandenBygaart, A. J. and Bremer, E. 2008. Measuring change in soil organic carbon storage, p. 25-38, in M. R. Carter and E. G. Gregorich, eds. Soil sampling and methods of analysis, second edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H., Ellert, B. H. and McKenzie, R. H. 2008. Soil organic carbon after twelve years of various crop rotations in an Aridic Boroll. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:970-974.
• Bremer, E., Greer, K. J., Black, M., Townley-Smith, L., Malhi, S. S., Izaurralde, R. C. and Larney, F. J. 2008. SimPLE.ca: simulator of productivity loss due to erosion for Canada. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88:1-12.
• Beres, B. L., Bremer, E., Sadasivaiah, R. S., Clarke, J. M., Graf, R. J., McKenzie, R. H. and Dyck, R. J. 2008. Post-emergence application of N fertilizer to improve grain yield and quality of irrigated durum and bread wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88:509-512.
• Beres, B. L., Bremer, E. and Dasselaar, C. V. 2008. Response of irrigated corn silage to seeding rate and row spacing in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88:713-716.
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Middleton, A. B., Pfiffner, P. G., Dunn, R. F. and Beres, B. L. 2007. Efficacy of high seeding rates to increase grain yield of winter wheat and winter triticale in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 87:503-507
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Middleton, A. B., Pfiffner, P. G. and Dowbenko, R. E. 2007. Controlled-release urea for winter wheat in southern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 87:85.91.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B. and Bremer, E. 2006. Fertilizer and rhizobial inoculant responses of chickpea on fallow and stubble sites in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86:685.692.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B. and Bremer, E. 2006. Effect of seeding date and rate on desi chickpea in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86:717-721.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B. and Bremer, E. 2006. Response of mustard to fertilization, seeding date, and seeding rate in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86:353-362.
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Grant, C. A., Johnston, A. M., DeMulder, J. and Middleton, A. B. 2006. In-crop application effect of nitrogen fertilizer on grain protein concentration of spring wheat in the Canadian prairies. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86:565-572.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B. and Bremer, E. 2005. Fertilization, seeding date, and seeding rate for malting barley yield and quality in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 85:603-614.
• Hao, X., Larney, F. J., Chang, C., Travis, G. R., Nichol, C. and Bremer, E. 2005. The effect of phosphogypsum on greenhouse gas emissions during cattle manure composting. J. Environ. Qual. 34:774-781.
• Middleton, A. B., Bremer, E. and McKenzie, R. H. 2004. Winter wheat response to nitrogen fertilizer form and placement in southern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 84:125.131.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Flore, N. and Bremer, E. 2004. Evapotranspiration efficiency of pea in south and central Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 84:473-476.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., DeMulder, J. and Bremer, E. 2004. Fertilizer response of barley silage in southern and central Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 84:133-147.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B. and Bremer, E. 2004. Fertilizer response of barley grain in south and central Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 84:513-523.
• McKenzie, R. H., Bremer, E., Kryzanowski, L., Middleton, A. B., Solberg, E. D., Heaney, D., Coy, G. and Harapiak, J. 2003. Yield benefit of phosphorus fertilizer for wheat, barley and canola in Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 83:431-441.
• McKenzie, R. H. and Bremer, E. 2003. Relationship of soil phosphorus fractions to phosphorus soil tests and fertilizer response. Can. J. Soil Sci. 83:443-449.
• Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H. and McKenzie, R. H. 2002. Short-term impact of fallow frequency and perennial grass on soil organic carbon in a Brown Chernozem in southern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 82:481-488.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Stewart, K. W., Gaudiel, R., Wildschut, C. and Bremer, E. 2001. Fertilizer responses of dry bean in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 81:343-350.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Solberg, E. D., DeMulder, J., Flore, N., Clayton, G. W. and Bremer, E. 2001. Response of pea to rate and placement of triple superphosphate fertilizer in Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 81:645-649.
• McKenzie, R. H., Middleton, A. B., Solberg, E. D., DeMulder, J., Flore, N., Clayton, G. W. and Bremer, E. 2001. Response of pea to rhizobia inoculation and starter nitrogen in Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 81:637-643.
• Hynes, R. K., Jans, D. C., Bremer, E., Lupwayi, N. Z., Rice, W. A., Clayton, G. W. and Collins, M. M. 2001. Rhizobium population dynamics in the pea rhizosphere of rhizobial inoculant strain applied in different formulations. Can. J. Microb. 47:595-600.
• Ping, J., Bremer, E. and Janzen, H. H. 2000. Foliar uptake of volatilized ammonia from surface-applied urea by spring wheat. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 31:165-172.
• Huang, H. C., Bremer, E., Hynes, R. K. and Erickson, R. S. 2000. Foliar application of fungal biocontrol agents for the control of white mold of dry bean caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Biol. Contr. 18:270-276.
• Bremer, E., Huang, H. C., Selinger, L. J. and Davies, J. S. 2000. Competence of Coniothyrium minitans in preventing infection of bean leaves by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Pathol. Bull. 9:69-74.
• Volkmar, K. M. and Bremer, E. 1998. Effects of seed inoculation with a strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens on root growth and activity of wheat in well-watered and drought-stressed glass-fronted rhizotrons. Can. J. Plant Sci. 78:545-551.
• Mohr, R. M., Janzen, H. H., Bremer, E. and Entz, M. H. 1998. Fate of symbiotically-fixed 15N2 as influenced by method of alfalfa termination. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30:1359-1367.
• Larney, F. J., Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H., Johnston, A. M. and Lindwall, C. W. 1997. Changes in total, mineralizable and light fraction soil organic matter with cropping and tillage intensities in semiarid southern Alberta, Canada. Soil Till. Res. 42:229-240.
• Janzen, H. H., Campbell, C. A., Ellert, B. H. and Bremer, E. 1997. Soil organic matter dynamics and their relationship to soil quality, p. 277.291, in E. G. Gregorich and M. R. Carter, eds. Soil quality for crop production and ecosystem health. Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL.
• Bremer, E. and Kuikman, P. 1997. Influence of competition for nitrogen in soil on net mineralization of nitrogen. Plant Soil 190:119-126.
• Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H. and Gilbertson, C. 1995. Evidence against associative N2 fixation as a significant N source in long-term wheat plots. Plant Soil 175:13-19.
• Bremer, E., Ellert, B. H. and Janzen, H. H. 1995. Total and light-fraction carbon dynamics during four decades after cropping changes. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59:1398-1403.
• Bremer, E., de Jong, E. and Janzen, H. H. 1995. Difficulties in using 137Cs to measure erosion in stubble-mulched soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 75:357-359.
• Bremer, E. and Kuikman, P. 1994. Microbial utilization of 14C[U] glucose is affected by the amount and timing of glucose additions. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26:511-517.
• Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H. and Johnston, A. M. 1994. Sensitivity of total, light fraction and mineralizable organic matter to management practices in a Lethbridge soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 74:131-138.
• Bremer, E., Gehlen, H., Swerhone, G. D. W. and van Kessel, C. 1993. Assessment of reference crops for the quantification of N2 fixation using natural and enriched levels of 15N abundance. Soil Biol. Biochem. 25:1197-1202.
• Bremer, E. and van Kessel, C. 1992. Plant-available nitrogen from lentil and wheat residues during a subsequent growing season. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56:1155-1160.
• Bremer, E. and van Kessel, C. 1992. Microbial biomass dynamics during the growing season after addition of lentil and wheat residues. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56:1141-1146.
• Bremer, E., van Houtum, W. and van Kessel, C. 1991. Carbon dioxide evolution from wheat and lentil residues as affected by grinding, added nitrogen and absence of soil. Biol. Fert. Soils 11:221-227.
• Bremer, E., van Kessel, C., Nelson, L., Rennie, R. J. and Rennie, D. A. 1990. Selection of Rhizobium leguminosarum strains for lentil (Lens culinaris) under growth room and field conditions. Plant Soil 121:47-56.
• Bremer, E. and van Kessel, C. 1990. Appraisal of the nitrogen-15 natural-abundance method for quantifying dinitrogen fixation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54:404-411.
• Bremer, E. and van Kessel, C. 1990. Extractability of microbial 14C and 15N following addition of variable rates of labelled glucose and (NH4)2SO4 to soil. Soil Biol. Biochem, 22:707-713.
• Cowell, L. E., Bremer, E. and van Kessel, C. 1989. Yield and N2-fixation of intercropped legumes as affected by N application. Can. J. Soil Sci. 69:243-251.
• Bremer, E., van Kessel, C. and Karamanos, R. E. 1989. Inoculant, phosphorus and nitrogen responses of lentil. Can. J. Plant Sci. 69:691-701.
• Bremer, E., Rennie, R. J. and Rennie, D. A. 1988. Dinitrogen fixation of lentil, field pea and fababean under dryland conditions. Can. J. Soil Sci. 68:553-562.