Dr. Murphy’s interests include climate as a soil-forming factor and soils’ effects on climate. Soil quality is affected by climatic factors/processes, and degradation of soil by wind and water erosion, loss of organic matter (carbon) from soil, compaction, reduction in infiltration and/or water holding capacity of soil are all linked to climate as well resiliency of soils and landscapes. Restoring soil quality to degraded soils and concomitantly sequestering carbon are a constant theme in Dr. Murphy’s teaching and outreach efforts.
Publications:
Sciarappa, William & Murphy, Stephanie & Quinn, V. & Barresi, R. & Ward, Daniel. (2017). Assessing soil health in highbush blueberry with the Solvita ® CO 2 respiration test. Acta Horticulturae. 1180. 327-334. 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1180.44.
Schmid, Charles & Murphy, J.A. & Murphy, Stephanie. (2017). Effect of tillage and compost amendment on turfgrass establishment on a compacted sandy loam. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 72. 55-64. 10.2489/jswc.72.1.55.
Kaplan, M., Paolini, J., Kelemen, S., Murphy, S., and Robson, M. (2021). Ecosystem Service Valuaon Approaches and Carbon Migaon Consideraons for Garden State Agriculture. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. doi:10.7282/t3-2zcv-d592
Murphy, S. 2020. Soil for Raised Beds. Rutgers NJAES Cooperave Extension Fact Sheet FS1328. Available online at https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs1328/. Accessed September 6, 2022.
Smart, A.B., K.S. Moran, J. Hutley, and S. Murphy. 2020. The Effect of pH on Presumpve Forensic Serological Tesng. Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Murphy, J.A., and S.L. Murphy. 2016. Turfgrass: Protecon of Soil and Water. In Lal, R. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Soil Science (3rd ed.). CRC Press. hps://doi.org/10.1081/e-ess3
Sciarappa, W., S. Murphy, and V. Quinn. 2016. Incorporang Soil Biology into Soil Health Assessment. Rutgers NJAES Cooperave
Extension Fact Sheet FS 1256. Available online at https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs1256/. Accessed September 6, 2022.
Murphy, S., D. Giménez, L.S. Muldowney, and J.R. Heckman. 2012. Improving Soil Quality by Increasing Organic Maer Content. Rutgers NJAES Cooperave Extension FS1137. Available online at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1137. Accessed July 9, 2016.
Sciarappa, W., S. Murphy, and V. Quinn. 2016. Incorporang Soil Biology into Soil Health Assessment. Rutgers NJAES Cooperave
Extension Fact Sheet FS 1256. Available online at https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs1256/. Accessed September 6, 2022.
Murphy, S., D. Giménez, L.S. Muldowney, and J.R. Heckman. 2012. Improving Soil Quality by Increasing Organic Maer Content.
Rutgers NJAES Cooperave Extension FS1137. Available online at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1137. Accessed July 9, 2016.
Murphy, S., D. Giménez, L.S. Muldowney, and J.R. Heckman. 2012. Soil Organic Maer Level and Interpretaon. Rutgers NJAES
Cooperave Extension FS1136. Available online at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1136. Accessed July 9, 2016.
Murphy, S., D. Giménez, L.S. Muldowney, and J.R. Heckman. 2012. Soil Organic Maer. Rutgers NJAES Cooperave Extension FS1135.
Available online at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/ publication.asp?pid=FS1135. Accessed July 9, 2016.
Gimenez, D., D. Kluchinski, S. Murphy, and L. S. Muldowney. 2010. Assessment of Soil Disturbance on Farmland. Report to the New
Jersey State Agriculture Development Commiee. Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Staon, New Brunswick, NJ, 19 pp. Available online at http://www.state.nj.us/ agriculture/sadc/farmpreserve/postpres/rutgerssoildisturbancereport.pdf. Accessed June 25, 2016.
Murphy, J.A., H. Samaranayake, J.A. Honig, T. J. Lawson, and S.L. Murphy. 2005. Creeping Bentgrass Establishment on Amended- Sand Root Zones in Two Microenvironments. Crop Science 45:1511- 1520. doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2004.0218
Murphy, J., S. Murphy, and H. Samaranayake. 2000. Soil Physical Constraints and Plant Growth Interacons. In E. Wilkinson (ed). Plant-Environment Interacons. doi: 10.1201/9780824746568.ch13.
Research Reports
Murphy, S. L. and A. J. M. Smucker. 1995. Evaluaon of Video Image Analysis and Line-Intercept Methods for Measuring Root Systems of Alfalfa and Ryegrass. Agron. J. 87: 865-868. doi.org/10.2134/agronj1995.00021962008700050014x
Giménez, D. and S. Murphy, S.Y. Won, and L. S. Muldowney. 2010. Evaluang and Promong the NJ-NRCS Dra Interim Soil Management Standard. Final Report to the Natural Resources and Conservaon Service (NRCS). 51 p.
Giménez, D. and S. Murphy. 2006. Assessing the Quality of Selected Soils from the Piedmont and Coastal Plain Regions of New Jersey. Final Report to the Natural Resources and Conservaon Service (NRCS). 48 p.
