08/13/2025

08/24/2026

Publications

1. Wang, T., A. Okyebanji, T. Steffens, Ale, B. Singh, M. Stotz, and H. Singh. 2026. Benefits and challenges of pasture cropping: Perceptions of grazing producers in the United States. Rangelands. 48 (2): 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2025.11.005


2. Saasan, N., A. Mirchi, Z. Xiang, M.U. Akbar, K. Wagner, Ale., L. Doro, S. Alian, T. Propst, L. Gregory, and B. Wyatt. 2026. Modeling the field scale effects of regenerative agricultural practices in a semi-arid cotton production system. Journal of the ASABE. 69(4): 571-587. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.16657


3. Samanta, S., Ale, C.L.S. Morgan. 2025. Evaluating the potential of no-tillage in enhancing resilience of agricultural watersheds to extreme climatic conditions. Science of the Total Environment. 1001, October 2025, 180495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180495.


4. Mvuyekure, R.F.S., J. Singh, Ale, J. Burke, K. Lewis, C. Cobos, R. Mohtar. 2025. Assessing the effects of no-tillage with rye and mixed cover crops on soil water and nitrogen dynamics and soil carbon sequestration in semi-arid irrigated cotton production systems. Soil and Tillage Research. 254, December 2025, 106746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106746.


5. Malimbayeva, A., M. Batyrbek, Cihacek, J. Bell, and E Aberele. 2026. Effects of soil tillage and fertility management on phosphatase activity in corn (Zea mays L.) in two long-term crop rotatons. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 2026; 9e70305. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.70305.


6. Senturklu, S., D. Landblom, and J. Cihacek. 2026. Effect of a long-term integrated multi-crop rotation and cattle grazing on no-till hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivium L.) production, soil health and economics. Agriculture, 16:73. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture16010073.


7. Batool, M., J. Cihacek, and R. S. Alghamdi. 2025. Coarse carbonate fragments (CCFs) and their contribution to the soil carbon stocks in the northern Great Plains, USA. Geoderma 463 (2025) 117568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117568.


8. Ajayi-Banji, A. A., Cihacek, S. Rahman, S. Sunoj, and C. Igathinathane. 2025. Mineral nitrogen availability from co-digested biodigester products as affected by feedstock pretreatment. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2025:89:e70005. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.70005.


9. Cabello-Leiva, S., M. T. Berti, D. W. Franzen, Cihacek, T. Peters, D. Samarappuli, and A. Wick. 2025. Do fall-seeded cover crops affect sugarbeet establishment, production, and nutrient cycling? In Hatano, R Baggs, E.M. (eds) Nitrogen Cycling and Soil health. NCHS 2022. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1132-4_10


10. Zhou J, Liu J, Hungate BA, Smith P, Sinsabaugh RL, Kuzyakov Y, Noormets A, Chen J (2026) Digging deeper into microbial carbon use efficiency in soil: Perspectives from microbial growth and respiration. The Innovation Geoscience 4: 100183. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100183


11. Ono M, Mitra B, *Baniya B, *Kim D, Noormets A (2025) The use of newly assimilated photosynthates by soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration on a diurnal scale. Biogeosciences 22: 5833-5848. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5833-2025


12. Aguilos M, Bulluck J, Shi, M, Han M, Carter X, Brannum K, Middlebrough B, Watts J, Webb J, Whitley M, Liu N, *Baniya B, Mitra B, Prajapati P, Minick K, Sun G, McNulty SG, Noormets A, King JS (2025) Tree mortality provides early warning sign of ecosystem functional transition in coastal freshwater forested wetlands. Environmental Research Letters 20: 104019 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae0057


13. Ono M, Noormets A, Mitchell S (2025) The effect of the frequency of prescribed burning on annual soil carbon balance in a loblolly-shortleaf pine forest in East Texas. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2025.1602557


14. Reed DE, Chu H, Peter BG, Chen J, Abraha M, Amiro B, Anderson RG, Arain MA, Arruda P, Barron-Gafford GA, Bernacchi C, Beverly DP, Biraud SC, Black TA, Blanken PD, Bohrer G, Bowler R, Bowling DR, Bret-Harte MS, Bretfeld M, Brunsell NA, Bullock SH, Celis G, Chen X, Classen AT, Cook DR, Cueva A, Dalmagro HJ, Davis K, Desai A, Duff AJ, Dunn AL, Durden D, Edgar CW, Euskirchen E, Bracho R, Ewers B, Flanagan LB, Florian C, Foord V, Forbrich I, Forsythe BR, Frank J, Garatuza-Payan J, Goslee S, Gough C, Green M, Griffis T, Helbig M, Hill AC, Hinkle R, Horne J, Humphreys E, Ikawa H, Iwahana G, Jassal R, Johnson B, Johnson M, Kannenberg SA, Kelsey E, King J, Knowles JF, Knox S, Kobayashi H, Kolb T, Kolka R, Krauss KW, Kutzbach L, Lamb B, Law B, Lee S-C, Lee X, Liu H, Loescher HW, Malone SL, Matamala R, Mauritz M, Metzger S, Meyer G, *Mitra B, Munger JW, Nesic Z, Noormets A, O'Halloran TL, O'Keeffe PT, Oberbauer SF, Oechel W, Oikawa P, Olivas PC, Ouimette A, Pastorello G, Perez-Quezada JF, Phillips C, Posse G, Qu B, Quinton WL, Reba ML, Richardson AD, Risso VP, Rocha AV, Rodriguez JC, Ruzol R, Saleska S, Scott RL, Schreiner-McGraw AP, Schuur EAG, Silveira M, Sonnentag O, Spittlehouse DL, Staebler R, Starr G, Staudhammer C, Still C, Sturtevant C, Sullivan RC, Suyker A, Trejo D, Ueyama M, Vargas R, Viner B, Vivoni ER, Wang D, Ward EJ, Wiesner S, Windham-Myers L, Yannick D, Yepez EA, Zenone T, Zhao J, Zona D (2024) Network of Networks: Time-Series Clustering of AmeriFlux Sites. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 372: 110686 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110686


15. Oliveira FCC, Bacon A, Fox TR, Jokela EJ, Kane MB, Martin TA, Noormets A, Ross CW, Vogel J, Markewitz D (2025) Do soil enzymes respond to silvicultural management in pine plantations of the southeastern United States? Forest Ecology and Management 585: 122651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122651


16. Noormets A (2025) Why not all productivity leads to carbon sequestration: The role of plant carbon surplus, allocation and the Gadgil effect. Bioscience 75: 212-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf018


17. Liu P, Zha T, Black TA, Jassal RS, Jia X, Noormets A, Ouimette A, Tian Y, Li X (2025) Seasonal warming responses of the ecosystem CO2 sink of northern forests are sensitive to stand age. Communications Earth & Environment 6: 43. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02008-7


18. Madrid, L.B., Sehgal, A., Ye, R., Siddique, K.H.M., Hein, K., Topp, C., Narayanan, S., 2026. Cover crop root attributes and their contribution to soil processes and agroecosystem sustainability. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 407, 110468.


19. Wang, Z., Saski, C., Campbell, B., Huang, L., Ye, R., 2025. Cover crops and manure compost shift microbial functions and diversity in Southeastern sandy soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 89, e70149.


20. Wang, Z., Saski, C., Campbell, B., Oliver, F., Ye, R., 2026. Legume and Non-legume Cover Crops Shape Distinct Soil Microbial Communities and C-cycling Functional Traits. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.doi: 10.1007/s42729-026-03241-5.


21. Dhakal, M., M.A. Locke, K.N. Reddy, M.T. Moore, R W. Steinriede Jr., T.P. Kharel, L J. Krutz. (2025). Soil-plant-water relations and water footprint of cover crop-based no-till cotton and sorghum productions in humid region. Soil Sci. Soc. Ame. J. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.70166


22. Pandey, D., B. Acharya, Dhakal, T. Caton, C. Lapham, A. Smith, A. Ghalehgolabbehbahani. (2025). Industrial hemp yield and chemical composition as influenced by row spacing, fertilization and environmental conditions. Agrosyst. Geosci. Environ. 8:e70093. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.7009


23. Ghalehgolabbehbahani, A., G. Zinati, S. Hamido, N. Bhusal, Dhakal, R. Afshar, J.B. Contina, R. Caetani, A.H. Smith, D. Panday. (2025) Integrated Control of Powdery Mildew Using UV Light Exposure and OMRI Certified Fungicide for Greenhouse Organic Lettuce Production. Horticulturae 11, 246. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11030246


24. Kharel, T., H. Tyler, P. Mubvumba, Y. Huang, A. Bhandari, R. Fletcher, S. Anapalli, D. Joshi, A. Mengistu, G. Birru, K. Adhikari, Dhakal, M. Maskey, K. Reddy, D. Clay. (2025). Machine learning on multi-spectral imagery to estimate nutrient yield of mixed-species cover crops. Agric. Environ. Letters 10:e70009. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.70009


25. Li, S., Y. Yang, J. Zhang, L. T. Wilson, S. O. P. B. Samonte, Dou, T. Bera, X. Zhou, D. Sanchez, and J. Wang. UAV image analysis for detecting rice seedling gaps and gap effect on grain yield. 2025. Smart Agricultural Technology10: 100753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2024.100753.


26. Lasar, H., S. Lamichhane, Dou, and T. Gentry. 2025. The environmental trade-offs of applying soil amendment: Microbial biomass and greenhouse gas emission dynamics in organic rice paddy soils. Applied Soil Ecology 208:105977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.105977.


27. Yang, Y., T. Bera, H. Araji, Dou, LT Wilson, WL Rooney, J. Morrison, B. Baldwin, J. Knoll, J. Jifon, A. Wright, D. Odero, H. Sandhu, A. Hale, H. Mula-Michel, and J. Wang. 2025. Ground-active arthropod diversity under energycane and biomass sorghum production. Insects 16 (5), 442.


28. Lamichhane, S., A. McClung, and Dou. 2025. Effect of soil amendments on grain yield, yield components, and milling quality in organic rice production. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 8 (2), e70127.


29. Cao, Z., Dou, Y. Deng, and X. Ma. 2025. Sequestration and degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil: Opportunities and challenges. Soil & Environmental Health, 100175.


30. Joshi, B., Ordóñez, R.A., Quinn, D., Penn, C., Pearl, C., Vyn, T., and Rui, Y. (2026). Belowground performance of novel short-stature maize under varying nitrogen rates across contrasting soil types. Field Crops Research, 342, 110482.


31. Pearl, C., Ordóñez, R.A., Prescott, C., Quinn, D., Wilhelm, R., Penn, C., Joshi, B., and Rui, Y. (2026). Impacts of hybrid selection and nitrogen fertilization on root-derived carbon inputs in maize. Plant and Soil, 519, 1609-1625.


32. Jaya, P., Rui, Y., Navya, M., and Sandeep, S. (2026). Soil organic carbon dynamics: Influences of land-use change in natural and plantation forests of the Western Ghats, India. PLOS ONE, 21(2), e0342399.


33. Pearsons, K.A., Rui, Y., and Kladivko, E.J. (2025). Decade-long cereal rye cover cropping improved soil carbon and physical properties of a poorly structured silt loam. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 89(6), e70165.


34. Zong, T., Ma, J., Guan, X., Lin, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, M., Lv, J., Rui, Y., Chen, Y., Wu, L., and Lu, S. (2025). Decreased net N nitrification rate constrains soil N availability during long-term Camellia oleifera cultivation. Applied Soil Ecology, 206, 105840.


35. Judd, T.C., Ruark, M.D., Rui, Y., Sanford, G.R., and Freedman, Z.B. (2025). Mechanisms of soil organic matter persistence vary across time and soil depth in long-term cropping systems of the North Central US. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 393, 109769.


36. Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Rui, Y., Pearl, C., Lu, S., Wang, F., Ekelund, F., Hao, Y., and Cui, X. (2025). Nitrogen addition and rhizosphere effects differentially shape prokaryotic and fungal communities in peanut-maize cropping systems. Rhizosphere, 34, 101084.


37. Emerson, David A. Lipson, Cristina Lazcano, Kate M. Scow, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues. Multi-omics resolved integration reveals microbial niche separation in soil aggregates. ISME Communications, 6(1): ycag161.


38. Decock, C.,Rodriguez-Paiatsyka, A., Pressler, Y., Lazcano, C. Wilson, Stewart. Building soil health: Lessons learned from seven field trials on the California Central Coast. 2026. California Agriculture, 80(1).


39. Kefang Nie, LaZaria McWright, Joanna G. Rothwell, Mariel Mondragon-Becerra, Halima Malal, Cristina Lazcano, Daniel Geisseler, Layla Scott, J. Elliott Campbell, Jorge Gomez-Ortega, Hannah Waterhouse, Alexie Leauthaud, Shrijana Duwadi, Rebecca Ryals, Alda F. A. Pires. Microbial Food Safety Risk in Finished Compost: A Statewide Cross-sectional Study of Composting System in California. Journal of Food Protection, 89(8): 100844.


40. Halima Malal, Gregg T. Stephenson, Cristina Lazcano, Katharine R. Watts, Ashraf M. Tubeileh. Soil management legacy drives the response of the soil microbiome to compost applications. 2026, Applied Soil Ecology, 222: 106998.


41. Yu Huang, Yuqi Zhou, Xiaowei Huang, Haojie Shena, Cristina Lazcano, Caixian Tang, Jianming Xu. Cadmium-containing straw addition obstructs carbon sequestration and aggravates nitrogen deficiency in paddy soils. 2026, Environmental Research, 302: 124564.


42. Joshua Garcia, Mariel Mondragon-Becerra, Ivan Martinez, Connie Wong, Zoe Caron, Katherine Kravitz, Elaine Owyang, Kayode Jegede, Rebecca Ryals, Cristina Lazcano. Can Regenerative Agriculture Support Urban Soil Health? A Case Study in the San Francisco Bay Area. Discover Sustainability, 7(587).


43. Axel Herrera, Ellen Bruno, Kerri Steenwerth, Alexandra Everson, Cristina Lazcano. Evaluating the Economic Viability of Regenerative Viticulture. American Journal of Viticulture and Enology 77 (1).


44. Gonzalez-Maldonado, Noelymar; Steenwerth, Kerri; Nocco, Mallika A.; Yao, Erika; Zaragoza, Luisa Robles; Moonilall, Nall I.; Lazcano, Cristina. 2026. Grower-defined ideal winegrape vineyard soils diverge from traditional soil health paradigm. European Journal of Soil Science 77 (1).


45. Lauren Picone, Priya Verma, Corinne Butler, Kerri Steenwerth, Matthew J. Grieshop, Cristina Lazcano, Charlotte Decock. 2025. On-farm assessment of long-term impacts of regenerative management on vineyard soil health. European Journal of Soil Science 76 (5).


46. Halima Malal, Joshua A. Garcia, Anna Marrs, Mohamed AIT HAMZA, Courtney Emerson, Mallika Nocco, Hicham Lakhtar and Cristina Lazcano. 2025. Organic and inorganic fertilizers modulate the response of the soil microbiome to salinity stress. Frontiers in Microbiology, 1551586, 2025.


47. Logan A. Ebert, Mallika Arudi Nocco, Andrew Gal, Wesley Brooks, Thomas Turini, Gaurav Jha, Cristina Lazcano, Amélie C.M. Gaudin, and Kate Scow. 2025. Tapered Deficit Irrigation Strategies to Reduce Water Use in Processing Tomatoes. California Agriculture. 2025.


48. Sangeeta Bansal, Noelymar Gonzalez-Maldonado, Erika Yao, Connie Wong, Irene Adamo, Marta Acin, Beatriz Garcia-Jimenez, Alberto Acedo, Cristina Lazcano. 2025. Regenerative soil management practices no-till and sheep grazing induce significant but contrasting short-term changes in the vineyard soil microbiome. 2025. Plants People Planet, 7 (1) 1-18.


49. Vazquez, R. S. C., Allen, K. S., Hestrin, R., Wick, R., & *Keiser, A. D. (2026). Plants and mycorrhizal fungi reduce mineral-associated organic matter nitrogen formed from decomposing litter. Plant and Soil. (Drafted and submitted during the project period, but published afterwards)


50. Griffen, G., Whitaker, A., Bergh, E., Carrell, M., Knatvold, E., Konya, A., Grandy, A. S., Jilling, A., Keiluweit, M., & Hestrin, R. (2026). Mineral-associated organic nitrogen pool size, composition, and accessibility mediated by agricultural management and soil geochemical characteristics. Geoderma, 465, 117627.


51. Gomes-Neto, J. C., Crook, A., Hestrin, R., Li, G., Liew, C.-S., Rosa, G., Singh, K. D., Tuggle, C. K., Summers, K. L., Valdes, C., Fahlgren, N., & Clarke, J. (2026). Challenges and opportunities: Computational biology and the future of agriculture. Bioinformatics Advances, 6, vbag003.


52. Bolscher, T., Cardon, Z., Garcia Arredondo, M., Grand, S., Griffen, G., Hestrin, R., Imboden, J., Jamoteau, F., Lacroix, E. M., Perez Castro, S., Persson, P., Riley, W., & Keiluweit, M. (2025). Vulnerability of mineral-organic associations in the rhizosphere. Nature Communications, 16, 5527.


53. Jilling, A., Grandy, A. S., Daly, A., Hestrin, R., Possinger, A., Abramoff, R., Annis, M., Cates, A., Dynarski, K., Georgiou, K., Heckman, K., Keiluweit, M., Lang, A. K., Phillips, R. P., Rocci, K., *Shabtai, I. A., Sokol, N. W., & Whalen, E. (2025). The ecological relevance of fast-cycling mineral-associated organic matter—a dynamic pool of "persistent" soil carbon and nitrogen. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 690.


54. Wooliver, R., Neupane, A., DeBruyn, J.M., Hayes, D.G., Astner, A.F., and Jagadamma, S. 2026. Organic carbon loss from agricultural soil is accelerated by biodegradable microplastics and mitigated by mineral nitrogen addition. Journal of Environmental Quality 55 (1), e70135.


55. Eeswaran, R., Lazicki, P.A., Mengistu, A., and Jagadamma, S. 2026. Biophysical and management drivers of soil organic carbon accumulation in operational farms across Tennessee, USA. Soil and Tillage Research 257, 106977.


56. Wooliver R, Kivlin S, and Jagadamma S. 2025. Combined legacy effects of drought and diverse plant residues: Fate and priming effects of glucose. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 211:109983.


57. Wooliver R, Kivlin S, and Jagadamma S. 2025. Microbial communities and their association with soil health indicators under row cash crop and cover crop diversification: a case study. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16: 1664417.


58. Jarecke, K., R. Keen, K. Singha, J. Nippert, S. Billings, Zhang, K. Sadayappan, M. Kirk, D. Hirmas, L. Li, H. Ajami, M. Dumont, A. Flores and P. Sullivan. 2025. Woody encroachment intensifies deep soil drying at daily, seasonal, and decadal scales. Ecosystems 28: 64.


59. Dai, W., G. Feng, A. Adeli, J.P. Brooks, J.N. Jenkins and Zhang. 2025. Effects of cover crops on soil aggregate-associated organic carbon and nitrogen characteristics in a cotton-corn rotation system. Soil Science Society of America Journal 89: e70137.


60. Shi, Y., W. Dai, G. Chen, Zhang, N. Li and W. Fu. 2025. Improved soil moisture mapping using an integrated cyclic modeling and bias correction approach. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 40: 101741.


61. Hirmas, D., H. Ajami, M. Sena, Zhang, X. Cao, B. Li, K. Jarecke, S. Billings, J. Pachon, L. Li, J. Nippert, L. Souza, A. Flores and P. Sullivan. 2025. Predicting soil interpedal macroporosity and hydraulic conductivity dynamics: a model for integrating laser-scanned profile imagery with soil moisture sensor data. Water Resources Research 61: e2024WR039836.


62. Dai, W., P. Lu and Zhang. 2025. Wheat straw incorporation enhances paddy soil quality: evidence from a pot experiment. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 8 (3): e70159.


63. Dai, W., G. Feng, A. Adeli, J. Brooks, C. Jeong and Zhang. 2025. Impact of winter cover crop and soil amendments on total and aggregate-associated nitrogen in a no-till corn field. npj Sustainable Agriculture 3 (1): 39.


64. Xie, N., L. Sun, T. Lu, Zhang, N. Duan, W. Wang, X. Liang, Y. Fan and H. Liu. 2025. Effects of adding different corn residue components on soil and aggregate organic carbon. Agriculture 15 (10): 1050.


65. Huang, J., V. Sehgal, L. Alvarez, L. Brocca, S. Cai, R. Cheng, X. Cheng, J. Du, B. El Masri, A. Endsley, Y. Fang, J. Hu, M. Jampani, G. Kibria, G. Koren, L. Li, L. Liu, J. Mao, H. Moreno, A. Rigden, M. Shi, X. Shi, Y. Wang, Zhang and J. Fisher. 2025. Remotely sensed high-resolution soil moisture and evapotranspiration: bridging the gap between science and society. Water Resources Research 61: e2024WR037929.


66. Han, S. W., Luo, Q., Qin, Z. H., Liu, W. S., Li, H. R., Lal, R., et al. 2025. Aridity drives the response of soil organic carbon and inorganic carbon to drought in cropland. Global Change Biology 31(11): e70622. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70622.


67. Karki, S., Shrestha, R., Lal, R., Lorenz, K., and Lindsey, L. E. 2025. Effects of biochar and cover crops on physical properties of two soils in Ohio. Soil Science Society of America Journal 89(2): e70041. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.70041.


68. Lal, R. 2025. Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.2025.2572280.


69. Lal, R., Uphoff, N., and Bindraban, P. 2025. Precision agriculture using IoT and remote sensing: Enhancing productivity and resource efficiency. International Journal of Agriculture Sustainable Farming 1(1): 10-14.


70. Munna, M. N. H., and Lal, R. 2025. Impacts of cover cropping and organic amendments on soil physical quality under temperate climate. Cogent Food & Agriculture 11: 2467452. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2025.2467452.


71. Priyadarshini, C., Lal, R., Yuan, P., Liu, W., Adhikari, A., Bhandari, S., and Xia, Y. 2025. Plant disease suppressiveness enhancement via soil health management. Biology 14: 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14080924.

F. Conference Presentations

1. Olowoyeye, O., Ale, S., Lewis, K., and DeLaune, P. 2026. Soil carbon sequestration potential of cotton-sorghum rotation in cotton production systems. Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX, January 7-9, 2026.


2. Simbi Mvuyekure, R. F., Boogades, N., Ale, S., Cobos, C., Burke, J. A., Lewis, K. L., Mohtar, R., and Gentry, T. 2025. Assessing the effects of no-tillage with cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions from semi-arid irrigated cotton production systems. CANVAS (ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting), Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.


3. Simbi Mvuyekure, R. F., Ale, S., Samanta, S., Mohtar, R., DeLaune, P., and Gentry, T. 2025. Evaluating the watershed-scale impacts of regenerative agricultural practices on hydrology, water quality, and soil organic carbon. CANVAS (ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting), Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.


4. Singh, H., Singh, B., Ale, S., DeLaune, P. B., Kim, J., Samanta, S., Acharya, B., Bawa, A., and Mohtar, R. 2025. Pasture cropping as a regenerative practice on grazing lands: A field and modeling study in North Central Texas. CANVAS (ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting), Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.


5. Ale, S., Samanta, S., and Mvuyekure, R.F.S. 2025. Evaluation of watershed-scale effects of regenerative agricultural practices on hydrology and water quality. Keynote presentation at the 59th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, Bhopal, India, November 10-12, 2025.


6. Samanta, S., Ale, S., Mvuyekure, R. F. S., DeLaune, P. B., Mirchi, A., Wagner, K., Gregory, L. 2025. Simulated impact of regenerative agricultural practices on stream flow characteristics in the Upper Middle-Brazos-Millers Watershed in Texas. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025.


7. Mvuyekure , R.F.S., Ale, S., Samanta, S., Gentry, T., DeLaune, P., Mohtar, R. 2025. Assessing the impacts of regenerative agricultural practices on watershed hydrology and water quality. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025.


8. Singh, H., Ale, S., Kim, J., Samanta, S., Singh, B., Mohtar, R. 2025. Simulating the effects of pasture cropping on runoff, sediment and nutrient losses in a North Central Texas watershed. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025.


9. Saasan, N., Mirchi, A., Kaghazchi, A., Alian, S., Wagner, K., Ale, S. 2025. Watershed-scale modeling of regenerative agricultural practices in the North Fork Red River Watershed. 2025. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025.


10. Singh, H., Ale, S., Singh, B., Samanta, S., Bawa, A., DeLaune, P.B., Mohtar, R. 2025. Pasture cropping as a regenerative practice on grazing lands: Impacts on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025. (Poster).


11. Saasan, N., Mirchi, A., Khodkar, K., Wagner, K., Wootten, A., Ale, S. 2025. Field-scale agro-hydrological effects of regenerative agriculture in Altus, Oklahoma, under projected future climate. 2025. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2025. (Poster).


12. Wang, T., Oyebanji, A., Steffens, T., Singh, B., Stotz, M., Singh, H., Ale, S. 2025. Benefits and challenges of pasture cropping: Perception of grazing producers. America’s Grasslands Conference. 24-26 June 2025. Kearney, NE.


13. Batool, M., and Cihacek. 2025. Long-term soil pH changes in southwestern North Dakota. North Dakota Cooperative Soil Survey Work Planning Conference, Mandan, ND. April 9. 2025. (Oral, invited)


14. Cihacek, L. Peat and muck soils in Minnesota. USDA-NRCS Agricultural Peat Soils Workshop, Cologne, MN. June 17, 2025. (Oral, invited)


15. Batool, M., and Cihacek. 2025. Long-term soil pH changes in southwestern North Dakota. 80th SWCS International Annual Conference. August 3-6,2025, Costa Mesa, CA. (Oral)


16. Cihacek, L. The role of legumes in diverse cropping systems. NDSU Dickinson Research Extension Center 2025 Soil Health Workshop, September 19, 2025. Dickinson, ND. (Oral, invited)


17. Batool, M., Cihacek, N. Kalwar, and R. S. Alghamdi. 2025. Long-Term Soil Carbon and Morphological Evolution in Paired Land-Uses across Southwestern North Dakota. CANVAS 2025, November 9-12, 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.(Oral).


18. Malimbayeva, A., J. Cihacek, A. M Shibikeyeva, A. K. Umbetov, and A. K Balgabayev. 2025. Anthropogenic influences on soil physical and chemical properties in the foothill zone of the Trans Ili Alatau, Kazakhstan. CANVAS 2025, November 9-12, 2025. Salt Lake City, UT. (Poster).


19. Biotto, E. F. M., A. Khaleel, C. Dutter, M. D. McDaniel, and J. Cihacek. 2025. Double sampling a 55-year CRP chronosequence to resolve soil organic carbon nuances. CANVAS 2025. November 9-12, 2025. Salt Lake City, UT. (Poster)


20. Clarkson, R., Zitnick-Anderson, K., Vanderhyde, MN., Longtin, S.M., and Butcher, K. 2025. Naughty vs. Nice: Does alleviating C limitation enhance native microbiome suppression of plant pathogens? Soils for Our Future Conference July 20-25, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Oral)


21. Clarkson, R., Zitnick-Anderson, K., Vanderhyde, M., Longtin, S.M., and Butcher, K. 2025. Live vs. Legacy: RNA vs. DNA dectection of S. scabies in soils for pre-season diagnosis of common scab. CANVAS November 9-12, 2025. Salt Lake City, UT. (Poster)


22. Clarkson, R., Zitnick-Anderson, K., Vanderhyde, MN., Longtin, S.M., and Butcher, K. 2026. Presence ≠ Problem: The soil environment may decouple pathogenicity from active pathogen abundance. MSSS January 28-30, 2026, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN. (Oral)


23. Baniya B, *Kim D, *Nkrumah M, *Sarpong C, *Dong J, *Ono M, Noormets A (2025) Differentiating Structural and Non-Structural Carbon Using Ecosystem Carbon Flux Measurements. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.


24. Dong J, *Baniya B, *Kim D, *Nkrumah M, *Sarpong C, Miao G, Noormets A (2025) Incorporating a passive carbon allocation algorithm TIMBCA in CLM-FATES. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.


25. Kim D, *Baniya B, *Sarpong C, *Nkrumah M, Noormets A (2025) Diurnal dynamics of Carbon allocation and respiratory costs under water stress using isotopic flux partitioning. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.


26. Leite P, Noormets A, Wilcox B, Fuhlendorf SD, Neumann L (2025) Rethinking woody plant encroachment: can it improve soil health of formerly overgrazed rangelands? AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.


27. Aguilos M, Noormets A, King JS, Belgado M (2025) In search of the perfect tower. Ameriflux Community Blog. 11/26/2025. https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/in-search-of-the-perfect-tower/


28. Noormets A (2025) Taimede ökofüsioloogia arengusuunad maailmas (On the developments in plant ecophysiology in the world). Metsaökoloogia kaasaegsed arengusuunad maailmas ja olukord Eestis. XX Ökoloogiapäev, mis on pühendatud Olevi Kulli 70. sünni-aastapäevale. Tartu, Estonia, November 14, 2025.


29. Noormets A, *Ono M, *Baniya B, *Kim D, Mitra B, *Simpson C, *Sarpong C, *Nkrumah M (2025) Carbon flow from plants to soil. New Phytologist Symposium - Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life. Tartu, Estonia, July 8-10, 2025.


30. Simpson C, Smith P, Kreuter U, Noormets A (2025). Quantifying carbon dynamics of Adaptive Multi-Paddock grazing across spatial and temporal scales in Northern Texas. Native Plant Society of Texas Symposium. Austin, TX. March 8, 2025.


31. Simpson CA, Smith AP, Tolleson D, Treadwell M, Kreuter U, Noormets A (2025) Quantifying carbon dynamics of adaptive multi-paddock grazing across spatial scales in northern Texas. Soil Survey and Land Resource Workshop, Bryan, February 5-6, 2025.


32. Dhakal, M., M.A. Locke, K. N. Reddy, M.T. Moore, Jr. R. W. Steinriede, L. J. Krutz. (2025). Building resilient agroecosystem from the ground up: Soil and water benefits of cover cropping and conservation tillage in a humid region. CANVAS annual meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Nov 9-13, 2025, Salt Lake City, UT.


33. Dhakal, M., M.A. Locke, K. N. Reddy, M.T. Moore, Jr. R. W. Steinriede, L. J. Krutz. (2025). Integration of regenerative management practices for improved soil health, water quality, and water use efficiency in cotton and sorghum cropping systems. Mississippi Water & Energy Conference. Oct 28-30, 2025, Starkville, MS.


34. Shrestha, A., T.P. Kharel, Dhakal, K.N. Reddy. 2025. Detecting soybean emergence and senescence with satellite remote sensing in the Lower Mississippi River Basin. CANVAS annual meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Nov 9-13, 2025, Salt Lake City, UT.


35. Panday, D., P. Heydar, C. Lapham, A. Pierce, Dhakal, A. Ghale, G. Fioravanti, R. Kander. (2025). Improving hemp fiber strength and flexibility with regenerative practices and minimal nitrogen. Annual CANVAS meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov 9-12, 2025.


36. Oloyede, O., P.P. Joshi, G.D. Spencer, L.J. Krutz, P. Wagle, Dhakal. (2025). Effect of tailwater recirculation on water and methane fluxes in irrigated rice production system. Annual CANVAS meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov 9-12, 2025 (Second place). https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2025am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/167311


37. Joshi, P.P., Oloyede, O., Spencer, D., & Dhakal, M. (2025). Effect of Regenerative Management Practices on Greenhouse Gases in Corn. Annual CANVAS meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov 9-12, 2025.


38. Oloyede, O. E., Spencer, D., Joshi, P. P., Krutz, L. J., & Dhakal, M. (2025, October 30). Effect of tailwater recirculation on water and methane fluxes in irrigated rice production systems. Mississippi Water and Energy Conference, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Mississippi.


39. Oloyede, O. E., Spencer, D., Joshi, P. P., Krutz, L. J., & Dhakal, M. (2025, October 18). Can tailwater recirculation in row rice reduce water and methane fluxes without a yield penalty? Graduate Research Fall Symposium, Graduate Student Association, Mississippi State University, Mississippi (Second Place winner).


40. Dhakal, M., M.A. Locke, K. N. Reddy, M.T. Moore, Jr. R. W. Steinriede, L. J. Krutz. (2025). Impacts of cover cropping and tillage on soil health and root-zone water quality in cotton and sorghum production systems. Soil Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, Aug 6-8, 2025. Costa Mesa, CA.


41. Joshi, P.P., Dhakal, M., Reynolds, Z., & Spencer, D. (2025, February 15). Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Improved Nitrogen Management Strategies in Corn. Spring Graduate Research Symposium, Graduate Student Association, Mississippi State University, Mississippi.


42. Joshi, P.P., & Dhakal, M. (2025, March 20). Improved fertility management reduces greenhouse gas emissions in corn. Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS), Biloxi, Mississippi.


43. Joshi, P.P., Oloyede, O., Spencer, D., & Dhakal, M., (2025, October 18). Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Corn Through Protected Fertility Management. Fall


44. Graduate Symposium, Graduate Student Association, Mississippi State University, Mississippi


45. Joshi, P.P., Dhakal, M., Reynolds, Z., & Spencer, D. (2025, February 3). Strategic fertility management reduces greenhouse gas emissions in corn. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS), Irving, Texas


46. Joshi, P.P., Oloyede, O., Spencer, D., & Dhakal, M., (2025, October). Protected Fertility Management Mitigates Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Sustainable Corn Production, Mississippi Water and Energy Conference, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Mississippi


47. Oloyede, O., P. P. Joshi, Dhakal. 2025. Effect of alternate wetting and drying with automated tailwater reuse on greenhouse gas emissions in rice production. Graduate Student Research Symposium. Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. 15 February 2025. Poster Presentations


48. Joshi, P.P., O. Oloyede, G.D. Spencer, Dhakal. (2025). Can protected fertility management mitigate greenhouse gas emission and improve corn productivity? CANVAS annual meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Nov 9-13, 2025, Salt Lake City, UT (Third place).


49. Shrestha, A., T.P. Kharel, Dhakal, K.N. Reddy. 2025. Satellite-based analysis of spatial and temporal trends in soybean yield across the Lower Mississippi River Basin. CANVAS annual meeting, ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Nov 9-13, 2025, Salt Lake City, UT.


50. Joshi, P.P., Mendez, K.V., AdvientoBorbe, M. A., Spencer, D., Reynolds, Z., & Dhakal, M. (2025, February 15). Automated Furrow Irrigated Rice Production System Mitigates Greenhouse Gas Emission in Rice. Spring Graduate Research Symposium, Graduate Student Association Mississippi State University, Mississippi.


51. Joshi, P.P., & Dhakal, M. (2025, March 20). Improved fertility management reduces greenhouse gas emissions in corn. Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) annual meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi.


52. Joshi, P.P., Mendez, K.V., AdvientoBorbe, M. A., & Dhakal, M. (2025, April 22). Enhancing Environmental Sustainability through Automated Furrow Irrigation in Rice for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. Spring Symposium of the Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. 15 February 2025.


53. Mendez, K., Quiñones, C. Larazo, N., Larazo, W., Adviento-Borbe, M.A.A., Dhakal, M., Massey, J.H., Krutz, J. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Furrow Rice using Tailwater Recovery System. 2025 Rice Technical Working Group Conference, Feb 17-20, 2025, New Orleans, LA.


54. Oloyede, O., P. P. Joshi, D. Spencer, L. J. Krutz, Dhakal. 2025. Developing a model to estimate greenhouse gas fluxes and evapotranspiration using machine learning and remote sensing data. Graduate Student Research Symposium. Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. 15 February 2025.


55. Oloyede, O., R. Willemet, M. De Boever, Wim Cornelis. 2025. Impact of Mulching on Soil Water Balance and Potato Growth. Spring Symposium of the Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. 22 April 2025 (Second place).


56. Lasar, H., H. Petrowicz, Dou, K. Bronson. 2025. Critical thresholds on alternate wetting and drying on greenhouse gas emissions and rice yields. 40th Rice Technical Working Group Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 2025.


57. Petrowicz, H., Dou, A. Lloyd, H. Lasar, and N. Hetti. 2025. Effects of different nitrogen rates on yield, nitroggen use efficiency, and greeenhouse gas emission under alternate wetting and drying management. 40th Rice Technical Working Group Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 2025.


58. Weathington, M., J. Vernon, T. Bera, Y. Yang, Dou, and T. Wilson. Empowering young scholars in nitrogne management for ratoon organic rice. 40th Rice Technical Working Group Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 2025.


59. Hettiarachchi, N., Dou, X. Mao. 2025. Nutrient uptake and structural analysis of rice under Zinc-based nanomaterial application: A study using visual imaging at the nanoscale. 40th Rice Technical Working Group Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 2025.


60. Petrowicz, H., Dou, M. Trevino, H. Laser, N. Hettiarachchi, T. Gentry, LT Wilson, Y. Yang, and L. Tarpley. 2025. Effects of nitrogen rate on rice yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions under alternate wetting and drying. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


61. Lasar, HGW., H. Petrowicz, Dou, T. Gentry, X. Ma, and K. Bronson. 2025. Critical thresholds in alternate wetting and drying for optimizing rice performance and minimizing environmental impacts. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


62. Lasar, HGW, H. Petrowicz, Dou, T. Gentry, X. Ma, and K. Bronson. 2025. Productivity and environmental tradeoffs of alternate wetting and drying irrigation across hybrid and inbred rice cultivars. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


63. Lasar, HGW, S. Lamichhane, Dou, and T. Gentry. 2025. Productivity and environmental impacts of organic nitrogen strategies in flooded rice systems. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


64. Hettiarachchi, N., Dou, T. Gentry, S. Ma, H. Petrowicz, M. Trevino, and H. Lasar. Consequences of zinc nanomaterial and transformed product amendments on nutrient dynamics, rice growth, grain quality, and productivity in flooded paddy soils of Beaumont, TX. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


65. Hettiarachchi, N., Dou, S, Ma, T. Gentry, H. Petrowicz, M. Trevino, and H. Lasar. Assessment of soil quality, root morphological traits, and nutrient uptake in rice under Zn-based nanomaterials and their transformed products. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


66. Yang, Y., LT Wilson, Dou, and T. Bera. 2025. Cellulosic biorefinery sitting and biomass supply logistics in the Southeast United States. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


67. Poondla, M, JE Mowrer, Dou, and HGW Lasar. 2025. Redox-mediated shifts in phosphorus availability under safe AWD versus continuous flooding in rice fields. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


68. Poondla, M, JE Mowrer, Dou, and HGW Lasar. 2025. Influence of redox-driven chemical processes on soil phosphorus availability under AWD in rice. CANVAS 2025. Salt Lake City, UT.


69. Rui, Y. From microbial tradeoffs to management solutions: Rethinking soil organic carbon in agroecosystems. Invited seminar, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, November 6, 2025.


70. Benson, A., Rui, Y., Paul, S., Wilhelm, R.C., and Kladivko, E.J. Digging into organic soil health: What we learned from 91 Indiana field sites. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


71. Jaya, P., Rui, Y., and Sandeep, S. Comprehensive soil carbon profiling across cropland and woodland: A multi-analytical assessment from the Midwest U.S. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


72. Gramajo, E., Quinn, D., Rui, Y., and Brouder, S.M. Combined effects of nitrogen rate, source, and enhanced-efficiency fertilizer use in Midwest corn production. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


73. Lu, S., Rui, Y., Volenec, J.J., Brouder, S.M., and Chen, Y. Microbial network complexity and abundance mediate soil multifunctionality under intensive agriculture. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


74. Pearl, C., Joshi, B., Ordóñez, R.A., Wilhelm, R.C., Penn, C.J., and Rui, Y. Impacts of nitrogen fertilization on plant carbon allocation and belowground carbon dynamics in short- and tall-stature maize. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


75. Joshi, B., Ordóñez, R.A., Pearl, C., Quinn, D., Penn, C.J., and Rui, Y. Influence of nitrogen fertilization rates on root phenes of short- and tall-stature corn hybrids and soil-health indicators. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9-12, 2025.


76. Cristina Lazcano. Regeneración de Suelos y Prácticas Sostenibles, Simposio Internacional de Viticultura Sustentable: Innovación, Agua y Cambio Climático. Centro de Estudios Vitivinícolas (CEVIT). CETYS Universidad Campus Internacional Ensenada (Mexico).


77. Cristina Lazcano. Viticultura Regenerativa: Más Allá de la Agricultura Orgánica, Simposio Internacional de Viticultura Sustentable: Innovación, Agua y Cambio Climático. Centro de Estudios Vitivinícolas (CEVIT). CETYS Universidad Campus Internacional Ensenada (Mexico).


78. Can regenerative management improve soil hydrological health in Mediterranean agroecosystems?, Annual meeting of the California Soil and Water Conservation Society, CA, NV Chapter. Davis, CA (USA).


79. Halima Malal, Chiara De Quay, Reymond Reis, Axel Mauricio Herrera Moreno, Zackary Jones, Sabina Dore, Guillermo Tagle, Patrick Becket, Sangeeta Bansal, Jorge Dominguez, Cristina Lazcano. Effects of vermifiltration vermicompost on soil health and nitrous oxide emissions across different annual and perennial systems in Washington and California, 81st SWCS International Annual Conference. July 26-29, 2026, St. Louis, Missouri (USA).


80. Sarah Brickman, Jimena Balic, Mauricio Shoebitz, Ediardo Arellano, Leah Renwick, Amelie Gaudin, Cristina Lazcano. Poster. Cover crop mowing or tillage, but not sheep grazing, alter within-season soil inorganic nitrogen availability in an organic vineyard, 81st SWCS International Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2026, in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).


81. Axel Herrera, Ian Ferrer, Kelsey Fenn, Mallika Nocco, Elizabeth Forrestel, Nicolas Bambach, Cristina Lazcano. Oral Presentation. Soil hydraulic responses to combined regenerative management practices in a commercial Sonoma vineyard, 2026 National Conference, American Society for Enology and Viticulture. June 19-22, Boise, Idaho (USA).


82. Chiara I. de Quay, Connie Wong, Axel Herrera, Cristina Lazcano. Poster. Short-term Effects of Compost & Tillage on Vine Yield & Soil Health of Chardonnay Vineyards in California and Oregon, 2026 National Conference, American Society for Enology and Viticulture. June 19-22, Boise, Idaho (USA).


83. Mallika Arudi Nocco, Nicolas Bambach, Jeff Borum, John Bushoven, Alyssa DeVincentis, Kelsey Fenn, Andrew Gal, Joshua Garcia, Gaurav Jha, Sat Darshan S Khalsa, Cristina Lazcano, Patrick Makiri, Andrew J McElrone, Samuel Sandoval Solis, Dilruba Yeasmin. Assessing deep root zone microirrigation in California almonds, ASABE Global Symposium on Sustainable Microirrigation Advances: Drop to Boom.


84. Ian Ferrer, Axel Herrera, Kelsey Fenn, Mallika Nocco, Cristina Lazcano. Effects of stacked regenerative practices on soil water infiltrationdynamics and moisture regimes in a Sonoma vineyard, CA. Poster, 2026 California Plant and Soil Conference. Tuesday-Wednesday, February 3-4, Visalia, California (USA).


85. Halima Malal, Mariel Mondragon-Becerra, Kefang Nie, Raymond Reis, Camila Cancino, Joshua Garcia, Daniel J Geisseler, Cristina Lazcano, Hannah Waterhouse, Rebecca Ryals, Alda Pires, Eliiott Campbell. Oral Presentation. Nitrogen mineralization dynamics of California composts in processing tomato production: incubation and field study, Compost 2026. February 2-5 2026. Sacramento, California (USA).


86. Kelsey Fenn, Andy Gal, Josh Garcia, Ashly Lord, Majdi Abou Najm, Anthony O’Geen, Cristina Lazcano, Mallika A. Nocco. Oral Presentation. Integrating Soil Physics and Microbial Ecology through Perennial Cover Cropping., 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, British Columbia, Canada, April 12-15, 2026.


87. Connie T. F. Wong, Luisa Robles Zaragoza, Bruna Albuquerque Vaz, Chiara De Quay, Jared France, Ivan Martinez, Axel Herrera, Joshua Garcia, Kerri L. Steenwerth, Cristina Lazcano. Oral Presentation. Soil microbial diversity and carbon cycling across the soil profile under regenerative management in Northern California vineyards, 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, British Columbia, Canada, April 12-15, 2026.


88. Kelsey Fenn, Andrew Gal, Nall Moonilall, Ashly Lord, Cristina Lazcano, Mallika A. Nocco. Oakville Bluegrass Cover Crop in California Almond Orchards: Establishment and Early Soil Health Responses, 2026 California Plant and Soil Conference. Tuesday-Wednesday, February 3-4, 2026. Visalia, California (USA).


89. Jagadamma, S., Rasu, E., and Lazicki, P. 2025. Deep soil carbon storage across a range of pedogenic, climatic, and management variations in southeastern US croplands. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting, August 3-6, Costa Mesa, CA.


90. Kallingal, B., Wright, K., Cui, S., Nieman, C.C., Keyser, P.D., and Jagadamma, S. 2025. Organically managed native warm-season grasses for improving soil health in the Southeastern United States. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


91. Jagadamma, S. 2025. Harnessing the potential of subsoil to store stable soil organic carbon in agroecosystems. Soils for Our Future 2025 Manitoba Soil Science Society Conference, July 20-25, Winnipeg, Canada.


92. Dai, W., G. Feng and Zhang. Soil aggregation responses to sustainable agricultural practices in the southeastern United States. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


93. Vital, S., G. Feng, H. Tewolde, Zhang, J. Brooks and D. Morin. Spatial configuration of cover crop mixtures with poultry litter: assessing net biodiversity effects on residual nutrient cycling and cotton productivity. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


94. Vital, S., G. Feng, H. Tewolde, Zhang, J. Brooks and D. Morin. Cover crops and poultry litter drive soybean nutrition, yield, and soil nutrient dynamics across planting windows. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


95. Vital, S., G. Feng, W. Dai, A. Adeli, D. Miles, J. Brooks, Zhang and D. Morin. Linking soil health, greenhouse gas fluxes, and crop yield: decoding management impacts in cover-crop systems. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


96. Vital, S., S. Xu, M. Geza Nisrani, P.J. Sexton, N. Ghimire, C. Graham, L. Xu, Zhang and J. Wu, J. Response of soil macropores, hydro-physical properties, water dynamics, and carbon accumulation to crop rotations and cover cropping under no-till management. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


97. Lal, R. 2025. Lecture presented at the UN Decarbonization Meeting, New York, NY, April 16, 2025.


98. Lal, R. 2025. Agriculture in Africa: The future breadbasket of the world. Adaptation of African Agriculture Dialogue, Meknes, Morocco, April 22, 2025.


99. Lal, R. 2025. Transforming Brazilian agriculture into a model of green revolution. Sistema FAMATO, Cuiaba, Brazil, May 22, 2025.


100. Lal, R. 2025. Presentation at the NC-1178 Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, June 2, 2025.


101. Lal, R. 2025. Living soils: Advancing sustainable development goals of America. American Agricultural and Food Security Forum, Edmonton, Canada (virtual), June 17, 2025.


102. Lal, R. 2025. Potential and opportunities of regenerative agriculture. Generation Restoration Dialogue, UNCCD and G20 Global Land Initiative, Bonn, Germany, July 11, 2025.


103. Lal, R. 2025. Soil health and agriculture by soil carbon management. Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, September 3, 2025.

G. Extension Services and Reports

1. Rui, Y. Research and Extension update from the Indiana Organic Network. Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference, Danville, Indiana, March 5, 2026.


2. Rui, Y. The hidden half: Root-soil-nitrogen interactions of short-stature corn. Indiana Certified Crop Adviser Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 10, 2025.


3. Rui, Y. Impacts of biochar and gypsum application on pasture productivity and soil health. Greener Pastures Field Day, Ferdinand, Indiana, August 28, 2025.


4. Hanley, M.L. & Naughton, H.R. “Litter input quality, soil structure, and oxygen interactions shaping soil carbon storage”. Northeastern Organic Farm Association Meeting poster, Amherst, MA. 28 February 2026.


5. Williamson, C.D., Hashemi, M. & Naughton, H.R. “Preliminary data of cover crop carbon and nitrogen application rates in summer season; single and multispecies”. Northeastern Organic Farm Association Meeting poster, Amherst, MA. 28 February 2026.


6. Williamson, C.D., Park, O.* & Naughton, H.R. Nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics of summertime cover crops in vegetable production”. UMass Research Farm Field Day, South Deerfield, MA. 06 August 2025.


7. Publication: Herrera, Axel, Ellen Bruno, and Cristina Lazcano. 2025. “The Profitability of Regenerative Viticulture in Sonoma County, California.” ARE Update 28(5): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.