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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
60
Citations
22534
World Ranking
1186
National Ranking
318

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Soil organic matter, Agroforestry, Nutrient and Agriculture. Her study in Agronomy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Soil fertility and Mineralization. Her research investigates the connection with Soil organic matter and areas like Organic matter which intersect with concerns in Animal science.

Her studies examine the connections between Agroforestry and genetics, as well as such issues in Soil biodiversity, with regards to Inorganic nutrient, Soil governance and Conservation agriculture. As part of the same scientific family, Cheryl A. Palm usually focuses on Nutrient, concentrating on Nitrogen cycle and intersecting with Erythrina, Horticulture, Botany and Decomposition. Her Agriculture research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Natural resource economics, Climate change, Greenhouse gas and Ecosystem services.

Her most cited work include:

  • Nutrient Imbalances in agricultural development (830 citations)
  • Nitrogen release from the leaves of some tropical legumes as affected by their lignin and polyphenolic contents (625 citations)
  • Reducing uncertainty in the use of allometric biomass equations for predicting above-ground tree biomass in mixed secondary forests (623 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Agronomy, Agriculture, Nutrient, Agroforestry and Fertilizer are her primary areas of study. She has included themes like Soil organic matter, Organic matter and Soil fertility in her Agronomy study. Her research in Soil fertility intersects with topics in Soil management and Soil carbon.

Her Agriculture research incorporates themes from Environmental resource management, Millennium Development Goals, Greenhouse gas and Ecosystem services. Her Nutrient research integrates issues from Agroecosystem and Manure. In her study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Agroforestry, Land use is strongly linked to Tropics.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (40.60%)
  • Agriculture (29.32%)
  • Nutrient (27.07%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agronomy (40.60%)
  • Fertilizer (23.31%)
  • Agriculture (29.32%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her main research concerns Agronomy, Fertilizer, Agriculture, Soil organic matter and Soil fertility. Cheryl A. Palm is interested in Tropical agriculture, which is a field of Agronomy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Agroecosystem, Crop yield and Crop in addition to Fertilizer.

Her Agriculture study incorporates themes from Economic growth, Soil water and Environmental protection. Her studies in Soil organic matter integrate themes in fields like Soil type, Soil carbon, Stover, Tithonia and Nutrient. Her studies deal with areas such as Water quality and Crop residue as well as Soil fertility.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Socioecologically informed use of remote sensing data to predict rural household poverty (34 citations)
  • Optimizing resource use efficiencies in the food–energy–water nexus for sustainable agriculture: from conceptual model to decision support system (31 citations)
  • Meta-analysis on the potential for increasing nitrogen losses from intensifying tropical agriculture. (11 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem

Her primary scientific interests are in Natural resource economics, Poverty, Agronomy, Fertilizer and Sustainability. The various areas that Cheryl A. Palm examines in her Natural resource economics study include International development, Land use, Agricultural productivity, Sustainable development and Socioeconomic status. Her Poverty study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Productivity and Agriculture.

Cheryl A. Palm studies Ammonia volatilization from urea which is a part of Agronomy. Her Fertilizer research includes themes of Soil type, Soil carbon, Soil fertility, Tropical agriculture and Soil organic matter. Her research integrates issues of Economic growth, Resource, Environmental degradation and Agroecology in her study of Sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Nutrient Imbalances in agricultural development

    P.M. Vitousek;Rosamond L. Naylor;T. Crews;M.B. David

  • Reducing uncertainty in the use of allometric biomass equations for predicting above-ground tree biomass in mixed secondary forests.

    Quirine M Ketterings;Richard Coe;Meine van Noordwijk;Yakub Ambagau

  • Organic inputs for soil fertility management in tropical agroecosystems: Application of an organic resource database

    Cheryl A Palm;Catherine N Gachengo;Robert J Delve;Georg Cadisch

  • Conservation agriculture and ecosystem services: An overview

    Cheryl Palm;Humberto Blanco-Canqui;Fabrice DeClerck;Lydiah Gatere

  • Nitrogen release from the leaves of some tropical legumes as affected by their lignin and polyphenolic contents

    C.A. Palm;P.A. Sanchez

  • Climate change: linking adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry

    Louis V. Verchot;Meine Van Noordwijk;Serigne Kandji;Thomas P. Tomich

  • Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation

    David S. Powlson;Clare M. Stirling;M. L. Jat;Bruno G. Gerard

  • Combined Use of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources for Soil Fertility Maintenance and Replenishment

    Cheryl A. Palm;Robert J.K. Myers;Stephen M. Nandwa

  • Digital Soil Map of the World

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Sonya Ahamed;Florence Carré;Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Contribution of agroforestry trees to nutrient requirements of intercropped plants

    C. A. Palm

  • Tithonia diversifolia as a green manure for soil fertility improvement in western Kenya: A review

    B. Jama;C. A. Palm;R. J. Buresh;A. Niang

  • The synchronisation of nutrient mineralisation and plant nutrient demand

    R.J.K. Myers;C.A. Palm;E. Cuevas;I.U.N. Gunatilleke

  • Fertility capability soil classification: a tool to help assess soil quality in the tropics

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Cheryl A. Palm;Stanley W. Buol

  • Soil phosphorus fractions and adsorption as affected by organic and inorganic sources

    Generose Nziguheba;Cheryl A. Palm;Roland J. Buresh;Paul C. Smithson

  • Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services

    Stephen A Wood;Daniel S Karp;Daniel S Karp;Fabrice A J DeClerck;Claire Kremen

  • Decomposition and nitrogen release patterns of tree prunings and litter

    P. L. Mafongoya;K. E. Giller;C. A. Palm

  • Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

    David R. Kanter;David R. Kanter;Mark Musumba;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Cheryl Palm;Cheryl Palm

  • Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of the leaves of three tropical legumes

    C. A. Palm;P. A. Sanchez

  • Potential of agroforestry for carbon sequestration and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from soils in the tropics

    Patrick K. Mutuo;G. Cadisch;A. Albrecht;C. A. Palm

  • Soils: A Contemporary Perspective

    Cheryl Palm;Pedro Sanchez;Sonya Ahamed;Alex Awiti

  • Management of organic matter in the tropics: translating theory into practice

    Cheryl A. Palm;Ken E. Giller;Paramu L. Mafongoya;M. J. Swift

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro A. Sanchez
Pedro A. Sanchez University of Florida
Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Ken E. Giller
Ken E. Giller Wageningen University & Research
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University
Bernard Vanlauwe
Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Fabrice DeClerck
Fabrice DeClerck Bioversity International
Stephen A. Wood
Stephen A. Wood Yale University
Roel Merckx
Roel Merckx KU Leuven
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Sieglinde S. Snapp
Sieglinde S. Snapp International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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