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David J. Mulla is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and specializes in research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans numerous subfields including Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Smart Agriculture and AI, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by David J. Mulla include:

  • Estimation of corn yield based on hyperspectral imagery and convolutional neural network, 2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean, 2020, Agriculture and Human Values
  • The critical benefits of snowpack insulation and snowmelt for winter wheat productivity, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • A Methodology for the Detection of Nitrogen Deficiency in Corn Fields Using High-Resolution RGB Imagery, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Economic Optimal Nitrogen Rate Variability of Maize in Response to Soil and Weather Conditions: Implications for Site-Specific Nitrogen Management, 2020, Agronomy

The frequent co-authors collaborating with David J. Mulla include:

  • Fabián G. Fernández
  • Vipin Kumar
  • Rahul Ghosh
  • Muhammad Tahir
  • Kurt A. Spokas

Publication venues with multiple contributions from David J. Mulla encompass:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Agronomy
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Best Publications

  • Twenty five years of remote sensing in precision agriculture: Key advances and remaining knowledge gaps

    David J. Mulla

  • Geostatistical tools for modeling and interpreting ecological spatial dependence

    Richard E. Rossi;David J. Mulla;Andre G. Journel;Eldon H. Franz

  • Nitrate nitrogen in surface waters as influenced by climatic conditions and agricultural practices.

    Gyles W. Randall;David J. Mulla

  • Soil spatial variability

    D. J. Mulla;Alex B. McBratney

  • Estimation of soil properties and wheat yields on complex eroded hills using geostatistics and thematic mapper images

    A.U Bhatti;D.J Mulla;B.E Frazier

  • Spatial and temporal variation in economically optimum nitrogen rate for corn

    M. Mamo;Gary L Malzer;D J Mulla;D. R. Huggins

  • Priority-flood: An optimal depression-filling and watershed-labeling algorithm for digital elevation models

    Richard Barnes;Clarence Lehman;David Mulla

  • Delineation of Soil Management Zones for Variable-Rate Fertilization: A Review

    Said Nawar;Ronald Corstanje;Graham Halcro;David Mulla

  • A conceptual framework for assessment and management of soil quality and health.

    Robin F. Harris;Douglas L. Karlen;David J. Mulla

  • Streambank slumping and its contribution to the phosphorus and suspended sediment loads of the blue earth river, minnesota

    Adam C. Sekely;David J. Mulla;David W. Bauer

  • Soil sampling and interpolation techniques for mapping spatial variability of soil properties

    Nyle C. Wollenhaupt;David J. Mulla;Carol A. Gotway Crawford

  • A comparison of winter wheat yield and quality under uniform versus spatially variable fertilizer management

    D.J. Mulla;A.U. Bhatti;M.W. Hammond;J.A. Benson

  • Key processes and properties for site-specific soil and crop management.

    David J. Mulla;James S. Schepers

  • Analysis of urban growth and sprawl from remote sensing data: Case of Fez, Morocco

    Abdelkader El Garouani;David J. Mulla;Said El Garouani;Joseph Knight

  • Cadmium Accumulations and Bioavailability in Soils From Long-Term Phosphorus Fertilization

    D. J. Mulla;A. L. Page;T. J. Ganje

  • Aggregate Stability in the Palouse Region of Washington: Effect of Landscape Position

    F. B. Pierson;D. J. Mulla

  • Reduced nitrate leaching in a perennial grain crop compared to maize in the Upper Midwest, USA

    Jacob M. Jungers;Lee H. DeHaan;David J. Mulla;Craig C. Sheaffer

  • Identifying important factors influencing corn yield and grain quality variability using artificial neural networks

    Yuxin Miao;David J. Mulla;Pierre C. Robert

  • Mapping and managing spatial patterns in soil fertility and crop yield

    D.J. Mulla

  • Modeling Nitrate Nitrogen Leaching in Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate and Tile Drain Depth or Spacing for Southern Minnesota, USA

    D. M. Davis;P. H. Gowda;D. J. Mulla;G. W. Randall

  • Combining chlorophyll meter readings and high spatial resolution remote sensing images for in-season site-specific nitrogen management of corn

    Yuxin Miao;David J. Mulla;Gyles W. Randall;Jeffrey A. Vetsch

  • Mathematical Models of Small Watershed Hydrology and Applications

    D.J. Mulla

Frequent Co-Authors

Prasanna H. Gowda
Prasanna H. Gowda United States Department of Agriculture
Yuxin Miao
Yuxin Miao University of Minnesota
Carl J. Rosen
Carl J. Rosen University of Minnesota
Patrick L. Brezonik
Patrick L. Brezonik University of Minnesota
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos University of Minnesota
William C. Koskinen
William C. Koskinen University of Minnesota
John L. Nieber
John L. Nieber University of Minnesota
Wayne W. Carmichael
Wayne W. Carmichael Wright State University
Richard Lowrance
Richard Lowrance Agricultural Research Service
Rubem Silvério de Oliveira
Rubem Silvério de Oliveira State University of Maringa

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