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Overview

David R. Huggins is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research work primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in environmental science. Their specialization extends into several subfields including soil science, ecology, earth-surface processes, environmental chemistry, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work encompasses various topics related to soil and agricultural systems. Key topics studied include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil erosion and sediment transport, aeolian processes and effects, climate change impacts on agriculture, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, and crop yield and soil fertility.

David R. Huggins has authored numerous papers published in prominent scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Soil acidification modifies soil depth-microbiome relationships in a no-till wheat cropping system, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Linking soil health and ecological resilience to achieve agricultural sustainability, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Critical standing crop residue amounts for wind erosion control in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA, 2020, CATENA
  • Wind erosion of soil influenced by clay amendment in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA, 2020, Land Degradation and Development
  • Time-lapse mapping of crop and tillage interactions with soil water using electromagnetic induction, 2021, Vadose Zone Journal

Their research has been disseminated through frequent publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • CATENA
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal

David R. Huggins has collaborated regularly with several coauthors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Huawei Pi, Brenton Sharratt, Bryan Carlson, Nicholas P. Webb, and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs.

Best Publications

  • Nitrate losses through subsurface tile drainage in Conservation Reserve Program, alfalfa, and row crop systems

    G. W. Randall;D. R. Huggins;M. P. Russelle;D. J. Fuchs

  • Characterizing nitrogen use efficiency in natural and agricultural ecosystems to improve the performance of cereal crops in low-input and organic agricultural systems

    Julie C. Dawson;David R. Huggins;Stephen S. Jones

  • Soil carbon pools and fluxes in long-term corn belt agroecosystems

    H.P. Collins;E.T. Elliott;K. Paustian;L.G. Bundy

  • No-till: the quiet revolution.

    David R. Huggins;John P. Reganold

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

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

  • Nitrogen efficiency component analysis: an evaluation of cropping system differences in productivity

    D. R. Huggins;W. L. Pan

  • Soil organic C in the tallgrass prairie-derived region of the corn belt: effects of long-term crop management

    D.R Huggins;G.A Buyanovsky;G.H Wagner;J.R Brown

  • Soil Carbon Dynamics in Corn-Based Agroecosystems: Results from Carbon-13 Natural Abundance

    H. P. Collins;D. R. Christenson;R. L. Blevins;L. G. Bundy

  • Conservation Reserve Program effects on soil quality indicators

    D. L. Karlen;M. J. Rosek;J. C. Gardner;D. L. Allan

  • Corn-Soybean Sequence and Tillage Effects on Soil Carbon Dynamics and Storage

    D. R. Huggins;R. R. Allmaras;C. E. Clapp;J. A. Lamb

  • LiDAR based biomass and crop nitrogen estimates for rapid, non-destructive assessment of wheat nitrogen status

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Troy S. Magney;Lee A. Vierling;Tabitha T. Brown;Tabitha T. Brown

  • Lime Effects on Soil Acidity, Crop Yield, and Aluminum Chemistry in Direct-Seeded Cropping Systems

    Tabitha T. Brown;Richard T. Koenig;David R. Huggins;James B. Harsh

  • Improving Soil Quality: Implications for Weed Management

    Eric R. Gallandt;Matt Liebman;David R. Huggins

  • Variability of Barley Radiation-Use Efficiency

    Armen R. Kemanian;Claudio O. Stöckle;David R. Huggins

  • Proximal NDVI derived phenology improves in-season predictions of wheat quantity and quality

    Troy S. Magney;Jan U.H. Eitel;David R. Huggins;Lee A. Vierling

  • Evaluating Measures to Assess Soil Health in Long-Term Agroecosystem Trials

    Jason G. Morrow;David R. Huggins;Lynne A. Carpenter-Boggs;John P. Reganold

  • Tillage and Nutrient Source Effects on Surface and Subsurface Water Quality at Corn Planting

    Suling L. Zhao;Satish C. Gupta;David R. Huggins;John F. Moncrief

  • Carbon dynamics in corn-soybean sequences as estimated from natural carbon-13 abundance

    D. R. Huggins;C. E. Clapp;R. R. Allmaras;J. A. Lamb

  • A simple method to estimate harvest index in grain crops

    Armen R. Kemanian;Claudio O. Stöckle;David R. Huggins;Luis M. Viega

  • Response of high frequency Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) measurements to environmental conditions in wheat

    Troy S. Magney;Troy S. Magney;Lee A. Vierling;Jan U.H. Eitel;David R. Huggins

  • Continuous corn with moldboard tillage: Residue and fertility effects on soil carbon

    D.C. Reicosky;S.D. Evans;C.A. Cambardella;R.R. Allmaras

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio O. Stöckle
Claudio O. Stöckle Washington State University
William L. Pan
William L. Pan Washington State University
Timothy C. Paulitz
Timothy C. Paulitz United States Department of Agriculture
John P. Reganold
John P. Reganold Washington State University
Paul M. Porter
Paul M. Porter University of Minnesota
Peter J. A. Kleinman
Peter J. A. Kleinman Agricultural Research Service
John T. Abatzoglou
John T. Abatzoglou University of California, Merced
R. Kent Crookston
R. Kent Crookston Brigham Young University
Jan U.H. Eitel
Jan U.H. Eitel University of Idaho
Jean L. Steiner
Jean L. Steiner Agricultural Research Service

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