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Kelly R. Thorp is a researcher affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science, encompassing diverse aspects of plant science, global and planetary change, soil science, ecology, and systematics.

The main research topics addressed by Kelly R. Thorp include plant water relations and carbon dynamics, irrigation practices and water management, climate change impacts on agriculture, greenhouse technology and climate control, research in cotton cultivation, remote sensing in agriculture, and rice cultivation and yield improvement.

Significant recent publications by Kelly R. Thorp include:

  • Deep machine learning with Sentinel satellite data to map paddy rice production stages across West Java, Indonesia, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Irrigation rate and timing effects on Arizona cotton yield, water productivity, and fiber quality, 2020, Agricultural Water Management

Frequent co-authors in Kelly R. Thorp's research collaborations are Alison L. Thompson, Diaa Eldin M. Elshikha, Douglas J. Hunsaker, Kendall C. DeJonge, and Steven R. Evett.

Their work has been published in several venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • SoftwareX
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of the ASABE

Kelly R. Thorp has also contributed to book publications, notably a chapter or work titled Next-Generation Greenhouses for Food Security published by IntechOpen in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Field-based phenomics for plant genetics research

    Jeffrey W. White;Pedro Andrade-Sanchez;Michael A. Gore;Kevin F. Bronson

  • Advances in greenhouse automation and controlled environment agriculture: A transition to plant factories and urban agriculture

    Redmond R. Shamshiri;Fatemeh Kalantari;K. C. Ting;Kelly R. Thorp

  • Review of optimum temperature, humidity, and vapour pressure deficit for microclimate evaluation and control in greenhouse cultivation of tomato: a review

    Redmond Ramin Shamshiri;James W. Jones;Kelly R. Thorp;Desa Ahmad

  • Development and evaluation of a field-based high- throughput phenotyping platform

    Pedro Andrade-Sanchez;Michael A. Gore;John T. Heun;Kelly R. Thorp

  • A Review on Remote Sensing of Weeds in Agriculture

    K.R. Thorp;L.F. Tian

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  • Methodology for the use of DSSAT models for precision agriculture decision support

    Kelly R. Thorp;Kendall C. DeJonge;Amy L. Kaleita;William D. Batchelor

  • Remote sensing of evapotranspiration over cotton using the TSEB and METRIC energy balance models

    Andrew N. French;Douglas J. Hunsaker;Kelly R. Thorp

  • Assimilating Remote Sensing Observations of Leaf Area Index and Soil Moisture for Wheat Yield Estimates: An Observing System Simulation Experiment

    Grey S. Nearing;Wade T. Crow;Kelly R. Thorp;Mary S. Moran

  • Interactive effects of nitrogen fertilization and irrigation on grain yield, canopy temperature, and nitrogen use efficiency in overhead sprinkler-irrigated durum wheat

    Jarai Mon;K.F. Bronson;D.J. Hunsaker;K.R. Thorp

  • Plant chlorophyll fluorescence: active and passive measurements at canopy and leaf scales with different nitrogen treatments

    M. Pilar Cendrero-Mateo;M. Pilar Cendrero-Mateo;M. Susan Moran;Shirley A. Papuga;K.R. Thorp

  • Field-Based High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping Reveals the Temporal Patterns of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Stress-Responsive Traits in Cotton

    Duke Pauli;Pedro Andrade-Sanchez;A. Elizabete Carmo-Silva;Elodie Gazave

  • Simulating future climate change impacts on seed cotton yield in the Texas High Plains using the CSM-CROPGRO-Cotton model

    Pradip Adhikari;Srinivasulu Ale;James P. Bordovsky;Kelly R. Thorp

  • Estimating crop biophysical properties from remote sensing data by inverting linked radiative transfer and ecophysiological models

    K.R. Thorp;G. Wang;A.L. West;M.S. Moran

  • Deep machine learning with Sentinel satellite data to map paddy rice production stages across West Java, Indonesia

    K.R. Thorp;D. Drajat

  • SIMULATING LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF WINTER RYE COVER CROP ON HYDROLOGIC CYCLING AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS FOR A CORN-SOYBEAN CROP SYSTEM

    Zhiming Qi;Matthew J. Helmers;Robert W. Malone;Kelly R. Thorp

  • Development and application of process-based simulation models for cotton production: a review of past, present, and future directions

    K. R. Thorp;S. Ale;M. P. Bange;E. M. Barnes

  • Hydrologic-Process-Based Soil Texture Classifications for Improved Visualization of Landscape Function

    Derek G. Groenendyk;Ty P.A. Ferré;Kelly R. Thorp;Amy K. Rice

  • Simulating Long-Term Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates on Corn Yield and Nitrogen Dynamics

    K. R. Thorp;R. W. Malone;D. B. Jaynes

  • Proximal hyperspectral sensing and data analysis approaches for field-based plant phenomics

    K.R. Thorp;M.A. Gore;P. Andrade-Sanchez;A.E. Carmo-Silva

  • Simulation of maize evapotranspiration: An inter-comparison among 29 maize models

    Bruce A. Kimball;Kenneth J. Boote;Jerry L. Hatfield;Lajpat R. Ahuja

  • Cover crops in the upper midwestern United States: Simulated effect on nitrate leaching with artificial drainage

    R.W. Malone;D.B. Jaynes;T.C. Kaspar;K.R. Thorp

  • Simulating the effects of spatially variable irrigation on corn yields, costs, and revenue in Iowa

    Kendall C. DeJonge;Amy L. Kaleita;Kelly R. Thorp

  • Hyperspectral data mining to identify relevant canopy spectral features for estimating durum wheat growth, nitrogen status, and grain yield

    Kelly R. Thorp;G. Wang;Kevin F. Bronson;M. Badaruddin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew N. French
Andrew N. French Agricultural Research Service
Kevin F. Bronson
Kevin F. Bronson Agricultural Research Service
Jeffrey W. White
Jeffrey W. White University of Florida
Robert W. Malone
Robert W. Malone Agricultural Research Service
Dan B. Jaynes
Dan B. Jaynes Agricultural Research Service
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Liwang Ma
Liwang Ma Agricultural Research Service
Claudio O. Stöckle
Claudio O. Stöckle Washington State University
Gerrit Hoogenboom
Gerrit Hoogenboom University of Florida

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