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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Soil Science Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2013 - International Soil Science Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2010 - Soil Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2004 - Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1994 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Lajpat R. Ahuja is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research contributions span several interconnected fields within agricultural and environmental sciences.

Their work is primarily published in journals and books such as Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling and Global Change Biology, reflecting a focus on modeling and empirical studies relevant to agriculture and environmental science.

Recent publications by Lajpat R. Ahuja include:

  • Water and Chemical Transport in the Soil Matrix and Macropores, 2022, Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling
  • Quantifying and Modeling Management Effects on Soil Properties, 2022, Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling
  • Front Matter, 2022, Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling

Other key works featuring their contributions are:

  • Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Soil Organic Matter and Carbon-Nitrogen Transformations, 2022, Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling

Their research areas cover broad topics with an emphasis on soil and crop systems under environmental constraints. The main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study reflect specialized domains:

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Specific research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lajpat R. Ahuja include:

  • Kurt Christian Kersebaum
  • Ole Wendroth
  • Gatien N. Falconnier
  • Marc Corbeels
  • Kenneth J. Boote

Throughout their career, Lajpat R. Ahuja has received several awards from the American Society of Agronomy and other organizations, including:

  • Soil Science Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2018
  • International Soil Science Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2013
  • Soil Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2010
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2006
  • Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2004
  • Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 1995
  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 1994

Best Publications

  • Macroporosity to Characterize Spatial Variability of Hydraulic Conductivity and Effects of Land Management

    L. R. Ahuja;J. W. Naney;R. E. Green;D. R. Nielsen

  • Water resources and water use efficiency in the North China Plain: Current status and agronomic management options

    Q.X. Fang;L. Ma;T. R. G. Green;Q. Yu;Q. Yu

  • Surface Soil Physical Properties After Twelve Years of Dryland No-Till Management

    T. M. Shaver;G. A. Peterson;L. R. Ahuja;D. G. Westfall

  • Advances and challenges in predicting agricultural management effects on soil hydraulic properties

    Timothy R. Green;Lajpat R. Ahuja;Joseph G. Benjamin

  • EVALUATION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING EFFECTIVE POROSITY DATA

    L. R. Ahuja;D. K. Cassel;R. R. Bruce;B. B. Barnes

  • The depth of rainfall‐runoff‐soil interaction as determined by 32P

    L. R. Ahuja;A. N. Sharpley;M. Yamamoto;R. G. Menzel

  • A software engineering perspective on environmental modeling framework design

    O. David;J.C. Ascough;W. Lloyd;T.R. Green

  • Changes in Soil Water Retention Curves Due to Tillage and Natural Reconsolidation

    L. R. Ahuja;F. Fiedler;G. H. Dunn;J. G. Benjamin

  • Irrigation strategies to improve the water use efficiency of wheat-maize double cropping systems in North China Plain

    Q.X. Fang;L. Ma;Q. Yu;L.R. Ahuja

  • Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2): Model Use, Calibration, and Validation

    Liwang Ma;Lajpat Ahuja;B. T. Nolan;Robert Malone

  • Estimating Soil Water Characteristics from Simpler Properties or Limited Data1

    L. R. Ahuja;J. W. Naney;R. D. Williams

  • Cropping intensity enhances soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a no-till agroecosystem.

    L. A. Sherrod;G. A. Peterson;D. G. Westfall;L. R. Ahuja

  • Assimilation of surface soil moisture to estimate profile soil water content

    Gary C Heathman;Patrick J Starks;Lajpat R Ahuja;Thomas J Jackson

  • Evaluation of the RZWQM-CERES-Maize hybrid model for maize production

    L. Ma;G. Hoogenboom;L.R. Ahuja;J.C. Ascough

  • The extent and nature of rainfall-soil interaction in the release of soluble chemicals to runoff

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  • Simulating Planting Date Effects on Corn Production Using RZWQM and CERES‐Maize Models

    Saseendran S. Anapalli;L. Ma;D. C. Nielsen;M. F. Vigil

  • The Release of Soil Phosphorus to Runoff in Relation to the Kinetics of Desorption

    A. N. Sharpley;L. R. Ahuja;R. G. Menzel

  • Soil Organic Carbon Pools After 12 Years in No-Till Dryland Agroecosystems

    L. A. Sherrod;G. A. Peterson;D. G. Westfall;L. R. Ahuja

  • ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

    L. Ma;J. C. Ascough;L. R. Ahuja;M. J. Shaffer

  • Modeling the impacts of climate change on irrigated corn production in the Central Great Plains

    Adlul Islam;Lajpat R. Ahuja;Luis A. Garcia;Liwang Ma

  • RZWQM: Simulating the effects of management on water quality and crop production

    J.D. Hanson;L.R. Ahuja;M.D. Shaffer;K.W. Rojas

  • The Kinetics of Phosphorus Desorption from Soil1

    A. N. Sharpley;L. R. Ahuja;M. Yamamoto;R. G. Menzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Liwang Ma
Liwang Ma Agricultural Research Service
Robert W. Malone
Robert W. Malone Agricultural Research Service
Timothy R. Green
Timothy R. Green Agricultural Research Service
David C. Nielsen
David C. Nielsen Agricultural Research Service
Thomas J. Trout
Thomas J. Trout Agricultural Research Service
Rameshwar S. Kanwar
Rameshwar S. Kanwar Iowa State University
Gerrit Hoogenboom
Gerrit Hoogenboom University of Florida
Dennis Timlin
Dennis Timlin Agricultural Research Service
Gerald N. Flerchinger
Gerald N. Flerchinger Agricultural Research Service
Kenneth J. Boote
Kenneth J. Boote University of Florida

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