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Robert W. Malone is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

Their work spans several subfields including soil science, plant science, agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and global and planetary change. These areas contribute to a broader understanding of agricultural systems and their interaction with the environment.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Irrigation practices and water management
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Greenhouse technology and climate control
  • Bioenergy crop production and management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert W. Malone are:

  • Bryan D. Emmett
  • Peter O'Brien
  • John L. Kovar
  • Hao Feng
  • Zhiming Qi

The scientist has published repeatedly in several venues, with notable frequent publication sites including:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Agronomy Journal
  • Nature Sustainability

Representative recent papers authored by Robert W. Malone include:

  • When does plastic-film mulching yield more for dryland maize in the Loess Plateau of China? A meta-analysis, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Dynamic within-season irrigation scheduling for maize production in Northwest China: A Method Based on Weather Data Fusion and yield prediction by DSSAT, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Estimating crop genetic parameters for DSSAT with modified PEST software, 2020, European Journal of Agronomy
  • Simulating the Influences of Soil Water Stress on Leaf Expansion and Senescence of Winter Wheat, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Nitrate losses and nitrous oxide emissions under contrasting tillage and cover crop management, 2022, Journal of Environmental Quality

Best Publications

  • Evaporation changes over the contiguous United States and the former USSR: A reassessment

    Valentin S. Golubev;Jay H. Lawrimore;Pavel Ya. Groisman;Pavel Ya. Groisman;Nina A. Speranskaya

  • 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

  • Modeling soil carbon transported by water erosion processes.

    G. C. Starr;R. Lal;R. Malone;D. Hothem

  • Cover crops in the upper midwestern United States: Potential adoption and reduction of nitrate leaching in the Mississippi River Basin

    E.J. Kladivko;T.C. Kaspar;D.B. Jaynes;R.W. Malone

  • Integrating system modeling with field research in agriculture: applications of the root zone water quality model (RZWQM)

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

  • A Protocol for Parameterization and Calibration of RZWQM2 in Field Research

    L. Ma;L.R. Ahuja;S.A. Saseendran;R.W. Malone

  • Calibrating RZWQM2 model for maize responses to deficit irrigation

    Liwang Ma;Thomas J. Trout;Lajpat R. Ahuja;Walter C. Bausch

  • 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

  • Application of the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) to pesticide fate and transport: an overview.

    Robert W Malone;Lajpat R Ahuja;Liwang Ma;R Don Wauchope

  • Modeling Nitrogen and Water Management Effects in a Wheat‐Maize Double‐Cropping System

    Q Fang;L Ma;Q Yu;R W Malone

  • Lysimeter Study of Nitrate Leaching from a Corn‐Soybean Rotation

    L. B. Owens;R. W. Malone;M. J. Shipitalo;W. M. Edwards

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

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

  • RZWQM simulation of long-term crop production, water and nitrogen balances in Northeast Iowa

    L. Ma;L. Ma;Robert W. Malone;Robert W. Malone;Philip Heilman;Philip Heilman;Douglas L. Karlen;Douglas L. Karlen

  • Sediment carbon concentration and transport from small watersheds under various conservation tillage practices

    L.B Owens;R.W Malone;D.L Hothem;G.C Starr

  • Tillage effect on macroporosity and herbicide transport in percolate

    R.W Malone;S Logsdon;M.J Shipitalo;J Weatherington-Rice

  • Evaluating and predicting agricultural management effects under tile drainage using modified APSIM

    Robert W. Malone;N. Huth;P. S. Carberry;Liwang Ma

  • Impact of glyphosate-tolerant soybean and glufosinate-tolerant corn production on herbicide losses in surface runoff.

    Martin J. Shipitalo;Robert W. Malone;Lloyd B. Owens

  • RZWQM simulated effects of crop rotation, tillage, and controlled drainage on crop yield and nitrate-N loss in drain flow

    Liwang Ma;Robert W. Malone;Philip Heilman;Dan B. Jaynes

  • Hydrologic and Water Quality Models: Key Calibration and Validation Topics

    Daniel N. Moriasi;Rebecca W. Zeckoski;Jeffrey G. Arnold;Claire Baffaut

  • 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 management effects on crop production, tile drainage, and water quality using RZWQM–DSSAT

    S. A. Saseendran;Liwang Ma;Robert W. Malone;Philip Heilman

Frequent Co-Authors

Liwang Ma
Liwang Ma Agricultural Research Service
Lajpat R. Ahuja
Lajpat R. Ahuja Agricultural Research Service
Jerry L. Hatfield
Jerry L. Hatfield Iowa State University
Martin J. Shipitalo
Martin J. Shipitalo Agricultural Research Service
Kelly R. Thorp
Kelly R. Thorp Agricultural Research Service
Rameshwar S. Kanwar
Rameshwar S. Kanwar Iowa State University
Dan B. Jaynes
Dan B. Jaynes Agricultural Research Service
Garey A. Fox
Garey A. Fox North Carolina State University
Thomas J. Trout
Thomas J. Trout Agricultural Research Service
Douglas L. Karlen
Douglas L. Karlen Iowa State University

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