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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Upendra M. Sainju is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with substantial contributions to environmental science. Within these broader fields, their work spans several subfields including soil science, agronomy and crop science, plant science, environmental chemistry, and ecology.

Their research topics cover a range of soil and crop-related themes: soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, crop yield and soil fertility, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, soil and unsaturated flow, and soil management and crop yield.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Agronomy Journal
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Agronomy
  • Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment
  • Soil and Tillage Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Cover cropping enhances soil microbial biomass and affects microbial community structure: A meta-analysis" (2020, Geoderma)
  • "An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments" (2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • "Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health" (2022, Geoderma)
  • "A meta-analysis on cover crop impact on soil water storage, succeeding crop yield, and water-use efficiency" (2021, Agricultural Water Management)
  • "Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water" (2022, Soil Science Society of America Journal)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Brett L. Allen
  • Daniel Liptzin
  • William B. Stevens
  • Jalal D. Jabro
  • Rajan Ghimire

Upendra M. Sainju has been recognized with professional distinctions including:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 2015
  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2014

Best Publications

  • Long-term effects of tillage, cover crops, and nitrogen fertilization on organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in sandy loam soils in Georgia, USA

    U.M Sainju;B.P Singh;W.F Whitehead

  • Winter cover crop effects on soil organic carbon and carbohydrate in soil

    S. Kuo;U. M. Sainju;E. J. Jellum

  • Soil carbon dioxide emission and carbon content as affected by irrigation, tillage, cropping system, and nitrogen fertilization.

    Upendra M. Sainju;Jalal D. Jabro;William B. Stevens

  • Mineral nutrition of tomato

    Upendra M. Sainju;Ramdane Dris;Bharat Singh

  • Biculture Legume–Cereal Cover Crops for Enhanced Biomass Yield and Carbon and Nitrogen

    Upendra M. Sainju;Wayne F. Whitehead;Bharat P. Singh

  • Cover cropping enhances soil microbial biomass and affects microbial community structure: A meta-analysis

    Ihsan Muhammad;Ihsan Muhammad;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Upendra M. Sainju;Shaohong Zhang

  • Winter cover cropping influence on nitrogen in soil

    S. Kuo;U. M. Sainju;E. J. Jellum

  • Nitrogen mineralization and availability of mixed leguminous and non-leguminous cover crop residues in soil

    S. Kuo;U. M. Sainju

  • Cover crops and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil aggregation and carbon and nitrogen pools

    U. M. Sainju;W. F. Whitehead;B. P. Singh

  • Tillage, crop residue, and nutrient management effects on soil organic carbon in rice-based cropping systems: A review

    Rajan Ghimire;Sushil Lamichhane;Bharat Sharma Acharya;Prakriti Bista

  • Winter cover crops for sustainable agricultural systems: influence on soil properties, water quality, and crop yields

    Upendra M. Sainju;Bharat P. Singh

  • Soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration as affected by long-term tillage, cropping systems, and nitrogen fertilizer sources

    Upendra M. Sainju;Zachary N. Senwo;Ermson Z. Nyakatawa;Irenus A. Tazisong

  • Carbon dioxide flux as affected by tillage and irrigation in soil converted from perennial forages to annual crops

    J.D. Jabro;U. Sainju;W.B. Stevens;R.G. Evans

  • Cover Crop Root Distribution and Its Effects on Soil Nitrogen Cycling

    Upendra M. Sainju;Bharat P. Singh;Wayne F. Whitehead

  • Tillage, cover crop, and kill-planting date effects on corn yield and soil nitrogen

    Upendra M. Sainju;Bharat P. Singh

  • Carbon Supply and Storage in Tilled and Nontilled Soils as Influenced by Cover Crops and Nitrogen Fertilization

    Upendra M. Sainju;Bharat P. Singh;Wayne F. Whitehead;Shirley Wang

  • North American Soil Degradation: Processes, Practices, and Mitigating Strategies

    R. L. Baumhardt;B. A. Stewart;U. M. Sainju

  • Regulation of soil CO2 and N2O emissions by cover crops: A meta-analysis

    Ihsan Muhammad;Upendra M. Sainju;Fazhu Zhao;Ahmad Khan

  • Tillage, cover crops, and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil nitrogen and cotton and sorghum yields

    Upendra M. Sainju;Wayne F. Whitehead;Bharat P. Singh;Shirley Wang

  • Cover crop effect on soil carbon fractions under conservation tillage cotton

    Upendra M. Sainju;Harry H. Schomberg;Bharat P. Singh;Wayne F. Whitehead

  • Vertical root distribution in relation to soil properties in New Jersey Pinelands forests

    U. M. Sainju;R. E. Good

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew W. Lenssen
Andrew W. Lenssen Iowa State University
Fazhu Zhao
Fazhu Zhao Northwest University
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
Vangimalla R. Reddy
Vangimalla R. Reddy Agricultural Research Service
Thomas H. Terrill
Thomas H. Terrill Fort Valley State University
Mark A. Liebig
Mark A. Liebig Agricultural Research Service
Harry H. Schomberg
Harry H. Schomberg Agricultural Research Service
David R. Huggins
David R. Huggins Washington State University
Warren J. Busscher
Warren J. Busscher Agricultural Research Service
Jeffrey L. Smith
Jeffrey L. Smith Washington State University

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