We are thrilled to share that our lab has published the first experimental research article in the peer-reviewed journal, the European Journal of Soil Science. Our research article entitled “Cover crop residue influence on soil N2O and CO2 emissions under wetting-drying intensities: an incubation study” highlights the roles of cover crop residues on nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) gas emissions when N fertilized soils are exposed to different intensities of wetting-drying cycles. A complete author lists include Dinesh Panday, Debasish Saha, Jaehoon Lee, Sindhu Jagadamma, Nutifafa Adotey, and Alemu Mengistu. Congratulations to all!
This research was conducted by Dinesh Panday, during his Post-doc training period in Saha Lab. Soils from a long-term continuous cotton experiment, located at UT- West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson, TN were used in a laboratory incubation study to understand the mechanism of N2O emissions under simulated climate change-induced soil moisture variability. The authors concluded that winter wheat cover crop residues mixed with N fertilizer could provide reliable N2O mitigation benefits under variable soil moisture conditions. The authors also concluded that there is an increased risk of N2O emissions with increasing intensity of wetting of dry soils.
Dinesh presented this work as a Poster Presentation at the 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting (Poster #1064) in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently, Dinesh is appointed as a post-doctoral scholar at the Rodale Institute-Pocono Organic Center, Long Pond, PA.