We are so proud of lab postdoctoral research associate, Jashanjeet Kaur Dhaliwal! Jashan placed 1^st in the University of Tennessee’s Post Doc Research Symposium. The competition, held on March 8^th, featured three-minute lightning talks from approximately 15 postdoctoral participants. Jashan presented an engaging speech that shared her research on soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions.

Her research project focused on investigating the diverse impacts of long-term soil health practices, specifically no-tillage and cover crops, on soil N₂O emissions in a continuous cotton system. The study spanned a two-year duration at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson, Tennessee. The findings demonstrated that plots integrating cover crop hairy vetch exhibited elevated N₂O emissions compared to those without hairy vetch, particularly under the application of 60 kg N ha⁻¹. Conversely, the adoption of no-tillage (NT) showed no significant influence on N₂O emissions when compared to conventional tillage (CT). This study highlights the potential of NT as a beneficial approach in mitigating N₂O emissions, attributed to its minimal impact on N₂O and the prospect of carbon sequestration in the soil.

Congratulations, Jashan!