Publications from Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit

Defining the Central Mississippi River Basin (CMRB) LTAR issues

Kitchen, N. R., Sudduth, K. A., Myers, D. B., Massey, R. E., Sadler, E. J., Lerch, R. N., Hummel, J. W., and Palm, H. L. Development of a conservation-oriented precision agricultural system: Crop production assessment and plan implementation. J. Soil Water Cons. 60(6):421-430. 2005.

Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C., and Kitchen, N.R. Herbicide transport in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed I. Long-term research on atrazine. J. of the Amer. Water Resources Assoc. 47(2):209-223. 2011.

Lerch, R. N., C. Baffaut, N. R. Kitchen, K. A. Sudduth, and E. J. Sadler. Long-term agro-ecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus transport in a high runoff potential watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 44:44-57. 2015.

Sadler, E. J., Lerch, R. N., Kitchen, N. R., Anderson, S. H., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K. A., Prato, A. A., Kremer, R. J., Vories, E. D., Myers, D. B., Broz, R., Miles, R. J., and Young, F. Long-term Agro-ecosystem Research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Introduction, establishment, and overview. J. Environ. Qual. 44:3-12. 2015.

Yost, M. A., Kitchen, N. R., Sudduth, K. A., Sadler, E. J., Baffaut, C., Volkmann, M. R., and Drummond, S. T. 2016. Long-term impacts of cropping systems and landscape positions on claypan soil grain crop production. Agron. J. 108(2):713-725. 2016.

Publications from Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit

Relevant to Central Mississippi River Basin (CMRB) LTAR site since 2012

2017

Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Lory, J.A., Senaviratne, A.G.M.M.M., Bhandari, A.B., Udawatta, R.P., et al. 2017. Multi-site evaluation of APEX for water quality: I Best professional judgement parameterization. J Environ. Qual. doi: 10.2134/jeq2016.06.0226.

Nelson, N.O., Baffaut, C., Lory, J.A., Senaviratne, A.G.M.M.M., Bhandari, A., Udawatta, R.P., et al. 2017. Multi-site evaluation of APEX for water quality: II Regional parameterization. J. Environ.Qual. doi:10.2134/jeq2016.07.0254.

Sadler, E. J., Sudduth, K. A., Drummond, S. T., Thompson, A. L., Chen, J., and Nash, P. R. 2017. Inferring random component distributions from environmental measurements for quality assurance. Agric. For. Meteorol. (accepted but not yet online)

Yost, M.A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Thompson, A.L., Allphin, E. 2017.Topsoil thickness influences nitrogen management of switchgrass. BioEnergy Research.(accepted but not yet online)

2016

Baffaut, C., Dabney, S.M., Smolen, M., Yousef, M.A., Bonta, J.V., Chu, M.L., Guzman, J.A., Shedekar, V.S., Jha, M.K., Arnold, J.G. 2016. Hydrologic and water quality modeling: spatial and temporal considerations. Trans. ASABE. 58(6):1661-1680.

Bobryk, C.W., Myers, D.B., Kitchen, N.R., Shanahan, J., Sudduth, K.A., Drummond, S.T., Gunzenhauser, B., Gomez Raboteaux, N.N. 2016.Validating a digital soil map with corn yield data for precision agriculture decision support.Agron. J. 108:(3)957-965.

Chan, R., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2016.Validating the soil vulnerability index for a claypan watershed.Catena. 148(2):185-194.

Cho, Y., Sudduth, K.A., and Chung, S.O. Soil physical property estimation from soil strength and apparent electrical conductivity sensor data. Biosystems Engineering. 152: 68-78. 2016.

Franzen, D.W., Kitchen, N.R., Schepers, J.A., Holland, K.H., Raun, W.R. 2016.Algorithms for in-season nutrient management in cereals.Agron. J. 108(5):1775-1781.

Syaharudin, Z., Anderson, S.H., Kitchen, N.R., Haruna, S. 2016. Hydraulic properties affected by topsoil thickness in switchgrass and corn-soybean cropping systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 80(5):1365–1376.

Yost, M.A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Volkmann, M.R., Drummond, S.T. 2016. Long-term impacts of cropping systems and landscape positions on claypansoil grain crop production. Agron. J. 108(2):713-725.

Yost, M.A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Drummond, S.T., Volkmann, M.R. 2016.Long-term impact of a precision agriculture system on grain crop production. Precision Agric. doi:10.1007/s11119-016-9490-5.

Zaibon, S., Anderson, S.H., Thompson, A.L., Kitchen, N.R., Gantzer, C.J., Haruna, S.I. 2017. Soil water infiltration affected by topsoil thickness in row crop and switchgrass production systems. Geoderma. 289:46-53.

2015

Al-Qudah, O.M., Liu, F., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Yang, J. 2015.Controls on nitrate-N concentrations in groundwater in a Missouri claypan watershed. Earth and Space Sci. 3(3):90-105.

Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Sadler, E.J., Anderson, S.H. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the central Mississippi River Basin: SWAT simulation of flow and water quality in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 44:84-96.

Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Ghidey, F. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed flow data. J. Environ. Qual. 44:18-27.

Kitchen, N.R., Blanchard, P.E., Lerch, R.N. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: hydrogeologic controls and crop management influence on nitrates in loess and fractured glacial till. J. Environ. Qual. 44:58-70.

Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sadler, E.J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus transport in a high-runoff-potential watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 44:44-57.

Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Kremer, R.J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and regional herbicide water quality data. J. Environ. Qual. 44:28-36.

Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Baffaut, C., Vories, E.D. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and regional nutrient water quality data. J. Environ. Qual. 44:37-43.

Malone, R.W., Yagow, G., Baffaut, C., Gitau, M., Qi, Z., Amatya, D., Parajuli, P., Bonta, J.V., Green, T.R. 2015.Parameterization guidelines and considerations for hydrologic models. Trans. ASABE.

58(6):1681-1703.

Moriasi, D.N., Zeckoski, R.W., Arnold, J.G., Baffaut, C., Malone, R.W., Daggupati, P., Guzman, J., Saraswat, D., Yuan, Y., Wilson, B.N., Shirmohammadi, A., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2015. Hydrologic and water quality models: Key calibration and validation topics. Trans. ASABE. 58(6):1609-1618.

Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Prato, A.A., Kremer, R.J., Vories, E.D., Myers, D.B., Broz, R., Miles, R.J., Young, J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: introduction, establishment, and overview. J. Environ. Qual. 44:3-12.

Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Drummond, S.T., Vories, E.D., Guinan, P.E. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed weather data. J. Environ. Qual. 44:13-17.

Sudduth, K.A., Jang, G., Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: hyperspectral remote sensing of reservoir water quality. J. Environ. Qual. 44:71-83.

Thompson, L.J., Ferguson, R.B., Kitchen, N.R., Franzen, D.W., Mamo, M., Yang, H., Schepers, J.S. 2015. Model and sensor-based recommendation approaches for in-season nitrogen management in corn. Agron. J. 107:2020–2030.

Veum, K.S., Kremer, R.J., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Stott, D.E., Karlen, D.L., Sadler, E.J. 2015. Conservation effects on soil quality indicators in the Missouri Salt River Basin. J. of Soil Water Cons. 70:232-246.

Veum, K.S., Sudduth, K.A., Kremer, R.J., Kitchen, N.R. 2015.Estimating a soil quality index with VNIR reflectance spectroscopy. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 79:637-649.

2014

Baffaut, C., Sadler, E. J., Ghidey, F. 2014. A methodology to reduce uncertainties in the high-flow portion of a rating curve. Trans. ASABE. 57(3):803-813.

Dolginow, J.P., Massey, R.E., Kitchen, N.R., Myers, D.B., Sudduth, K.A. 2014. A stochastic approach for predicting the profitability of bioenergy grasses. Agron. J. 106(6):2137-2145.

Garbrecht, J.D., Nearing, M.A., Douglas Shields, F., Tomer, M. D., Sadler, E. J., Bonta J. V., Baffaut, C. 2014. Impact of weather and climate scenarios on conservation assessment outcomes. J. Soil Water Cons. 69(5):374-392.

Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R. 2014. A simple index explains annual atrazine transport from surface runoff-prone watersheds in the north-central USA. Hydrological Proc. 28(2):210-217.

Senaviratne, G.A., Udawatta, R.P., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A. 2014. Use of fuzzy rainfall-runoff predictions for claypan watersheds with conservation buffers in Northeast Missouri. J. Hydrology. 517:1008-1018.

Senaviratne, G. A., Udawatta, R. P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S. H. Evaluation of a stepwise, multiobjective, multivariable parameter optimization method for the APEX model. J. Environ. Qual. 43(4):1381-1391.

Tomer, M.D., Sadler, E.J., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Bryant, R.B., Potter, T.L., Moore, M.T., Veith, T.L., Baffaut, C., Locke, M.A., Walbridge, M.R. 2014. A decade of conservation effects assessment research by USDA-ARS: Progress overview and future outlook. J. Soil Water Cons. 69(5):365-373.

Veum, K.S., Goyne, K.W., Kremer, R.J., Miles, R.J., Sudduth, K.A. 2014.Biological indicators of soil quality and soil organic matter characteristics in an agricultural management continuum.Biogeochemistry. 117(1):81-99.

Wikle, C.K., Holan, S.H., Sudduth, K.A., Myers, D. 2014. Soil property estimation and design for agroecosystem management using hierarchical geospatial functional data models. J. Indian Soc. of Agric. Statistics. 68(2):203-216.

Wilson, C.G., Kuhnle, R.A., Dabney, S.M., Lerch, R. N., Huang, C.H., King, K.W., and Livingston, S.J. 2014. Fine sediment sources in Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds. J. Soil Water Cons. 69(5):402-413.

2013

Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J. 2013.Long-term suspended sediment transport in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and Salt River Basin, Missouri, USA. Water Resources Res. 49(11):7827-7830.

Chung, S., Sudduth, K.A., Motavalli, P.P., Kitchen, N.R. 2013.Relating mobile sensor soil strength to penetrometer cone index. Soil & Tillage Res. 129:9-18.

Lerch, R.N., Harbourt, C.M., Broz, R.R., Thevary, T.J. 2013. Atrazine incorporation and soil erosion: balancing competing water quality concerns for claypan soils. Trans. ASABE. 56(6):1305-1316.

Ponce Campos, G., Zhang, Y., Huxman, T., Mcclaran, M., Moran, M.S., Bresloff, C., Huete, A., Eamus, D., Bosch, D.D., Buda, A.R., Gunter, S.A., Kitchen, S., Mcnab, W., Morgan, J.A., Peters, D.C., Sadler, E.J., Seyfried, M.S., Starks, P.J., Montoya, D., Scalley, T. 2013. Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions.Nature. 494:349-352.

Senaviratne, G. A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2013.Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender simulation of three adjacent row-crop watersheds in the claypan region. J. Environ. Qual. 42:726-736.

Shao, H., Baffaut, C., Gao, J.E., Nelson, N.O., Janssen, K.A., Pierzynski, G.M., Barnes, P.L. 2013. Development and application of algorithms for simulating terraces practices within SWAT. Trans. ASABE. 56(5):1715-1730.

Sudduth, K.A., Myers, D.B., Kitchen, N.R., Drummond, S.T. 2013. Modeling soil electrical conductivity-depth relationships with data from proximal and penetrating ECa sensors.Geoderma. 199:12-21.

2012

Chaudhary, V.P., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R., Kremer, R.J. 2012. Reflectance spectroscopy detects management and landscape differences in soil carbon and nitrogen. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J.

76(2):597-606.

Landers, G.W., Thompson, A.L., Kitchen, N.R., Massey, R.E. 2012.Comparative breakeven analysis of annual grain and perennial switchgrass cropping systems on claypan soil landscapes.Agron. J. 104(3):639–648.

Mugdal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N. 2012. Using APEX to develop and validate physically-based indices for the delineation of critical management areas. J. Soil Water Cons. 67: 284-299.

Wang, X., Williams, J.R., Gassman, P.W., Baffaut, C., Izaurralde, C., Jeong, J., Kiniry, J.R. 2012. The EPIC and APEX models: use, calibration and validation. Trans. ASABE. 55(4):1447-1462.

Willett, C.D., Lerch, R.N., Schultz, R.C., Berges, S.A., Peacher, R.D., Isenhart, T.M. 2012.Streambank erosion in two watersheds of the central claypan region of Missouri, United States. J. Soil Water Cons. 67(4):247-261.