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Jalal D Jabro (Jay)

Research Soil Scientist

Jay Jabro. Jalal "Jay" D. Jabro

Research Soil Scientist

jay.jabro@ars.usda.gov

www.ars.usda.gov/pa/nparl/jjabro

Phone: 406.433.9442
Fax: 406.433.5038

• Education • Current Research • Research Experience • Poplular Press Articles • Publications • Abstracts

Additional Pages: Research Projects,*Publications*

*Taken from the Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) database.

EDUCATION

B.S. Soil Science	1972	University of Baghdad, Iraq
M.S. Soil Physics	1979	Iowa State University
Ph.D. Environmental Soil Physics & Agricultural Engineering	1988	Pennsylvania State University
M.S. Internet Information Systems	2004	Robert Morris University

CURRENT RESEARCH

Dr. Jabro joined his USDA colleagues in Sidney, MT in February, 2005. His general research goals include: environmental soil physics, irrigation management and water quality.

His specific research goals will address the following interrelated areas: 1) development and evaluation of diversified center pivot irrigated cropping systems that enhance nitrogen and water use efficiencies, and improve soil and water quality; 2) development and evaluation of soil and water management practices that reduce soil compaction and improve soil and water quality by reducing erosion and agricultural chemical losses to ground and surface waters; and, 3) development of databases that can be used to adapt and/or evaluate suitable soil-water-plant models. These research areas will be investigated independently and collaboratively with other NPARL scientists.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Dr. Jabro has made significant contributions as a researcher and teacher in the soils, computer modeling, and statistics/math areas. His career was launched at the Pennsylvania State University's Department of Crops and Soil Sciences and The Environmental Research Resources Institute where he served as a Research Associate/Assistant Professor (1988-1999) and project leader or integral member on numerous interdisciplinary grants research projects. His research projects and publications focused on water flow under saturated and unsaturated conditions, nitrate transport and leaching, assessing spatial and temporal variability of soil physical and hydraulic properties, and evaluation of non-point source pollution models under various soils, crops and weather conditions during this time.

In 2000, Dr. Jabro accepted a position as a soil scientist with the USDA-ARS in Prosser, Washington (1/00-9/02), where he focused on honing his research expertise in the areas of nitrogen management, irrigation monitoring, water quality, and soil moisture sensors technology under potato cropping system. Additionally, Dr. Jabro managed the experimental site for which he earned the appreciation award.

In 2002, Dr. Jabro served as a Research Associate at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center at WSU-Prosser, where he conducted research and wrote grants in the areas of irrigation practices, water quality, and soil moisture sensors technology under various cropping systems. He also taught chemistry at the local community college and was involved in various environmentally-oriented community events.

In 2004, Jay joined the Pennsylvania Department of the Environmental Protection (PADEP) as a soil scientist. He evaluated site-specific soil conditions as they related to the feasibility and design of soil dependent sewage disposals systems and sprinkler and sub-drip irrigation systems. Dr. Jabro has been privileged to share his knowledge with graduate and undergraduate students through graduate committee participation and instruction of numerous courses in soils, environmental sciences, statistics, and math, quantitative analysis, chemistry, and computer sciences at various universities.

POPULAR PRESS ARTICLES

Soil compaction: causes, concerns, prevention and alleviation (PDF; 140 KB) Soil Connects Newsletter, Issue 1, International Union of Soil Sciences)
Growers explore ways of reducing soil compaction at field day (Available from The Prairie Star web site, October 8, 2011)

SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 Years)

Please note: The most recent publications by this scientist may not yet be listed here. Please check the ARIS " Publications" page for possible new titles.

Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2022. Soil-water characteristic curves and their estimated hydraulic parameters in no-tilled and conventionally tilled soils. Soil & Tillage Research. 219. Article 105342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105342.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L. 2021. Soil cone index and bulk density of a sandy loam under no-till and conventional tillage in a corn-soybean rotation. Soil & Tillage Research. 206:Article e104842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104842.
Jabro, J.D., Allen, B.L., Rand, T.A., Rana Dangi, S., Campbell, J.W. 2021. Effect of previous crop roots on soil compaction in 2 yr rotations under a no-tillage system. Land. 10(2):202. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020202.
Allen, B.L., Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2021. Nitrogen use in spring wheat affected by crop diversification, management, and tillage. Agronomy Journal. 113(3):2437-2449. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20686.
Jabro, J.D., Mikha, M.M. 2021. Determination of infiltration rate and bulk density in soils. In:Karlen, D.L., Stott, D.E, Mikha, M.M., editors. Soil Science, Volume Two: Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis. Madison, WI:Wiley. p. 69-77.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2021. Crop water and nitrogen productivity in response to long-term diversified crop rotations and management systems. Agricultural Water Management. 257. Article 107149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107149.
Mikha, M.M., Jin, V.L., Johnson, J.M., Lehman, R.M., Karlen, D.L., Jabro, J.D. 2021. Land management effects on wet aggregate stability and carbon content. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(6):2149-2168. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20333.
Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2020. Diversified crop rotation and management system influence durum yield and quality. Agronomy Journal. 2020:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20311.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2020. Comparing two methods for measuring soil bulk density and moisture content. Open Journal of Soil Science. 10(6):233-243. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojss.2020.106012.
Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2020. Soil inorganic carbon under no-till dryland crop rotations. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20073.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2020. Soil water and water-use efficiency with diversified crop rotations and cultural practices. Agronomy Journal. 112(5):3306-3321. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20332.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Allen, B.L., Sainju, U.M. 2020. Irrigation scheduling based on wireless sensors output and soil-water characteristic curve in two soils. Sensors. 20(5):1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051336.
Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2020. Diversified crop rotation and management system influence durum yield and quality. Agronomy Journal. 2020:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20311.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2020. Comparing two methods for measuring soil bulk density and moisture content. Open Journal of Soil Science. 10(6):233-243. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojss.2020.106012.
Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2020. Soil inorganic carbon under no-till dryland crop rotations. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20073.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2020. Soil water and water-use efficiency with diversified crop rotations and cultural practices. Agronomy Journal. 112(5):3306-3321. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20332.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L. 2021. Soil cone index and bulk density of a sandy loam under no-till and conventional tillage in a corn-soybean rotation. Soil & Tillage Research. 206:Article e104842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104842.
Jabro, J.D., Allen, B.L., Rand, T.A., Rana Dangi, S., Campbell, J.W. 2021. Effect of previous crop roots on soil compaction in 2 yr rotations under a no-tillage system. Land. 10(2):202. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020202.
Allen, B.L., Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2021. Nitrogen use in spring wheat affected by crop diversification, management, and tillage. Agronomy Journal. 113(3):2437-2449. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20686.
Jabro, J.D., Mikha, M.M. 2021. Determination of infiltration rate and bulk density in soils. In:Karlen, D.L., Stott, D.E, Mikha, M.M., editors. Soil Science, Volume Two: Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis. Madison, WI:Wiley. p. 69-77.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2021. Crop water and nitrogen productivity in response to long-term diversified crop rotations and management systems. Agricultural Water Management. 257. Article 107149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107149.
Mikha, M.M., Jin, V.L., Johnson, J.M., Lehman, R.M., Karlen, D.L., Jabro, J.D. 2021. Land management effects on wet aggregate stability and carbon content. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(6):2149-2168. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20333.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2022. Soil-water characteristic curves and their estimated hydraulic parameters in no-tilled and conventionally tilled soils. Soil & Tillage Research. 219. Article 105342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105342.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Allen, B.L., Sainju, U.M. 2020. Irrigation scheduling based on wireless sensors output and soil-water characteristic curve in two soils. Sensors. 20(5):1336. DOI: 10.3390/s20051336.
Gesch, R.W., Long, D.S., Palmquist, D.E., Allen, B.L., Archer, D.W., Brown, J., Davis, J.B., Hatfield, J.L., Jabro, J.D., Kiniry, J.R., Vigil, M.F., Oblath, E.A., Isbell, T. 2019. Agronomic performance of Brassicaceae oilseeds in multiple environments across the Western United States. BioEnergy Research. 12(3):509-523. DOI: 10.1007/s12155-019-09998-1.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Stevens, W.B., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L. 2019. Tillage effects on drainage fluxes and nitrate leaching through unsaturated zone under irrigated corn-soybean rotation. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 35(3):293-300. DOI: 10.13031/aea.13127.
Ma, Q., Zhang, K., Jabro, J.D., Ren, L., Liu, H. 2019. Freeze-thaw cycles effects on soil physical properties under different degraded conditions in Northeast China. Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-019-8323-z.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2019. Pea growth, yield, and quality in different crop rotations and cultural practices. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 2:180041. DOI: 10.2134/age2018.10.0041.
Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Jabro, J.D. 2019. Nitrogen fertigation interval for sugarbeet grown on soils with a high leaching potential. Journal of Sugar Beet Research. 56(1-2):21-34.
nssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2018. Dryland corn production and water use affected by tillage and crop management intensity. Agronomy Journal. 110:2439-2446. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2018.04.0267.
Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B. 2018. Dryland pea production and water use responses to tillage, crop rotation, and weed management practice. Agronomy Journal. 110(5):1843-1853. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2018.03.0182.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2018. Nitrogen balance in dryland agroecosystem in response to tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 110:467-483. DOI: 10.1007/s10705-018-9909-7.
Hunter, K.M., Archer, D.W., Gesch, R.W., Vigil, M.F., Hatfield, J.L., Allen, B.L., Jabro, J.D., Kim, S., Meki, M.N., Kiniry, J.R. 2017. Degree days to 50% flowering for 12 cultivars of spring canola-like mustard. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International. 11(4):1-8.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Stevens, W.B., Allen, B.L., Sainju, U.M. 2017. A new automated passive capillary lysimeter for logging real-time drainage water fluxes. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 33(6):849-857. DOI: 10.13031/aea.12433.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2017. Field performance of three real-time moisture sensors in sandy loam and clay loam soils. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 64(7):930-938. DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2017.1393528.
Mikha, M.M., Hergert, G.W., Benjamin, J.G., Jabro, J.D., Nielsen, R.A. 2017. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen in long-term manure management system. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81:153-165.
Negm, A., Jabro, J.D., Provenzano, G. 2017. Assessing the suitability of American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) agro-climatology archive to predict daily meteorological variables and reference evapotranspiration in Sicily, Italy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 244-245:111-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.05.022.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2017. Soil residual nitrogen under various crop rotations and cultural practices. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 180(2):187–198. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201600496.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2017. Soil total carbon and nitrogen and crop yields after eight years of tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice. Heliyon. 3:e00481. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00481.
Jabro, J.D. 2016. Caring for soil improves human health. Advances in Plants and Agriculture Journal. 3(3):00098. DOI: 10.15406/apar.2016.03.00098.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G., Mikha, M.M., Allen, B.L. 2016. Physical and hydraulic properties of a sandy loam soil under zero, shallow and deep tillage practices. Soil & Tillage Research. 159: 67–72.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Allen, B.L., Sainju, U.M. 2016. Suction cup samplers for estimating nitrate-nitrogen in soil water in irrigated sugarbeet production. Soil Science. 7(10):1342-1354. DOI: 10.4236/jep.2016.710117.
Oblath, E.A., Isbell, T.A., Berhow, M.A., Allen, B., Archer, D., Brown, J., Gesch, R.W., Hatfield, J.L., Jabro, J.D., Kiniry, J.R., Long, D.S. 2016. Development of nearinfrared spectroscopy calibrations to measure quality characteristics in intact Brassicaceae germplasm. Industrial Crops and Products. 89:52-58.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2016. Nitrogen balance in response to dryland crop rotations and cultural practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 233:25-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.08.023.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B., Jabro, J.D. 2016. Soil total carbon and crop yield affected by crop rotation and cultural practice. Agronomy Journal. 109(1):1-9. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.07.0402.
Gesch, R.W., Isbell, T., Oblath, E.A., Allen, B.L., Archer, D.W., Brown, J., Hatfield, J.L., Jabro, J.D., Kiniry, J.R., Long, D.S., Vigil, M.F. 2015. Comparison of several Brassica species in the north central U.S. for potential jet fuel feedstock. Industrial Crops and Products. 75(B):2-7.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M. 2015. Nondestructive analysis of three-dimensional objects using a fluid displacement method. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 79:1289- 1292. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2015.06.0215.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G., Mikha, M.M., Allen, B.L. 2015. Effect of three tillage depths on sugarbeet response and soil penetrability resistance. Agronomy Journal. 107(4):1481-1488. DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0561.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G. 2015. Spatial and temporal variability of soil penetration resistance transecting sugarbeet rows and inter-rows in tillage systems. Agronomy Journal. 31(2):237-246. DOI: 10.13031/aea.31.10722.

Lenssen, A., Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Allen, B.L., Evans, R.G. 2015. Management and tillage system influence forage barley productivity and water use in dryland cropping systems. Agronomy Journal. 107(2):551-557. (PDF)
Mikha, M.M., Hergert, G.W., Nielsen, R.A., Benjamin, J.G., Jabro, J.D. 2015. Long-term manure impacts on soil aggregates and aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 10.2136/sssaj2014.09.0348. (PDF)
Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G., Iversen, W.M., Jabro, J.D., Sainju, U.M., Allen, B.L. 2015. Strip tillage and high-efficiency irrigation applied to a sugarbeet- barley rotation. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0525.
Allen, B.L., Vigil, M.F., Jabro, J.D. 2014. Camelina growing degree hour and base temperature requirements. Agronomy Journal. 106(3):940-944. (PDF)
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G., Allen, B.L., Stevens, W.B. 2014. Repeated freeze-thaw cycle effects on soil compaction in a clay loam in northeastern Montana. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 78(3): 737-744. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.07.0280. (PDF)
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G., Allen, B.L. 2014. Crop water productivity of sugarbeet as affected by tillage. Agronomy Journal. 106(6):2280-2286. (PDF)
Lenssen, A.W., Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Allen, B.L., Evans, R.G. 2014. Crop diversification, tillage, and management system influences on spring wheat yield and soil water use. Agronomy Journal. 106(4):1445-1454. DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0119. (PDF)
Sainju, U.M., Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G., Iversen, W.M. 2013. Irrigation system and tillage effects on soil carbon and nitrogen fractions. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 77(4):1225-1234. (PDF)
Qi, Z., Bartling, P.N., Jabro, J.D., Lenssen, A.W., Iversen, W.M., Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Allen, B.L., Evans, R.G. 2013. Simulating dryland water availability and spring wheat production under various management practices in the Northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal. 105:37-50. (PDF; 1763 KB)
Qi, Z., Bartling, P.N., Jabro, J.D., Lenssen, A.W., Iversen, W.M., Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Allen, B.L., Evans, R.G. 2013. Simulating dryland water availability and spring wheat production under various management practices in the Northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal. 105:37-50. (PDF; 1763 KB)
Jabro, J.D., Jabro, A.D., Steven, F.L. 2012. Models performance and robustness for simulating drainage and nitrate-nitrogen fluxes without recalibration. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 76(6): 1957-1964. (PDF; 1197 KB)
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G. 2012. Performance evaluation and accuracy of passive capillary samplers (PCAPs)for estimating real-time drainage water fluxes. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 18(4):537-542.
Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G., Stevens, W.B. 2012. Water use and water productivity of sugarbeet, malt barley and potato as affected by irrigation frequency. Agronomy Journal. 104(6):1510-1516.
Jabro, J.D., Sainju, U.M., Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G. 2012. Estimation of CO2 diffusion coefficient at 0-10 cm depth in undisturbed and tilled soils. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science . 58(1): 1-9.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Caesar, T., Jabro, J.D., Lartey, R.T., Evans, R.G., Allen, B.L. 2012. Tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice effects on dryland soil carbon fractions. Open Journal of Soil Science. 2(3):242-255.
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Caesar, T., Jabro, J.D., Lartey, R.T., Evans, R.G., Allen, B.L. 2012. Dryland soil nitrogen cycling influenced by tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 93(3):309-322.
Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M., Evans, R.G. 2011. Bulk density, water content and hydraulic properties of a sandy loam soil following conventional or strip tillage. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 27(5):765-768. (PDF; 123 KB)
Jabro, J.D., Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Evans, R.G. 2011. Tillage Effects on Dryland Soil Physical Properties in Northeastern Montana. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 42(18):2179-2187. (PDF; 354 KB)
Kim, Y., Jabro, J.D., Evans, R.G. 2011. Wireless lysimeters for real-time online soil water monitoring. Irrigation Science. 29(5):423-430. (PDF; 850 KB)
Sainju, U.M., Lenssen, A.W., Caesar, T., Jabro, J.D., Lartey, R.T., Evans, R.G., Allen, B.L. 2011. Dryland residue and soil orgranic matter as influenced by tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice. Plant and Soil Journal. 338:27-41. (PDF, 213 KB)
Abou Najm, M.R., J.D. Jabro, W.M. Iversen, R.H. Mohtar, and R.G. Evans. 2010. New Method for Characterization of Three-Dimensional Preferential Flow Paths in the Field. Water Resources Research VOL. 46, W02503, doi:10.1029/2009WR008594. (PDF: 2554 KB)
Evans, R.G., W.M. Iversen, W.B. Stevens, and J.D. Jabro. 2010. Development of combined site-specific MESA and LEPA methods on a linear move sprinkler irrigation system. 26(5):883-895. (PDF; 10370 KB)
Jabro, J.D, U.M. Sainju, W.B. Stevens, and R.G. Evans. 2010. Estimation of CO2 Diffusion Coefficient at 0 - 10 cm Depth in Undisturbed and Tilled Soils. Archives in Agronomy and Soil Science. (In press).
Jabro, J.D., W.B. Stevens, R.G. Evans, and W.M. Iversen. 2010. Spatial Variability and Correlation of Selected Soil Properties in the AP Horizon of the CRP Grassland. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 26(3):419-428. (PDF: 2274 KB)
Jabro J.D., W.B. Stevens, W.M. Iversen, and R.G. Evans. 2010. Tillage Depth Effects on Soil Physical Properties, Sugarbeet Yield and Quality. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 41(7):908-916. (PDF; 216 KB)
Sainju, U.M., J.D. Jabro, and T. Caesar-TonThat. 2010. Tillage, Cropping Sequence and Nitrogen Fertilization Effects on Dryland Soil Carbon Dioxide Emission and Carbon Content. J. Environ. Quality 39(3):935-945. (PDF: 1508 KB)
Sainju, U.M., Stevens, W.B., Caesar, T., Jabro, J.D. 2010. Land Use and Management Practices Impact on Plant Biomass Carbon and Soil Carbon Dioxide Emission. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74(5):1613-1622.
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Stevens, W.B., Evans, R.G., Jabro, J.D., Iversen, W.M. 2010. Nitrogen Availability for Sugarbeet affected by Tillage System and Sprinkler Irrigation Method. Agronomy Journal. 102:1745-1752. (PDF; 1064 KB)
Jabro, J.D. 2009. Water Vapor Diffusion through Soil as Affected by Temperature and Aggregate Size. Transport in porous media. 77:417-428. (PDF; 334 KB)
Jabro, J.D., R.G. Evans, Y. Kim and W.M. Iversen. 2009. Estimating In-situ Soil-Water Retention and Field Water Capacity Measurements in Two Contrasting Soil Textures. Irrigation Science 27:223-229. (PDF; 370 KB)
Jabro, J.D., Y. Kim, R.G. Evans, W.M. Iversen, and William B. Stevens. 2008. Passive Capillary Sampler for Measuring Soil Water Drainage and Flux in the Vadose Zone: Design, Performance and Enhancement. Applied Engineering in Agricultural. 24(4):439-446. (PDF: 384 KB)
Jabro, J.D., U.M. Sainju, W.B. Stevens, A.W. Lenssen, and R.G. Evans. 2009. Long-term Tillage Influences on Soil Physical Properties under Dryland Conditions in Northeastern Montana. Archives in Agronomy and Soil Science. 55(6):633-640.
Jabro, J.D., W.B. Stevens, R.G. Evans, W.M. Iversen. 2009. Tillage effects on physical properties in two soils of the Northern Great Plains. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 25(3):377-382. (PDF: 143 KB)
Sainju, U.M., T. Caesar-TonThat, and J.D. Jabro. 2009. Carbon and nitrogen fractions in dryland soil aggregates affected by long-term tillage and cropping sequence. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73:1488-1495. (PDF: 1536 KB)
Jabro, J.D., U. Sainju, W.B. Stevens, and R.G. Evans. 2008. Carbon Dioxide Flux as Affected by Tillage and Irrigation in Soil Converted from Perennial Forages to Annual Crops. J. Environmental Management 88(4):1478-1484. (PDF ; 344 KB)
Jabro, J.D., Evans, R.G., Stevens, W.B., Iversen, W.M. 2008. Repeatability of soil apparent electrical conductivity measured by a coulter sensor. Soil Science. 173(1):35-45. (PDF; 6336 KB)
Sainju, U.M., Jabro, J.D., Stevens, W.B. 2008. Soil carbon dioxide emission and carbon sequestration as influenced by irrigation, tillage, cropping system, and nitrogen fertilization. Journal of Environmental Quality. 37:98-106. (PDF; 1061 KB)

SELECTED ABSTRACTS (Last 3 Years)

Jabro, J.D., B.W. Stevens, and W.M Iversen. 2019. Soil moisture characteristics curve measurements in a sandy loam as affected by tillage. H31I-1831, AGU Fall meeting December 9-14, 2019, San Francisco, CA. Online.
Jabro, Jalal, D., William M. Iversen, and William B. Stevens. 2019. Effect of no-tillage and conventional tillage practices on drainage fluxes under irrigated corn-soybean rotation. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 9-14, 2019, San Antonio, TX. Online.
Stevens, William B., Jalal D Jabro, William M. Iversen, Upendra M. Sainju, and Brett L. Allen. 2019. Nitrogen availability and sugarbeet yield affected by rotation and crop residue Removal. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 9-14, 2019, San Antonio, TX. Online.
Sainju, Upendra, M., Brett L. Allen, William B. Stevens, and Jalal D Jabro. 2019. Soil inorganic Carbon - an important form of carbon sequestration with crop rotations in dryland cropping systems. Agronomy Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 9-14, 2019, San Antonio, TX. Online.
Sainju, Upendra, M., Andrew W. Lenssen, Brett L. Allen, William B. Stevens, and Jalal D Jabro. 2019. Enhancing durum yield and quality with diversified crop rotation and improved cultural practice. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 9-14, 2019, San Antonio, TX. Online.
Allen, Brett, L. and Jalal D. Jabro. 2019. Cover crops replace summer fallow in semi-arid durum cropping systems. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 9-14, 2019, San Antonio, TX. Online.
Jabro, J. D., W.B. Stevens and W.M. Iversen. 2019. Efficacy of passive capillary lysimeters for estimating real-time drainage water fluxes. Annual International American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, July 7-10, 2019, Boston, Massachusetts. Online.
Jabro, J.D., W.M. Iversen, W.B. Stevens, U.M. Sainju, and B.L. Allen. 2019. Tillage effects on nitrate leaching through unsaturated zone under irrigated corn-soybean production. International Interdisciplinary conference on land use and water quality LuWQ2019, Agriculture and Environment. Abstracts: 45. June 3-6, 2019. Aarhus, Denmark. Online.
Jabro, Jay, and Brett Allen. 2019. Evaluation effects of deep-rooted crops on soil compaction in a no-tillage system. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-1401, 2019, EGU General Assembly. April 7-12, 2019, Vienna, Austria. Online.
Stevens, W. Bart, Jay D. Jabro and William M. Iversen, 2019. Sugarbeet response to seed position relative to fertilizer band in a strip tillage system. Sugar Beet Development Foundation. February 24- March 1, 2019. Anaheim, California. Online.
Sainju, Upendra, M., Andrew W. Lenssen, Brett L. Allen, Jalal D. Jabro and William B. Stevens. 2018. Tillage and weed management practice influence dryland corn production and water use. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 4-7, 2018, Baltimore, MD. Online.
Sainju, Upendra, M., Andrew W. Lenssen, Jalal D. Jabro, Brett L. Allen and William B. Stevens. 2018. Pea production and water use in response to tillage, crop rotation, and weed management. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA international meetings, November 4-7, 2018, Baltimore, MD. Online.
Allen, B. and J. Jabro. 2018. Cover crops replace fallow in semi-arid durum cropping systems. The 21st ISTRO International Conference 24-27 September, Paris, France. Online.
Jabro, J., B. Stevens and B. Iversen. 2018. Effect of tillage on corn yield, water use and water use efficiency under irrigated conditions. The 21st ISTRO International Conference 24-27 September, Paris, France. Online.
Jabro, J. D., W.B. Stevens and W.M. Iversen. 2018. In-situ evaluation of three soil moisture sensors in sandy loam and clay loam soils. Annual International American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, July 29-August 1 2018, Detroit, Michigan. Online.
Jabro, Jay, and Brett Allen. 2018. Evaluation effects of deep-rooted crops on soil compaction in a no-tillage system. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-1401, 2018, EGU General Assembly. April 6-13, 2018, Vienna, Austria. Online.
Sainju, Upendra M., Andrew W. Lenssen, Brett L. Allen, William B. Stevens and Jalal D. Jabro. 2017. Eight years of tillage, crop rotation, and cultural practice impact on soil carbon and nitrogen. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, FL. Online.
Mikha, Maysoon M., Gary W. Hergert, Joseph G. Benjamin, Jalal D. Jabro and Rex A. Nielsen. 2017. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen in long-term manure management system. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, FL. Online.
Sainju, Upendra M. Andrew W. Lenssen, Brett L. Allen, William B. Stevens and Jalal D Jabro, 2017. Crop rotation and cultural practice impact on soil residual nitrogen. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, FL. Online.
Jabro, Jalal D., William B. Stevens and William M. Iversen. 2017. Tillage effects on corn water use and water use efficiency in a sandy loam soil under irrigated conditions. Agronomy abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, FL.
Jabro, Jay; Allen, Brett; Long, Daniel; Isbell, Terry; Gesch, Russ; Brown, Jerry; Hatfield, Jerry; Archer, David; Oblath, Emily; Vigil, Merle; Kiniry, Jim; Hunter, Kimberly and Shonnard, David. 2017. Water use and water use efficiency of oilseed crops in Northeastern Montana. 1st World Conference, CONSOWA, Soil and water conservation under global change. June 12-16, 2017, Lleida, Spain. Online.
Allen, Brett; Jabro, Jay. 2017. Jet fuel feedstocks improve utilization of precipitation in semi-arid environments.1st World Conference, CONSOWA, Soil and Water Conservation under Global Change. June 12-16, 2017, Lleida, Spain. Online.
Jabro, J.D., W.B. Stevens, W.M. Iversen, B.L. Allen and U.M. Sainju. 2017. Suction cup samplers for estimating nitrate-nitrogen in soil water in irrigated sugarbeet production. International interdisciplinary conference on land use and water quality (LuWQ2017), May 29- June 1, 2017. Hague, the Netherlands. Online.
Jabro, J.D., B L. Allen, D.S. Long, T.A. Isbell, R.W. Gesch, J. Brown, J.L. Hatfield, D.W. Archer, E.A. Oblath, M.F. Vigil, J.R. Kiniry, K. Hunter, and D.R. Shonnard. 2017. Relationships of leaf area index and NDVI for 12 brassica cultivars in Northeastern Montana Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-1951, 2017 EGU General Assembly . April 23-28, 2017, Vienna, Austria. Online.
Allen, B.L. and J.D. Jabro. 2017. Jet fuel from 18 cool-season oilseed feedstocks in a semi-arid environment. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-3358, EGU General Assembly 2017. April 23-28, 2017, Vienna, Austria. Online.

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