Research Project: Optimizing the Management of Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin

Location: Delta Water Management Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

The effects of alternate wetting and drying irrigation on water use efficiency in Mid-South rice - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Reavis, C., Reba, M.L., Runkle, B.R. 2024. The effects of alternate wetting and drying irrigation on water use efficiency in Mid-South rice. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 353(110069):1-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110069.

A maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet transform coupled with an LSTM deep learning model for improving multilevel groundwater level forecasts - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Roy, D., Hashem, A., Reba, M.L., Leslie, D., Nowlin, J. 2024. A maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet transform coupled with LSTM deep learning model for improving multilevel groundwater level forecasts. Water Resources Research. 4(16):1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43832-024-00073-1.

Optimizing the quantity of recharge water into a sedimentary aquifer through infiltration galleries using a surrogate assisted coupled simulation-optimization approach - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Roy, D., Leslie, D., Reba, M.L., Hashem, A.A., Bellis, E., Nowlin, J. 2024. Optimizing the quantity of recharge water into a sedimentary aquifer through infiltration galleries using a surrogate assisted coupled simulation-optimization approach. Journal of Hydrology. 635(131183):1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131183.

Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Shults, D., Reba, M.L., Nowlin, J., Massey, J., Read, Q. 2024. Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas. Agricultural Water Management. 293(108678):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108678.

Data and code from: Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas - (Database / Dataset)
Read, Q.D., Reba, M.L., Shults, D.D., Nowlin, J., Massey, J. 2023. Data and code from: Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas. Agricultural Water Management. Available: https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset.

Automated Detection of On-Farm Irrigation Reservoirs in Two Critical Groundwater Regions of Arkansas: A Necessary Precursor for Conjunctive Water Management. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Shults, D.D., Nowlin, J.W., Massey, J., Reba, M.L. 2024. Automated Detection of On-Farm Irrigation Reservoirs in Two Critical Groundwater Regions of Arkansas: A Necessary Precursor for Conjunctive Water Management.. International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research. 15(1):1-22. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.337287.

Effects of Cover crop and filter strips on sediment and nutrient loads measured at the edge of a commerical cotton field. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Thapa, A., Aryal, N., Reba, M.L., Teague, T., Payne, G.K., Pieri, A. 2024. Effects of Cover crop and filter strips on sediment and nutrient loads measured at the edge of a commerical cotton field.. Journal of the ASABE. 67(2):475-491. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.15676.

The role of microbes in mediating methane emissions - (Review Article)
Davidson,E.A., Semrau, J.D., Nguyen, N.K., Boyle, P., Bruns, M.A. Tiedje, J., Zheng, J., Adviento-Borbe, M.A.A., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Cardon, Z., Chanton, J., Criddle, C., Dumont, M., Dunfield, K., Glass, J., Kalyuzhnaya, M., von Keitz, M., Kopke, M., King, G., Kolody, B., Kumar, A., Lennon, J., Mackie, R., McFadden, J., Nayak, D., Pieja, A., Pitta, D., Reinhardt, E., Rother, M., Seshadri, R., Silver, W., Spokas, K., Stein, L., Stulberg, E., Weimer, P. Zhu-Barker, X. The Role of microbes in mediating methane emissions: Report on an American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium held on May 31 and June 1, 2023. Washington (D.C.): American Society for Microbiology; 2023. https://asm.org/Reports/Role-of-Microbes-in-Mediating-Methane-Emissions

Assessing the methane mitigation potential of innovative management in US rice production - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Reavis, C., Reba, M.L., Shults, D., Runkle, B.R. 2023. Assessing the methane mitigation potential of innovative management in US rice production. Environmental Research Letters. 18(12):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0925.

Small unmanned aircraft systems and agro-terrestrial surveys comparison for generating digital elevation surfaces for irrigation and precision grading - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Picket, R., Nowlin, J., Hashem, A., Reba, M.L., Alsbrook, S., Massey, J. 2023. Small unmanned aircraft systems and agro-terrestrial surveys comparison for generating digital elevation surfaces for irrigation and precision grading. Drones. 7(11):649. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110649.

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Using a Winter Cover Crop Mixture in a Furrow-Irrigated Rice System - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Improved scientific knowledge of methanogenesis and methanotrophy needed to slow climate change during the next 30 years - (Popular Publication)
Davidson, E.A., Semrau, J.D., Nguyen, N.K., Boyle, P., Bruns, M., Tiedje, J., Zheng, J., Adviento-Borbe, A.A., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Cardo, Z. 2023. Improved scientific knowledge of methanogenesis and methanotrophy needed to slow climate change during the next 30 years. American Society for Microbiology. 14(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02059-23.

Field-based infrastructure and cyber-physical system for the study of high night temperature stress in irrigated rice - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Quinones, C., Adviento-Borbe, A.A., Larazo, W., Harris, R.S., Mendez, K., Cunningham, S., Campbell, Z., Medina-Jimenez, K., Hein, N., Ottis, B., Walia, H., Lorence, A. 2023. Field-based infrastructure and cyber-physical system for the study of high night temperature stress in irrigated rice. The Plant Phenome Journal. 6(1):1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20085.

Mineralization of S-metolachlor in soil as affected by moisture content, application history, and association with glyphosate - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
De Avila, L.A., Zemolin, C.R., Massey, J., Camaargo, E.R., Files, M.C., Cassol, G.V. 2023. Mineralization of S-metolachlor in soil as affected by moisture content, application history, and association with glyphosate. Advances in Weed Science. 41. Article e020230033. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.51694/AdvWeedSci/2023;41:00014.

The effect of water management and ratoon rice cropping on methane emissions and yield in Arkansas - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Leavitt, M., Moreno-Garcia, B., Reavis, C., Reba, M.L., Runkle, B. 2023. The effect of water management and ratoon rice cropping on methane emissions and yield in Arkansas. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 356(108652):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108652.

Tailwater recovery - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Reba, M.L., Wright, R. 2023. Tailwater recovery. SERA-IEG 17 Bulletin. Available: https://sera17.wordpress.ncsu.edu/tailwater-recovery/.

Opportunities for a circular bioeconomy in rice production - (Trade Journal)
Runkle, B., Seyfferth, A., Reid, M.C., Reba, M.L., Limmer, M., Moreno-Garcia, B. 2023. Opportunities for a circular bioeconomy in rice production. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 4.

Paddy rice methane emissions across Monsoon Asia - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ouyang, Z., Jackson, R.B., Mcnicol, G., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Runkle, B.R., Papale, D., Knox, S.H., Cooley, S., Delwiche, K.B., Sabbatini, S., Reba, M.L. 2022. Paddy rice methane emissions across Monsoon Asia. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113335.

Comparative economic and environmental assessments of furrow- and flood-irrigated rice production systems - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nalley, L., Massey, J., Durand-Morat, A., Shew, A., Parajuli, R., Tsiboe, F. 2022. Comparative economic and environmental assessments of furrow- and flood-irrigated rice production systems. Agricultural Water Management. 274. Article 107964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107964.

The first fine-resolution mapping of contour-levee irrigation using deep Bi-Stream convolutional neural networks - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liang, L., Meyarian, A., Yuan, X., Runkle, B.R., Mihaila, G., Qin, Y., Daniels, J., Reba, M.L., Rigby Jr, J.R. 2021. The first fine-resolution mapping of contour-levee irrigation using deep Bi-Stream convolutional neural networks. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 105(102631). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102631.

Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH4 emissions - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Chang, K., Wiley, W.J., Knox, S.H., Jackson, R.B., Mcnicol, G., Poulter, B., Aurela, M., Baldocchi, D., Bansal, S., Bohrer, G., Reba, M.L. 2021. Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH4 emissions. Nature Communications. 12(2266). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22452-1.