# overview
The overall goal of my research program is to develop and evaluate climate-resilient, regenerative agricultural strategies for conserving soil and water, enhancing crop water productivity, and protecting soil and water quality in diverse agroecosystems.

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Climatic changes, Climate Dynamics and Prediction

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Management Allowed Depletion (mad) Auto-irrigation Method

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Purdue University - (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States)

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Purdue University - (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States)

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HYDROLOGIC AND WATER QUALITY MODELS: DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR CALIBRATION, VALIDATION, AND USE

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The synergy between water conservation and economic profitability of adopting alternative irrigation systems for cotton production in the Texas High Plains

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Tillage and Nitrogen Rate Effects on Corn Production and Residual Soil Characteristics

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Impacts of Ongoing Land-Use Change on Watershed Hydrology and Crop Production Using an Improved SWAT Model

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Evaluation of surface ponding and runoff generation in a seasonally frozen drained agricultural field

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Assessing the hydrologic and water quality impacts of biofuel-induced changes in land use and management

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SIMULATED EFFECTS OF WINTER WHEAT COVER CROP ON COTTON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF THE TEXAS ROLLING PLAINS

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Seasonal variability of evapotranspiration and carbon exchanges over a biomass sorghum field in the Southern US Great Plains

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Potential genotype-based climate change adaptation strategies for sustaining cotton production in the Texas High Plains: A simulation study

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Simulated Dryland Cotton Yield Response to Selected Scenario Factors Associated With Soil Health

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Potential climate change adaptation strategies for winter wheat production in the Texas High Plains

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A RECOMMENDED CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION STRATEGY FOR HYDROLOGIC AND WATER QUALITY MODELS

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Evaluating the ranch and watershed scale impacts of using traditional and adaptive multi-paddock grazing on runoff, sediment and nutrient losses in North Texas, USA

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Modeling management of continuous dryland cotton with an intervening winter wheat cover crop in a semiarid climate

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Development and application of a distributed modeling approach to assess the watershed-scale impact of drainage water management

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DETERMINING OPTIMUM IRRIGATION TERMINATION PERIODS FOR COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Characterization of groundwater resources in the Trinity and Woodbine aquifers in Texas.

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Potential benefits of genotype-based adaptation strategies for grain sorghum production in the Texas High Plains under climate change

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Modeling the impact of nitrogen fertilizer application and tile drain configuration on nitrate leaching using SWAT

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Temporal evolution of depth-stratified groundwater salinity in municipal wells in the major aquifers in Texas, USA.

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Optimizing Dryland Crop Management to Regional Climate via Simulation. Part I: U.S. Southern High Plains Cotton Production

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Long term (1960-2010) trends in groundwater contamination and salinization in the Ogallala aquifer in Texas

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FORTY YEARS OF INCREASING COTTON'S WATER PRODUCTIVITY AND WHY THE TREND WILL CONTINUE

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Adapting the CROPGRO model to simulate growth and yield of guar, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L, an industrial legume crop

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Hydrological responses of land use change from cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum L.) to cellulosic bioenergy crops in the Southern High Plains of Texas, USA

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Intensifying dryland wheat systems by integrating guar increased production and profitability

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GLOBAL WATER SECURITY: CURRENT RESEARCH AND PRIORITIES FOR ACTION

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Modeling the impacts of cover crops and no-tillage on soil health and cotton yield in an irrigated cropping system of the Texas Rolling Plains

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Assessing the impacts of irrigation termination periods on cotton productivity under strategic deficit irrigation regimes.

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Carbon and evapotranspiration dynamics of a non-native perennial grass with biofuel potential in the southern US Great Plains

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Modeling the effects of management and elevation on West Texas dryland cotton production

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Simulated efficient growth-stage-based deficit irrigation strategies for maximizing cotton yield, crop water productivity and net returns

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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF FUTURE CLIMATE ON COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE ARIZONA LOW DESERT

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Soil and soil organic carbon effects on simulated Southern High Plains dryland Cotton production

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Climate change projections for the Texas High Plains and Rolling Plains

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Spatio-temporal variability of groundwater nitrate concentration in Texas: 1960 to 2010.

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ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF A WINTER WHEAT COVER CROP ON SOIL WATER USE, COTTON YIELD, AND SOIL ORGANIC CARBON IN NO-TILL COTTON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Simulation of efficient irrigation management strategies for grain sorghum production over different climate variability classes

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Determining water-use-efficient irrigation strategies for cotton using the DSSAT CSM CROPGRO-cotton model evaluated with in-season data

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Post-processing R tool for SWAT efficiently studying climate change impacts on hydrology, water quality, and crop growth

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Genetic and genomic resources in guar: a review

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Simulating the Hydrologic Impact of Arundo donax Invasion on the Headwaters of the Nueces River in Texas

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Evaluating hydrological components and streamflow characteristics under conventional and adaptive multi-paddock grazing management

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Simulated water quality effects of alternate grazing management practices at the ranch and watershed scales

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Exploring phenotypic variation and associations in root nodulation, morphological, and growth character traits among 50 guar genotypes

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Modeling Basin-Scale Impacts of Cultivation Practices on Cotton Yield and Water Conservation under Various Hydroclimatic Regimes

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Development and Application of Process-based Simulation Models for Cotton Production: A Review of Past, Present, and Future Directions

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Detection of two intermixed invasive woody species using color infrared aerial imagery and the support vector machine classifier

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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ASSESSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON GRAIN SORGHUM YIELD AND IRRIGATION WATER USE UNDER FULL AND DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Simulating future climate change impacts on seed cotton yield in the Texas High Plains using the CSM-CROPGRO-Cotton model

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Comparison of the performances of DRAINMOD-NII and ADAPT models in simulating nitrate losses from subsurface drainage systems

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Spatial Variability of Biofuel Production Potential and Hydrologic Fluxes of Land Use Change from Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to Alamo Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in the Texas High Plains

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Evaluation of the hooghoudt and kirkham tile drain equations in the soil and water assessment tool to simulate tile flow and nitrate-nitrogen.

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EVALUATION OF THE CSM-CROPGRO-COTTON MODEL FOR THE TEXAS ROLLING PLAINS REGION AND SIMULATION OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Optimizing Dryland Crop Management to Regional Climate. Part II: U.S. Southern High Plains Grain Sorghum Production

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An appraisal of groundwater quality in Seymour and Blaine aquifers in a major agro-ecological region in Texas, USA

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Modeling the effects of land use change from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to perennial bioenergy grasses on watershed hydrology and water quality under changing climate

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Evaluation of long-term (1960-2010) groundwater fluoride contamination in Texas.

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Impact of no-till, cover crop, and irrigation on Cotton yield

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Evaluation of crop-growth-stage-based deficit irrigation strategies for cotton production in the Southern High Plains

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SELECTIVE CROPPING AS A SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICE: A BENEFITS EVALUATION

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Simulated effects of cover crops with no-tillage on soil and crop productivity in rainfed semi-arid cotton production systems

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Evaluation of growth-stage-based variable deficit irrigation strategies for cotton production in the Texas High Plains

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Evaluation of simulated strategies for reducing nitrate-nitrogen losses through subsurface drainage systems.

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Simulating the climate change impacts and evaluating potential adaptation strategies for irrigated corn production in Northern High Plains of Texas

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Evaluating the impacts of alternative grazing management practices on soil carbon sequestration and soil health indicators

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Implications of biofuel-induced changes in land use and crop management on sustainability of agriculture in the Texas High Plains

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Simulating hydrologic responses to alternate grazing management practices at the ranch and watershed scales

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Kothari, Kritika (2019-05). Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Major Crops in Texas: A Case Study in Two Regions. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Modala, Naga Raghuveer (2014-12). Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains and Rolling Plains. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Jain, Shailee (2014-08). Modeling the Hydrologic Impact of Arundo Donax on the Headwaters of the Nueces River Using the Swat Model. Master's Thesis.

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Chen, Yong (2016-12). Assessing the Impacts of Land Use Change from Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to Cellulosic Bioenergy Crops on Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality in the Texas High Plains. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Garibay, Victoria Margo (2017-12). Irrigation Efficiency Study Based On Dssat Csm-Cropgro Cotton Model Calibrated With In-Season Data from the Texas High Plains. Master's Thesis.

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Agrohydrology research program at Vernon