- Assistant Professor
Biography
Education
- 2017-2020 Ph.D., Environmental and Soil Science
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN - 2015-2016 M.S., Plant Science
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD - 2010-2014 B.S., Agriculture (honors)
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Research Interests
- Soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions
- Soil nutrient management and soil health
- Water quality management and water use efficiency
- Soil biogeochemistry and ecology
- Agroecosystem sustainability
Publications
- Singh, S., Singh, S., Machado, S., Lukas, S., Calderon, F., Cappellazzi, S. 2023. Evaluating common soil health tests for dryland wheat systems of inland Pacific Northwest. J Soils Sediments doi:10.1007/s11368-023-03697-3
- Singh, S., Singh, S., Lukas, S., Machado, S., Nouri, A., Francisco, C., Rieke, E., and Cappellazzi, S. Long-term agro-management strategies shape soil bacterial community structure in dryland wheat systems. Sci Rep 13, 13929 (2023).
- Singh, S., Brewer, L., and Lukas, S. B. 2023. Understanding Soil Health and Biota for Farms and Gardens. Oregon State University Extension Catalogue EM 9409.
- Singh, S., Mayes, M. A., Kivlin, S. N., & Jagadamma, S. (2023). How the Birch effect differs in mechanisms and magnitudes due to soil texture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 179, 108973.
- Lukas, S., Singh, S., DeVetter, L. W., & Davenport, J. R. (2022). Leaf Tissue Macronutrient Standards for Northern Highbush Blueberry Grown in Contrasting Environments. Plants, 11(23), 3376.
- Nouri, A., Singh, S., Singh, S., Lukas, S., and Machado, S. 2022. When do cover crops reduce nitrate leaching? A global meta-analysis. Global Change Biology 28(15), 4736-4749.
- Singh, S., Mayes, M. A., Shekoofa, A., Kivlin, S. N., Bansal, S., and Jagadamma, S. 2021. Soil organic carbon cycling in response to simulated soil moisture variation under field conditions. Nature-Scientific Reports 11, 1-13.
- Liang, J., Wang, G., Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Gu, L., Schadt, C. W., Wood, J. D., and Mayes, M. A. 2021. Intensified soil moisture extremes decrease soil carbon decomposition: A mechanistic modeling analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126(8), e2021JG006392.
- Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Liang, J., Kivlin, S. N., Wood, J. D., Wang, G., Schadt, C. W., DuPont, J. I., Gowda, P., and Mayes, M. A. 2021. Differential organic carbon mineralization responses to soil moisture in three different soil orders under mixed forested systems. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9, 223.
- Abagandura, G. O., Sekaran, U., Singh, S., Singh, J., Ibrahim, M. A., Subramanian, S., Owens, V. N., and Kumar, S. 2020. Intercropping Kura clover with Prairie Cordgrass mitigates soil greenhouse gas fluxes. Nature-Scientific Reports 10, 7334. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64182-2).
- Tobin, C., Singh, S., Kumar, S., Wang, T., and Sexton, P. 2020. Demonstrating short-term impacts of grazing and cover crops on soil health and economic benefits in an integrated Crop-Livestock system in South Dakota. Open Journal of Soil Science 10(03), p.109.
- Singh S., Nouri A., Singh, S., Anapalli, S., Lee, J., Arelli, P., and Jagadamma S. 2020. Soil organic carbon and aggregation in response to thirty-nine years of tillage management in the southeastern US. Soil and Tillage Research 197, p.104523.
- Singh, S., Yan, S., Sorochan, J., Stier, J., Mayes, M., Zhuang, J., and Jagadamma, S. 2019. Soil carbon accumulation and nutrient availability in managed and unmanaged eco-systems of east Tennessee. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83(2), 458-465.
- Maiga, A., Alhameid, A., Singh, S., Kumar, S., Osborne, S., Sexton, P., and Malo, D. 2019. Responses of soil organic carbon, aggregate stability, carbon and nitrogen fractions to 15 and 24 years of no-till diversified crop rotations. Soil Research 57(2), 149-157.
- Subedi, K., Singh, S., Wegner, B., Kumar, S., Perez-Gutierrez, J., Osborne, S., Nleya, T., Guzman, J., and Rohila, J. 2019. Cover crops and returning residue impact on soil organic carbon, bulk density, penetration resistance, water retention, infiltration, and soybean yield. Agronomy Journal 111, 99-108.
- Wegner. B., Subedi, K., Singh, S., Lai, L., Abagandura, G., Kumar, S., Osborne, S., Lehman, M., and Jagadamma, S. 2018. Response of soil surface greenhouse gas fluxes to crop residue removal and cover crops under a corn-soybean rotation. Journal of Environmental Quality 47(5), 1146-1154.
- Singh, S., Brandenburg, N., Ahiablame, L., Gonzalez, A., Kjaersgaard, J., Trooien, T., and Kumar, S. 2017. Response of winter manure application on surface runoff water quantity and quality from small watersheds in South Dakota. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 228(10), 389-399.
- Ibrahim, M., Hong, C.O., Singh, S., Kumar, S., Osborne, S., and Owens, V. 2017. Switchgrass biomass quality as affected by nitrogen rates, harvest time, and storage. Agronomy Journal 109 (1), 1-11.
- Emery, I., Mbonimpa, E., Kumar, S., Muthukumarappan, K., Wei, L., Jahandideh, A., Singh, S., and Owens, V. 2017. Life cycle assessment of drop-in biofuels from prairie cordgrass. ASABE Annual International meeting paper.