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Girma Birru
Agroecosystem Management Research
Research Agronomist

Phone: (515) 203-9630
Fax: (402) 472-4020
Room 355

355 Filley Hall, 3720 East Campus Loop South
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA(UNL) EAST CAMPUS
LINCOLN, NE 685800000

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Projects
Evaluating Management Strategies to Increase Agroecosystem Productivity, Resilience, and Viability
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 435592
NRATE: Nitrogen Research for Agriculture Transformation and Enhancement
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 440338
Optimizing Cover Crop Decisions for Enhanced Productivity, Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 440587
Long Term Rotation Experiment at ENREC
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443489

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Water use efficiency of croplands as affected by cropping systems and climate in a long-term study in the midwestern of United States - (Abstract Only)
Simulated impacts of winter rye cover crop on continuous maize yield and soil parameters Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Birru, G.A., Shiferaw, A., Tadesse, T., Schmer, M.R., Jin, V.L., Wardlow, B., Koehler-Cole, K., Awad, T., Beebout, S.E., Tsegaye, T.D., Kharel, T.P. 2023. Simulated impacts of winter rye cover crop on continuous maize yield and soil parameters. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21291.
Biology and infection mechanisms of Pseudocercospora fuligena the causative agent of black leaf mold on tomatoes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Increased rainfall may place saline/sodic soils on the tipping point of sustainability Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mehmet, B.E., Clay, D.E., Resse, C.L., Westhoff, S., Ownes, R., Birru, G.A., Wang, Z. 2022. Increased rainfall may place saline/sodic soils on the tipping point of sustainability. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00131.
Detecting variability in saline-sodic soil using remote sensing methods in the Northern Great Plain - (Abstract Only)
Environmentally conscious least cost multi-criteria decision making for modeling railway network for Eritrea Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mengeste, M., Gala, T., Birru, G.A. 2021. Environmentally conscious least cost multi-criteria decision making for modeling railway network for Eritrea. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning. 16(3):427-436. https://doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.160303.