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Girma Birru
Agroecosystem Management Research
Research Agronomist

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

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Projects
Integrated Agricultural Systems for a Resilient Circular Bioeconomy in the Central Plains
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 445470
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.)
Cover crop performance under a changing climate in continuous corn system over Nebraska - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Simulating agroecosystem soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics under long-term management with an improved SWAT-C model Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liang, K., Zhang, X., Liang, X., Jin, V.L., Birru, G.A., Schmer, M.R., Robertson, P.G., McCarty, G.W., Moglen, G.E. 2023. Simulating agroecosystem soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics under long-term management with an improved SWAT-C model. Science of the Total Environment. 879. Article 162906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162906.
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. 115(3):1114-1130. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21291.
Light and electron microscopy studies elucidating mechanisms of tomato leaf infection by Pseudocercospora fuligena Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mersha, Z., Birru, G.A., Hau, B. 2023. Light and electron microscopy studies elucidating mechanisms of tomato leaf infection by Pseudocercospora fuligena. Plant Pathology. 39(2):181-190. https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.OA.06.2022.0082.
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. 77(4):418-425. 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.