Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Pourmansouri F, Garg A, Runck B, Mulla D, Sharma V, Sharma V. (2026). A review of integrated crop growth and hydrological models for sustainable agriculture in the midwest: Challenges and opportunities. Agricultural Water Management. 2026 May; 329:110368-. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110368.
  2. Kwakye, S., Garg, A., Sharma, V., Cates, A., Peterson, H., Olson, G., & LaBine, K. (2026). Effect of soil health management on soil water storage and climate resilience. Journal of Environmental Quality, 9(1), e70322. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.70322
  3. Tahir, M., Mulla, D., Sharma, V., & Singh, G. (2026). Impact of irrigation scheduling on corn yield and water balance in sandy soils of Central Minnesota using the EPIC model. Irrigation and Drainage. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.70106
  4. Subedi, S., Kechchour, A., Kantar, M., Sharma, V., & Runck, B. C. (2025). Can gridded real-time weather data match direct ground observations for irrigation decision-support? Agrosystems Geosciences and Environment, 8(2). doi: 10.1002/agg2.70100
  5. Garg, A., Kwakye, S., Cates, A., Peterson, H., LaBine, K., Olson, G., & Sharma, V. (2025). Field-saturated and near-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity as influenced by conventional and soil health management systems. Soil and Tillage Research, 248. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2025.106467
  6. Souza, E. F.C., Fernández, F. G., Fabrizzi, K. P., Coulter, J. A., Venterea, R. T., Kaiser, D. E., . . . Sharma, V. (2025). Precipitation influences pre-sidedress soil nitrate thresholds for corn production. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 89(3). doi: 10.1002/saj2.70085
  7. Garg, A., Kwakye, S., Cates, A., Peterson, H., LaBine, K., Olson, G., & Sharma, V. (2025). Integrated soil health management influences soil properties: Insights from a US Midwest study. Geoderma, 455, 117214. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117214
  8. Jungers, J., Runck, B., Ewing, P. M., Maaz, T., Carlson, C., Neyhart, J., . . . Kantar, M. B. (2023). Adapting perennial grain and oilseed crops for climate resiliency. Crop Science, 63(4), 1701-1721. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/csc2.20972
  9. Singh, G., Sharma, V., Mulla, D., & Fernandez, F. (2023) Effect of irrigation scheduling methods on maize grain yield and nitrate leaching in Central Minnesota. Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems, 1(1), 13-31. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=54353
  10. Davenport, M. A., Kreiter, A., Braumna, K. A., Keeler, B., Arbuckle, J., Sharma, V., . . . Noe, R. (2022). An experiential model of drought risk and future irrigation behaviors among central Minnesota farmers. Climate Change. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-022-03320-3
  11. Sharma, V., & Irmak, S. (2021). Comparative Analyses of Variable and Fixed Rate Irrigation and Nitrogen Management for Maize in Different Soil Types: Part II. Growth, Grain Yield, Evapotranspiration, Production Functions and Water Productivity. Agricultural Water Management, 246. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106653
  12. Sharma, V., & Irmak, S. (2021). Comparative analyses of variable and fixed rate irrigation and nitrogen management for maize in different soil types: Part I. Impact on soil-water dynamics and crop evapotranspiration. Agricultural Water Management, 245. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106644
  13. Irmak, S., Sharma, V., Haghverdi, A., Jhala, A., Payero, J., & Drudik, M. (2021). Maize crop coefficients under variable and fixed (uniform) rate irrigation and conventional and variable rate fertilizer management in three soil types. Agricultural Water Management, 243. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106489
  14. Sharma, V., & Irmak, S. (2020). Economic comparisons of variable rate irrigation and fertigation with fixed (uniform) rate irrigation and fertigation and pre-plant fertilizer management for maize in three soil types. Agricultural Water Management, 240, 106307. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377420303607
  15. Sharma, V., Irmak, S., & Padhi, J. (2018). Effects of cover crops on soil quality: Part I. Soil chemical properties—organic carbon, total nitrogen, pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter content, nitrate-nitrogen, and phosphorus. Soil and Water Conservation Society. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 73(6), 637-651. http://www.jswconline.org/content/73/6/637.full.pdf+html
  16. Irmak, S., Sharma, V., Mohammed, A. T., & Djaman, K. (2018). Impacts of cover crops on soil physical properties: Field capacity, permanent wilting point, soil-water holding capacity, bulk density, hydraulic conductivity, and infiltration. Transactions of the ASABE, 61(4), 1307-1321. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=49569&t=3&dabs=Y&redir=&redirType=
  17. Sharma, V., & Irmak, S. (2018). Spatio-temporal Magnitudes and Trends of Cover-Crop Evapotranspiration in Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 145(2), 04018040. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29IR.1943-4774.0001367
  18. Sharma, V., Irmak, S., & Padhi, J. (2018). Effects of cover crops on soil quality: Part II. Soil exchangeable bases (K, Mg, Na, Ca), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and soil micronutrients (Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, B). Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 73(6), 652-668. doi: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.73.6.652
  19. Sharma, V., Irmak, S., Sharma, V., Djaman, K., & Odhiambo, L. (2017). Soil-water dynamics, evapotranspiration and crop coefficients of cover crop mixtures in seed maize-cover crop rotation fields: Part I. Soil-water dynamics and evapotranspiration. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 143(9). http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29IR.1943-4774.0001214
  20. Sharma, V., & Irmak, S. (2017). Soil water dynamics and evapotranspiration of cover crop mixtures in seed maize-cover crop rotation fields Part II. Grass and alfalfa-reference normal and basal crop coefficients for cover crop mixtures. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 143(9). doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001215
  21. Sharma, V., Irmak, S., Djaman, K., & Sharma, V. (2016). Large-scale spatial and temporal variability in evapotranspiration, crop water-use efficiency, and evapotranspiration water-use efficiency of irrigated and rainfed maize and soybean. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 142(3), 04015063. http://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000985
  22. Sharma, V., Irmak, S., Kilic, A., Sharma, V., Gilley, J. E., Meyer, G. E., . . . Marx, D. (2016). Quantification and mapping of surface residue cover for maize and soybean fields in south central Nebraska. Transactions of the ASABE, 59(3), 925-939. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=46741
  23. Rudnick, D. R., Sharma, V., Meyer, G. E., & Irmak, S. (2015). Using fuzzy logic to predict and evaluate the magnitude and distribution of precipitation on rainfed maize and soybean yields in Nebraska. Transactions of the ASABE, 58(5), 1215-1229. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=46500