Surendra Singh
Assistant Professor and Director of the Lind Dryland Research Station surendra.singh@wsu.edu 509-677-3256 Administration Building - Lind 781 E Experiment Station Road, Lind, WA 99341 http://lindstation.wsu.eduEducation
- Jan 2017 – Aug 2020
Ph.D. Soil Sciences: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. - Jan 2015 – Dec 2016
M.S. Agriculture Regulation: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. - Aug 2010 – July 2014
B.Sc. Agriculture (Honors’): Punjab Agricultural University, India.
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. Nature Scientific Report 13, 13929 (2023).
- Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Yoder, D., Yin, X., and Walker, F. 2023. A weighted soil heath index approach for refined assessment of soil health in cropping systems. Frontier in Soil Science. 3:1118526. doi: 10.3389/fsoil.2023.1118526
- Ramírez, P. B., Machado, S., Singh, S., Plunkett, R., and Calderon, F.J. 2023. Addressing the effects of soil organic carbon on water retention in US Pacific Northwest wheat–soil systems. Frontier in Soil Science. 3:1233886. doi: 10.3389/fsoil.2023.1233886
- Singh, A.K., Singh, J.B., Singh, R., Kantwa, S.R., Jha, P.K., Ahamad, S., Singh, A., Ghosh, A., Prasad, M., Singh, S., et al. 2023. Understanding Soil Carbon and Phosphorus Dynamics under Grass-Legume Intercropping in a Semi-Arid Region. Agronomy 13, 1692.
- Yadav, R.K., Purakayastha, T.J., Kumar, D., Jha, P.K., Mahala, D.M., Yadav, D.K., Khan, M.A., Singh, S., Singh, S., and Vara Prasad, P.V. 2023. Long-term impact of manuring on soil organic matter quality indicators under field cropping systems. Frontier in Environmental Science. 11:1116930. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1116930
- Satpathi, A., Setiya, P., Das, B., Nain, A. S., Jha, P. K., Singh, S., and Singh, S. 2023. Comparative analysis of statistical and machine learning techniques for rice yield forecasting for Chhattisgarh, India. Sustainability, 15 (3), 2786.
- Kumar, D., Purakayastha, T.J., Das, R., Yadav, R.K., Shivay, Y.S., Jha, P.K., Singh, S., Aditi, K. and Prasad, P.V. 2023. Long-Term Effects of Organic Amendments on Carbon Stability in Clay–Organic Complex and Its Role in Soil Aggregation. Agronomy, 13(1) 39.
- Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Walker, F., Yin, X., and Yoder, D. 2022. Cropping system management responses to Cornell and Alabama soil health assessment methods in the southeastern United States. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86 (1):106-117.
- Yoder, D., Jagadamma, S., Singh, S., Nouri, A., Xu, S., Saha, D., Schaeffer, S., Adotey, N., Walker, F., Lee, J., and Budipradigdo, M. 2022. Soil health: meaning, measurement, and value through a critical zone lens. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 77 (1) 88-99.
- Awale, R., Singh, S., and Machado, S. 2022. Soil chemical properties and wheat yields under different tillage and nitrogen rates in eastern Oregon. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 5, e20272.
- Nouri, A., Singh, S., Singh, S., Lukas, S., and Machado, S. 2022. When does cover crop reduce nitrate leaching? a global meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 28:4736–4749.
- Singh, S., Hagerty, C. H., Reardon, C., Machado, S., Gourlie, J., Pritchett, L. C., Kriete, L. R., Harrison, K. C., Umbarger, S. K., and Barroso, J. 2022. Weed suppression using cover and alternative crops in dryland wheat-fallow systems of eastern Oregon. (Accepted in Spanish Weed Science conference).
- Korav, S., Rajanna, G. A., Yadav, D. B., Paramesha, V., Mehta, C. M., Jha, P. K., and Singh, S. 2022. Mechanized crop residue management impacts on rice-wheat cropping system of Indo-Gangetic plains- a review. Sustainability, 14 (23), 15641.
- Xu, S., Jagadamma, S, Ashworth, A., Singh, S., Owens P., and Moore, P. 2021. Long-term effects of pasture management and fenced riparian buffers on soil organic carbon content and aggregation. Geoderma, 382:114666.
- Singh, S., Jagadamma, S., Walker, F., Yin, X., and Yoder, D. 2020. Agroecosystem management responses to Haney soil health test in the southeastern United States. Soil science society of America Journal. 84 (5), 1705-1721.
- 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, 104523.
- Singh, S., Savoy, H., Yin, X., Schneider, L., and Jagadamma, S. 2019. Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilizer Rate Verification for a Corn–Wheat–Soybean Rotation System in Tennessee. Agronomy Journal, 111, 2060-2068.
- Chu, M., Singh, S., Walker, F., Eash, N., Buschermohle, M., Duncan, L., and Jagadamma, S. 2019. Soil health and soil fertility assessment by the Haney soil health test in an agricultural soil in west Tennessee. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 50(9), 1123-1131.
Extension and Outreach
- Singh, S.*, Machado, S., Ramirez, P., Kriete, L., Plunkett, R., Pritchett, L., and Calderon, F. 2023. Sampling Strategies and Nutrient Stratification Control Soil Health Indicator Responses in Dryland Wheat Systems. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2023.
- Ramírez, P.*, Machado, S., Plunkett, R., Singh, S., Pritchett, L., Kriete, L., Larson, D., and Calderón, F. 2023. Soil Spectroscopy: An Alternative Method for Monitoring Soil Quality in Dryland Wheat Systems of Eastern Oregon. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2023.
- Singh, S.*, Machado, S., and Francisco, C. 2022. Long-term experiments at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center. Field day June 14-15, Pendleton, OR.
- Ramirez, P.*, Plunkett, R., Singh, S., Machado, S., and Francisco, C. 2022. Long-term effects of N fertilizer, manure, and residue burning practices on soil carbon storage. Field day June 14-15, Pendleton, OR.
- Singh, S., Awale, R., and Machado, S. 2022. Moldboard Plowing in Wheat–Fallow Systems of the Pacific Northwest: Effect on Yields and Organic Matter. Crops and Soils Magazine; May-June issue.
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Calderon, F. J., Gourlie, A., Graebner, R. C., Harrison, K. C., Hunt, M. P., Klarer, E. R., Kriete, L. R., Machado, S., McGee, R. J., Pritchett, L. C., Reardon, C. L., Umbarger, S. K., Wood, D.I., and Hagerty, C. H. 2022. Weed and soil moisture dynamics under cover and alternative crops in dryland wheat systems: Insights from one year of Resilient Dryland Farming Alliance. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2022 (pdf).
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Calderon, F. J., Gourlie, A., Graebner, R. C., Harrison, K. C., Hunt, M. P., Klarer, E. R., Kriete, L. R., Machado, S., McGee, R. J., Pritchett, L. C., Reardon, C. L., Umbarger, S. K., Wood, Francisco, C., Machado, S., Plunkett, R., Pritchett, L., Ramirez, P., and Singh, S. 2022. Crop residue management affects soil health and wheat yields. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2022 (pdf).
- Singh, S., Machado, S., Nouri, A., Singh, S., Lukas, S. B., and Cappellazzi, S. B. 2022. Evaluating Soil Health Assessment Methods for Dryland Wheat Systems of Eastern Oregon. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2022 (pdf).
- Singh, S., Singh, S., Machado, S., Nouri, A., Lukas, S. B., Rieke, E. R., and Cappellazzi, S. B. 2022. Long-term agromanagement alters soil microbial activity and community structure in dryland wheat systems of eastern Oregon. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2022. (pdf)
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Francisco, C., Christina, H., Catherine, R., and Machado, S. 2021. Designing cover and alternative crops for dryland cropping systems in eastern Oregon. Oregon State University Extension Service.
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Calderon, F. J., Gourlie, A., Graebner, R. C., Harrison, K. C., Hunt, M. P., Klarer, E. R., Kriete, L. R., Machado, S., McGee, R. J., Pritchett, L. C., Reardon, C. L., Umbarger, S. K., Wood, D. I., and Hagerty, C. H. 2021. Resilient dryland farming alliance (RDFA) 2020 – 2021 annual report: alternative crop trial (pdf). Oregon State University Extension Service.
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Calderon, F. J., Gourlie, A., Graebner, R. C., Harrison, K. C., Hunt, M. P., Klarer, E. R., Kriete, L. R., Machado, S., McGee, R. J., Pritchett, L. C., Reardon, C. L., Umbarger, S. K., Wood, D. I., and Hagerty, C. H. 2021. Resilient dryland farming alliance (RDFA) 2020 – 2021 annual report: Cover crop trial (pdf). Oregon State University Extension Service.
- Singh, S., Barroso, J., Francisco, C., Christina, H., Catherine, R., and Machado, S. Designing cover and alternative crops for dryland cropping systems in eastern Oregon. 2021. Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress 2021 (pdf).
- Jagadamma, S., Singh, S., DeBruyn, J., Adotey, N., and Walker, F. What does soil health mean for Tennessee farmers? (pdf) 2021. University of Tennessee Extension.
- Jagadamma, S.*, and Singh, S. 2020. Soil Health Tests: Challenges and Opportunities for Tennessee. 31st Milan no-till crop production field day (Oral). July 23, 2020. Milan, TN.
- Singh, S.*, Savoy, H., Jagadamma, S., Yin, X. 2018. Verification of University of Tennessee’s P and K fertilizer recommendation for row crops. 30th Milan no-till crop production field day (Oral). July 26, 2018. Milan, TN.