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  • Irrigation in the Earth System

    Explore our comprehensive review on how irrigation shapes water, energy, and nutrient cycles in the Earth system

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  • Wine Grape Grower Perceptions and Attitudes about Soil Health

    Learn what Napa Valley growers thinks makes a healthy soil for wine grape production

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  • The Tree-crop Remote sensing of Evapotranspiration eXperiment (T-REX): A science-based path for sustainable water management and climate resilience

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In progress

Jha A, K Knipper, N Bambach, AJ McElrone, M Anderson, W Kustas, F Melton, W Carrara, MA Nocco, V Singh, M Earles. Forecasting Actual Evapotranspiration with Deep Learning and OpenET: A Case Study in California Almonds, Olives, and Vines. Science of the Total Environment (submitted).

McNamee EO, MA Nocco, CJ Kucharik. Evaluation and sensitivity analysis of an irrigation decision support tool in a humid climate. Agricultural Water Management (submitted).

Ahmed MDS, O Samara, I Kisekka, F Nicolas, TMA Ahsan, MA Nocco, H Dahlke. Experimental Assessment of Agrivoltaics Systems in Processing Tomato Production. Smart Agricultural Technology (submitted).

Nazrul Shimim F, M Pagé Fortin, MA Nocco, B Whitaker, A Gal, D Diaz, R Schmidt, G Jha. Data Fusion Approach for Predicting High Resolution Estimates of Crop Evapotranspiration. Precision Agriculture (in revision).

Parker LE, SM Ostoja, BN Bailey, MK Bartlett, C Lazcano, MA Ponce de León, DA Rippner, MC Roby, AC Rumbaugh, GF Dourado, MM Alsina, CCL Chen, ML Cooper, EJ Forrestel, KM Gold, MA Nocco, NI Moonilall, I Slimani, AJ McElrone. Managing California’s Vineyards for a Changing Climate. (in revision).

Costanzo, SA, IO Holzer, NI Moonilall, A Davenport, BZ Houlton*, MA Nocco*. Preliminary assessment of crushed rock, compost, and biochar amendments on soil physical properties. Agricultural & Environmental Letters (in revision).

*equal contribution/co-senior authors

2025

Malal H, JA Garcia, A Marrs, MA Hamza, CM Emerson, MA Nocco, H Lakhtar, C Lazcano. Organic and inorganic fertilizers modulate the response of the soil microbiome to salinity stress. Frontiers in Soil Microbiology (accepted-in press).

Ebert LA, A Gal, W Brooks, T Turini, G Jha, Cristina Lazcano, ACM Gaudin, K Scow, MA Nocco. Tapered Deficit Irrigation Strategies to Reduce Water Use in Processing Tomatoes. California Agriculture. doi.org/10.3733/001c.138274

2024

Kisekka I, U Aldughaishi, SR Grattan, F Nicolas; SR Peddinti, C Bonfil, F Ogunmokun, MA Najm, MA Nocco. Assessing the impact of recycled water reuse on infiltration and soil structure. Geoderma. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117103

Garcia JA, M Mondragon-Becerra, I Martinez, MA Nocco, C Lazcano. Organic Amendments Alter Urban Soil Microbiomes and Improve Crop Quality. Applied Soil Ecology. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105731

Kisekka I, S Peddinti, P Savchik, L Yang, M Culumber, K Bali, L Milliron, E Edwards, MA Nocco, C Reyes, R Mahoney; K Shackel, A Fulton. Multisite evaluation of microtensiometer and osmotic cell stem water potential sensors in almond orchards. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.109547

Gonzalez-Maldonado N, MA Nocco, K Steenwerth, A Crump, C Lazcano. Wine Grape Grower Perceptions and Attitudes about Soil Health. Journal of Rural Studies. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103373

Cuppari RI, AS Fernandez-Bou, GW Characklis, MA Nocco, M Ramirez, M Abou-Najm. Drivers of Agrivoltaic Perception in California and North Carolina. Environmental Research: Food Systems (accepted-in Press). doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ad5449

Savchik P, MA Nocco, I Kisekka. Mapping Almond Stem Water Potential using Machine Learning and Multispectral Imagery. Irrigation Science. doi.org/10.1007/s00271-024-00932-8

Bambach N* ,K Knipper*, AJ McElrone, MA Nocco, A Torres-Rua, W Kustas, M Anderson, S Castro, E Edwards, M Duran-Gomez, A Gal, P Tolentino, I Wright, M Roby, F Gao, J Alfieri, J Prueger, L Hipps, S Saa. The Tree-crop Remote sensing of Evapotranspiration eXperiment (T-REX): A science-based path for sustainable water management and climate resilience. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0118.1

2023

Smidt SJ, EMK Haacker, X Bai, K Cherkauer, B Choat, O Crompton, JM Deines, J Groh, SM Guzmán, S Hartman, AD Kendall1, M Safeeq, W Kustas, BM McGill, MA Nocco, J Pensky, J Rapp, A Schreiner-Mcgraw, M Sprenger, L Wan, L Weldegebriel, S Zipper, D Zoccatelli. 2023. Forming the Future of Agrohydrology. Earth’s Future. doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003410

Moonilall NI, KA Sklenka, MA Nocco, R Lal. 2023. Rehabilitative capacity of amendments to restore maize productivity following artificial topsoil erosion/deposition. Field Crops Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109178

Holzer IO, MA Nocco, BZ Houlton. 2023. Direct evidence for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal via enhanced weathering in cropland soil. Environmental Research Communications. doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/acfd89

McDermid S, MA Nocco, P Lawston-Parker, J Keune, Y Pokhrel, M Jain, JJ Jägermeyr, L Brocca, C Massari, A Jones, P Vahmani, W Thiery, Y Yao, A Bell, L Chen, W Dorigo, N Hanasaki, S Jasechko, M Lo, R Mahmood, V Mishra, N Mueller, D Niyogi, S Rabin, L Sloat, Y Wada, L Zappa, F Chen, B Cook, H Kim, D Lombardozzi, J Polcher, D Ryu, J Santanello, Y Satoh, S Seneviratne, D Singh, T Yokohata. 2023. Irrigation in the Earth system. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00438-5

Hao X, MA Abou Najm, KL Steenwerth, MA Nocco, C Basset, A Dacacche. Are there universal soil responses to cover cropping? A systematic review. 2023. Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160600

2022

Jha G, N Floyid, R Schmidt, K Suvočarev, D Diaz, I Kisekka, K Scow, MA Nocco. Irrigation decision support systems (IDSS) for California's water-nutrient-energy nexus. 2022. Agronomy, 12(8): 1962. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081962

Ebert LA, A Talib, SC Zipper, AR Desai, KT Paw U, AJ Chisholm, J Prater, MA Nocco. 2022. How high to fly? Mapping evapotranspiration from remotely piloted aircrafts at different elevations. Remote Sensing, 14(7): 1660. doi.org/10.3390/rs14071660

2021

Jha G, V Kankarla, E McLennon, S Pal, D Sihi, B Dari, D Diaz, MA Nocco. 2021. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems: Environmental Exposure and Human Health Risks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), 12550. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312550

Smail RS, MA Nocco, JB Colquhoun, and Y Wang. 2021. Remotely-sensed water budgets for agriculture in the upper midwestern United States. Agricultural Water Management, 258:107187. doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107187

Jha G, D Sihi, B Dari, H Kaur, MA Nocco, AL Ulery, K Lombard. 2021. Rapid and Inexpensive Assessment of Soil Total Iron Using NixPro Color Sensor. Agricultural and Environmental Letters, 6:e20050. doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20050

Nocco MA, BM McGill*, CM MacKenzie*, RK Tonietto, J Dudney, MC Bletz, T Young, SE Kuebbing. 2021. Mentorship, equity, and research productivity: lessons from a pandemic. Biological Conservation, 255. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.108966

2020

Nocco MA, NW Feinstein, MN Stock, BM McGill, and CJ Kucharik. 2020. Knowledge co-production with agricultural trade associations. Water 12(11), 3236. doi: 10.3390/w12113236

CM MacKenzie*, T Chang*, MA Nocco*, RS Barak, MC Bletz, SE Kuebbing, and M Dombeck. 2020. Recurrent neural network analysis reveals strong positive public sentiment towards U.S. national monuments. Conservation Letters 13(6): e12747. doi: 10.1111/conl.12747

MacKenzie CM, RS Barak, S Bayer, MC Bletz, MW Brunson, J Dudney, OG Gaoue, JL Gill, A Harris, SE Kuebbing, BM McGill, MA Nocco, RK Tonietto, ML Vahsen, EF Warin. 2020. Plant Love Stories: Share your story and grow a movement. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(2). doi: 10.1002/bes2.1663

2019 & Earlier

Nocco MA, SC Zipper, EG Booth, CR Cummings, SP Loheide II, CJ Kucharik. 2019. Combining evapotranspiration and apparent electrical conductivity mapping to identify precision irrigation strategies. Remote Sensing, 11(21): 2460. doi: 10.3390/rs11212460

Nocco MA, RA Smail, CJ Kucharik. 2019. Observation of irrigation-induced climate change in the Midwest United States. Global Change Biology, 25: 3472-3484. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14725

Nocco MA, MD Ruark, and CJ Kucharik. 2019. Apparent electrical conductivity predicts physical properties of coarse soils. Geoderma, 335: 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.07.047

Nocco MA, GJ Kraft, SP Loheide II, and CJ Kucharik. 2018. Drivers of potential recharge from irrigated agroecosystems in the Wisconsin Central Sands. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1). doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.01.0008

Nocco MA, SE Rouse, and NJ Balster. 2016. Vegetation type alters water and nitrogen budgets in a controlled, replicated experiment on residential-sized rain gardens planted with prairie, shrub, and turfgrass. Urban Ecosystems 19(4): 1665-1691. doi:10.1007/s11252-016-0568-7