Research Summary
Agroecological research to design sustainable cropping systems, particularly in the role of perennials in cropping system sustainability.
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Recent Publications
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia
Johnson, J. W., Jacobson, M., Cole, S., Kaminski, A., Karsten, H., Syapwaya, M., Stauffer, J., Jensen, L. & Lundeba, M., 2025, In: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 49, 3, p. 351-379 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rotational complexity increases cropping system output under poorer growing conditions
Bybee-Finley, K. A., Muller, K., White, K. E., Cavigelli, M. A., Han, E., Schomberg, H. H., Snapp, S., Viens, F., Correndo, A. A., Deiss, L., Fonteyne, S., Garcia y Garcia, A., Gaudin, A. C. M., Hooker, D. C., Janovicek, K., Jin, V., Johnson, G., Karsten, H., Liebman, M. & McDaniel, M. D. & 7 others, , Sep 20 2024, In: One Earth. 7, 9, p. 1638-1654 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment in the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Dell, C. J., Karsten, H. D., Laboski, C. A. M., Adams, T. S., Goslee, S. C. & Adler, P. R., Nov 1 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 53, 6, p. 823-831 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cropland soil nitrogen oxide emissions vary with dairy manure incorporation methods
Miller, D. J., Chai, J., Guo, F., Ponce de León, M. A., Ryals, R., Dell, C. J., Karsten, H. & Hastings, M. G., Jun 2024, In: Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. 7, 2, e20485.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can manure application method and timing with cover crops reduce NH3 and N2O gas losses and sustain corn yield?
Sigdel, S., Dell, C. J. & Karsten, H. D., Sep 1 2024, In: Agronomy Journal. 116, 5, p. 2242-2262 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Delayed cover-crop termination and reduced herbicide inputs produce trade-offs in soybean phase of US Northeast forage-grain rotation
Ficks, T. S., Karsten, H. D. & Wallace, J. M., Apr 13 2023, In: Weed Technology. 37, 2, p. 132-140 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Monolith soil core sampling to develop nitrate testing protocol for manure injection
Meinen, R. J., Beegle, D. B., Vishwanath, S., Kleinman, P. J. A., Saporito, L. S., Spargo, J., Karsten, H. & Dillon, J., Mar 1 2023, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 87, 2, p. 378-389 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recalibrating the Pennsylvania pre-sidedress soil nitrate test recommendations for modern corn production
White, C. M., Sigdel, S., Karsten, H. D., Meinen, R. J. & Spargo, J. T., Sep 1 2023, In: Agronomy Journal. 115, 5, p. 2600-2613 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Double cropping and manure management mitigate the environmental impact of a dairy farm under present and future climate
Castaño-Sánchez, J. P., Karsten, H. D. & Rotz, C. A., Feb 2022, In: Agricultural Systems. 196, 103326.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrated weed management with strategic tillage can maintain soil quality in continuous living cover systems
McPheeters, D., Bruns, M. A., Karsten, H. D. & Dell, C. J., Nov 2 2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 907590.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Does winter cereal rye seeding rate, termination time, and N rate impact no-till soybean?
Reed, H. K. & Karsten, H. D., Mar 1 2022, In: Agronomy Journal. 114, 2, p. 1311-1323 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Winter annual management to increase nutrient recovery and forage production on dairies
Binder, J. M., Karsten, H. D., Beegle, D. B. & Dell, C. J., 2021, In: Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. 4, 2, e20157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing surface and subsurface transport of neonicotinoid insecticides from no-till crop fields
Frame, S. T., Pearsons, K. A., Elkin, K. R., Saporito, L. S., Preisendanz, H. E., Karsten, H. D. & Tooker, J. F., Mar 1 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 50, 2, p. 476-484 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nitrous oxide emissions from manured, no-till corn systems
Ponce de León, M. A., Dell, C. J. & Karsten, H. D., Apr 2021, In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 119, 3, p. 405-421 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrated weed management with reduced herbicides in a no-till dairy rotation
Summers, H., Karsten, H. D., Curran, W. & Malcolm, G. M., Jul 1 2021, In: Agronomy Journal. 113, 4, p. 3418-3433 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review