Research Summary
Examines people’s use of landscapes and the accompanying changes in soil function across the larger ecosystem the soil supports and how this new knowledge can be used in applied research to improve land management and ecosystem stability. Current research addresses changes in dynamic and inherent soil properties across time scales spanning the Pleistocene to present.
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Stable soil moisture promotes shoot performance and shapes the root-rhizosphere microbiome
Liu, D., Wang, Z., Zhu, G., Xu, A., Zhang, R., Bryant, R., Drohan, P. J., Long, H. & Willemsen, V., Apr 1 2025, In: Agricultural Water Management. 310, 109354.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of nitrogen reduction on the agronomic characteristics, quality, and water and fertilizer use efficiency of tomato (lycopersicon esculintum mill.) between drip fertigation and negative-pressure fertigation
Wang, J., Wang, C., Long, H., Bryant, R., Drohan, P. J., Qu, F., Liu, D., Zhu, G., Wang, Z. & Wang, L., Mar 2025, In: Irrigation Science. 43, 2, p. 305-319 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impacts of Deficit Irrigation on Strawberry Physiology, Water Productivity, Quality, and Yield
Yang, P., Drohan, P. J., Zhang, X., Long, H., Soulis, K. X. & Shi, X., Jan 2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 17, 2, 675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Complex interactions of deer herbivory, soil chemistry, and competing vegetation explain oak–hickory forest tree regeneration in central Pennsylvania, USA
Begley-Miller, D., Diefenbach, D. R., Domoto, E. J., Drohan, P. J., Jones, P., McDill, M. E., Rosenberry, C. S., Sabo, A. E. & Wallingford, B. D., Nov 2024, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 54, 11, p. 1367-1375 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Decadal changes in microplastic accumulation in freshwater sediments: Evaluating influencing factors
Bussarakum, J., Burgos, W. D., Cohen, S. B., Van Meter, K., Sweetman, J. N., Drohan, P. J., Najjar, R. G., Arriola, J. M., Pankratz, K., Emili, L. A. & Warner, N. R., Dec 1 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, 176619.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic region in the United States, 2000–2019, including association with soil types
Dabritz, H. A., Friberg, I. K., Payne, J. R., Moreno-Gorrin, C., Lunquest, K., Thomas, D., Newman, A. P., Negrón, E. A. & Drohan, P. J., Nov 2024, In: Applied and environmental microbiology. 90, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Accumulation of cadmium in soils, litter and leaves in cacao farms in the North Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Guarín, D., Martín-López, J. M., Libohova, Z., Benavides-Bolaños, J., Maximova, S. N., Guiltinan, M. J., Spargo, J., da Silva, M., Fernandez, A. & Drohan, P., Mar 2024, In: Geoderma Regional. 36, e00762.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Atterberg limits of baseball infield soils containing over-size particles, Part I: effect of particle size
Mascitti, E. C., McNitt, A. S. & Drohan, P. J., Jan 11 2024, In: Soil Research. 62, 1, SR23029.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Atterberg limits of baseball infield soils containing over-size particles, Part II: effects of sand angularity and uniformity
Mascitti, E. C., McNitt, A. S. & Drohan, P. J., Feb 26 2024, In: Soil Research. 62, 2, SR23030.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Effect of Using a Geopedological Approach in Determining Land Quality Indicators, Land Degradation, and Development (Case Study: Caspian Sea Coast)
Samiei-Fard, R., Heidari, A., Drohan, P. J., Mahmoodi, S. & Ghatrehsamani, S., Jan 2024, In: Environments - MDPI. 11, 1, 20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil and geomorphic patterns within relict charcoal hearths could represent unique ecosystem niches
Bayuzick, S., Guarin, D., Benavides, J., Bonhage, A., Hirsch, F., Diefenbach, D. R., McDill, M., Raab, T. & Drohan, P. J., Feb 1 2023, In: Geomorphology. 422, 108525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship
Chiles, R. M., Drohan, P. J., Cibin, R., O'Sullivan, L., Doody, D., Schulte, R. P. O., Grady, C., Jiang, F., Preisendanz, H. E., Dingkuhn, E. L., Veith, T. L. & Anderson, A., 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7, 1083388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cadmium contamination in cacao farms of Piura, North Peru: A comprehensive assessment of geogenic and anthropogenic sources and implications for future production
Guarín, D., Hamamura, N. R., Cortez, J. B., Benavides, J., Spargo, J., Guiltinan, M., Maximova, S., de la Cruz, O. A. & Drohan, P. J., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Challenges. 13, 100765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stable Soil Moisture Alleviates Water Stress and Improves Morphogenesis of Tomato Seedlings
Li, G., Long, H., Zhang, R., Drohan, P. J., Xu, A. & Niu, L., Mar 2023, In: Horticulturae. 9, 3, 391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Species and physiographic factors drive Indian cucumber root and Canada mayflower plant chemistry: Implications for white-tailed deer forage quality
Navarro, N., Diefenbach, D. R., McDill, M. E., Domato, E. J., Rosenberry, C. S. & Drohan, P. J., Jan 15 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 326, 116545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review