Home | RESEARCH AREAS |
| Application of optical remote sensing for variable nitrogen rate application |
| Soil silicon research: soil testing standardization, correlation/calibration, establishing critical soil silicon level |
| Updating soil fertilization guidelines for Louisiana crop production systems |
| Acquistion of crop vegetation indices using unmanned aircraft system equipped with digital camera |
| Development of nitrogen working algorithm based on sensor reading using yield potential and estimates of crop response to nitrogen fertilization as derivatives |
| Implementation of right source of fertilizer to improve nutrient use efficiency by crops |
| Impact of cultural management practices in nutrient recycling (residue management, cover crops, and crop rotation) |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| YEAR | TITLE AND JOURNAL |
| 2018 |
Effects of optical sensing based variable rate nitrogen management on
yields, nitrogen use, and profitability for cotton. Precision
Agriculture doi:10.1007/s11119-018-9599-9. Stefanini, M., J.A. Larson, D.M. Lambert, X. Yin, C.N. Boyer, P. Scharf, B.S. Tubana, J.J. Varco, D. Dunn, H.J. Savoy, and M.J. Buschermohle |
| 2018 |
Late-nitrogen application on corn yield in Lower Mississippi River Delta
alluvial soils. Agrosystems, Geosciences, and Environment 1:180029
(2018) doi:10.2134/age2018.08.0029 Mascagni, Jr., H., B. Tubana, and M. Dalen |
| 2018 |
Coefficient of variation from vegetation index for sugarcane population
and stalk evaluation. Agrosystems, Geosciences, and Environment
1:1800016 (2018). doi:10.2134/age2018.07.0016 Chanda, S., B. Tubana, Y. Kanke, M. Dalen, C. Kimbeng, and J. Hoy |
| 2018 |
Relationship of red and red-edge reflectance-based vegetation indices
with stalk and fiber yield of energy cane harvested at different dates.
Submitted to Archives of Agronomy Dalen, M., B. Tubana, Y. Kanke, and C. Kimbeng |
| 2018 |
Determination of critical soil silicon levels for rice production in
Louisiana using different extraction procedures. Communication in Soil
and Plant Analysis XX:XXXX-XXXX. Paye, W., B. Tubana, T. Babu, Y. Kanke, D. Harrell, and L. Datnoff |
| 2017 |
Effect of calcium
silicate slag application on wheat grown under two nitrogen rates.
Plants 6:47-61. White, B., B. Tubana, T. Babu, H. Mascagni, F. Agostinho, L. Datnoff and S. Harrison |
| 2017 |
Effect of different
silicon sources on yield and silicon uptake of rice grown under varying
phosphorus rates. Plants 6:1-17. Agostinho, F., B. Tubana, M. Martins, and L.E. Datnoff |
| 2016 |
A review of silicon in soils and plants and its role in US Agriculture:
History and Future Perspective . Soil Science 181:393-411. Tubana, B., T. Babu, and L. Datnoff |
| 2016 | Establishing soil silicon
test procedure and critical silicon level for rice in Louisiana soils.
Communication in Soil and Plant Analysis 47:1578-15973 Babu, T., B. Tubana, W. Paye, Y. Kanke, and L. Datnoff |
| 2016 | Survey of plant-available
silicon status of agricultural soils in Louisiana. Journal of Plant
Nutrition (accepted) Babu, T., B Tubana, P. Dupree, B. White, and L. Datnoff |
| 2016 | Release and adsorption pattern of monosilicic acid in different soils of Louisiana treated with silicon fertilizer: a laboratory incubation study. Communication in Soil and Plant Analysis 47:1559-1577. Babu, T., B. Tubana, L. Datnoff, J. Yzenas, and K. Maiti |
| 2016 | Evaluation of red and
red-egde reflectance-based vegetation indices for rice biomass and grain
yield prediction models in paddy fields. Precision Agriculture
17:507-530 Kanke, Y., B. Tubana, M. Dalen, and D. Harrell |
| 2016 | Relation between early
season measured agronomic variables and sugar yield response to
nitrogen. Agronomy Journal 108:794-804. Kanke, Y., B. Tubana, M. Dalen, J. Lofton, and H. Viator |
| 2015 | Growth and yield of corn
grown on two alluvial soils of Louisiana under different phosphorus
rates. Journal of Plant Nutrition (published online) DOI:10.1080/01904167.2015.1105261
Dalen, M., B. Tubana, Y. Kanke, J. Lofton, and H.J. Mascagni |
| 2013 | Maize grain yield response to variable row nitrogen fertilization. Journal of Plant Nutrition 36:1013-1024. |
| 2013 |
Effect of nitrogen rate and time of application on sugarcane yield, sucrose content, and juice quality. Journal of Plant Nutrition 38:161-176. Lofton, J., and B. Tubana |
| 2012 | In-season canopy
reflectance-based estimation of rice yield response to nitrogen.
Agronomy Journal 104:1604-1611 Tubana, B., D,. Harrell, T. Walker, J. Teboh, J. Lofton, and Y. Kanke |
| 2012 | Predicting
sugarcane yield potential using an in-season vegetation index. Sensor
12:7529-7547. Lofton, J., B. Tubana, J. Teboh, Y. Kanke, M. Dalen, and H. Viator |
| 2012 | Predicting
sugarcane response to nitrogen using a canopy reflectance-based response
index value. Agronomy Journal 104:106-113. Lofton, J., B. Tubana, Y. Kanke, J. Teboh, and H. Viator |
| 2012 | Applicability of
ground-based remote sensors for crop N management in Sub Saharan Africa.
Journal of Agricultural Sciences 4:175-188. Teboh, J., B. Tubana, T. Udeigwe, Y. Emendack, and J. Lofton |
| 2011 | Estimating rice
grain yield potential using normalized difference vegetation index.
Agronomy Journal 103:1717-1723 Harrell, D., B. Tubana, T. Walker, and S. Phillips |
| 2011 | Relationship
of spectral vegetation indices with rice biomass and grain yield at
different sensor view angles. Agronomy Journal 103:1403-1411 Tubana, B., D. Harrell, T. Walker, J. Teboh, J. Lofton, Y. Kanke, and S. Phillips |
| 2011 | Midseason nitrogen fertilization rate decision tool for rice using remote sensing technology. Better Crops 95:22-24 |
| 2011 | Soil testing and calibration research in soybean. Louisiana Agriculture 54(2):30-31 |
| 2011 | Rice response to nitrogen fertilization under stale seedbed and conventional tillage systems. Agronomy Journal 103:494-500 |
| 2010 | Nitrogen accumulation in shoots as a function of growth stages of corn or winter wheat. Journal of Plant Nutrition 33:165-182 |
| 2010 | Nitrogen variability: a need for precision agriculture. Agricultural Journal 5:6-11 |
| 2010 | Improving sink regulation, and searching for promising hybrids, as a key avenue to increase yield potential of the rice crop in the tropics. Field Crops Research 3:199-207 |
| 2009 | Relationship between nitrogen use efficiency and response to fertilizer in winter wheat. Journal of Plant Nutrition 32:502-515 |
| 2009 | Cotton yield response to fertilizer nitrogen rates in a cotton-corn rotation. Agronomy Journal 101:400-407 |
| 2008 | Determination of optimum resolution for predicting corn grain yield using sensor measurements. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Sciences 54:481-491 |
| 2008 | Adjusting midseason nitrogen rate using a sensor-based optimization algorithm to increase use efficiency in corn. Journal of Plant Nutrition 31:1975-1998 |
| 2008 | Effect of treating spatial variability in winter wheat at different resolutions. Journal of Plant Nutrition |
| 2008 | Transplanting young seedlings in irrigated rice fields: early and high tiller production enhanced grain yield. Field Crops Research 105:141-155 |
| 2008 | Long-term effects of nitrogen management practices on grain yield, nitrogen uptake and efficiency in irrigated corn. Journal of Plant Nutrition |
| 2007 |
Bed and flat planted dryland winter wheat as influenced by row configuration. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 53:293-304 |
| 2007 | Analysis of yield variability in winter wheat due to temporal variability, and nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Sciences 53:435-442 |
| 2007 | The Magruder Plots: Untangling the puzzle. Agronomy Journal 99:1191-1198 |
| 2007 | Expression of variability in corn as influence by growth stage using optical sensor measurements. Agronomy Journal 99:384-389 |
| 2007 | In-season estimation of grain sorghum yield potential using hand-held optical sensor. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Sciences 53:617-628 |
| 2006 | In-season prediction of corn grain yield potential using normalized difference vegetation index. Agronomy Journal 98:1488-1494 |
| 2006 | Mid-season prediction of wheat grain yield potential using plant, soil and sensor measurements. Journal of Plant Nutrition 29:873-897 |
| 2002 | Rapid yield loss of rice cropped successively in aerobic soil. Agronomy Journal 94:981-989 |
| 2000 | Estimating buffer coefficients for the phosphorus decision support system: Preliminary comparison among field and laboratory estimates from three Asian upland soils. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 31:2101-2110 |
