Dr. Madhav Dhakal

Dhakal, M., Panday, D., Heydar, P., Lapham, C., Pierce, A., Ghale, A., Fioravanti, G., Kander, R. 2026. Mechanical quality of hemp fiber as influenced by tillage, cover crop, and nitrogen management in regenerative organic systems. Industrial Crops and Products 239.

Dhakal, M., Panday, D., Etemadi, F., Afshar, R., Lapham, C., Smith, A., Ghale, A. 2026. Tillage and cover cropping enhance yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and soil health in organic industrial hemp-barley rotations. Agronomy Journal 118.

Dhakal, M., Panday, D., Acharya, B., Caton, T., Lapham, C., Smith, A., Ghalehgolabbehbahani, A. 2025. Industrial hemp yield and chemical composition as influenced by row spacing, fertilization and environmental conditions. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Journal 8.

Dhakal, M., Ghalehgolabbehbahani, A., Zinati, G., Hamido, S., Bhusal, N., Afshar, R., Contina, J., Caetani, R., Smith, A., Panday, D. 2025. Integrated Control of Powdery Mildew Using UV Light Exposure and OMRI Certified Fungicide for Greenhouse Organic Lettuce Production. Horticulturae 11.

Dhakal, M., Locke, M., Reddy, K., Moore, M., Steinriede, R., Kharel, T., Krutz, L. 2025. Soil-plant-water relations and water footprint of cover crop-based no-till cotton and sorghum productions in humid region. Soil Science Society of America Journal

Kharel, T. P., Tyler, H. L., Mubvumba, P., Huang, Y., Bhandari, A. B., Fletcher, R. S., Anapalli, S., Joshi, D. R., Mengistu, A., Birru, G., Adhikari, K., Dhakal, M., Maskey, M. L., Reddy, K. N., Clay, D. E. 2025. Machine learning on multi-spectral imagery to estimate nutrient yield of mixed-species cover crops. Agricultural and Environmental Letters

Dhakal, M., Locke, M. A., Reddy, K. N., Moore, M. T., Steinriede, W., Krutz, L. J. 2024. Improving soil water storage with no-tillage cover cropping in the Mississippi River Alluvial Basin. Soil Science Society of America 88:540-556.

Dhakal, M., Rui, Y., Benson, A. R., Hinson, P. O., Delate, K., Afshar, R. K., Luck, B., Smith, A. 2024. Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 39(e3):1-13.

Dhakal, M., Kharel, G., Deb, S., Slaughter, L., Simpson, C., West, C. 2023. Effect of long-term pasture management on soil hydraulic and thermal properties. Plants Journal 12.

Dhakal, M., Huang, Y., Locke, M., Reddy, K., Moore, M., Krutz, J., Drew, G., Bajgaign, R. 2022. Assessment of cotton and sorghum stand establishment using UAV-based multispectral and DSLR-based RGB imagery. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Journal 5.

Dhakal, M., Singh, G., Sharma, A., Schoonover, J., Williard, K., Kaur, G. 2022. Cover crops and Landscape Positions mediate Corn-Soybean Production. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Journal 5.

Dhakal, M., Singh, G., Yang, L., Kaur, G., Williard, K., Schoonover, J., Sadeghpour, A. 2020. Decomposition and nitrogen release of cereal rye and hairy vetch in conventional and no-tillage systems. Agronomy Journal 112.

Dhakal, M., West, C., Villalobos, C., Brown, P., Green, P. 2020. Interseeding alfalfa into native grassland for enhanced yield and water use efficiency. Agronomy Journal 112.

Dhakal, M., Singh, G., Cook, R., Sievers, T. 2020. Modeling hairy vetch and cereal rye cover crop decomposition and nitrogen release. Agronomy 10.

Dhakal, M., West, C., Deb, S., Villalobos, C., Kharel, G. 2020. Row spacing of alfalfa interseeded into native grass pasture influences soil-plant-water relations. Agronomy Journal 112.

Dhakal, M., West, C., Villalobos, C., Sarturi, J., Deb, S. 2020. Trade-off between nutritive value improvement and crop water use for alfalfa-grass system. Crop Science 60.

Dhakal, M., West, C., Villalobos, C. 2019. Establishment and stand development of alfalfa interseeded into native grass mixture: Cultivar and row spanning effects. Crop Science 59.

Dhakal, M., West, C., Deb, S., Kharel, G., Ritchie, G. 2019. Field calibration of PR2 capacitance probe in Pullman clay-loam soil of Southern High Plains. . Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 2.

Dhakal, M., Sah, S., Kharel, G. 2019. Integrated weed management in direct-seeded rice: Dynamics and economics. International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science 3.

Dhakal, M., Shah, S., McDonald, A., Regmi, A. 2015. Perception and economics of dry direct-seeded rice in Terai of Nepal. Journal of Agriculture and Environment 16.