Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (* graduate student, ** corresponding author) (total articles: 137, book chapters: 14, Conference abstracts >180)
2026
1.
Sun,
S…R.Ghimire… J. Chen. 2026. Global hotspots of particulate organic carbon
losses under climate change. Nature Communications.
2.
Aryal. D., A. Singh, and R.
Ghimire. Soil carbon, nitrogen, and greenhouse gas emissions under
occasional tillage into long-term no-tillage systems in semi-arid drylands. Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation.
3.
Sapkota, S.* R. Ghimire**,
P. Bista, S. Angadi. 2026. Circular grass buffer strips reduce soil greenhouse
gas emissions in water-limited agroecosystems. Journal of Environmental
Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129287.
4.
Madhuwanthi, P.*, R. Ghimire**S. Sapkota, S. Norris-Paris,
and A. Ulery. 2026.
Contrasting effects of biochar and compost on greenhouse gas emissions and the
global warming potential of semi-arid cropping systems. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-42554-412.
5.
Sapkota, S., J.P. Frene, N.
Kumar, P. Adhikari, S. Adhikari, R. Ghimire**. 2026. Microbial community
responses to feedstock type and modifications determine soil organic carbon
sequestration and crop yield in biochar-amended arid soils. Frontiers in Soil
Science, 1669356. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2026.1669356.
6.
Yin,
H., P. Bista, R. Ghimire, H. Yang,
K.C. Carroll. 2026. Unraveling soil moisture dynamics with dual-scale
interpretable machine learning: cover cropping and irrigation insights in
semi-arid agriculture. Vedos Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70077.
7.
Arije, D., P. Bista, S.
Gautam, C. Steele, U. Mishra, and R.
Ghimire. Enhancing Soil Carbon Storage in Water-Limited
Environments with Multispecies Cover Cropping: Insights from DayCent®
Model Simulation. Field Crops Research.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110384.
8.
Zhang, J., Y. Zhu, M. Ahmed,
R. Ghimire, O.J. Idowu, S. Norris-Parish, E.E. Sparks, S. Adhikari, J.
Lamba, J. Tumuluru, D. Whitelock, L. Zeng. Role and potential of biochar in
promoting cotton yield in the arid New Mexico of the United States Cotton Belt.
Agronomy, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16030346.
9.
Panta, S., P. Bista, S.V.
Angadi, R. Ghimire. 2026. Soil health and water function indicators
respond to organic amendments in a semi-arid environment. Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su18031369 (Invited
featured article).
10.
Frene, J.P., P. Acharya, M.
Thompson, A. Adhikari, and R. Ghimire**.
2026. Mulching promotes soil health and carbon sequestration in arid urban
landscapes. Urban Ecosystem, 29, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-026-01904-w.
11.
Adebayo, O.*, T. Noble Strohm, V.
Acosta-Martinez, S.J. Fonte, M. Schipanski, M. Mikha, P. Bista, S.V. Angadi,
and R. Ghimire**. 2026. Linking
biological and organic matter indicators of soil health with soil water
functions in semi-arid compost-amended and intensified cropping systems.
Geoderma, 466, 117692, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117692.
12.
Sharma,
B.*, J.P. Frene, V. Acosta-Martinez, X. Li, and R. Ghimire**. 2026.
Microbial community responses to alternative management regulate soil organic
carbon storage in agroecosystems facing irrigation retirement. Agriculture,
Ecosystems, Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.110098.
13.
Acharya, P.*, D. Aryal, R. Ghimire**, M. Marsalis,
O.J. Idowu. 2026. Land use-driven shifts in labile carbon fractions regulated
total profile sequestration of soil organic and inorganic carbon in arid
environments. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.12.001.
2025
14.
Sapkota, S., B. Sharma, and R. Ghimire**. 2025.
Enhancing carbon stability in biochar-amended arid soils: insights from a
long-term soil incubation study. Carbon Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2025.2602999.
15.
Frene, J.P., N. Kasera, D. Jaisi, S. Sapkota, D. O’Connell,
S. Higgins, S. Adhikari, and R.
Ghimire**. 2025. Enhancing soil health and phosphorus use efficiency with
modified biochar amendment. Science of the Total Environments, 180794, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180794
16.
Noble Strohm*, T., S. Fonte, R. Ghimire, M. Mikha, O. Adebayo, P. Bista, V. Acosta-Martinez, S.
Angadi, M. Schipanski. 2025. Soil health indicators for water-limited regions: Evaluating
relative sensitivity to compost and cropping intensification. Journal of Soil
and Water Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224561.2025.2477320
17.
Acharya, P., A. Ogunleye, M.
Marsalis, J. Bell and R. Ghimire**. 2025. Enhancing forage production
and quality under resource-limited conditions by alfalfa-bermudagrass
interseeding. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70174.
18.
Adebayo, O.*, V.R. Thapa, A. Ulery, and M. Schipanski, R.
Ghimire**. 2025. Optimizing the inorganic nitrogen
extraction method to evaluate alternative cropping strategies. Agronomy
Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70120.
19.
Morales-Ruiz, D.E., G. Villanueva-López, F. Casanova-Lugo,
J.A. Venegas-Venegas, R. Pinto-Ruiz, F. Guevara-Hernández, M. Reyes-Sosa, P.
Martínez-Zurimendi, R. Ghimire, D.R. Aryal. 2025. Silvopastoral systems
reduce soil CO2 emissions, enhance carbon stocks, and regulate the
micro-environment in tropical grazing lands, Agriculture, Ecosystems &
Environment, 393, 109844.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109844.
20.
Sharma, B*., R. Ghimire**, S. Sapkota, P. Shrestha, C.
Brewer, and S. Adhikari. 2025. Nitrous oxide mitigation potential of biochar
derived from agricultural and forest biomass: effects of feedstock composition
and pyrolysis temperature. Journal of Environmental Quality. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70054.
21.
Singh, A., D.R. Aryal, M. Omer, A.D. Adhikari, O.J. Idowu, R.
Herema, R. Ghimire**. 2025. Soil carbon sequestration and biological
health under pecan orchards of varying ages. Soil Science Society of America
Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.70089.
22.
Bista, P., S. Shakya, P. Acharya, and R. Ghimire. 2025. Evaluating machine learning models for greenhouse
gas emissions prediction in diversified semi-arid cropping systems. Soil Science
Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.70057.
23.
Adebayo, O.*, A. Singh, P. Bista, S.
Angadi, and R. Ghimire**. 2025. Compost
addition improves soil water storage and crop water productivity in a cover
crop-integrated sorghum production system under limited irrigation management.
Irrigation Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-025-01011-2.
24.
Sapkota,
S.*, R. Ghimire**, C Brewer, S. Fernando. 2025. Contrasting effects
of plant and animal residue biochars on soil health, carbon
stability, and crop yield. Journal of Soils and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-025-03968-1.
25.
Liu, R., U.M. Sainju, R. Ghimire, H. Cheng, F. Guan, Y. Liu,
C. Yang, F. Zhao, and J. Wang. 2025. Mechanisms of cover crop-derived carbon
sequestration in winter wheat fields: Insights from 13C labeling. Soil and
Tillage Research, 248, 106462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106462.
26.
Singh, A., P. Bista, S.K. Deb, and R. Ghimire**. 2025. Simulating cover crops' impacts on soil water
and nitrogen dynamics and silage yield in the semi-arid Southwestern United
States. Agricultural Water Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109246.
27.
Frene, J.P.*, R.
Ghimire**, S. Sapkota, and S. Angadi. 2025. Evaluating the potential of
circular grass buffer strips to promote fungal community and soil health in
water-limited agroecosystems. Soil Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-024-0265-z.
2024
28.
Ghimire,
R.**, D.R. Aryal, S. Buffasso, N. Hanan,
O. Burney, H. Geli, O.J. Idowu, B. Hurd, L. Prihodko. 2024. Carbon
sequestration in arid and semi-arid lands: Insights from New Mexico, USA.
Agrosystems, Geosciences, and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.70019.
29.
Badrari, H.*, R. Ghimire**, D.R. Aryal, A.O. Mesbah.
2024. Soil profile organic, inorganic, and labile C and soil health responses
after nine years of alternative tillage management. Soil Use and Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13129.
30.
Arije,
D.*, R. Ghimire**, P. Bista, S. Angadi, and C. Gard. 2024. Recovery of
soil organic carbon in semi-arid drylands with perennial grass sequence.
Journal of Arid Environments. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105263.
31.
Dhakal, M., G. Zinati, M.
Fulcher, D. Fornara, E. Martani, J.B. Contina, P. Hinson, R. Afshar, R.
Ghimire, 2024. Challenges and emerging opportunities for weed management in
organic agriculture. Advances in Agronomy, 184, 125-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2023.11.002.
32.
Acharya P.*, R. Ghimire**, M.K. Shukla, and O.J.
Idowu. 2024. Soil aggregates and associated carbon and nitrogen sequestration
in cover cropping systems. Catena, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108264.
33.
Sapkota, S.*, R. Ghimire**, and S.V. Angadi. 2024.
Regulation of surface and sub-surface soil organic carbon sequestration with
circular buffer strips of perennial grasses in center pivot irrigated cropping
systems. Applied Soil Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105551.
34.
Sapkota, S.*, R. Ghimire**, P. Bista, D. Hartmann, T. Rahman, S. Adhikari. 2024. Greenhouse gas mitigation and soil
carbon stabilization potential of forest biochar varied with biochar type and
characteristics. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172942.
35.
Bista, D.*, S. Sapkota, R.
Acharya, P. Acharya, and R. Ghimire**.
2024. Energy and carbon footprint of cover cropping in a semi-arid irrigated
agriculture. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27904.
36.
Sapkota, S.*, R. Ghimire**, S. Angadi, B. Schutte,
and O.J. Idowu. 2024. Soil aggregates and associated carbon and nitrogen
storage in circular grass buffer integrated cropping systems. Journal of Soils
and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-024-03721-0.
37.
Singh, A.P.*, R. Ghimire**, and P. Acharya*. 2024.
Soil profile carbon sequestration and nutrient responses varied with cover
crops in irrigated forage rotations under a semi-arid environment. Soil and
Tillage Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106020.
38.
Aryal, D.R., B.H.J. De Jong, S.
Sánchez-Silva, A. Haas-Ek, L. Esparza-Olguin, S. Ochoa-Gaona, R. Ghimire, D.E. Morales Ruiz. 2024.
Biomass recovery along a tropical forest succession: trends on tree diversity,
wood traits, and stand structure. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121709.
39.
Bista, P., V.R. Thapa, S.J. DelGrosso, M.
Hartman, and R. Ghimire. 2024.
Simulating greenhouse gas emissions under cover crops in a semi-arid region.
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10335-4.
40.
Paye, W.S.*, L.M. Lauriault, P. Acharya*, and
R. Ghimire**. 2024. Soil carbon and
nitrogen responses to forage cropping systems following irrigation retirement.
Agronomy Journal https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21523.
41.
Acharya P.*, R. Ghimire**, and V. Acosta-Martinez. 2024. Cover crop-mediated
soil carbon storage in a semi-arid irrigated cropping system. Agriculture,
Ecosystem, and Environment, 361, 108813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108813.
42.
Adhikari, A.D.*, P.
Shrestha, R. Ghimire**, Z. Liu, D.
Pollock, P. Acharya, and D.R. Aryal. 2024. Cover crop residue quality regulates
litter decomposition dynamics and soil carbon mineralization kinetics in
semi-arid cropping systems. Applied Soil Ecology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105160.
2023
43.
Gautam, S., U. Mishra, C. Scown, and R. Ghimire. 2023. Increased drought and
extreme events over the continental United States under high emission scenario.
Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48650-z.
44.
Gyawali A.J., H.L. Neely, J. Foster, C.
Neely, K. Lewis, G. Bodine, J. Pintar, R.
Ghimire, P. Bekewe, A.P. Smith. 2023. Assessing soil health in a thermic
region of the southern great plains, using the Soil Management Assessment
Framework (SMAF). Soil Security. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100115.
45.
Oguneleye, A.*, V.R. Thapa*, R. Ghimire**, V. Acosta-Martinez and
D.R. Aryal. 2023. Microbial community response to cover cropping varied with
time after termination. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20118.
46.
López-Hernández, J.C., D.R. Aryal, G.
Villanueva-López, R. Pinto-Ruiz, M.B. Reyes-Sosa, A. López-Hernández, F.
Casanova-Lugo, J.A. Venegas-Venegas, F.J. Medina-Jonapa, F. Guevara-Hernández,
and R. Ghimire. 2023. Carbon storage and sequestration rates in Leucaena
leucocephala- based silvopasture in Southern Mexico. Agroforestry Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-023-00922-3.
47.
Lara-Pérez, L.A., G.
Villanueva-López, I. Oros-Ortega, D.R. Aryal, F. Casanova-Lugo, R. Ghimire. 2023. Seasonal variation of
arthropods diversity in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics of Mexico.
Arthropod-Plant Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-10001-0.
48.
Acosta-Martinez, V., J. Cotton, L.C.
Slaughter, R. Ghimire, W. Roper.
2023. Soil health assessment to evaluate conservation practices in semi-arid
cotton systems at the producer site scale. Soil Systems. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems7030072.
49.
Thapa, V.R.*, R. Ghimire**, K.P. Adhikari, and S. Lamichhane. 2023. Soil organic
carbon sequestration in arid and semi-arid regions by conservation systems: a
review. Journal of Arid Environments, 217, 105028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.105028.
50.
Liu, Y., L. Rui, R. Ghimire, N. Zhang, S.
Zhou, F. Zhao, J. Wang. 2023. Linking soil phosphorus fractions to associated
microbial functional profiles under crop rotation on the Loess Plateau of
China. Soil and Tillage Research, 233, 105809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105809.
51.
Bista, P., M. Eisa, D. Ragauskaitė, S.
Sapkota, J. Baltrusaitis, and R. Ghimire**.
2023. Effect of urea-calcium sulfate cocrystal N-fertilizer on sorghum
productivity and soil N2O emissions. Sustainability, 15, 8010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108010.
52.
Nilahyane, A.,* R. Ghimire**, B.S. Acharya, M. Schipanski, C. West, and A. Obour.
2023. Overcoming agricultural sustainability challenges in water-limited
environments through soil health and water conservation: insights from the
Ogallala Aquifer Region, USA. International Journal of Agricultural
Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2211484.
53.
Paye, W.S.*, Thapa, V.R.*, R. Ghimire**. 2023. Limited effects of
occasional tillage on the dry aggregate size distribution and soil carbon and
nitrogen fractions in semi-arid drylands. International Soil and Water
Conservation Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.04.005.
54.
Acharya, P.*, R.
Ghimire**, M.A. Marsalis, E.A. Lehnhoff. 2023. Cover crops
forage potential and subsequent forage sorghum yield and quality in
water-limited environments. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21334.
55.
Ghimire, R. **, V.R. Thapa*, V. Acosta-Martinez, M.
Schipanski, S.J. Fonte, P. Bista, M.K.
Shukla, S.V. Angadi, M.M. Mikha, L.C. Slaughter, O. Adebayo, and T. Noble
Strohm. 2023. Soil health assessment and management framework for water-limited
environments: an overview of studies from the Great Plains, USA. Soil Systems,
7, 22 (Invited featured article). https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems7010022.
56.
Zhang, N., U.M. Sainju, F. Zhao, R. Ghimire, C. Ren, and J. Wang. 2023.
Mulching decreased the abundance of microbial functional genes in phosphorus
cycling under maize. Applied Soil Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.104833.
57.
Sapkota, S.*, R. Ghimire**, S. Angadi, D. VanLeeuwen, P. Singh*, O.J. Idowu. 2023. Soil health responses to circular grass buffer
strips in center-pivot irrigated agriculture. Soil Science Society of America
Journal (Featured
Article, highest cited certificate 2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20495.
58.
Omer, M., O.J. Idowu, N. Pietrasiak, D.
VanLeeuwen; A.L. Ulery; A.J. Dominguez; R.
Ghimire, and M. Marsalis. 2023. Agricultural practices influence biological
soil quality indicators in an irrigated semiarid agroecosystem. Pedobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150862.
59.
Thapa, V.R.*, R. Ghimire**, W.S. Paye, D. VanLeeuwen.
2023. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen respond to occasional tillage in a
continuous no-tillage system. Soil and Tillage Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105619.
2022
60.
Ghimire, R.**, D. Clay, S. Thapa, and B. Hurd. 2022.
More carbon per drop to enhance soil carbon sequestration in water-limited
environments. Carbon Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2022.2117082.
61.
Acharya, P.*, R. Ghimire**, Paye, W.S.*, A. Ganguli, and S.J. DelGrosso. 2022.
Net greenhouse gas balance with cover crops in semi-arid irrigated cropping
systems. Scientific Reports, 12, 12386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16719-w.
62.
Paye, W.S.*, P. Acharya, R. Ghimire**. 2022. Water productivity of forage sorghum in
response to winter cover crops in semiarid irrigated conditions. Field Crops
Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108552.
63.
Zhang, S., J. Wang, U.M. Sainju, and R. Ghimire. 2022. Soil water storage,
winter wheat yield, and water-use efficiency with cover crops and nitrogen
fertilization. Agronomy Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21028.
64.
Acharya, P.*, R. Ghimire**, V. Thapa, Y. Cho, and U.M. Sainju. 2022. Soil profile
carbon, nitrogen, and crop yields affected by cover crops in semiarid regions.
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-022-10198-1.
65.
Paye, W.S.*, R. Ghimire**, P. Acharya, A. Nilahyane, and A. Mesbah. 2022. Cover
crop water use and corn silage production in semiarid irrigated conditions.
Agricultural Water Management. 260:107275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107275.
66.
Thapa V.R.*, R. Ghimire**, D. VanLeeuwen, V. Acosta-Martinez, and M.K. Shukla.
2022. Response of soil organic matter to cover cropping in water-limited
environments. Geoderma, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115497.
67. Sainju, U.M., S. Dangi, D. Liptzin, and R. Ghimire. 2022. Relationship between soil organic matter, soil properties, and dryland crop yields. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20938.