Peer-Reviewed Publications
Rodriguez, M.V., Haddad, M., Meyer, D., Hopkins, F.M. (2023). The impact of soil properties and manure management on trace gas emissions from California soils following liquid dairy manure application. Journal of Environmental Quality. IN REVISION.
Pagliaccia, D., Ortiz, M., Rodriguez, M.V., Abbott, S., De Francesco, A., Amador, M., Lavagi, V., Maki, B., Hopkins, F.M, Kaplan, J., Ying, S., Vidalakis, G., Enhancing soil health and nutrient availability for Carrizo citrange (X Citroncirus sp.) through bokashi and biochar amendments: An exploration into indoor sustainable soil ecosystem management, Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 326, 2024, 112661, ISSN 0304-4238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112661
Rodriguez, M.V., Gebiola, M., Garcia, A., Garnica, A., Tomberlin, J.K., Hopkins, F.M., Mauck, K.E., Bokashi fermentation of brewery’s spent grains positively affects larval performance of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens while reducing gaseous nitrogen losses, Waste Management, Volume 171, 2023, Pages 411-420, ISSN 0956-053X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.09.033
Nelsen, T., Rodriguez, M., McCullough, E., Lewin, S., Geisseler, D., Mathesius, K., Becker, T., Rosa, G., Lundy, M. (2022). Improvements to the Soil Nitrate Quick Test for California Small Grains. California Agriculture, 76(2):93-99. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2022a0009
Mukome, F. N. D., Buelow, M. C., Shang, J., Peng, J., Rodriguez, M., Mackay, D. M., Pignatello, J. J., Sihota, N., Hoelen, T. P., & Parikh, S. J. (2020). Biochar amendment as a remediation strategy for surface soils impacted by crude oil. Environmental Pollution, 265, 115006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115006
Extension Publications
Lundy, M.E., Rodriguez, M., Mathesius, K., Leinfelder-Miles, M., Marsh, B., Wright, S., Maciel, F., Solorio, R., Culp, D., Nelsen, T., Puro, L., Georg, N.A. 27 September 2017 California Small Grain Variety Testing Results. University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources. http://smallgrains.ucanr.edu/Variety_Results/2017/
Jessica Shweiger, Michael Rodriguez, Phillip Mayo, Nicholas Clark, Steve Orloff, Steve Wright, Bob Hutmacher, & Mark Lundy. 2017. Quicktests for Improved Precision of N Fertilization. University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources. http://smallgrains.ucanr.edu/files/256250.pdf
Lundy, M.E. Rodriguez, M., Mayo, P., Mayo, D., Fraser, S., George, N.A. 10 October, 2016. University of California Cooperative Extension Report: 2015-16 Califonria Variety Performance for Fall-Sown Common Wheat & Triticale and Fall-Sown Durum Wheat. University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources. http://smallgrains.ucanr.edu/files/260355.pdf
Select Conference Presentations
Rodriguez, M.V., Preble, C., Rojas Robles, N.E., Thiruvenkatachari, R.R., Pexton, J., Anderson, R.G., Meyer, D., Venkatram, V., Hopkins, F.M. The Impact of an Anaerobic Digester on Seasonal Manure Management Methane Emissions from a Dairy Farm in the San Joaquin Valley of California. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2023, San Francisco, CA.
Rodriguez, M.V., Hopkins, F.M. Impact of Soil Properties and Moisture on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from California Dairy Soils after Liquid Manure Application. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. November 2022, Baltimore, MD.
Rodriguez, M.V., Marklein, A.R., Zhao, S., Abonce, G., Pérez, T., Silver, W.L., Hopkins, .FM. Land Application of Dairy Manure Anaerobic Digestate Has Location and Temperature Dependent Effects on GHG & NH3 emissions from California Dairy Soils. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 2020, Virtual.
Rodriguez, M.V., Frausto-Vicencio, I., Marklein, A.R., Carranza, V., Limon, C., Hopkins, F.M. Agricultural Contributions to California’s Air Basin-Level Inventory. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 2021, New Orleans, LA.
Rodriguez, M.V. Hopkins, F.M The potential & challenges of anaerobic digestion of food waste to meet UC carbon neutrality goals. California Higher Education Sustainability Conference. October 2021, Virtual.
Rodriguez, MV., Zhao, S., Abonce, G., Hopkins, F.M. Demonstrating Climate Smart Soils Through Land Application of Biochar and Anaerobic Digestate. 113th Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference, July 2020, Virtual.
Rodriguez, M.V., M.C. Buelow, S.J. Parikh. Can Biochar Decrease Carbon & Nitrate Leaching in a Sandy Loam Soil? California Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium. Feb 2015, Irvine, CA.