Publications

Sinha, N$., Jeffers, D., Sharma, R$., Williams, D$., Bheemanahalli, R., Reed, V., Henry, W.B., Babiker, E., & Dhillon, J*. (2025). Impact of hybrids, plant population density, and nitrogen strategies on corn grain yield and quality. Agronomy Journal. Accepted/Pending Publication. Article DOI: 10.1002/agj2.70135

Gajula, P$., Singh, G., Sharma, R. K$., Kaur, G., & Dhillon, J*. (2025). Nitrogen and zinc effects on cotton yield and quality: Insights from a 6-year field study. Agronomy Journal. Accepted/Pending Publication. Article DOI: 10.1002/agj2.70138

Sharma, R. K$., Nwosu, N., Singh, L., Kramer, A., Singh, H., Bheemanahalli, R., & Dhillon, J*. (2025). Agricultural sustainability under unpredicted atmospheric changes—strategies to enhance crop resilience and system efficiency: a narrative review. Discover Agriculture, 3(1), 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44279-025-00287-4

Bista, M. K., Kodadinne Narayana, N., Chakravaram, A., Pieralisi, B., Dhillon, J., Reddy, K. R., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2025). Intensifying heat stress impacts cotton flowering and boll development efficiency. BMC Plant Biology, 25(1), 984. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06934-8

Sharma, R. K$., Singh, G., Jakhar, A$., Dhillon, J., Anapalli, S. S., Nelson, K. A., & Kaur, G. (2025). Biochar impact on soil properties and soil solution nutrient concentrations under cotton production. Journal of Environmental Management, 386, 125660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125660

Sharma, R. K$., Kaur, J., Feng, G., Huang, Y., Kumar, C., Wang, Y., Sharma, S., Jenkins, J., & Dhillon, J*. (2025). Maize and soybean yield prediction using machine learning methods: a systematic literature review. Discover Agriculture, 3(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44279-025-00215-6

Kumanan, V., Kukal, M. S., Cibin, R., Irmak, S., Van Meter, K., Dhillon, J., & Dharni, J. S. (2025). Systems-Level Response of Crop Nitrogen Removal to Nitrogen Inputs in US Agriculture. Journal of the ASABE, 68(3), 451-463.

Gajula, P$., Dhillon, J*., Sharma, R. K$., Bryant, C., Bheemanahalli, R., Reed, V., & Larson, E. (2025). Evaluating the impact of biostimulants at variable nitrogen rates in corn production. European Journal of Agronomy, 167, 127554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2025.127554

Walne, C. H., Dhillon, J., Reddy, K. N., & Reddy, K. R. (2025). Developing functional relationships of corn growth and developmental responses to nitrogen nutrition for modeling. Frontiers of Earth Science, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-024-1137-7

Kumar, C$., Dhillon, J., Huang, Y., & Reddy, K. (2025). Explainable machine learning models for corn yield prediction using UAV multispectral data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 231, 109990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.109990

Sharma, R. K$., Dhillon, J*., Oglesby, C$., Gajula, P$., Bheemanahalli, R., Li, X., Cox, M., Reed, V., & Reddy, K. N. (2024). Corn response to multiple rates of nitrogen and sulfur. Field Crops Research, 319, 109625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109625

Pieralisi, B., Sharma, R. K$., Golden, B., Bond, J., Cook, D., Irby, J., Cox, M., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Planting time and variety effects on biomass, harvest index, and yield of irrigated soybean in mid‐Southern United States. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 10(2), e70012. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70012

Sivarathri, B. S., Kodadinne Narayana, N., Bryant, C. J., Dhillon, J., Reddy, K. R., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2025). Influence of seed-applied biostimulants on soybean germination and early seedling growth under low and high temperature stress. Plant Physiology Reports, 30(1), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-024-00834-z

Sharma, R. K$., Dhillon, J*., Kumar, P., Reddy, K. R., Reed, V., Dodds, D. M., & Reddy, K. N. (2024). Modelling the climate change and cotton yield relationship in Mississippi: Autoregressive distributed lag approach. Ecological Indicators, 166, 112573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112573

Vennam, R. R., Jian, X., Dhillon, J., Reddy, K. R., Reddy, K. N., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2024). Effects of Pre-and Post-Anthesis Drought Stress on Corn Physiology and Yield. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 69.

Olomitutu, O. E$., Mulvaney, M. J., Lowe, J. W., Bryant, C. J., Wallace, J., Harper, N., Larson, E.J., Shavers, G., Hilyer, T., & Dhillon, J. (2024). Soybean response to high‐speed planting in Mississippi. Agronomy Journal, 116(6), 2817-2826. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21665

Nattrass, M., Varco, J. J., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Efficacy of fertilizer nitrogen source, stabilizer, and application timing for corn nitrogen nutrition. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 88(5), 1614-1625. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20727

Sinha, N$., & Dhillon, J. S*. (2024). Bibliometric analysis of management practices in US corn (1990–2020). Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 7(2), e20536. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20536

Slaton, N. A., Pearce, A., Gatiboni, L., Osmond, D., Bolster, C., Miguez, F., Clark, J., Dhillon, J., Farmaha, B., Kaiser, D., Lyons, S., Margenot, A., Moore, A., Ruiz Diaz, D., Sotomayor, D., Spackman, J., Spargo, J., & Yost, M. (2024). Models and sufficiency interpretation for estimating critical soil test values for the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 88(4), 1419-1437. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20704

Gajula, P$., Singh, G., Kaur, G., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Optimizing nitrogen application rates for winter canola in Mississippi. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 7(1), e20480. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20480

Davis, S., Gajula, P$., Dodds, D., Krutz, J., Gore, J., Varco, J., Raper, T., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Cotton cultivar response to potassium fertilizer under irrigated and dryland conditions. Agronomy Journal, 116(3), 1528-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21546

Sharma, R. K$., Cox, M. S., Oglesby, C$., & Dhillon, J. S*. (2024). Revisiting the role of sulfur in crop production: A narrative review. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 15, 101013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101013

Vennam, R. R., Bheemanahalli, R., Reddy, K. R., Dhillon, J., Zhang, X., & Adeli, A. (2024). Early-season maize responses to salt stress: Morpho-physiological, leaf reflectance, and mineral composition. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 15, 100994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.100994

Gajula, P$., Dew, J$., Sharma, R. K$., Kaur, G., Singh, G., Bheemanahalli, R., Reed, V., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Assessing the effect of cultural practices on Mississippi corn production: 2. Grain composition. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 10(1), e20266. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20266

Dew, J$., Li, X., Oglesby, C$., Fox, A. A., Sharma, R. K$., Singh, G., McCoy, J., Kaur, G., Gajula, P$., & Dhillon, J*. (2024). Assessing the effect of cultural practices on Mississippi corn production: 1. Grain yield. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 10(1), e20267. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20267

Sharma, R. K$., Dhillon, J*., Kumar, P., Bheemanahalli, R., Li, X., Cox, M. S., & Reddy, K. N. (2023). Climate trends and maize production nexus in Mississippi: empirical evidence from ARDL modelling. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 16641. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43528-6

Singh, B., Kaur, G., Singh, G., Dhillon, J. S., & Ashwell, N. Q. (2023). Single and multispecies cover crop effects on corn production and economic returns. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 178(1), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2023.3394.x

Sharma, R. K$., Dhillon, J*., Kumar, P., Mulvaney, M. J., Reed, V., Bheemanahalli, R., ... & Reddy, K. N. (2023). Climate trends and soybean production since 1970 in Mississippi: Empirical evidence from ARDL model. Science of the Total Environment, 905, 167046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167046

Ranguwal, S., Sidana, B. K., Singh, J., Sachdeva, J., Kumar, S., Sharma, R. K., & Dhillon, J. (2023). Quantifying the energy use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in Punjab (India) agriculture. Energy Nexus, 11, 100238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2023.100238

Poudel, S., Adhikari, B., Dhillon, J., Reddy, K. R., Stetina, S. R., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2023). Quantifying the physiological, yield, and quality plasticity of Southern USA soybeans under heat stress. Plant Stress, 9, 100195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2023.100195

Sehgal, A., Singh, G., Quintana, N., Kaur, G., Ebelhar, W., Nelson, K. A., & Dhillon, J. (2023). Long-term crop rotation affects crop yield and economic returns in humid subtropical climate. Field Crops Research, 298, 108952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108952

Sharma, R. K$., Dhillon, J*., Kumar, S., Vatta, K., & Reddy, K. N. (2023). Crop-climate link in the southeastern USA: A case study on Oats and Sorghum. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 12, 100626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100626

Kumar, C$., Mubvumba, P., Huang, Y., Dhillon, J., & Reddy, K. (2023). Multi-stage corn yield prediction using high-resolution UAV multispectral data and machine learning models. Agronomy, 13(5), 1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051277

Denton, S., Dodds, D., Krutz, J., Varco, J., Gore, J., Raper, T., Cox, M., & Dhillon, J*. (2023). Effect of potassium application rate on cotton growth and yield under irrigated and dryland conditions. Agronomy Journal, 115(1), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21245

 Oglesby, C$., Dhillon, J*., Fox, A., Singh, G., Ferguson, C., Li, X., Kumar, R$., Dew, J$., & Varco, J. (2023). Discrepancy between the crop yield goal rate and the optimum nitrogen rates for maize production in Mississippi. Agronomy Journal, 115(1), 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21179

1. Dhillon, J*., Li, X., Bheemanahalli, R., & Reed, V. (2022). Mississippi state and county level yield gap in corn production. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 7(2), e20092. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20092

2. Sharma, R. K$., Kumar, S., Vatta, K., Bheemanahalli, R., Dhillon, J*., & Reddy, K. N. (2022). Impact of recent climate change on corn, rice, and wheat in southeastern USA. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 16928. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21454-3

3. Oglesby, C$., Fox, A. A., Singh, G., & Dhillon, J*. (2022). Predicting in-season corn grain yield using optical sensors. Agronomy, 12(10), 2402. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102402

4. Sharma, R. K$., Kumar, S., Vatta, K., Dhillon, J*., & Reddy, K. N. (2022). Impact of recent climate change on cotton and soybean yields in the southeastern United States. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 9, 100348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100348

5. Vonk, W. J., Hijbeek, R., Glendining, M. J., Powlson, D. S., Bhogal, A., Merbach, I., Silva, J.V., Poffenbarger, H.J., Dhillon, J., Sieling, K. & Ten Berge, H. F. (2022). The legacy effect of synthetic N fertiliser. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(3), e13238. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13238

Williams, J. J., Dodds, D. M., Buehring, N. W., Dhillon, J. S., & Henry, W. B. (2021). Corn response to row spacing and plant population in the Mid‐South United States. Agronomy Journal, 113(5), 4132-4141. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20817

Sumner, Z., Varco, J. J., Dhillon, J. S*., Fox, A. A., Czarnecki, J., & Henry, W. B. (2021). Ground versus aerial canopy reflectance of corn: Red‐edge and non‐red edge vegetation indices. Agronomy Journal, 113(3), 2782-2797. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20657

Aula, L., Omara, P., Nambi, E., Oyebiyi, F. B., Dhillon, J., Eickhoff, E., Carpenter, J., & Raun, W. R. (2021). Active optical sensor measurements and weather variables for predicting winter wheat yield. Agronomy Journal, 113(3), 2742-2751. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20620

Dhillon, J*., Aula, L., Eickhoff, E., & Raun, W. (2020). Predicting in-season maize (Zea mays L.) yield potential using crop sensors and climatological data. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 11479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68415-2

Dhillon, J. S*., & Raun, W. R. (2020). Effect of topdress nitrogen rates applied based on growing degree days on winter wheat grain yield. Agronomy Journal, 112(4), 3114-3128. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20265 

Fornah, A., Aula, L., Omara, P., Oyebiyi, F., Dhillon, J., & Raun, W. R. (2020). Effect of spacing, planting methods and nitrogen on maize grain yield. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51(12), 1582-1589. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2020.1789163

Bryant‐Schlobohm, R., Dhillon, J., Wehmeyer, G. B., & Raun, W. R. (2020). Wheat grain yield and nitrogen uptake as influenced by fertilizer placement depth. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 3(1), e20025. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20025           

Dhillon, J*., Eickhoff, E., Aula, L., Omara, P., Weymeyer, G., Nambi, E., Oyebiyi, F., Carpenter, T., & Raun, W. (2020). Nitrogen management impact on winter wheat grain yield and estimated plant nitrogen loss. Agronomy Journal, 112(1), 564-577. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20107        

Figueiredo, B., Dhillon, J*., Eickhoff, E., Nambi, E., & Raun, W. (2020). Value of composite Normalized Difference Vegetative Index and growing degree days data in Oklahoma, 1999 to 2018. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 3(1), e20013. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20013                  

Dhillon, J. S*., Figueiredo, B. M., Eickhoff, E. M., & Raun, W. R. (2020). Applied use of growing degree days to refine optimum times for nitrogen stress sensing in winter wheat. Agronomy Journal, 112(1), 537-549. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20007 

Aula, L., Omara, P., Eickhoff, E., Oyebiyi, F., Dhillon, J. S., & Raun, W. R. (2020). Effect of winter wheat cultivar on grain yield trend under different nitrogen management. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 3(1), e20017. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20017           

Omara, P., Aula, L., Dhillon, J. S., Oyebiyi, F., Eickhoff, E. M., Nambi, E., Fornah, A., Carpenter, J., & Raun, W. (2020). Variability in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain yield response to nitrogen fertilization in long-term experiments. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51(3), 403-412. 

Fornah, A., Dhillon, J., & Raun, W. (2020). Changes in check plot yields over time in three long-term winter wheat experiments. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51(2), 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2019.1705330 

Oyebiyi, F. B., Aula, L., Omara, P., Nambi, E., Dhillon, J. S., & Raun, W. R. (2019). Maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield response to methods of nitrogen fertilization. Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 50(21), 2694-2700. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2019.1670837

Omara, P., Aula, L., Eickhoff, E. M., Dhillon, J. S., Lynch, T., Wehmeyer, G. B., & Raun, W. (2019). Influence of no‐tillage on soil organic carbon, total soil nitrogen, and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain yield. International journal of agronomy, 2019(1), 9632969. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9632969

Omara, P., Aula, L., Oyebiyi, F., Nambi, E., Dhillon, J. S., Carpenter, J., & Raun, W. R. (2019). No-tillage improves winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain nitrogen use efficiency. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 50(19), 2411-2419. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2019.1659307 

Aula, L., Omara, P., Dhillon, J. S., Fornah, A., & Raun, W. R. (2019). Influence of applied cattle manure on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain yield, soil pH and soil organic carbon. Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 50(16), 2056-2064. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2019.1648664

Raun, W. R., Dhillon, J., Aula, L., Eickhoff, E., Weymeyer, G., Figueirdeo, B., Lynch, T., Omara, P., Nambi, E., Oyebiyi, F., & Fornah, A. (2019). Unpredictable nature of environment on nitrogen supply and demand. Agronomy Journal, 111(6), 2786-2791. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2019.04.0291

Aula, L., Dhillon, J. S., Omara, P., Wehmeyer, G. B., Freeman, K. W., & Raun, W. R. (2019). World sulfur use efficiency for cereal crops. Agronomy Journal, 111(5), 2485-2492. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2019.02.0095

Lollato, R. P., Figueiredo, B. M., Dhillon, J. S., Arnall, D. B., & Raun, W. R. (2019). Wheat grain yield and grain-nitrogen relationships as affected by N, P, and K fertilization: A synthesis of long-term experiments. Field Crops Research, 236, 42-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.03.005  

Dhillon, J., Dhital, S., Lynch, T., Figueiredo, B., Omara, P., & Raun, W. R. (2019). In‐season application of nitrogen and sulfur in winter wheat. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.2134/age2018.10.0047

Ng'ombe, J. N., Brorsen, B. W., Raun, W. R., & Dhillon, J. S. (2019). Economics of the Greenseeder hand planter. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2(1), 1-7.https://doi.org/10.2134/age2018.11.0056

Dhillon, J. S., Eickhoff, E. M., Mullen, R. W., & Raun, W. R. (2019). World potassium use efficiency in cereal crops. Agronomy Journal, 111(2), 889-896. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.07.0462

Dhillon, J. S., Omara, P., Nambi, E., Eickhoff, E., Oyebiyi, F., Wehmeyer, G., Fornah, A., Ascencio, E.N., Figueiredo, B.M., Lemings, R., Lynch, T., Ringer, J., Kiner, W., Taylor, R.K. & Raun, W. R. (2018). Hand planter for the developing world: Factor testing and refinement. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 1(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2134/age2018.03.0002

Dhillon, J*., Del Corso, M. R., Figueiredo, B., Nambi, E., & Raun, W. (2018). Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and soil pH, in a long-term continuous winter wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) experiment. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 49(7), 803-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2018.1435678                        

Raun, W., Figueiredo, B., Dhillon, J., Fornah, A., Bushong, J., Zhang, H., & Taylor, R. (2017). Can yield goals be predicted? Agronomy Journal, 109(5), 2389-2395. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2017.05.0279

Dhillon, J. S*., Figueiredo, B., Aula, L., Lynch, T., Taylor, R. K., & Raun, W. R. (2017). Evaluation of drum cavity size and planter tip on singulation and plant emergence in maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Plant Nutrition, 40(20), 2829-2840. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2017.1382532

Dhillon, J., Torres, G., Driver, E., Figueiredo, B., & Raun, W. R. (2017). World phosphorus use efficiency in cereal crops. Agronomy Journal, 109(4), 1670-1677. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2016.08.0483

Raun, W., Golden, M., Dhillon, J., Aliddeki, D., Driver, E., Ervin, S., ... & Mullock, J. (2017). Relationship between mean square errors and wheat grain yields in long-term experiments. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 40(9), 1243-1249. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2016.1257638