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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agronomy and Horticulture

The Science and Application of Plants to Sustain and Enhance Human Life

Haishun Yang

Research Assistant Professor
Soil and Water Science

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DEGREES:

  • B.S. Soil and plant nutrition, Beijing Agricultural University, China, 1984
  • M.S. Soil and water Sciences Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 1993
  • Ph.D. Soil science Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Crop simulation modeling and decision support tool development
  • Soil carbon dynamics in different cropping systems on field and on regional scales
  • Agroecosystem carbon cycling in response to climate change

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

  • Development of the Hybrid-Maize model as a tool for crop management, crop science education and crop science research.
  • Development of soybean model for high yielding environments.
  • Development of DK-C&N soil carbon model
  • Carbon sequestration in irrigated and dryland cropping systems

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • H.S. Yang. 2004. Resource management, soil fertility and sustainable crop production: experiences of China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. (in review)

  • Yang, H.S. and Janssen, B.H. Changes in temperature effects on substrate reactivity during mineralization in soil. 2004. Global Change Biology (in review).

  • Yang, H.S., A. Dobermann, J.L. Lindquist, D.T. Walters, and K.G. Cassman. 2004. Hybrid-Maize - a maize simulation model that combines different crop modeling approaches. Field Crops Research. 87, 131-154

  • Yang, H.S., Dobermann, A., Cassman, K.G., Hubbard , K.G., Arkebauer, T., Verma, S. and Walters, D. 2004. Test of the hybrid-maize model for simulation of soil moisture dynamics and maize response to water deficit. Proceedings of the 2004 Biological Systems Simulation Conference, March 8-10, 2004, Gainesville, Florida. p83-84.

  • Yang, H.S., Dobermann, A., Cassman, K.G., and Walters, D. 2004. DK-C&N: A simulation model for C and N mineralization using the approach of dynamic rate constant. Proceedings of the 2004. Biological Systems Simulation Conference, March 8-10, 2004, Gainesville, Florida. p85-86.

  • Cassman, K.G., Dobermann, A., Walters, D.T., Yang, H.S. 2003. Meeting cereal demand while protecting natural resources and improving environmental quality. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 28, 10.1-10.44; 10.1146 / annurev.energy.28.040202.122858.

  • Yang, H.S.; K.G. Cassman; A. Dobermann and D. Walters. 2003. Influence of Initial Soil Carbon Content on Carbon Sequestration in Cropland. Proceedings of the CASMGS Conference- Carbon Measurement and Monitoring Forum. Oct 15-17, 2003, Manhattan, KS. (on-line at http://agecon.tamu.edu/faculty/mccarl/acs/proceedings.htm)

  • Yang, H.S. and Janssen, B.H.. 2002. Relationship between substrate initial reactivity and residues ageing speed in carbon mineralization. Plant and Soil, 239, 215-224.

  • Yang, H.S. & Janssen, B.H. 2000. A mono-component model of carbon mineralization with a dynamic rate constant. European Journal of Soil Science, 51, 517-529.

  • Yang, H.S. & Janssen, B.H. 1997. Analysis of impact of farming practices on dynamics of soil organic matter in northern China. European Journal of Agronomy. 7: 1-3, 211-219.

  • Gaunt, J.L., Sohi, S.P., Arah, J.R.M, Mahieu, N. Yang, H.S., Powlson, D.S. 2000. A physical soil fractionation scheme to obtain organic matter fractions suitable for modeling. In: Kirk, G.J.D and Olk, D.C. (eds) Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Flooded Soils. International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, pp 89-99.