Publications from the TTU Soil Ecology Lab

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Selected Journal Articles

• Dang, K., Ji., L., Slaughter, L.C., Hou, J., Shen, M., Li, J., and Y. Dong. 2023. Synergistic Changes of  Rhizosphere Bacterial Community and Soil Properties in Greenhouse Soils under Long-term Tomato Monoculture. Applied Soil Ecology, 183, 104738.
• Albalasmeh, A., O. Mohawesh, M. Gharaibeh, S. Deb, L. Slaughter and A. El Hanandeh. 2022. Artificial neural network optimization to predict saturated hydraulic conductivity in arid and semi-arid regions. Catena 217: 106459.
• Neupane, J., Guo, W., Cao, G., Zhang, F., Slaughter, L., and S. Deb. 2022. Spatial patterns of soil microbial communities and implications for precision soil management at the field scale. Precision Agriculture 23 (3), 1008-1026.
• Slaughter, L., Deb, S., Chakraborty, S., Li, B., Bakr, N., Edwards, B., and Weindorf, D. 2021. On-farm evaluation of regenerative land-use practices in a semi-arid pasture agroecosystem in West Texas, USA. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 45.
• Otuya, R., Slaughter, L. C.*, West, C. P., Deb, S. K., and Acosta-Martinez, V. 2021. Compost and legume management differently alter soil microbial abundance and soil carbon in semiarid pastures. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 85(3), 654-664. 
• Sapkota, M., Young, J., Slaughter, L., Acosta-Martínez, V., and Coldren, C. 2021. Soil microbial biomass and composition from urban landscapes in a semiarid climate. Applied Soil Ecology, 158, 103810. 
• Sapkota, M., Young, J., Coldren, C., Slaughter, L., and Longing, S. 2020. Soil physiochemical properties and carbon sequestration of Urban landscapes in Lubbock, TX, USA. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 56, 126847. 
• Brevik, E. C., Slaughter, L., Singh, B. R., Steffan, J. J., Collier, D., Barnhart, P., and P. Pereira. 2020. Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs. Air, Soil and Water Research, 13, 1-23.
• Slaughter, L.C.*, Nelson, J. A., Carlisle, E., Bourguignon, M., Dinkins, R. D., Phillips, T. D., and R. L. McCulley. 2019. Tall fescue and E. coenophiala genetics influence root-associated soil fungi in a temperate grassland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10.
• Li, J., Wan, X., Liu, X., Chen, Y., Slaughter, L.C., Weindorf, D.C., and Y. Dong. 2019. Changes in soil physical and chemical characteristics in intensively cultivated greenhouse vegetable fields in North China. Soil & Tillage Research, 195. 
• McDonald, M. D., K. L. Lewis, G. L. Ritchie, P. B. DeLaune, K. D. Casey, and L. C. Slaughter. 2019. Carbon dioxide mitigation potential of conservation agriculture in a semi-arid agricultural region. AIMS Agriculture and Food 4:206-222.
• Kalosa-Kenyon, E., Slaughter, L. C.*, Rudgers, J. A., and R. L. McCulley. 2018. Asexual Epichloë endophytes do not consistently alter arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization in three grasses. The American Midland Naturalist. 
• Slaughter, L. C.*, Nelson, J. A., Carlisle, E., Bourguignon, M., Dinkins, R. D., Phillips, T. D., and R. L. McCulley. 2018. Climate change and Epichloë coenophiala association modify belowground fungal symbioses of tall fescue host. Fungal Ecology 31, 37-46.
• Slaughter, L. C.* and R. L. McCulley. 2016. Aboveground Epichloë coenophiala—grass associations do not affect belowground fungal symbionts or associated plant, soil parameters. Microbial Ecology 72: 682—691