Publications

The following list includes publications produced in the Water Innovation Lab from the past 5+ years.

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De Sena, A., C.A. Madramootoo, and J.K. Whalen. 2023. Nitrogen transfer from root exudates to the rhizobiome: A 15N stem feeding method. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109159
Grenon, G., C. A. Madramootoo, C. von Sperber, I. Ebtehaj, H. Bonakdari, and B. Singh. 2023. Nutrient release in drainage discharge from organic soils under two different agricultural water management systems. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14953
Ekwunife, K. C. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2023. Influence of seasonal climate and water table management on corn yield and nitrous oxide emissions. Agricultural Water Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108207
Madramootoo, C.A., A. Jain, C. Oliva, Y. Wang and N. Abbasi. 2023. Growth and yield of tomato on soil amended with waste paper based hydrogels. Scientia Horticulturae, Vol. 310 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111752
Wu, Q., Y. He, C.A. Madramootoo, Z. Qi, L. Xue, M. Bukovsky, Q. Jiang. 2023. Optimizing strategies to reduce the future carbon footprint of maize under changing climate. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Volume 188  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106714
Madramootoo, C.A. and N. Abbasi. 2022. One Hundred Years of Drainage Development in the Holland Marsh, Canada and Implications for Long Term Sustainability. Irrigation and Drainage. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2763
Thangaraju, N.K., S. Ihuoma, C. A. Madramootoo. 2022. Water productivity of irrigated tomatoes in eastern Canada based on AquaCrop simulations. J. ASABE, 65(5):1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14792
Sixt, G.N., M. Hauser, N. T. Blackstone, A. Engler, J. Hatfield, S. L. Hendriks, S. Ihouma, C. Madramootoo, R. J. Robins, P. Smith, L. H. Ziska, P. Webb. 2022.  A new convergent science framework for food system sustainability in an uncertain climate. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.423
Grenon, G., A. De Sena, C. A. Madramootoo, C. von Sperber, and A. Hamrani. 2022. Linking soil phosphorus pools to drainage water quality in intensively cropped organic soils. Agricultural Water Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107860
Abbasi, N., C. A. Madramootoo, T. Zhang, and C.S. Tan. 2022. Soil nutrients and plant uptake parameters as related to greenhouse gas emissions. J. Environmental Quality.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20389
Grenon, G., A. Hamrani, C. A. Madramootoo, B. Singh, and C. von Sperber. 2022.  Neural network model predictions for phosphorus management strategies on tile-drained organic soils. Hydrology Research.  53(6), 825 https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2022.127
Hamrani, A., A. Akbarzadeh, A., Madramootoo, C.A. and Bouarab, F.Z. 2022. Machine learning surrogate modelling for meshless methods: Leveraging universal approximation. Int. J. Computational Methods. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021987622141022X
Gaj, N., Madramootoo, C.A. 2022. Influence of subsurface pipe perforations on transient water table response and steady soil-water flux under subirrigation. J. ASABE. 65(3): 573-586. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14803  
Jiang, Q., Madramootoo, C.A., Qi, Z. 2022. Soil carbon and nitrous oxide dynamics in corn (Zea mays L.) production under different nitrogen, tillage and residue management practices. Field Crops Research

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108421

De Sena, A., Madramootoo, C.A., Whalen, J.K., von Sperber, C. 2021. Nucleic acids are a major pool of hydrolyzable organic phosphorus in arable organic soils of Southern Ontario, Canada. Biology and Fertility of Soils

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01603-y
Gaj, N., Madramootoo, C.A. 2021. Simulating upward soil-water flow from buried pipes with variable hydraulic characteristics. Advances in Water Resources https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104074
Ekwunife, K.C., Madramootoo, C.A., Abbasi, N.A. 2021. Assessing the impacts of tillage, cover crops, nitrification, and urease inhibitors on nitrous oxide emissions over winter and early spring. Biology and Fertility of Soils https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01605-w
Abbasi, N.A., Hamrani, A., Madramootoo, C.A., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S., Goyal, M.K. 2021. Modelling Carbon Dioxide Emissions under a Maize-Soy Rotation using Machine Learning. Biosystems Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2021.09.013
Ebtehaj, I., Soltani, K., Amiri, A., Faramarzi, M., Madramootoo, C.A., Bonakdari. H. 2021. Prognostication of Shortwave Radiation Using an Improved No-Tuned Fast Machine Learning. Sustainability https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148009
Ihuoma, S.I., Madramootoo, C.A., Kalascka. M.  2021. Integration of satellite imagery and in situ soil moisture data for estimating irrigation water requirements. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102396
Gaj, N., Madramootoo. C.A 2021. Structural response of non-perforated and perforated corrugated high-density polyethylene pipes under variable loading. Biosystems Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2021.05.002
Marmanilloa, M., Kulshreshtha S., Madramootoo. C.A.  2021. Economic analysis of the controlled drainage with subirrigation system: a case study of grain-producing farms in Quebec and Ontario. Canadian Water Resources Journal https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2021.1874537
Madramootoo, C.A., Arumugagounder Thangaraju, N.K., Jaria. F. 2021. Irrigation scheduling and requirements of processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in Eastern Canada. Irrigation Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-021-00731-5
Kumar, N., Goyal, M.K., Gupta, A.K., Jha, S., Das, J., Madramootoo. C.A. 2021. Joint behaviour of climate extremes across India: Past and future. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126185
Grenon, G., Singh, B., De Sena, A., Madramootoo, C.A., von Sperber, C., Goyal M., Zhang. T.K. 2021. Phosphorus Fate, Transport and Management on Subsurface Drained Agricultural Organic Soils: A Review. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abce81
Ejack, L., Whalen, J., Madramootoo. C.A. 2020. Carbon availability limits the denitrification potential of sandy loam soil from corn agroecosystems with long-term tillage and residue management. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2020-0097
Abbasi, N.A., Madramootoo, C.A., Zhang, T.Q., Tan, C.S. 2020. Nitrous Oxide Emissions as Affected by Fertilizer and Water Table Management under a Corn-Soybean Rotation. Geoderma https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114473
Kumar, N., Sinha, J., Madramootoo, C.A., Goyal, M.K. 2020. Quantifying groundwater sensitivity and resilience over peninsular India. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13945
Yari, A., Gilbert, L., Madramootoo, C.A., Woods, S., Adamchuk, V. 2020. Optimum irrigation strategy to maximize yield and quality of potato: A case study in Southern Alberta, Canada. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2556
Hamrani, A., Akbarzadeh, A., Madramootoo, C.A. 2020. Machine learning for predicting greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140338
Gaj, N. and Madramootoo, C.A. 2020. Effects of Perforation Geometry on Pipe Drainage in Agricultural Lands. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.000148
Jiang, Q., Z. Qi, L. Xue, M. Bukovsky, C.A. Madramootoo, W. Smith. 2020. Assessing climate change impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, N losses in drainage and crop production in a subsurface drained field. Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135969
Jiang, Q., Qi, Z., Madramootoo, C.A., Smith, W., Abbasi, N.A., Zhang, T.Q. 2020. Comparison of RZWQM2 and DNDC Models to Simulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Combined Inorganic/Organic Fertilization in a Subsurface-Drained Field. Transactions ASABE.  doi.org/10.13031/trans.13668
Ihuoma, S. O., Madramootoo, C. A. 2020. Narrow-band reflectance indices for mapping the combined effects of water and nitrogen stress in high-value vegetable crops. Biosystems Engineering. doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.01.017
Crezé, C. and C.A. Madramootoo.  2019.  Water table management and fertilizer application impacts on CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes in a corn agro-ecosystem. Scientific Reports, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39046-z
Lloyd, K., C.A. Madramootoo, K.P. Edwards, A. Grant.  2019.  Greenhouse gas emissions from selected horticultural production systems in a cold temperate climate.  Geoderma, 349:45-55 doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.04.030
Ihuoma, S. O., Madramootoo, C. A. 2019. Sensitivity of spectral vegetation indices for monitoring water stress in tomato plants. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2019.104860
Ihuoma, S. O., Madramootoo, C. A. 2019. Crop reflectance indices for mapping water stress in greenhouse grown bell pepper. Agricultural Water Management doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.04.001
Jiang, Q., Z. Qi, C. A. Madramootoo and C. Crézé. 2019. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in subsurface-drained field using RZWQM2. Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.285
Lowitt, K. , K.Gray-Donald, G.M. Hickey, A. Saint Ville, I. Francis-Granderson, C.A. Madramootoo and L. Phillip.  2018.  The Obesity Pandemic & Food Insecurity in Developing Countries: A case study from the Caribbean Food and Public Health, a Practical Introduction, published by Oxford University Press. Chapter 10, pp 255-280.
Madramootoo, C.A. and R. Benfica. 2018. Smallholder irrigation in a broader productivity and value chain framework: implications for IFAD investments Effective Rural Development: IFAD’s evidence based approach to managing for results. Chapter 10, pp. 111-121.
Essein, M., Ihuoma, I., Seguin, R. 2018. Proceedings: Symposium on Climate Change, Agriculture, Water and Livelihoods. 

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Edwards, K. P., Madramootoo, C. A., Whalen, J. K., Adamchuk, V. I., Mat Su, A. S., Benslim, H. 2018. Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from surface and subsurface drip irrigated tomato fields.  Canadian Journal of Soil Science 98(2): 1–10.

doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0001

Jiang, Q., Qi, Z., Madramootoo, C.A., Singh, A.K. 2018. Simulating hydrologic cycle and crop production in a subsurface drained and sub-irrigated field in Southern Quebec using RZWQM2. Journal of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 146(2): 31-42.

doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.01.021 

Madramootoo, C.A. 2018. Framing Smallholder Irrigation in a New Business Context. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 67(2): 55-59. 

doi.org/10.1002/ird.2174 

Ihuoma, S. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2017. Recent advances in crop water stress detection. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 141: 267-275

doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.07.026

Permansingh, J. 2017. Hydrological Analysis of the Historical May 2017 Flooding Event in Montreal and Surrounding Areas. BREE 631: IWRM Internship Final Report, submitted for the partial fulfillment of the Masters of Science in Integrated Water Resources Management. 

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Seltzer, R. 2017. Proceedings: Innovation 2030+ Symposium. 

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Gaj, N. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2017. Long term simulations of the hydrology for sugar cane fields in the humid tropics: Case study on Guyana's coastland. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 143(8).

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001204

Yari, A., C.A. Madramootoo, S.A. Woods, V. I. Adamchuk, and H-H. Huang. 2017. Performance Evaluation of Constant Versus Variable Rate Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage.

doi.org/10.1002/ird.2131

 

Joshi, N., A. Singh, and C. A. Madramootoo. 2017. Application of DSSAT model to simulate corn yield under long-term tillage and residue practices. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 60(1):67-83.

doi.org/10.13031/trans.11545  

Gupta, D. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2016. Escherichia coli contamination on Ready-To-Eat (RTE), lettuce. Exposure and Health 8:1-11.

doi.org/10.1007/s12403-016-0236-4

 

Boluwade, A. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2016. Independent principal component analysis for simulation of soil water content and bulk density in a Canadian Watershed. International Soil and Water Conservation Research Journal 4(3):151-158.

doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2016.09.001

Gupta, D. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2016. Fate and transport of Escherichia coli in Tomato production. Exposure and Health 9(1): 13–25.

doi.org/10.1007/s12403-016-0217-7

Joshi, N., D. Gupta, S. Suryavanshi, J. Adamowski, and C.A, Madramootoo. 2016. Analysis of trends and dominant periodicities in drought variables in India: A wavelet transform based approach. Atmospheric Research 182: 200-220.

doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.07.030

Gombault, C., C.A. Madramootoo, A.R. Michaud, I. Beaudin, M.F. Sottile, M. Chikhaoui, F.F. Ngwa. 2015. Impacts of climate change on nutrient losses from the Pike River watershed of southern Québec. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 95(4):337-358.

doi.org/10.4141/cjss-2014-012

Bourgault, M., C. A. Madramootoo, H. A. Webber, G. Stulina, M. G. Horst, and D. L. Smith. 2015. A short season Canadian soybean cultivar double cropped after winter wheat in Uzbekistan with and without inoculation with Bradyrhizobium. Journal of Plant Studies 4(2):74-80.

doi.org/10.5539/jps.v4n2p74

Boluwade, A. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2015. Geostatistical independent simulation of spatially correlated soil variables. Computers and Geosciences 85(B): 3-15.

doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2015.09.002

Boluwade, A., C.A. Madramootoo, C., and A. Yari. 2015. Application of unsupervised clustering techniques for management zone delineation: Case study of variable rate irrigation in Southern Alberta, Canada. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 142(1).

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000936

Boluwade, A. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2015. Determining the influence of land use change and soil heterogeneities on discharge, sediment and phosphorus. Journal of Environmental Informatics 25(2): 126-135.

doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2016.09.001

Joshi, N., A. Singh and C.A. Madramootoo. 2015. Corn yield simulation under different nitrogen loading and climate change scenarios. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 141(10).

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000895

Joshi, N., C. S. P. Ojha, P. K. Sharma, and C. A. Madramootoo. 2014. Application of non-equilibrium fracture matrix model in simulating reactive contaminant transport through fractured porous media. Water Resources Research 51(1): 390–408.

doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016500

Singh, A., C.A. Madramootoo and D.L. Smith. 2014. Impact of different water management scenarios on corn water use efficiency. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 57(5):1319-1328. 

doi.org/10.13031/trans.57.10005

Gombault, C., M-F. Sottile, F.F Ngwa, C.A. Madramootoo, A.R Michaud, I. Beading and M. Chikhaoui, 2014. Modelling climate change impacts on the hydrology of an agricultural watershed in southern Québec. Canadian Water Resources Journal 40(1): 71-86.

doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2014.985509

Goyal, M.K., C.A. Madramootoo and J. Richards. 2014. Simulation of the streamflow for the Rio Nuevo watershed of Jamaica for use in agricultural water scarcity planning. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 141(3).

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000802

Aladenola, O and C.A. Madramootoo. 2014. Evaluation of solar radiation estimation methods for reference evapotranspiration estimation in Canada. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 118(3): 377–385.

doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-1070-2

Ngwa, F., C.A. Madramootoo and S. Jabaji. 2014. Comparison of cyanobacterial microcystin synthetase (mcy) E gene transcript levels, mcy E gene copies, and biomass as indicators of microcystin risk under laboratory and field conditions. Microbiology Open 3(4): 411-425.

doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.173

 

Morrison, J., C.A. Madramootoo and M. Chikahoui. 2014. Modeling agricultural land drainage under spring snowmelt conditions with DRAINMOD. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 41(4): 275-284.

doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2013-0416

Young-Rojanschi, C.A. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2014. Comparing the performance of biosand filters operated with multiday residence periods. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology -AQUA 64(2): 157-167.

doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2014.027

Young-Rojanschi, C.A. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2014. Intermittent versus continuous operation of biosand filters. Water Research 49(1):1-10.

doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.011

Aladenola, O and C.A. Madramootoo. 2014. Response of greenhouse grown bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) to variable irrigation. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 94(2):303-310.

doi.org/10.4141/cjps2013-048

Ngwa, F., C.A. Madramootoo. 2014. Development and application of a multiplex qPCR technique to detect multiple microcystin- producing cyanobacterial genera in a Canadian freshwater lake. Journal of Applied Phycology 26(4): 1675–1687.

doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0199-9

Rasouli, S., J.K. Whalen, and C.A. Madramootoo. 2014. Review: Reducing residual soil nitrogen losses from agroecosystems for surface water protection in Quebec and Ontario, Canada: Best management practices, policies and perspectives. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 94(2): 109-127.

doi.org/10.4141/cjss2013-015

Singh, A.K., M.K. Goyal and C.A. Madramootoo. 2014. Corn yield simulation using the STICS model under varying  nitrogen management and climate change scenarios.  Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 140(4).

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000682

Richards, J., C. A. Madramootoo and M. K. Goyal. 2014. Determining irrigation requirements for vegetables and sugarcane in Jamaica. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 63(3): 340-348.

doi.org/10.1002/ird.1811

Boluwade, A. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2013. Modeling the Impacts of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Castor Watershed on Runoff, Sediment, and Phosphorus Loss Using SWAT: I. Impacts of Spatial Variability of Soil Properties. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 224(10).

doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1692-0

Richards, J., C. A. Madramootoo, M. K. Goyal and A. Trotman. 2013. Application of the SPI and NDVI for evaluating irrigation demands in Jamaica. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 139(11): 922-932.

doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000629

Boluwade, A. and C. A. Madramootoo. 2013. Assessment of uncertainty in soil test phosphorus using kriging techniques and sequential Gaussian simulation: Implications for water quality management in Southern Quebec. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 48(4):344-357.

doi.org/10.2166/wqrjc.2013.112

Dayyani, S., S. O. Prasher, A. Madani, C. A. Madramootoo, P. Enright. 2013. Evaluation of WARMF model for flow and nitrogen transport in an agricultural watershed under a cold climate.  Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 48(4):400-413.  

doi.org/10.2166/wqrjc.2013.034

Senecal, S and C.A. Madramootoo. 2013. Tools for the implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Caribbean. Water Policy 15(5):859-870.

doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.016

Madramootoo, C.A. and J. Morrison. 2013. Advances and challenges with micro-irrigation.  Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 62(3):255-261.

doi.org/10.1002/ird.1704

Madramootoo, C.A. 2013. Invited Editorial. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 62(3):245-246.

doi.org/10.1002/ird.1775

Bourgault, M., D. Smith, C.A. Madramootoo, H. Webber, P. Dutilleul. G. Stulina, and M.G. Horst. 2013. Legume production and irrigation strategies in the Aral Sea basin: yield, yield components, water relations and crop development of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) and Mungbean (Vigna radiat). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 199(4):241-252.

doi.org/10.1111/jac.12016

Madramootoo, C.A., J. Morrison and M. Chikahoui, 2013. Modeling the impact of tile drain spacing on phosphorus losses from two agricultural fields in southern Québec, Canada. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 48(3): 279-293.

doi.org/10.2166/wqrjc.2013.053

Jaria, F. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2013. Thresholds for irrigation management of processing tomatoes using soil moisture sensors in southwestern Ontario. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 56(1): 155-166.

doi.org/10.13031/2013.42597

Sheibani, S., S. Yanni, R. Wilhelm, J. Whalen, L. Whyte, C. Greer, and C.A. Madramootoo.  2013. Soil bacteria and archaea found in long-term corn (Zea mays L.) agroecosystems in Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 93(1): 45-57

doi.org/10.4141/cjss2012-040

 

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