Armen Kemanian
Associate Professor of Production Systems and Modeling

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247 ASI
University Park, PA 16802 - kxa15@psu.edu
- 814-863-9852
Research Summary
Agricultural Systems, Agricultural and Natural Systems Modeling, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Bioenergy Systems, Coupled Hydrologic and Nutrient Modeling, and Plant Competition
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Soil Crops Biomass Soybeans Carbon Corn Crop Maize Nitrogen Soybean Soil Organic Matter Groundwater Rate Humification Cropping Practice No Tillage Temperature Zea Mays Climate Change Aboveground Biomass Phosphorus Wheat Prediction Soil Carbon Soil TextureMost Recent Papers
Granular measures of agricultural land use influence lake nitrogen and phosphorus differently at macroscales
Joseph Stachelek, W. Weng, C. C. Carey, A. R. Kemanian, K. M. Cobourn, T. Wagner, K. C. Weathers, P. A. Soranno, 2020, Ecological Applications
The dos and don'ts of no-till continuous cropping
Oswaldo R. Ernst, Armen R. Kemanian, Sebastián Mazzilli, Guillermo Siri-Prieto, Santiago Dogliotti, 2020, Field Crops Research
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide effects on maize and alfalfa in the Northeast US
José P. Castaño-Sánchez, C. Alan Rotz, Heather D. Karsten, Armen R. Kemanian, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Soybean yield in relation to environmental and soil properties
Giovani Stefani Faé, Armen R. Kemanian, Gregory W. Roth, Charles White, John E. Watson, 2020, European Journal of Agronomy
Can crop models identify critical gaps in genetics, environment, and management interactions?
Claudio Stockle, Armen Kemanian, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
Agricultural land-use and lake water quality relationships differ when considering predictor granularity at macroscales
Joseph Stachelek, Weizhe Wang, Cayelan Carey, Armen Kemanian, Kelly Cobourn, T Wagner, K Weathers, Patricia Soranno, 2020, Ecological Applications
Integrating fast and slow processes is essential for simulating human–freshwater interactions
Nicole K. Ward, Leah Fitchett, Julia A. Hart, Lele Shu, Joeseph Stachelek, Weizhe Weng, Yu Zhang, Hilary Dugan, Amy Hetherington, Kevin Boyle, Cayelan C. Carey, Kelly M. Cobourn, Paul C. Hanson, Armen R. Kemanian, Michael G. Sorice, Kathleen C. Weathers, 2019, Ambio on p. 1169-1182
Soil carbon saturation, productivity, and carbon and nitrogen cycling in crop-pasture rotations
M. Virginia Pravia, Armen Ricardo Kemanian, José A. Terra, Yuning Shi, Ignacio Macedo, Sarah Goslee, 2019, Agricultural Systems on p. 13-22
Herbaceous perennial biomass production on frequently saturated marginal soils
Benjamin M. Rau, Paul R. Adler, Curtis J. Dell, Debasish Saha, Armen Ricardo Kemanian, 2019, Biomass and Bioenergy on p. 90-98
Making soil particle size analysis by laser diffraction compatible with standard soil texture determination methods
Giovani Stefani Faé, Felipe Montes, Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Rodrigo Masip Añó, Armen R. Kemanian, 2019, Soil Science Society of America Journal on p. 1244-1252
Most-Cited Papers
How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors?
Simona Bassu, Nadine Brisson, Jean Louis Durand, Kenneth Boote, Jon Lizaso, James W. Jones, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Alex C. Ruane, Myriam Adam, Christian Baron, Bruno Basso, Christian Biernath, Hendrik Boogaard, Sjaak Conijn, Marc Corbeels, Delphine Deryng, Giacomo De Sanctis, Sebastian Gayler, Patricio Grassini, Jerry Hatfield, Steven Hoek, Cesar Izaurralde, Raymond Jongschaap, Armen R. Kemanian, K. Christian Kersebaum, Soo Hyung Kim, Naresh S. Kumar, David Makowski, Christoph Müller, Claas Nendel, Eckart Priesack, Maria Virginia Pravia, Federico Sau, Iurii Shcherbak, Fulu Tao, Edmar Teixeira, Dennis Timlin, Katharina Waha, 2014, Global Change Biology on p. 2301-2320
A framework for evaluating ecosystem services provided by cover crops in agroecosystems
Meagan E. Schipanski, Mary Barbercheck, Margaret R. Douglas, Denise M. Finney, Kristin Haider, Jason P. Kaye, Armen R. Kemanian, David A. Mortensen, Matthew R. Ryan, John Tooker, Charlie White, 2014, Agricultural Systems on p. 12-22
High biomass yield energy sorghum
Sara N. Olson, Kimberley Ritter, William Rooney, Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Bruce A. Mccarl, Yuquan Zhang, Susan Hall, Dan Packer, John Mullet, 2012, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining on p. 640-655
Predicting maize phenology
S. Kumudini, F. H. Andrade, K. J. Boote, G. A. Brown, K. A. Dzotsi, G. O. Edmeades, T. Gocken, M. Goodwin, A. L. Halter, G. L. Hammer, J. L. Hatfield, J. W. Jones, A. R. Kemanian, S. H. Kim, J. Kiniry, J. I. Lizaso, C. Nendel, R. L. Nielsen, B. Parent, C. O. Stӧckle, F. Tardieu, P. R. Thomison, D. J. Timlin, T. J. Vyn, D. Wallach, H. S. Yang, M. Tollenaar, 2014, Agronomy Journal on p. 2087-2097
Greater humification of belowground than aboveground biomass carbon into particulate soil organic matter in no-till corn and soybean crops
Sebastián R. Mazzilli, Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Oswaldo R. Ernst, Robert B. Jackson, Gervasio Piñeiro, 2015, Soil Biology and Biochemistry on p. 22-30
Priming of soil organic carbon decomposition induced by corn compared to soybean crops
Sebastián R. Mazzilli, Armen R. Kemanian, Oswaldo R. Ernst, Robert B. Jackson, Gervasio Piñeiro, 2014, Soil Biology and Biochemistry on p. 273-281
CropSyst model evolution
Claudio O. Stöckle, Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Roger L. Nelson, Jennifer C. Adam, Rolf Sommer, Bryan Carlson, 2014, Environmental Modelling and Software on p. 361-369
Integrating soil carbon cycling with that of nitrogen and phosphorus in the watershed model SWAT
Armen R. Kemanian, Stefan Julich, Valipuram S. Manoranjan, Jeffrey R. Arnold, 2011, Ecological Modelling on p. 1913-1921
Plant density and leaf area index effects on the distribution of light transmittance to the soil surface in maize
Dennis J. Timlin, David H. Fleisher, Armen R. Kemanian, Vangimalla R. Reddy, 2014, Agronomy Journal on p. 1828-1837
Unique challenges and opportunities for northeastern US crop production in a changing climate
David W. Wolfe, Arthur T. DeGaetano, Gregory M. Peck, Mary Carey, Lewis H. Ziska, John Lea-Cox, Armen R. Kemanian, Michael P. Hoffmann, David Y. Hollinger, 2018, Climatic Change on p. 231-245
News Articles Featuring Armen Kemanian
Jun 08, 2020
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of potentially catastrophic global events.
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