Jason Kaye

Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry

Jason Kaye

Research Summary

Ecosystem ecology; global change biology; biogeochemistry of nitrogen and carbon cycling in managed and unmanaged ecosystems.

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Soil Cover Crops Nitrogen Cover Crop Ecosystem Services Corn Crops Leaching Climate Change Topography Bedrock Sampling Seed Mixtures Water Carbon Regolith Weathering Community Structure Organic Carbon Agroecosystems Forest Management Zea Mays Shale Groundwater Maize

Most Recent Publications

Leveraging microbiome rediversification for the ecological rescue of soil function

William L. King, Sarah C. Richards, Laura M. Kaminsky, Brosi A. Bradley, Jason P. Kaye, Terrence Bell, 2023, Standards in Genomic Sciences

Temporal patterns of fine-root dynamics have little influence on seasonal soil CO<sub>2</sub> efflux in a mixed, mesic forest

Edward J. Primka, Thomas Adams, Alexandra Buck, Brandon Forsythe, Jeremy Paul Harper, Marissa Kopp, Jason Philip Kaye, David Eissenstat, 2023, Ecosphere

Regenerative landscape design: an integrative framework to enhance sustainability planning

Erica Smithwick, Jennifer E. Baka, Douglas Warren Bird, Christopher Blaszscak-Boxe, Charles Andrew Cole, Jose D. Fuentes, Sarah E. Gergel, Leland L. Glenna, Caitlin Grady, Carter A. Hunt, Lisa Domenica Iulo, Jason Philip Kaye, Klaus Keller, 2023, Conservation Ecology

Critical zone perspectives for managing changing forests

Marissa Kopp, Denise Alving, Taylor Blackman, Margot Kaye, Jonathan Duncan, Jason Kaye, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 120627

Using fixed-potential electrodes to quantify iron and manganese redox cycling in upland soils

Caitlin Hodges, John Regan, Brandon Forsythe, David Oakley, Jason Kaye, A Nyblade, Susan L. Brantley, Kaye, 2023, Biogeochemistry on p. pages 25–42

Dryland irrigation increases accumulation rates of pedogenic carbonate and releases soil abiotic CO<sub>2</sub>

Anna C. Ortiz, Lixin Jin, Nives Ogrinc, Jason Kaye, Bor Krajnc, Lin Ma, 2022, Scientific Reports

Nutrition vs association: plant defenses are altered by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi association not by nutritional provisioning alone

Chase A. Stratton, Swayamjit Ray, Brosi A. Bradley, Jason P. Kaye, Jared G. Ali, Ebony G. Murrell, 2022, BMC Plant Biology

Cover crop functional types differentially alter the content and composition of soil organic carbon in particulate and mineral-associated fractions

Ziliang Zhang, Jason P. Kaye, Brosi A. Bradley, Joseph P. Amsili, Vidya Suseela, 2022, Global Change Biology on p. 5831-5848

Cover crop selection affects maize susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Fusarium verticillioides

Swayamjit Ray, Nancy G. Wenner, Obenewa Ankoma_Darko, Obenewa Ankoma-Darko, Jason P. Kaye, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Jared G. Ali, 2022, Pedobiologia

Topography Mediates the Response of Soil CO<sub>2</sub> Efflux to Precipitation Over Days, Seasons, and Years

Marissa Kopp, Jason Philip Kaye, Y Smeglin, T Adams, Edward Primka, IV, Edward J. Primka, Brosi Bradley, Yuning Shi, David Eissenstat, 2022, Ecosystems on p. 1--19

Most-Cited Papers

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

Using cover crops to mitigate and adapt to climate change. A review

Jason P. Kaye, Miguel Quemada, 2017, Agronomie

Biomass production and carbon/nitrogen ratio influence ecosystem services from cover crop mixtures

Denise M. Finney, Charles M. White, Jason P. Kaye, 2016, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 39-52

Functional diversity in cover crop polycultures increases multifunctionality of an agricultural system

Denise M. Finney, Jason P. Kaye, 2017, Journal of Applied Ecology on p. 509-517

Living cover crops have immediate impacts on soil microbial community structure and function

D. M. Finney, J. S. Buyer, J. P. Kaye, 2017, Journal of Soils and Water Conservation on p. 361-373

Managing the trade off between nitrogen supply and retention with cover crop mixtures

Charles M. White, S. Tianna DuPont, Mena Hautau, Dave Hartman, Denise M. Finney, Brosi Bradley, James C. LaChance, Jason P. Kaye, 2017, Agro-Ecosystems on p. 121-133

Ecological and Genomic Attributes of Novel Bacterial Taxa That Thrive in Subsurface Soil Horizons

Tess E. Brewer, Emma L. Aronson, Keshav Arogyaswamy, Sharon A. Billings, Jon K. Botthoff, Ashley N. Campbell, Nicholas C. Dove, Dawson Fairbanks, Rachel E. Gallery, Stephen C. Hart, Jason Kaye, Gary King, Geoffrey Logan, Kathleen A. Lohse, Mia R. Maltz, Emilio Mayorga, Caitlin O'Neill, Sarah M. Owens, Aaron Packman, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alain F. Plante, Daniel D. Richter, Whendee L. Silver, Wendy H. Yang, Noah Fierer, 2019, mBio

Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns

Wei Zhi, Li Li, Wenming Dong, Wendy Brown, Jason Kaye, Carl Steefel, Kenneth H. Williams, 2019, Water Resources Research on p. 4233-4251

Weathering of rock to regolith: The activity of deep roots in bedrock fractures

Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller, Xin Gu, Julie N. Weitzman, Thomas S. Adams, Gary E. Stinchcomb, David M. Eissenstat, Patrick J. Drohan, Susan L. Brantley, Jason P. Kaye, 2017, Geoderma on p. 11-31

Managing nitrogen through cover crop species selection in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic

Jason Kaye, Denise Finney, Charles White, Brosi Bradley, Meagan Schipanski, Maria Alonso-Ayuso, Mitch Hunter, Mac Burgess, Catalina Mejia, 2019, PLoS One

News Articles Featuring Jason Kaye

Nov 06, 2023

Collaborative landscape design approach may improve resiliency, human well-being

A newly proposed landscape stewardship framework may lead to a more resilient and adaptable environment and improved quality of life for people.

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Oct 17, 2023

USDA grant awarded for study on soil health, weed control in organic operations

A nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will support research on soil health and weed suppression in organic farming.

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Sep 12, 2023

USDA grant to fund research on ‘farm tuning’ cover crop mixtures

With a new $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Carolyn Lowry will lead a research team designing cover crop mixtures that are more effective at providing an array of ecosystem services.

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Aug 21, 2023

Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate students received more predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture than any other institution over the last five years.

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Jan 31, 2023

Eissenstat retires from College of Ag Sciences after three decades at Penn State

David Eissenstat, professor of woody plant physiology, retired recently after a distinguished 28-year career on the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty, including a two-year stint as interim head of the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.

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Sep 21, 2022

Mixed cover crops capture carbon in soil, could help mitigate climate change

When it comes to adding carbon to the soil, all cover crops don’t perform equally, according to a team of researchers whose new study revealed the disparity for the first time.

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Sep 24, 2020

Team wins grant to develop nitrogen fertilizer decision tool for organic farmers

Penn State researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to perfect a tool they developed to help organic corn producers decide how much nitrogen — as fertilizer or manure — to apply to their crop fields.

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Aug 12, 2020

Cover crop roots are key to understanding ecosystem services

To judge the overall effectiveness of cover crops and choose those offering the most ecosystem services, agricultural scientists must consider the plants’ roots as well as above-ground biomass, according to Penn State researchers who tested the characteristics of cover crop roots in three monocultures and one mixture.

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Jun 22, 2020

Victoria Braithwaite to be memorialized with new ecology research award

Penn State's ecology community will memorialize beloved faculty member Victoria Braithwaite with new research excellence award named in her honor

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Jun 05, 2020

The Penn State Ecology Community is Committed to Combatting Racism and Injustice

The leadership of the Penn State Ecology community wishes to express solidarity with marginalized members of our society, and has prepared the following statement of support to all those who struggle against systemic injustices. We can and must do better.

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