Axel Garcia y Garcia

Axel Garcia y Garcia
Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics
Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist, UMN Extension
[email protected]
507-752-7372; ext 2003

23669 130th St
Lamberton, MN 56152
United States

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Education

Ph.D., Agronomy/Crop Science, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002

M. Sc., Agronomy/Irrigation, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997

B. Sc., Agronomy/Cropping Systems, University of San Carlos, Guatemala, 1991

 

Areas of Interest

  • Sustainable crop production
  • Water and nitrogen use in rainfed and irrigated crop production systems
  • Crop production in northern conditions
  • Climate change and climate variability effects in crop production

Biography

Axel Garcia y Garcia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics of the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on sustainable cropping systems, primarily in the corn-soybean rotation, management practices on emerging crops and cover crops, water and nitrogen use and efficiencies, and environmental assessment (climate change and climate variability) in the context of sustainable intensification. The overall objective of his research is to improve Minnesota cropping systems for productivity and profitability while delivering ecosystem services. 

Previously, Axel worked at The University of Georgia-Griffin Campus as a postdoctoral research associate on crop modeling applications and at the University of Wyoming as an Assistant Professor of Irrigated Crops. He has 20 years of research experience on irrigated and rainfed cropping systems and on the use of crop models. He is a member of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Garcia y Garcia’s research group includes graduate students, a postdoctoral research associate, visiting scholars, and technical staff. Contributions to his profession include Associate Editor for Scientia Agricola, Agronomy Journal, and SSSAJ, and reviewer for agricultural research journals. His international presence includes collaboration with colleagues at University of Agriculture-Faisalabad, Pakistan, MNS University of Agriculture - Multan, Pakistan, the Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Research, EMBRAPA-Maize & Wheat, and the Federal University of Mato Grosso – Sinop, Brazil.

Teaching

Primary teaching responsibilities focus on adult education through Extension.

Research

  • Innovations for sustainable food, energy, and water supplies in intensively cultivated regions
  • Nexus of cover crops, water, and N and its impact on corn and soybean production and the environment.

Select Publications

  1. Joshi, VR, M Kazula, JA Coulter, S Naeve, A. Garcia y Garcia. 2020. In-season weather data provide reliable yield estimates of maize and soybean in the US central Corn Belt. Int. J. Biometeorol. doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-02039-z
  2. Rusch, HL, JA Coulter, JM Grossman, GA Johnson, PM Porter, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2020. Towards sustainable maize production in the U.S. upper Midwest with interseeded cover crops. PLOS ONE 15(4): e0231032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231032
  3. Liu, R, MS Wells, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2020. Relay and sequential cropping corn with winter oilseed crops in northern climates. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 116:195-203. 
    doi: 10.1007/s10705-019-10036-x  
  4. Nilahyane*, A, MA Islam, AO Mesbah, SK Herbert, A Garcia y Garcia. 2020. Growth, water productivity, nutritive value, and physiology responses of silage corn to water stress. Agron J. doi: 10.1002/agj2.20015
  5. Bowles, T, M Mooshammer, Y Socolar, F Calderón, M Cavigelli, S Culman, W Deen, A Garcia y Garcia, A Gaudin, WS Harkom, RM Lehman, S Osborne, GP Robertson, J Salerno, M Schmer, J Strock, AS Grandy. 2020. Long-term evidence shows crop rotation diversification increases agricultural resilience to adverse growing conditions in North America. One Earth. 
    doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.007
  6. Joshi, VR, KR Thorp, JA Coulter, GA Johnson, PM Porter, JS Strock, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2020. Improving site-specific maize yield estimation by integrating satellite multispectral data into a crop model. Agronomy, 9:719. doi:10.3390/agronomy9110719
  7. Liu, R, MS Wells, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2019. Cover crop potential of winter oilseed crops in the Northern U.S. Corn Belt. doi: 10.1080/03650340.2019.1578960
  8. Nilahyane, A, MA Islam, AO Mesbah, A Garcia y Garcia. 2018. Effect of irrigation and nitrogen fertilization strategies on silage corn grown in semi-arid conditions. Agronomy, 8(10), 208. doi: 10.3390/agronomy8100208
  9. Liu, R, EAA Abdelraouf, B Bicego, VR Joshi, A Garcia y Garcia. 2018. Deficit irrigation – A viable option for sustainable confection sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) production in the semi-arid U.S. Irrigation Science, 36(6), 319-328. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0588-6
  10. Nilahyane, A, MA Islam, AO Mesbah, A Garcia y Garcia. 2018. Evaluation of silage corn yield gap: an approach for sustainable production in the semi-arid region of USA. Sustainability, 10, 2523. doi: 10.3390/su10072523
  11. Lewandowski, A, A Garcia y Garcia, C Lenhart, D Mulla, A Pradhananga, and JS Strock. 2018. The future of agriculture in a water-rich state. Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community, 10. doi: 10.24926/2471190X.4317
  12. Garcia y Garcia, A and JS Strock. 2018. Soil water content and crop water use in contrasting cropping systems. Trans ASABE, 75-86:61(1). doi: 10.13031/trans.12118
  13. Adjesiwor, A, MA Islam V Jeliazkov, J Ritten, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2017. Grass-legume seed mass ratios and nitrogen rates influence forage yield, nutritive value, and profitability. Crop Sci., 57:1-13. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.09.0776
  14. Joshi, VR, JJ Heitholt, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2017. Response of confection sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) grown in a semi-arid environment to planting date and early termination of irrigation. J. Agron.Crop Sci. doi: 10.1111/jac.12212
  15. Sintim, HY, VD Jeliazkov, Obour, AK, and A Garcia y Garcia. 2016. Managing harvest time to control pod shattering in oilseed camelina. Agronomy Journal, 108:489-494. 
    doi: 10.2134/agronj2015.0300
  16. Sintim, HY, VD Jeliazkov, Obour, AK, A Garcia y Garcia, and TK Foulke. 2016. Evaluating agronomic response of camelina to seeding date under rain-fed conditions. Agronomy Journal, 108:349-357. doi: 10.2134/agronj2015.0153
  17. Kaur, G, A Garcia y Garcia, U Norton, T Persson, and T Kelleners. 2015.  Effects of cropping practices on water-use and water productivity of dryland winter wheat in the High Plains Ecoregion of Wyoming. Journal of Crop Improvement, 29:491-517. 
    doi: 10.1080/15427528.2015.1053011
  18. Sintim, HY, VD Zheljazkov, AK Obour, A Garcia y Garcia, and T Foulke. 2015. Influence of nitrogen and sulfur application on camelina performance under dryland conditions. Industrial Crops and Products. Industrial Crops and Products, 70:253-259. 
    doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.03.062