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Dr. Girisha K. Ganjegunte is Assistant Professor of Water Resources and Salinity Management, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, at the Texas A&M University AgriLife Research and Extension Center at El Paso. He has more than nine years of research experience in the areas of salinity management, irrigation water quality and carbon sequestration. His research program specializes in beneficial uses of waters with elevated salinity, soil-water salinity interaction; on-farm water conservation and desalination concentrate management. Current research includes agricultural irrigation of electric cooling tower reject water (blowdown water) and graywater, on-farm water conservation, soil salinity management using organic polymers and evaluation of electromagnetic induction method for rapid assessment of salinity at a high spatial resolution. He serves as reviewer of several peer reviewed journals and is the recipient of 2007 Outstanding Young Agricultural Scientist Award by AASIO. Dr. Ganjegunte received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Lincoln University, New Zealand. Prior to joining TAMU, Dr. Ganjegunte worked at the University of Wyoming and Tata Energy Research Institute, India.

Selected Publications

Ganjegunte, G.K., Z. Sheng, and J.A. Clark. 2012. “Evaluating the Accuracy of Soil Water Sensors for Irrigation Scheduling to Conserve Freshwater.” Applied Water Science. (Accepted, In Press).

Ganjegunte, G.K., Z. Sheng, and J.A. Clark. 2012. “Soil Salinity and Sodicity Appraisal by Electromagnetic Induction in Irrigated Cotton Soils”. Land Degradation & Development. (Accepted, In Press).

Johnston, C.R., G.F. Vance, and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2012. “Soil Property Changes Following Irrigation with CBNG Water: Role of Water Treatments, Soil Amendments, and Land Suitability.” Land Degradation & Development. (Accepted, In Press).

Ganjegunte, G.K., and R.J. Braun. 2011. “Delineating Salinity and Sodicity Distribution in Major Soil Series of El Paso, Texas using Electro-Magnetic Induction Technique.” Soil Science. 176:441-447.

Ganjegunte, G.K., Z. Sheng, and R. Braun. 2011. “Salinity Management Using an Anionic Polymer in a Pecan Field with Calcareous-Sodic Soil.” Journal of Environmental Quality. 40:1314-1321..

Ganjegunte,G.K., C.L.Trostle, and R.J. Braun. 2011. “Irrigation Effects of Cooling Tower Effluent on Soil Chemistry and Alfalfa in the Rio Grande River Basin.” Land Degradation & Development. 22:410-424.

Ganjegunte, G.K., G.F. Vance, R.W. Gregory, M.A. Urynowicz, and R.C. Surdam.2011. “Improving Saline-Sodic Coalbed Natural Gas Water Quality Using Natural Zeolites.” Journal of Environmental Quality 10:57-66.

Vance, G.F. and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2010. “Coalbed Natural Gas (CBNG) Water: Issues, Implications, and Management.” pp. 303-336. In K.J. Reddy (ed.) Coalbed Natural Gas: Energy and Environment, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (Published, ISBN: 978-1-61668-036-7, May 2010, https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product _info.php? products_id=12462).

Johnston, C.R., G.F. Vance, and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2008. "Irrigation with Coalbed Natural Gas Co-Produced Water." Agricultural Water Management 95:1243-1252.

Ganjegunte, G.K., L.A. King and G.F. Vance. 2008. "Cumulative Soil Chemistry Changes from Land Application of Saline-Sodic Waters". Special Issue: Environmental Impacts and Sustainability of Degraded Water Reuse, Journal of Environmental Quality 37 (5): S128-S138.

Vance, G.F., King, L.A., and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2008. "Soil and Plant Responses from Land Application of Saline-Sodic Waters: Implications of Management".  Special Issue: Environmental Impacts and Sustainability of Degraded Water Reuse, Journal of Environmental Quality 37 (5): S139-S148

Zhao, H., G.F. Vance, G.K. Ganjegunte, and M.A. Urynowicz. 2008. "Use of Zeolites for Treating Natural Gas Co-Produced Waters in Wyoming, USA." Desalination 228:263-276.

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