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Last published 2026
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Diego Della Lunga

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Post-doctoral fellow

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas System (2021–2025)

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

8 h-index 36 pubs 179 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Diego Della Lunga's research focuses on understanding and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural systems, particularly rice production. His work investigates the environmental and agronomic factors influencing these emissions, with a specific emphasis on nutrient management, water-saving practices, and soil health. Della Lunga has explored the relationships among soil factors and greenhouse gas emissions in furrow-irrigated rice systems in the mid-southern United States. His research has also examined the effects of soil moisture, temperature, and oxidation-reduction potential on these emissions, as well as the impact of site position and tillage practices on global warming potential and nitrous oxide emissions.

Further investigations by Della Lunga have analyzed plant productivity and nutrient uptake in relation to tillage and site position in furrow-irrigated rice. He has also studied the influence of water regimes and phosphorus fertilizer sources on greenhouse gas emissions from rice. Recent work has explored the effects of struvite-phosphorus on greenhouse gas emissions and plant and soil responses in furrow-irrigated rice, as well as its impact on rice growth and productivity under flood irrigation in greenhouse settings.

Della Lunga's academic background includes multiple Master's degrees and a Ph.D., all focused on environmental and agronomic analyses. His studies have resulted in several publications, the development of guidelines for producers on nutrient loss reduction, and the creation of new standard operating procedures for greenhouse gas analyses. He is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville as a post-doctoral fellow in Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 36
  • Citations: 179

Positions

  • Post-doctoral fellow 2023–present
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Crop Soil and Environmental Science ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Reduced tillage and cover crop treatment effects on growing-season greenhouse gas emissions from a soybean-corn rotation on silt-loam soil in southeast Arkansas (2026)
    All Earth DOI OpenAlex
  • Conservation tillage and cover crop effects on greenhouse gas emissions from furrow‐irrigated cotton in southeast Arkansas (2026)
    Soil Science Society of America Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Preliminary Assessment of Measurement Frequency and Replication Effects on Season-Long Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential Estimation Consistency Among Various Ecosystems (2026)
    Gases DOI OpenAlex
  • Grazed Pasture Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential Estimates in the Ozark Highlands, USA (2026)
    Climate DOI OpenAlex
  • Measurement Technique Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Conventionally Tilled, Furrow-Irrigated Soybean on a Silt-Loam Soil (2026)
    Atmosphere DOI OpenAlex
  • Rice response as affected by various fertilizer‐P sources under contrasting irrigation methods (2026)
    Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment DOI OpenAlex
  • Season-Long Time-Series Analysis of Soil Respiration in Furrow-Irrigated Corn with and Without Cover Crop in the Lower Mississippi River Basin (2025)
    Climate DOI OpenAlex
  • Gas-flux-determination-method effects on greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential from soybean in southeast Arkansas (2025)
    All Earth 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Biochar type and rate effects on greenhouse gas emissions from furrow‐irrigated rice (2025)
    Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas-Flux-Determination Models and Calculation in Southeast Arkansas Cotton Production (2025)
    AgriEngineering 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cover Crop Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential in Furrow-Irrigated Corn in the Lower Mississippi River Valley (2025)
    Atmosphere 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Biochar Source and Rate Effects on Soil pH and Water-Soluble Nutrients Over Time in Simulated Furrow-irrigated Rice in the Greenhouse (2024)
    Journal of Rice Research and Developments 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Rice Response to Struvite and Other Phosphorus Fertilizers in a Phosphorus-Deficient Soil Under Simulated Furrow-irrigation (2024)
    Journal of soil science and plant nutrition 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Water regime and fertilizer‐phosphorus source effects on greenhouse gas emissions from rice (2024)
    Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Struvite-phosphorus effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant and soil response in a furrow-irrigated rice production system in eastern Arkansas (2024)
    Frontiers in Climate 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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