Mary C. Savin
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Department Head
Also affiliated: United States Department of Agriculture (2023); University of Massachusetts Lowell (2004); University of Rhode Island (1997–2006); University of Arkansas System (2003–2025); Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras (2014); Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (1998–2001); Kingston University (2003–2004); Woodward (United States) (2001)
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Mary C. Savin's research focuses on soil science and microbiology, investigating the properties and biological activity of soils under various management practices and environmental conditions. Her work has explored the relationship between soil structure, carbon mineralization, and the presence of earthworms, as well as the impact of long-term conservation pasture management on soil quality indices. Savin has also studied the dynamics of bacterial communities in aquatic environments, including antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria in wastewater-affected streams and plankton diversity in coastal marine ecosystems.
Her research group investigates agroecological indicators, such as soil properties and CO2 emissions, to assess the mineralization of cover crop green manure in different climates. Savin's work contributes to understanding soil health, microbial ecology, and environmental monitoring. She maintains an active research group and has a h-index of 29 with over 2,300 citations across 117 publications, designating her as a highly cited researcher. Key collaborators include Matthew B. Bertucci, Nilda R. Burgos, Cammy Willett, and P. Moore, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 29
- Publications: 117
- Citations: 2,343
Positions
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Department Head 2024–presentUniversity of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Horticulture ORCID
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Professor 2002–2024University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences ORCID
Selected Publications
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A Practical Framework for Integrating Basic Separation Techniques with Molecular Quantification to Extract and Monitor Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Water Samples (2025)
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Use of growing degree days to model the dynamics of aboveground biomass and nitrogen accumulation of winter cover crops (2025)
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Bacterial motility in aqueous micro-environment with natural soil particles (2025)
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Root decomposition and nutrient dynamics in multifunctional forage‐biomass buffer‐strip systems (2025)
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Biphasic models improved S ‐metolachlor dissipation endpoint predictions (2024)
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No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management (2024)
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Leaching of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial assemblages following poultry litter applications in karst and non-karst landscapes (2024)
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Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes (2023)
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Determining cardinal temperatures for eight cover crop species (2023)
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Resistance of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to S-metolachlor in the midsouthern United States (2022)
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Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil (2022)
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Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil (2022)
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Identification of earthworm species in sand‐topdressed hybrid bermudagrass golf tees (2021)
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Do Long-Term Conservation Pasture Management Practices Influence Microbial Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistant Genes in Runoff? (2021)
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Nitrogen Dynamics: Quantifying and Differentiating Fluxes in a Riparian Wetland Soil (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Biochar Source and Application Rate Effects on Soil Water Retention Determined Using Wetting Curves
- Short‐Term Effects of Land Leveling on Soil Chemical Properties and Their Relationships with Microbial Biomass
- Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management
- Short-term Effects of Poultry Litter Form and Rate on Soil Bulk Density and Water Content
- Long-term residue and water management practice effects on particulate organic matter in a loessial soil in eastern Arkansas, USA
Showing 5 of 21 shared publications
- Genetic redundancy and persistence of plasmid-mediated trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistant effluent and stream water Escherichia coli
- Long-term residue and water management practice effects on particulate organic matter in a loessial soil in eastern Arkansas, USA
- Carbon and nitrogen properties of particulate organic matter fractions in an Alfisol in the mid-Southern, USA
- Transmissible Plasmids and Integrons Shift Escherichia coli Population Toward Larger Multiple Drug Resistance Numbers
- Microbial Carbon Substrate Utilization Differences among High- and Average-Yield Soybean Areas
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
- Soil quality indices based on long‐term conservation cropping systems management
- Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management
- Variations in bacterial community structure and antimicrobial resistance gene abundance in cattle manure and poultry litter
- Antimicrobial resistant gene prevalence in soils due to animal manure deposition and long-term pasture management
- No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Variations in bacterial community structure and antimicrobial resistance gene abundance in cattle manure and poultry litter
- Reducing Phosphorus Runoff and Leaching from Poultry Litter with Alum: Twenty‐Year Small Plot and Paired‐Watershed Studies
- Antimicrobial resistant gene prevalence in soils due to animal manure deposition and long-term pasture management
- Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes
- Long-term applications of untreated and alum-treated poultry litter drive soil nitrogen concentrations and associated microbial community dynamics
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Mesocosm‐Scale Evaluation of Faunal and Microbial Communities of Aerated and Unaerated Leachfield Soil
- Phosphatase activities in soil after repeated untreated and alum-treated poultry litter applications
- Long-term applications of untreated and alum-treated poultry litter drive soil nitrogen concentrations and associated microbial community dynamics
- Microbial Biomass and Soil Carbon After 8 and 9 Years of Field Applications of Alum-Treated and Untreated Poultry Litter and Inorganic Nitrogen
- Infiltration and short-term movement of nitrogen in a silt-loam soil typical of rice cultivation in Arkansas
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Soil quality indices based on long‐term conservation cropping systems management
- Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management
- Antimicrobial resistant gene prevalence in soils due to animal manure deposition and long-term pasture management
- Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes
- Leaching of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial assemblages following poultry litter applications in karst and non-karst landscapes
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Determining cardinal temperatures for eight cover crop species
- Resistance of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to S-metolachlor in the midsouthern United States
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil
- Biphasic models improved S ‐metolachlor dissipation endpoint predictions
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Response of Mycorrhizal Infection to Glyphosate Applications and P Fertilization in Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean, Maize, and Cotton
- Soil property differences among high‐ and average‐yielding soya bean areas in Arkansas, USA
- Soil property predictors of soybean yield using yield contest sites
- Physiological Plant Response Differences among High‐ and Average‐Yield Soybean Areas in Arkansas
- Mycorrhizal infection rates in RoundupReady® row crops in response to glyphosate and phosphorus applications
- Microbial Carbon Substrate Utilization Differences among High- and Average-Yield Soybean Areas
- Soil property differences among high‐ and average‐yielding soya bean areas in Arkansas, USA
- Soil property predictors of soybean yield using yield contest sites
- Physiological Plant Response Differences among High‐ and Average‐Yield Soybean Areas in Arkansas
- Root decomposition and nutrient dynamics in multifunctional forage‐biomass buffer‐strip systems
- Evaluating Rice Straw as a Substitute for Barley Straw in Inhibiting Algal Growth in Farm Ponds
- Nitrogen Dynamics: Quantifying and Differentiating Fluxes in a Riparian Wetland Soil
- Earthworm density differences among tallgrass prairies over time in the Ozark Highlands
- Earthworm differences among mound positions in native prairies in the Ozark Highlands
- Microdialysis: a method for quantifying in situ nitrogen fluxes in soil microsites
- Short‐Term Effects of Land Leveling on Soil Chemical Properties and Their Relationships with Microbial Biomass
- Short-term Effects of Poultry Litter Form and Rate on Soil Bulk Density and Water Content
- Short-Term Effects of Land Leveling on Soil Chemical Properties and Their Relationships with Microbial Biomass
- Short-term Effects of Poultry Litter Form and Rate on Soil Bulk Density and Water Content
- Soil quality indices based on long‐term conservation cropping systems management
- Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management
- No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management
- Root decomposition and nutrient dynamics in multifunctional forage‐biomass buffer‐strip systems
- Resistance of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to S-metolachlor in the midsouthern United States
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil
- Biphasic models improved S ‐metolachlor dissipation endpoint predictions
- Resistance of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to S-metolachlor in the midsouthern United States
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil
- Biphasic models improved S ‐metolachlor dissipation endpoint predictions
- Resistance of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to S-metolachlor in the midsouthern United States
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil
- Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil
- Biphasic models improved S ‐metolachlor dissipation endpoint predictions
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