Dr Ismail Garba
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Journal Articles
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Stirling, Graham R., Stirling, A. Marcelle and Williams, Alwyn (2024). Cover crop functional types alter soil nematode community composition and structure in dryland crop-fallow rotations. Applied Soil Ecology, 194 105196, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105196
Garba, Ismail I., Bell, Lindsay W., Chapman, Scott, deVoil, Peter, Kamara, Alpha Y. and Williams, Alwyn (2023). Modelling the impacts of diverse cover crops on soil water and nitrogen and cash crop yields in a sub-tropical dryland. Field Crops Research, 301 109019, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109019
Mamun, Mohammad Abdullah Al, Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Campbell, Shane, Dargusch, Paul, deVoil, Peter and Abdul Aziz, Ammar (2023). Biomass production of a sub-tropical grass under different photovoltaic installations using different grazing strategies. Agricultural Systems, 208 103662, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103662
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim and Williams, Alwyn (2023). Datasets supporting the adoption of multifunctional cover crops related to soil water and nitrogen in water-limited environments. Data in Brief, 46 108841, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108841
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim and Williams, Alwyn (2023). Integrating diverse cover crops for fallow replacement in a subtropical dryland: implications on subsequent cash crop yield, grain quality, and gross margins. Agronomy, 13 (1) 271. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13010271
Shehu, Bello Muhammad, Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Jibrin, Jibrin Mohammed, Kamara, Alpha Yaya, Adam, Adam Muhammad, Craufurd, Peter, Aliyu, Kamaluddin Tijjani, Rurinda, Jairos and Merckx, Roel (2022). Compositional nutrient diagnosis and associated yield predictions in maize: a case study in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 87 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1002/saj2.20472
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Fay, Daniel, Apriani, Reni, Yusof, Dk Yusrina Pg, Chu, Danqing and Williams, Alwyn (2022). Fallow replacement cover crops impact soil water and nitrogen dynamics in a semi-arid sub-tropical environment. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 338 108052, 108052. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108052
Garba, Ismail I., Bell, Lindsay W. and Williams, Alwyn (2022). Cover crop legacy impacts on soil water and nitrogen dynamics, and on subsequent crop yields in drylands: a meta-analysis. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42 (3) 34. doi: 10.1007/s13593-022-00760-0
Adnan, Adnan Aminu, Diels, Jan, Jibrin, Mohammed Jibrin, Kamara, Alpha Yaya, Craufurd, Peter, Shaibu, Abdulwahab Salisu and Garba, Ismail Ibrahim (2022). Optimum stand density of tropical maize varieties: an on-farm evaluation of grain yield responses in the Nigerian Savanna. Frontiers in Agronomy, 4 773012. doi: 10.3389/fagro.2022.773012
Adnan, Adnan Aminu, Diels, Jan, Jibrin, Jibrin Mohammed, Kamara, Alpha Yaya, Shaibu, Abdulwahab Saliu, Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Craufurd, Peter and Maertens, Miet (2021). Optimizing sowing density-based management decisions with different nitrogen rates on smallholder maize farms in Northern Nigeria. Experimental Agriculture, 56 (6), 866-883. doi: 10.1017/s001447972000037x
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Jibrin, Jibrin Mohammed, Kamara, Alpha Yaya, Adnan, Adnan Aminu and Abdulrahman, Bassam Lawan (2020). Response of maize to secondary nutrients and micronutrients in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Journal of Agronomy, 19 (2), 120-130. doi: 10.3923/ja.2020.120.130
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Buhari, Fatima Zahra and Samaila, Bello Kabir (2020). Response of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) to differential pruning under greenhouse. Journal of Dryland Agriculture, 6 (2) 42DC9DC63195, 10-16. doi: 10.5897/JODA2020.0038
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim, Adnan, Adnan Aminu and Shaibu, Abdulwahab Salisu (2019). Quantifying the response of different maturity groups of maize (Zea mays L.) supplementary irrigation in the Sudan Savannah of Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 14 (31) 31, 1415-1420. doi: 10.5897/AJAR2018.13660
Adnan, Adnan A., Jibrin, Jibrin M., Kamara, Alpha Y., Abdulrahman, Bassam L., Shaibu, Abdulwahab S. and Garba, Ismail I. (2017). CERES-maize model for determining the optimum planting dates of early maturing maize varieties in northern Nigeria. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1118. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01118
Conference Papers
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim and Williams, Alwyn (2022). Trait-based design of multifunctional cover crops for improved agronomic and environmental outcomes. International Tropical Agriculture conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim and Williams, Alwyn (2022). Modelling long-term impact of diverse cover crops in dryland on fallow efficiency and soil nitrogen dynamics. XVIIth Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Potsdam, Germany, 29 August - 2 September 2022.
Garba, I. I., Apriani, R., Chu, D., Pg Yusof, D. Y. and Williams, A. (2022). Winter cover crop biomass production and water use in southeast Queensland. System Solutions for Complex Problems, Toowoomba, QLD Australia, 18-22 September 2022. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Thesis
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim (2023). Cover cropping in drylands for improved agronomic and environmental outcomes. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/fb9272a
Data Collection
Garba, Ismail Ibrahim and Williams, Alwyn (2022). Datasets supporting the adoption of multifunctional cover crops related to soil water and nitrogen in water-limited environments. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/8c41f39