Juan Solomon

Associate Professor

Department: Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences
Office: 775-784-6888
Email: juansolomon@unr.edu
Building: FA
Room: 226d
Mailstop: 202

Summary

My research work focusses on understanding and unraveling the intricacies associated with grassland ecology, management, and utilization.

Developing and promoting sustainable pastoral-based feeding systems for ruminant livestock production with emphasis on grazing management, systems, and forage quality evaluations.
Screening forage crops for key adaptive traits, namely drought tolerance and water use efficiency for both improved and native forages in semiarid conditions.
Evaluation of alternative forage crops for semiarid conditions.
Studying grassland's role in the provision of ecosystems services and nutrient cycling in pasture systems.
Cutting edge biological research on climate resilient forage crops.

Education

B.S. University of Guyana, 2000
Graduate Diploma. University of Guyana, 2005 Education-Science
M.S. Mississippi State University, 2010
Ph.D. Mississippi State University, 2013

Publications

Abstracts

Cattle Grazing Preference Among Four Clover Species.

2015

Minneapolis, MN, ASA, CSSA, SSSA: C06 Forage and Grazinglands ASA, CSSA, SSSA.

Solomon, J. K. Q., Scaglia, G.

Cattle temperament effects on animal performance under grazing.

2014

ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Nov. 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, California.

Macoon, B., R.C. Vann, and J.K.Q. Solomon

Abstract: Harvest management based on leaf stage of a tetraploid vs. a diploid cultivar of annual ryegrass.

2013

ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Nov. 3-6, 2013, Tampa, Florida.

Solomon, J.K.Q., and B. Macoon.

Appropriate ratio of legume to grass for spatially separated pasture systems.

2013

ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Nov. 3-6, 2013, Tampa, Florida.

Macoon, B., and J.K.Q. Solomon

Performance of a Tetraploid vs. a Diploid Cultivar of Annual Ryegrass Pastures under Grazing.

2013

ASA, Southern Branch Meeting (Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists), Crops. Feb. 3-5, 2013, Orlando, FL.

Solomon, J.K.Q., and B. Macoon.

Cattle Grazing Preference Among Diploid and Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass Cultivars.

2012

ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Oct. 21-24, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Solomon, J.K.Q., and B. Macoon.

Grazing Behavior of Steers on Different Forage Systems Comprising Annual Ryegrass and White Clover.

2011

ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Oct. 16-19, 2011, San Antonio, TX.

Solomon, J.K.Q., and B. Macoon.

A Novel Approach to Grass-Legume Management.

2009

2009. ASA, CSSA, SSSA, C06 Division Nov. 1-5, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D. Lang, J. Parish, and R. Vann.

Fact Sheets

Industrial Fiber Hemp: An Early Initiative to Capture Varietal Response in Nevada

2022

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-22-11

J. Solomon, A. Ogunleye, A. Opoku, F. Barrios-Masias, S. Huber, S. Foster

Journals

Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment.

2023

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2023;38:e26

Ogunleye AM, Opoku A, Solomon JKQ, Payne W.

Floral hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) responses to nitrogen fertilization under field conditions in the high desert

2023

PLOS ONE

Farnisa, M.M., Miller, G.C., Solomon, J.K.Q., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

Machine Learning Approach for the Estimation of Alfalfa Hay Crop Yield in Northern Nevada

2023

AgriEngineering 5(4), 1943–1954

Quintero, D. D., Andrade-Rodriguez, M. A., Cholula, U. & Solomon, J. A

Biochar and nitrogen application rates alter some forage and soil minerals concentrations and soil leachate quality in a semiarid mixed grassland system.

2022

GRASSLAND SCIENCE, 68(1), 23–35.

Mclennon, E., Solomon, J., & Davison, J.

Realizing the potential of Camelina sativa as a bioenergy crop for a changing global climate

2022

MDPI Plants. 11 (6): 772. DOI: 10.3390/plants11060772 (Cover Article)

Neupane D, Lohaus RH, Solomon JKQ, Cushman JC

The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome

2022

The Plant Cell, Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2022, Pages 4143–4172

Won Cheol Yim, Mia L Swain, Dongna Ma, Hong An, Kevin A Bird, David D Curdie, Samuel Wang, Hyun Don Ham, Agusto Luzuriaga-Neira, Jay S Kirkwood, Manhoi Hur, Juan K Q Solomon, Jeffrey F Harper, Dylan K Kosma, David Alvarez-Ponce, John C Cushman, Patrick P Edger, Annaliese S Mason, J Chris Pires, Haibao Tang, Xingtan Zhang

Here, we report a chromosome scale 1.31-Gbp genome assembly with 156.9-fold sequencing coverage for B. carinata, completing the reference genomes comprising the classic Triangle of U, a classical...

Growth response of alfalfa to Azomite composite micronutrient fertilizer on four lime-amended Virginia soils.

2021

Grassland Science

Kusi, N. Y., Temu, V. W., Kering, M. K., Atalay, A., Rutto, L., Solomon, J.

Five-Year Field Trial of Eight Camelina sativa Cultivars for Biomass to be Used in Biofuel under Irrigated Conditions in a Semi-Arid Climate.

2020

Agronomy, 10(4)

Lohaus, R. H., Neupane, D., Mengistu, M. A., Solomon, J., Cushman, J. C.

Genotypes and their Growing Environments Influence on Physicochemical Qualities of Tef Grain in the Highlands of Ethiopia.

2020

Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Science, 30(4), 1-27

Abewa, A., Adgo, E., Alemayehu, G., Yitaferu, B., Solomon, J., Assefa, K., Payne, W.

Grass–Legume Forage Systems Effect on Phosphorus Removal from a Grassland Historically Irrigated with Reclaimed Wastewater.

2020

Sustainability, 12(6)

Mclennon, E., Solomon, J., Davison, J. C.

Animal and forage responses on Maximus, a tetraploid cultivar vs Marshall, a diploid cultivar of annual ryegrass.

2017

Grass and Forage Science

Solomon, J., Macoon, B., Lang, D. J., Vann, R. C., Ward, S.

Harvest management based on leaf stage of a tetraploid vs. a diploid cultivar of annual ryegrass.

2017

Grass and Forage Science, 72(4), 743-756

Solomon, J., Macoon, B., Lang, D. J.

Cattle grazing preference among tetraploid and diploid annual ryegrass cultivars.

2014

Crop Sci. 54:430–438.

Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, R.C. Vann, and S. Ward.

Grazing behavior of steers on different annual ryegrass and white clover forage systems.

2012

Crop Sci. 52:2830-2838.

Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, and R.C. Vann.

A novel approach to grass–legume management.

2011

Crop Sci. 51:1865-1876.

Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, J.A. Parish, and R.C. Vann.

Special Publications

Forage Sorghum Ensiled With Alfalfa as a Potential Alternative Feeding Strategy in Nevada

2022

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, SP-22-13

Solomon, J., Foster, S.

Forage Sorghum-Sudangrass Varietal Evaluation During a Short Irrigation Season in Fallon, Nevada

2022

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, SP-22-01

Solomon, J., Opoku, A., Ogunleye, A., Huber, S., and Lee, S.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of forage sorghum-sudangrass varieties under a short irrigation season....

Alfalfa Variety Trial in Western Nevada, Initial Results

2016

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

Davison, J., Solomon, J. and Lawry, T.

Alfalfa is the most extensive crop in Nevada. The majority of alfalfa fields in western Nevada are harvested three to four times annually. This production system is dependent on dormant alfalfa...