Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

 

Ph.D. 2010, Biological & Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. B.S. 2004, Biology, Minor in Chemistry and Physics, magna cum laude, Montana State University-Billings, Billings, MT. 

My research program is focused on applied and basic research related to the role of soil microorganisms in improving soil quality and crop performance. My responsibilities include developing a program that improves our understanding of microbial impacts on agronomic performance of dryland crops in central Montana and evaluating the potential for seed and soil-applied microorganisms to alleviate plant stresses, increase plant growth and yield for crops. In addition, I am responsible for managing the cereal crop variety testing program and contributing to forage crop research efforts.

Publications (last five years):

  1. Eberly, Jed O., Hurd, Asa, Dipiza Oli, Dyer, Alan T., Seipel, Tim F., & Carr, Patrick M. (2024) Compositional profiling of the rhizosphere microbiome of Canada thistle reveals consistent patterns across the United States northern Great Plains. Scientific Reports 14, 18016 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69082-3
  2. Graham, Chris, Subramanian, Senthil, Loya, Jesus, Kalil, Audrey , Keene, Clair, Sanyal, Debankur, and Eberly, Jed. (2024). Assessing the use of native rhizobia to improve nitrogen fixation under abiotic stress. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment.
  3. Kluth, J.; Wyffels, S.; Eberly, J.; Vermeire, L.; Marlow, C.; DelCurto, T. (2024) The Interaction of Wildfire with Post-Fire Herbivory on Arid and Semi-Arid U.S. Rangelands: A Review. Grasses3, no. 3: 143-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/grasses3030010
  4. Woodley, M., H. Kim, E. Sproles, Eberly, and S. Tuttle. (2024) Evaluating Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor Estimates of Snow Water Equivalent in a Prairie Environment Using UAV Lidar. Water Resources Research 60. doi:10.1029/2024wr037164.
  5. Liebig, M.A., F.J. Calderon, A.K. Clemensen, L. Durso, J.L. Duttenhefner, O. Eberly, et al. (2024) Long‐term soil change in the US Great Plains: An evaluation of the Haas Soil Archive. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 7. doi:10.1002/agg2.20502.
  6. Eberly, J.O., Hammontree, J.W., Fordyce, S.I., Jones, C.A. and Carr. P.M. (2024) Changes in Biological Soil Health Properties in Response to Increased Crop Diversity in a Dryland Wheat-Based Cropping System. Soil Sci. Plant Anal: 1-17. doi:10.1080/00103624.2024.2345153.
  7. Ewing, P. M., Kantar, M. B., Killian, E., Neyhart, J., Sherman, J., Williams, J., Lachowiec, J., and Eberly, J. (2023) Local adaptation and broad performance are synergistic to productivity in modern barley. Crop Science, 64(1), 192–199. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21168
  8. Fordyce, S.I., P.M. Carr, C. Jones, O. Eberly, W.A. Sigler, S. Ewing, et al. (2023) Sentinel-2-based predictions of soil depth to inform water and nutrient retention strategies in dryland wheat. Agricultural Water Management 289. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108524.
  9. Jed O. Eberly, Samuel A. Wyffels, Tanner J. Carlisle, and Timothy DelCurto(2023) Rumen microbiome response to sustained release mineral bolus supplement with low- and high-quality forages. Frontiers in Animal Science. 4:188874, https://doi.org/3389/fanim.2023.1188874
  10. Daniel Chichinsky‡, Christian Larson, Jed Eberly, Fabian D Menalled and Tim Seipel (2023) Impact of Puccinia punctiformis on Cirsium arvense performance in a simulated crop sequence. Frontiers in Agronomy. 5:201600, https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1201600
  11. Frankie K. Crutcher, Peggy F. Lamb, Deanna Nash, Jason D. Fiedler, Jed Eberly, Kenneth D. Kephart, Kent McVay, Jessica Torrion, Clint W. Beiermann, Justin M. Vetch, Chengci Chen, Doug Holen, Nancy K. Blake, Hwa-Young Heo, Jason P. Cook (2023) Registration of ‘MT Sidney’ hard red spring wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations17(2): 368-375. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20268 
  12. Jed O Eberly, Maryse Bourgault, Julia M Dafo, Carl J Yeoman, Samuel A Wyffels, Peggy F Lamb and Darrin L Boss (2022) Soil bacterial community response to cover crop introduction in a wheat-based dryland cropping system. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6:948220, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.948220
  13. Tindall Ouverson‡, Darrin Boss, Jed Eberly, Tim Seipel, Fabian D Menalled and Suzanne Lynn Ishaq. (2022) Soil bacterial community response to cover crops, cover crop termination, and predicted climate conditions in a dryland cropping system. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6:911199, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.911199
  14. Hogg, Andy, Carr, Patrick, Eberly Jed, Chen, Chengci, Kowatch, Calla, Crutcher, Frankie, Lamb, Peggy, McNamara, Kyla, Haney, Eleri, Kephart, Ken, Smith, Valerie, Dykes, Linda, Chen, Xianming, Huang, Li, and Giroux, Mike. (2022) Registration of 'Lustre' Durum Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 16(3): 576-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20214
  15. Emma L. Bergh, Francisco Calderon, Andrea K. Clemensen, Lisa Durso, Jed Eberly, Jonathan J. Halvorson, Virginia Jin, Andrew Margenot, Catherine E. Stewart, Scott Van Pelt, Mark A. Liebig (2022) Time in a Bottle: Use of Soil Archives for Understanding Long-term Soil Change. Soil Science Society of America Journal. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.20372
  16. Ahmad H. Sallam, Kevin P. Smith, Gongshe Hu, Jamie Sherman, Peter Stephen Baenziger, Jochum Wiersma, Carl Duley, Eric J. Stockinger, Mark Earl Sorrells, Tamas Szinyei, Igor G Loskutov, Olga N Kovaleva, Jed Eberly and Brian J. Steffenson (2021) Cold Conditioned: Discovery of Novel Alleles for Low Temperature Tolerance in the Vavilov Barley Collection. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12: doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.800284
  17. Tindall Ouverson‡, Jed Eberly, Tim Seipel, Fabian D Menalled and Suzanne Lynn Ishaq (2021) Temporal soil bacterial community responses to cropping systems and crop identity in dryland agroecosystems of the Northern Great Plains. Frontiers in Substantiable Food Systems. 5(75):1-14. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.624242
  18. Patrick M. Carr, Jourdan M. Bell, Darrin L. Boss, Paul DeLaune, Jed O. Eberly, Laura Edwards, Heather Fryer, Christopher Graham, John Holman, M. Anowarul Islam, Mark Liebig, Perry R. Miller, Augustine Obour, Qingwu Xue (2021) Annual forage impacts on dryland wheat farming in the Great Plains. Agronomy Journal. 113(1):1‐25. doi:10.1002/agj2.20513
  19. Mayo, M. L., Eberly, J. O., Crocker, F., Indest, K. (2020) Modeling a synthetic aptamer-based riboswitch biosensor sensitive to low hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) concentrations. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0241664 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241664.
  20. Fordyce, S‡., C.A. Jones, S.J. Dahlhausen, J. Lachowiec, O. Eberly, J.D. Sherman, et al. 2020. A simple cultivar suitability index for low‐pH agricultural soils. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 5. doi:10.1002/ael2.20036.
  21. Carr, P.M., D.L. Boss, C. Chen, J.M. Dafoe, O. Eberly, S. Fordyce, R.M. Hydner, H.K. Fryer, J.A. Lachowiec, P.F. Lamb, K.A. McVay, Q.A. Khan, P.R. Miller, Z.J. Miller, and J.A. Torrion. (2020) Warm-season forage options in northern dryland regions. Agronomy Journal 112(5):3239-3253. doi: 10.1002/agj2.20261
  22. Berg, J.E., R.N. Stougaard, K.D. Kephart, C. Chen, O. Eberly, J.A. Torrion, P.F. Lamb, J.H. 4 Miller, G.P. Pradhan, R. Ramsfield, D.L. Nash, V. Smith, D.L. Holen, J.P. Cook, S. Gale, Y. Jin, 5 J.A. Kolmer, X.M. Chen, G. Bai, and P.L. Bruckner. (2020) Registration of ‘Flathead’ Hard Red Winter Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 14: 418– 423. Doi: 10.1002/plr2.20080
  23. E. Berg, K.D. Kephart, P.F. Lamb, E.S. Davis, J.O. Eberly, J.H. Miller, C. Chen, G.P. 4 Pradhan, J.A. Torrion, R. Ramsfield, V. Smith. D.L. Nash, D.L. Holen, J.P. Cook, S. 5 Gale, Y. Jin, X. Chen, and P.L. Bruckner (2020) Registration of ‘StandClear CLP' Hard Red Winter Wheat, Journal of Plant Registrations. 14: 365– 370. doi: 10.1002/plr2.20052
  24. Carr, P. M., M. A. Cavigelli, H. Darby, K. Delate, O. Eberly, H. K. Fryer, G. G. Gramig, J. R. Heckman, E. B. Mallory, J. R. Reeve, E. M. Silva, D. H. Suchoff and A. L. Woodley (2020). Green and animal manure use in organic field crop systems. Agronomy Journal. 112: 648– 674. doi: 0.1002/agj2.20082
  25. Bruckner, P.L., Berg, J.E., P.F. Lamb, K.D. Kephart, O. Eberly, J.H. Miller, C. Chen, J.A. Torrion, G.P. Pradhan, R. Ramsfield, D.L. Nash, D.L. Holen, J.P. Cook, S. Gale, Y. Jin, J. Kolmer, X. Chen, and G. Bai (2020) Registration of ‘Bobcat’ Hard Red Winter Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 14: 371– 376. doi: 10.1002/plr2.20057
  26. Heo, H-Y., Lanning, S. P., Lamb, P. F., Nash, D., Wichman, D. M., Eberly, J. O., Carr, P., Kephart, K. D., Stougaard, R. N., Torrion, J., Miller, J., Chen, C., Holen, D., Blake, N. K., and Talber, L. E. (2020) Registration of ‘Dagmar’ hard red spring wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 14(1): 43-48. Doi: 10.1002/plr2.20023
  27. Eberly, J.O., Mayo, M.L., Carr, M.R., Crocker, F.H., and Indest, K.J. (2019) Detection of hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) with a microbial sensor. J Gen Appl Microbiol

 

Recent Grants

2019

1. The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.  Assessing agronomic practices to advance cereal production in Montana.  J.O. Eberly (PI). $35,000

2. Brewers Association. Winter and Spring 2 row Malt for Conventional and Organic Systems.

3. NCR SARE. Using native rhizobia to create a drought-resilient field pea production system.

2018

1. The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.  Assessing agronomic practices to advance cereal production in Montana.  J.O. Eberly (PI). $35,000

2016

1. US Army Basic Research Program, Environmental Quality Focus Area “Epigenetic mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity induced by multiple abiotic stressors: harsh environment and insensitive munitions.”

2. ERDC Environmental Quality Focus Area, “Assessing the Environmental Impact of Synthetic Biology”.

3. ERDC Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, work unit title “Strategies for early detection of harmful algal blooms and predicting toxin release: Linking hyperspectral imaging to molecular techniques”.

4. US Army Basic Research Program, Environmental Quality Focus Area “Leveraging nature’s horizontal gene transfer (HGT) pathways to enhance in situ bioremediation potential.”

5. “Terrestrial Biogeochemical Processes in the Arctic/Subarctic.” Microbial Ecology Work Unit.

2015

1. ERDC Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, work unit title “Reducing eutrophication and the prevalence of harmful algal blooms”.

2014

1. US Army Basic Research Program, Environmental Quality Focus Area “Implications of signal timing and detection limits for routing efficacy of biological networks.”

2013

1. US Army Basic Research Program, Environmental Quality Focus Area “Engineered polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) materials: functionalized platforms for novel sensor development.”

2012

1. US Army Basic Research Program, Environmental Quality Focus Area “Riboswitch mediated signaling: a synthetic biology approach to developing microbial biosensors for detecting environmental contaminants.”

Patents

2014: Patent application submitted. “RNA aptamer specifically binding to RDX and use thereof”.