Dr. Ketema Tilahun Zeleke

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsHydraulic Engineering, Water Engineering,Geology
KeywordsCrop water productivity modelling, Soil hydrology, Hydrology, Irrigation, Water conservation
Honours and awards

2007: Alexander von Humboldt foundation fellowship

2003: The IGS prize for the best postgraduate student at graduation

2000: World bank agriculture capacity building program - PhD scholarship

1995: Belgian development cooperation - MSc scholarship

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityWagga Wagga
InstitutionCharles Sturt University
InstituteSchool of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Broder MerkelInstitut für Geologie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg
Prof. Dr. Claas NendelInstitut für Landschaftssystemanalyse, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Müncheberg
Prof. Dr. Claas NendelForschungsplattform "Datenanalyse und Simulation", Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Müncheberg
Prof. Dr. Claas NendelForschungsplattform "Datenanalyse und Simulation", Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Müncheberg​
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2007

Programme(s)

2007Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2019Ketema Tilahun Zeleke: AquaCrop calibration and validation for faba bean (Vicia faba L.) under different agronomic managements. Agronomy . In: Agronomy, 2019, 320
2019Ketema Tilahun Zeleke: Effect of grazing time and intensity on growth and yield of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In: Journal of Integrative Agriculture , 2019, 1138-1147
2019Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Claas Nendel: Growth and yield response of faba bean to soil moisture regimes and sowing dates: Field experiment and modelling study. In: Agricultural Water Management , 2019, 1063-1077
2019Partha Pratim Saha, Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Mohsin Hafeez: Impacts of land use and climate change on streamflow and water balance of two sub-catchments of the Murrumbidgee River in south eastern Australia. In: Assefa Melesse, Wossenu Abtew, Gabriel Senay, Extreme hydrology and climate variability: monitoring, modelling, adaptation and mitigation. Elsevier, 2019.
2017Zeleke, KT, Luckett, DJ: A Canola Cultivar-Testing Dataset Used to Calculate Stress Tolerance Indices and Crossover Interactions. In: Agronomy Journal, 2017, 143-157
2017De Li Liu, Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Bin Wang, Ian Macadam, Fiona Scott, Robert John Martin: Crop residue incorporation can mitigate negative climate change impacts on crop yield and improve water use efficiency in a semiarid environment. In: European Journal of Agronomy, 2017, 51-68
2017WR Adams, KT Zeleke Diurnal effects on the efficiency of drip irrigation. In: Irrigation Science, 2017, 141-157
2017Zeleke, KT Fallow management increases soil water and nitrogen storage. In: Agricultural Water Management, 2017, 12-20
2016Ketema Tilahun Zeleke; Claas Nendel: Analysis of options for increasing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield insouth-eastern Australia: The role of irrigation, cultivar choice andtime of sowing. In: Agricultural Water Management , 2016, 139-148
2014Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Jamie Ayton: Fruit and oil quality of olive (Olea europaea L.) under different irrigation regimes and harvest times in south eastern Australia. In: Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 2014, 458-464
2014Partha Pratim Saha, Ketema Zeleke: Modelling streamflow response to climate change for the Kyeamba Creek catchment of south eastern Australia. In: Int. J. Water, 2014, 241-258
2014Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, D. J. LUCKETT, R. B. COWLEY: RESPONSE OF CANOLA (Brassica napus L.) AND MUSTARD (B. juncea L.) TO DIFFERENT WATERING REGIMES. In: Experimental Agriculture , 2014, 573-590
2014Partha Pratim Saha, Ketema Zeleke, Mohsin Hafeez: Streamflow modeling in a fluctuant climate using SWAT: Yass River catchment in south eastern Australia. In: Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014, 5241-5254
2014Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, D.J. Luckettb, R.B. Cowley: The influence of soil water conditions on canola yields and productionin Southern Australia. In: Agricultural Water Management, 2014, 20-32
2012Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Leonard John Wade: Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Soil Water Balance, Weather and Crop Data. In: Ayse Irmak, Evapotranspiration – Remote Sensing and Modeling. Intech International, 2012. 41-58
2012Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, R Mailer, P Eberbach, J Wunsche: Oil content and fruit quality of nine olive (Olea europaea L.) varieties affected by irrigation and harvest times. In: New Zealand Journal of Cropand Horticultural Science, 2012, 241-252
2011Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, David Luckett, Raymond Cowley: Calibration and Testing of the FAO AquaCrop Model for Canola. In: Agronomy Journal, 2011, 1610-1618
2009Ketema Tilahun, Broder J. Merkel: Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia using DRASTIC. In: Environ Earth Sciences, 2009, 1485-1496
2009Mengistu Bossie, Ketema Tilahun, and Tilahun Hordofa: Crop coefficient and evapotarnspiration of onion at Awash Melkassa, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. In: Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 2009, 1-10
2009Sewnet Eshetu, Ketema Tilahun, Dawit Zerihun 3: EFFECT OF FURROW LENGTH AND FLOW RATE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SHORT-FURROWS USED TO IRRIGATE POTATOES IN GOJAM, ETHIOPIA. In: International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 2009, 53-63
2009Ketema Tilahun, Broder J. Merkel: Estimation of groundwater recharge using a GIS-based distributed water balance model in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. In: Hydrogeology Journal, 2009, 1443-1457
2009Mulubrhan Kifle, Ketema Tilahun and Eyasu Yazew: Evaluation of Surge Flow Furrow Irrigation for Onion Production in a Semiarid Region of Ethiopia. In: Irrigation Science, 2009, 325-333
2009Berhanu Kebebew, Ketema Tilahun: Water usage and water use effi ciency of drip-irrigated tomato under defi cit irrigation. In: Journal of Applied Horticulture, 2009, 31-34
2009Yenesew Mengiste, Ketema Tilahun: YIELD AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF DEFICIT-IRRIGATED MAIZE IN A SEMI-ARID REGION OF ETHIOPIA. In: African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2009, 1635-1651
2007Samson Bekele and Ketema Tilahun: Regulated deficit irrigation scheduling of onion in a semiarid region of Ethiopia. In: Agricultural Water Management, 2007, 148-152
2006Ketema Tilahun: Analysis of rainfall and evapotranspiration pattern in arid and semiarid regions of Ethiopia using data over the last half a century. In: Journal of Arid Environments, 2006, 474-487
2006Ketema Tilahun, JF Botha and ATP Bennie: Bromide movement and uptake under bare and cropped soil conditions at Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. In: South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 2006, 1-6
2006Samson Laike, Ketema Tilahun, Tilahun Hordoffa: Crop coefficient of haricot bean at Melkassa, central rift valley of Ethiopia. In: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Sudbtropics, 2006, 33-40
2006Zerihun Bekele and Ketema Tilahun: On-farm performance evaluation of improved traditional small-scale irrigation projects: A case study from Dire Dawa area, Ethiopia. In: Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 2006, 83-98
2006Paulos Tadesse, Yilma Sileshi and Ketema Tilahun: Performance evaluation of the silt basin structures of the Wonji-Shoa sugar estate irrigation scheme in central rift valley of Ethiopia. In: Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 2006, 193-204
2006Ketema Tilahun: The characterization of rainfall in the arid and semiarid regions of Ethiopia. In: Water SA, 2006, 429-436
2005Ketema Tilahun, JF Botha and ATP Bennie: Transport of bromide in the Bainsvlei soil of South Africa: Field experiment and deterministic/stochastic model simulation. I. Continuous water application. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2005, 73-80
2005Ketema Tilahun, JF Botha and ATP Bennie: Transport of bromide in the Bainsvlei soil of South Africa: Field experiment and deterministic/stochastic model simulation. II. Intermittent water application. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2005, 81-85
2004Ketema Tilahun, JF Botha and ATP Bennie: Comparison of bromide and nitrate transport in the Bainsvlei soil of South Africa under rainfall conditions. In: Water SA, 2004, 9-16
2002Ketema Tilahun and Dirk Raes: Sensitivity analysis of optimal irrigation scheduling using a dynamic programming model. In: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2002, 339-346
2000Ketema Tilahun, Dirk Raes: Optimal irrigation water allocation and scheduling under a multiple cropping system. In: Ethiopian Journal of Natural Resources, 2000, 11-26
1999Ketema Tilahun: Test of homogeneity, frequency analysis of rainfall data and estimate of drought probabilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia. In: Ethiopian Journal of Natural Resources, 1999, 125-136
Partha Pratim Saha, Ketema Zeleke: Assessment of streamflow and catchment water balance sensitivity to climate change for the Yass River catchment in south eastern Australia. In: Environmental Earth Sciences, ,
Ketema Tilahun Zeleke: Effect of summer fallow management on crop yield: Field experiment and simulation analysis. . In: Agricultural Water Management , 405-410
Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Muhuddin Anwar, De Li Liu: Managing crop stubble during fallow period for soil water conservation: field experiment and modelling. In: Environmental Earth Sciences, , 3317-3327
Xiaojun Shen, Jing Liang, Ketema Tilahun Zeleke, Yueping Liang, Guangshuai Wang, Aiwang Duan, Zhaorong Mi, Huifeng Ning, Yang Gao, Jiyang Zhang: Optimizing the positioning of soil moisture monitoring sensors in winter wheat fields. In: Water, , 1707-1722