Departmental Foci and Faculty Expertise
CROP SCIENCE
Crop Ecology and Management:
- Archibald - Agricultural analytical chemistry
- Curran - Applied research in weed science
- Gallagher - Sustainable cropping systems
- Hall - Applied research in forages
- Karsten - Pasture plant ecology and physiology
- Mortensen - Ecology of sustainable cropping systems
- Roth - Corn and sorghum management
Plant Breeding and Molecular Biology:
- Chopra - Maize genetics
- Huff - Turfgrass breeding and genetics
- Luthe - Plant stress biology
Turfgrass Science:
- Borger - Turfgrass weed management
- Landschoot - Extension turfgrass management systems
- McNitt - Athletic playing fields
- Schlossberg - Turfgrass nutrition and fertility
- Turgeon - Turfgrass management, distance education
Soil Science
Biogeochemical Processes:
- Bruns - Soil microbial ecology
- Kaye - Biogeochemistry, nitrogen dynamics
- Komarneni - Clay mineralogy
- Martínez - Soil environmental chemistry
- Sylvia - Microbial ecology of the rhizosphere
Land Use:
- Day - Land use analysis, GIS
- Drohan - Pedology
- Duiker - Soil management and applied soil physics
Soil and Water Quality:
- Butler - Undergraduate education
- Beegle - Plant nutrition, soil testing, nutrient management
- Fritton - Soil physical properties
- Lin - Hydropedology, soil physics/hydrology
- Stehouwer - Applied environmental soil science
- Watson - Soil, water and solute interactions
