Research

Departmental Foci and Faculty Expertise

CROP SCIENCE

Crop Ecology and Management:

• Curran - Applied research in weed science
  • Penn State Weed Management
• Hall - Applied research in forages
  • Penn State Forages
• Karsten - Cropping systems and pasture plant ecology
• Kemanian - Bioenergy Systems and Modeling
• Mortensen - Weed ecology
  • Penn State Weed Ecology Lab
• Roth - Corn and sorghum management
  • Penn State Corn and Soybean Management
  • Penn State Small Grains Management

Plant Breeding and Molecular Biology:

• Chopra - Maize genetics
• Huff - Turfgrass breeding and genetics
• Luthe - Molecular response to plant stress

Turfgrass Science:

• Borger - Turfgrass weed management
• Kaminski - Turfgrass management, certificate program
  • Golf Course Turfgrass Management Professional Certificate Program
• Landschoot - Extension turfgrass management systems, turfgrass nutrient management
  • Penn State Turfgrass Management
• McNitt - Athletic playing fields
  • Penn State Center for Sports Surface Research
• Schlossberg - Turfgrass nutrition and fertility
• Turgeon - Turfgrass management, distance education
  • Educational Resouces for Turfgrass Science

SOIL SCIENCE

Biogeochemical Processes:

• Bruns - Soil microbial ecology
• Kaye - Biogeochemistry, nitrogen dynamics
  • Kaye Biogeochemistry Lab
• Komarneni - Clay mineralogy
• Martínez - Soil environmental chemistry
• Sylvia - Microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

Land Use:

• Day - Land use analysis, GIS
  • Penn State Geospatial Technology Program
• Drohan - Pedology
  • Penn State Soil Characterization Lab
• Duiker - Soil management and applied soil physics
  • Penn State Soil Management

Soil and Water Quality:

• Butler - Undergraduate education
• Beegle - Plant nutrition, soil testing, nutrient management
  • Penn State Nutrient Management
• Lin - Hydropedology, soil physics/hydrology
  • Hydropedology
• Stehouwer - Applied environmental soil science
  • Environmental Soil Science
• Watson - Soil, water and solute interactions