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Crop and Soil Sciences Publications Index
The publications listed on this page are available as pdf files. The pdf of a publication can be accessed by clicking on the “PDF” link for that publication. An increasing number of publications are now being converted to HTML and can be accessed by clicking on the publication title if an HTML version is available. All pdf files require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Agronomy Series
- Agronomy Series #132: Listing of Characterized Soils in Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Series #133: Cambic Horizons in Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #134: An Early History of the Penn State University Agronomy Department PDF
- Agronomy Series #140: Metals Data for Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #142: Pennsylvania Soil Survey History PDF
- Agronomy Series #143: Pennsylvania Soil Survey Biographies PDF
- Agronomy Series #144: Pennsylvania Soil Survey The First 100 Years PDF
- Agronomy Series #145: Pennsylvania State University Soil Characterization Laboratory Database System Documentation PDF
- Agronomy Series #146: Radiocarbon Data for Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #147: Pennsylvania's Fragipans PDF
- Agronomy Series #148: Major and Trace Elements in Southwestern Pennsylvania Soils PDF
- Agronomy Series #149: The pH Base Saturation Relationships of Pennsylvania Subsoils PDF
Conservation Plantings
- Erosion Control and Conservation Plantings on Noncropland PDF
Conservation Tillage
- Conservation Tillage Series #1: Crop Rotations and Conservation Tillage PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series #2: An Introduction to Weed Management for Conservation Tillage Systems PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series #3: Soil Compaction and Conservation Tillage PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series #4: Nutrient Management in Conservation Tillage Systems PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series #5: Cover Crops for Conservation Tillage Systems PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series #6: Economics of Conservation Tillage PDF
Corn
- Considerations for Double-cropping Corn Following Hay in Pennsylvania PDF
- Considerations For Selecting Corn Hybrids In Pennsylvania PDF
- Corn Silage Production And Management PDF
- Crop Rotation Planning for Dairy Farms PDF
- Forage Sorghum PDF
- Potential of Narrow Row Corn Production in Pennsylvania PDF
Environmental Soil Issues
- Land Application of Sewage Sludge in Pennsylvania
- Urban/Suburban Soil Environmental Issues
Farm-A-Syst
- Pennsylvania Farm-A-Syst Brochure PDF
- Introduction (Getting Started) PDF
- Farmstead Map PDF
- Preliminary Screening Quiz PDF
- Worksheet 1: Water Well Condition and Construction PDF
- Worksheet 2: Pesticide and Fertilizer Storage and Handling PDF
- Worksheet 3: Household Wastewater Treatment System PDF
- Worksheet 4: Barnyard Conditions and Management PDF
- Worksheet 5: Milkhouse Waste Management PDF
- Worksheet 6: Stream and Drainageway Management PDF
- Worksheet 7: Petroleum Storage and Handling PDF
- Worksheet 8: Silage Storage Management PDF
- Worksheet 9: Animal Waste Storage Management PDF
- Worksheet 10: Animal Waste Land Application Management PDF
- Worksheet 11: Soil Conservation Management PDF
- Overall Farmstead Ranking PDF
- A Sample Post-Evaluation Survey PDF
Forages
- Agronomy Facts 7: Cutting management of alfalfa, red clover, and birdsfoot trefoil PDF
- Agronomy Facts 9: Large round bale silage PDF
- Agronomy Facts 11: Inoculation of forage and grain legumes PDF
- Agronomy Facts 19: Ryegrass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 20: Birdsfoot Trefoil PDF
- Agronomy Facts 21: Red Clover PDF
- Agronomy Facts 22: White Clover PDF
- Agronomy Facts 23: Summer-Annual Grasses for Supplemental or Emergency Forage PDF
- Agronomy Facts 24: Timothy PDF
- Agronomy Facts 25: Orchardgrass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 26: Reed canarygrass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 27: Smooth bromegrass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 28: Tall fescue PDF
- Agronomy Facts 29: Warm-season grasses PDF
- Agronomy Facts 30: Forage quality in perspective PDF
- Agronomy Facts 31-A: Soil fertility management for forage crops Pre-establishment PDF
- Agronomy Facts 31-B: Soil fertility management for forage crops Establishment PDF
- Agronomy Facts 31-C: Soil fertility management for forage crops Maintenance PDF
- Agronomy Facts 32: Pasture and Hay for Horses PDF
- Agronomy Facts 33: Use of brassica crops to extend the grazing season PDF
- Agronomy Facts 39: Prairie Grass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 41: Strategies for extending the grazing season PDF
- Agronomy Facts 42: Grazing alfalfa in Pennsylvania PDF
- Agronomy Facts 43: Four steps in rotational grazing PDF
- Agronomy Facts 44: Forage Quality Testing: Why, How, and Where PDF
- Agronomy Facts 45: Forage chicory PDF
- Agronomy Facts 48: Forage Sorghum PDF
- Agronomy Facts 49: Successful forage crop establishment PDF
- Agronomy Facts 50: Kentucky Bluegrass PDF
- Agronomy Facts 62: Weed Management in Pasture Systems PDF
- Agronomy Facts 65: Guidelines for Weed Management in Roundup Ready Alfalfa PDF
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Nitrogen Management
- Agronomy Facts 12: Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn PDF
- Agronomy Facts 17: Pre-sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for Corn PDF
- Agronomy Facts 53: The Early-Season Chlorophyll Meter Test for Corn PDF
Nutrient Management
- Agronomy Facts 38-A: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Introduction to the Concepts PDF
- Agronomy Facts 38-B: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Plant Nutrient Stocks and Flows PDF
- Agronomy Facts 38-C: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Nutrient management Decision-Making PDF
- Agronomy Facts 38-D: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Exploring Performance Criteria PDF
- Agronomy Facts 40: Nutrient Management Legislation in Pennsylvania: A Summary of the Final Regulations PDF
- Agronomy Agronomy Facts 54: Pennsylvania's Nutrient Management Act: Who Will Be Affected? PDF
- Agronomy Facts 60: Nutrient Management Planning: An Overview PDF
Phosphorus Management
- Agronomy Facts 13: Managing Phosphorus for Crop Production HTML | PDF
- Agronomy Facts 51: Starter Fertilizer HTML | PDF
- Managing Phosphorus for Agriculture and the Environment PDF
- The Pennsylvania Phosphorus Index - Version 1 PDF
- The Pennsylvania Phosphorus Index Spreadsheet SPREADSHEET
Potassium Management
- Agronomy Facts 14: Managing Potassium for Crop Production PDF
Soils and Soil Management
- Agronomy Facts 35: Some Facts About Soil Basics PDF
- Basic Physical Properties of Soils PDF
- Pennsylvania Soil Quality Assessment PDF
Soybean
- Soybean production in Pennsylvania HTML
Turf Management - Home Lawns
- Aeration of Turfgrass Areas HTML
- Control of Summer Annual Grass Weeds HTML
- Diagnosing Turfgrass Problems HTML
- Growing Turf Under Shaded Conditions HTML
- Lawn Management Through the Seasons HTML | PDF
- Liming Turfgrass Areas HTML | PDF
- Managing Turfgrass Diseases HTML | PDF
- Mowing Turfgrasses HTML
- Moss in the Lawn HTML
- Principles of Turfgrass Irrigation HTML
- Recycling Turfgrass Clippings HTML | PDF
- Renovation of Lawns HTML | PDF
- Turfgrass Establishment HTML
- Turfgrass Fertilization Basics HTML
- Turfgrass Seed and Seed Mixtures HTML | PDF
- Turfgrass Species for Pennsylvania HTML
- Weed Management in Turf HTML
Turf Management - Professional
Turf Soil Management
- Liming Turfgrass Areas HTML | PDF
- Turfgrass Fertilization: A Basic Guide for Professional Turfgrass Managers PDF
- Using Composts to Improve Turf Performance HTML | PDF
Renovation of Lawns
- Developing an Integrated Turfgrass Pest Management Program HTML
- Disease Management in Turf HTML | PDF
- Weed Management in Turf HTML
Turfgrass Annual Research Reports
- 1999 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2000 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2001 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2002 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2003 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2004 Annual Research Report PDF
- 2005 Annual Research Report PDF
Variety Trial Reports
- Pennsylvania Commercial Hybrid Corn Test Reports PDF
- Pennsylvania Forage Trials PDF
- Pennsylvania Spring Oat and Barley Performance Tests PDF
- Pennsylvania Soybean Variety Tests PDF
- Pennsylvania Winter Wheat and Barley Performance Tests PDF
Weed Management
- Introduction to Weeds and Herbicides PDF
- Agronomy Facts 4: Johnsongrass and Shattercane Control PDF
- Agronomy Facts 5: Quackgrass Control PDF
- Agronomy Facts 10: Management of Triazine-Resistant Lambsquarters and Pigweed Control PDF
- Agronomy Facts 36: Persistence of Herbicides in Soil PDF
- Agronomy Facts 37: Adjuvants for enhancing herbicide performance PDF
- Agronomy Facts 46: Multiflora Rose Management in Grass Pastures (An Integrated Approach) PDF
- Agronomy Facts 47: Controlling Yellow Nutsedge in Agronomic Crops (An Integrated Approach) PDF
- Agronomy Facts 58: Management of Eastern Black Nightshade in Agronomic Crops PDF
- Agronomy Facts 59: Managing Burcucumber in Agronomic Crops PDF
- Agronomy Facts 61: Wirestem Muhly Management in Agronomic Crops PDF
- Agronomy Facts 62: Weed Management in Pasture Systems PDF
- Agronomy Facts 65: Guidelines for Weed Management in Roundup Ready Alfalfa PDF
- Conservation Tillage Series # 2: An Introduction to Weed Management in Conservation Tillage Systems PDF
- Control of Summer Annual Grass Weeds in Turfgrass HTML
- Weed Management in Turfgrass HTML