CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES
Crop and Soil Sciences Publications Index
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Agronomy Series
- Agronomy Series #132: Listing of Characterized Soils in Pennsylvania
- Agronomy Series #133: Cambic Horizons in Pennsylvania Soils
- Agronomy Series #134: An Early History of the Penn State University Agronomy Department
- Agronomy Series #140: Metals Data for Pennsylvania Soils
- Agronomy Series #142: Pennsylvania Soil Survey History
- Agronomy Series #143: Pennsylvania Soil Survey Biographies
- Agronomy Series #144: Pennsylvania Soil Survey The First 100 Years
- Agronomy Series #145: Pennsylvania State University Soil Characterization Laboratory Database System Documentation
- Agronomy Series #146: Radiocarbon Data for Pennsylvania Soils
- Agronomy Series #147: Pennsylvania’s Fragipans
- Agronomy Series #148: Major and Trace Elements in Southwestern Pennsylvania Soils
- Agronomy Series #149: The pH Base Saturation Relationships of Pennsylvania Subsoils
Conservation Tillage
- Conservation Tillage Series #1: Crop Rotations and Conservation Tillage
- Conservation Tillage Series #2: An Introduction to Weed Management for Conservation Tillage Systems
- Conservation Tillage Series #3: Soil Compaction and Conservation Tillage
- Conservation Tillage Series #4: Nutrient Management in Conservation Tillage Systems
- Conservation Tillage Series #5: Cover Crops for Conservation Tillage Systems
- Conservation Tillage Series #6: Economics of Conservation Tillage
Corn
- Considerations for Double-cropping Corn Following Hay in Pennsylvania
- Considerations For Selecting Corn Hybrids In Pennsylvania
- Corn Silage Production And Management
- Crop Rotation Planning for Dairy Farms
- Forage Sorghum
- Potential of Narrow Row Corn Production in Pennsylvania
Environmental Soil Issues
- Land Application of Sewage Sludge in Pennsylvania
- Urban/Suburban Soil Environmental Issues
Farm-A-Syst
- Pennsylvania Farm-A-Syst Brochure
- Introduction (Getting Started)
- Farmstead Map
- Preliminary Screening Quiz
- Worksheet 1: Water Well Condition and Construction
- Worksheet 2: Pesticide and Fertilizer Storage and Handling
- Worksheet 3: Household Wastewater Treatment System
- Worksheet 4: Barnyard Conditions and Management
- Worksheet 5: Milkhouse Waste Management
- Worksheet 6: Stream and Drainageway Management
- Worksheet 7: Petroleum Storage and Handling
- Worksheet 8: Silage Storage Management
- Worksheet 9: Animal Waste Storage Management
- Worksheet 10: Animal Waste Land Application Management
- Worksheet 11: Soil Conservation Management
- Overall Farmstead Ranking
- A Sample Post-Evaluation Survey
Forages
- Agronomy Facts 7: Cutting Management of Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Birdsfoot Trefoil
- Agronomy Facts 9: Large Round Bale Silage
- Agronomy Facts 11: Inoculation of Forage and Grain Legumes
- Agronomy Facts 19: Ryegrass
- Agronomy Facts 20: Birdsfoot Trefoil
- Agronomy Facts 21: Red Clover
- Agronomy Facts 22: White Clover
- Agronomy Facts 23: Summer-Annual Grasses for Supplemental or Emergency Forage
- Agronomy Facts 24: Timothy
- Agronomy Facts 25: Orchardgrass
- Agronomy Facts 26: Reed Canarygrass
- Agronomy Facts 27: Smooth Bromegrass
- Agronomy Facts 28: Tall Fescue
- Agronomy Facts 29: Warm-season Grasses
- Agronomy Facts 30: Forage Quality in Perspective
- Agronomy Facts 31-A: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops Pre-establishment
- Agronomy Facts 31-B: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops Establishment
- Agronomy Facts 31-C: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops Maintenance
- Agronomy Facts 32: Pasture and Hay for Horses
- Agronomy Facts 33: Use of Brassica Crops to Extend the Grazing Season
- Agronomy Facts 39: Prairie Grass
- Agronomy Facts 41: Strategies for Extending the Grazing Season
- Agronomy Facts 42: Grazing Alfalfa in Pennsylvania
- Agronomy Facts 43: Four Steps in Rotational Grazing
- Agronomy Facts 44: Forage Quality Testing: Why, How, and Where
- Agronomy Facts 45: Forage Chicory
- Agronomy Facts 48: Forage Sorghum
- Agronomy Facts 49: Successful Forage Crop Establishment
- Agronomy Facts 50: Kentucky Bluegrass
- Agronomy Facts 62: Weed Management in Pasture Systems
- Agronomy Facts 65: Guidelines for Weed Management in Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Nitrogen Management
- Agronomy Facts 12: Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn
- Agronomy Facts 17: Pre-sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for Corn
- Agronomy Facts 53: The Early-Season Chlorophyll Meter Test for Corn
Nutrient Management
- Agronomy Facts 38-A: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Introduction to the Concepts
- Agronomy Facts 38-B: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Plant Nutrient Stocks and Flows
- Agronomy Facts 38-C: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Nutrient Management Decision-Making
- Agronomy Facts 38-D: A Nutrient Management Approach for Pennsylvania: Exploring Performance Criteria
- Agronomy Facts 40: Nutrient Management Legislation in Pennsylvania: A Summary of the Final Regulations
- Agronomy Agronomy Facts 54: Pennsylvania's Nutrient Management Act: Who Will Be Affected?
- Agronomy Facts 60: Nutrient Management Planning: An Overview
Phosphorus Management
- Agronomy Facts 13: Managing Phosphorus for Crop Production HTML Version
- Agronomy Facts 51: Starter Fertilizer HTML Version
- Managing Phosphorus for Agriculture and the Environment
- The Pennsylvania Phosphorus Index — Version 1
- The Pennsylvania Phosphorus Index Spreadsheet
Potassium Management
Soils and Soil Management
- Agronomy Facts 35: Some Facts About Soil Basics
- Basic Physical Properties of Soils
- Pennsylvania Soil Quality Assessment
Soybean
Turf Management - Home Lawns
- Aeration of Turfgrass Areas
- Control of Summer Annual Grass Weeds
- Diagnosing Turfgrass Problems
- Growing Turf Under Shaded Conditions
- Lawn Management Through the Seasons HTML Version
- Liming Turfgrass Areas HTML Version
- Managing Turfgrass Diseases HTML Version
- Mowing Turfgrasses
- Moss in the Lawn
- Principles of Turfgrass Irrigation
- Recycling Turfgrass Clippings HTML Version
- Renovation of Lawns HTML Version
- Turfgrass Establishment
- Turfgrass Fertilization Basics
- Turfgrass Seed and Seed Mixtures HTML Version
- Turfgrass Species for Pennsylvania
- Weed Management in Turf
Turf Management - Professional
Turf Soil Management
- Liming Turfgrass Areas HTML version
- Turfgrass Fertilization: A Basic Guide for Professional Turfgrass Managers
- Using Composts to Improve Turf Performance HTML Version
Renovation of Lawns
- Developing an Integrated Turfgrass Pest Management Program
- Disease Management in Turf HTML Version
- Weed Management in Turf
Turfgrass Annual Research Reports
- 1999 Annual Research Report
- 2000 Annual Research Report
- 2001 Annual Research Report
- 2002 Annual Research Report
- 2003 Annual Research Report
- 2004 Annual Research Report
- 2005 Annual Research Report
- 2006 Annual Research Report
- 2007 Annual Research Report
- 2008 Annual Research Report
Variety Trial Reports
- Pennsylvania Commercial Hybrid Corn Test Reports
- Pennsylvania Forage Trials
- Pennsylvania Spring Oat and Barley Performance Tests
- Pennsylvania Soybean Variety Tests
- Pennsylvania Winter Wheat and Barley Performance Tests
Weed Management
- Introduction to Weeds and Herbicides
- Agronomy Facts 4: Johnsongrass and Shattercane Control
- Agronomy Facts 5: Quackgrass Control
- Agronomy Facts 10: Management of Triazine-Resistant Lambsquarters and Pigweed Control
- Agronomy Facts 36: Persistence of Herbicides in Soil
- Agronomy Facts 37: Adjuvants for Enhancing Herbicide Performance
- Agronomy Facts 46: Multiflora Rose Management in Grass Pastures (An Integrated Approach)
- Agronomy Facts 47: Controlling Yellow Nutsedge in Agronomic Crops (An Integrated Approach)
- Agronomy Facts 58: Management of Eastern Black Nightshade in Agronomic Crops
- Agronomy Facts 59: Managing Burcucumber in Agronomic Crops
- Agronomy Facts 61: Wirestem Muhly Management in Agronomic Crops
- Agronomy Facts 62: Weed Management in Pasture Systems
- Agronomy Facts 65: Guidelines for Weed Management in Roundup Ready Alfalfa
- Agronomy Facts 66: Weed Management in CREP Grasslands
- Conservation Tillage Series # 2: An Introduction to Weed Management in Conservation Tillage Systems
- Control of Summer Annual Grass Weeds in Turfgrass
- Weed Management in Turfgrass