Overview of CRSS Research
• Research faculty
– Includes 40 individuals (25-100% research)
• 24.09 EFT (tenured or tenure track)
• 5.0 EFT Research Scientist (non-tenure track)
– Department has faculty affiliated with National
Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture
Laboratory (NESPAL), Center for Applied
Genetic Technologies (CAGT), Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), and the
Center for Soybean Improvement (CSI)
University of Georgia
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College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Location of the 40 research faculty
• Athens (17 faculty)
– CAGT (5 faculty)
• Griffin (8 faculty)
• Tifton (13 faculty)
– NESPAL (2 faculty)
• Statesboro (1 faculty)
• SREL (1 faculty)
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Areas of study
– Breeding/Genetics/Genomics (12 faculty)
– Crop Management/Physiology (10 faculty)
– Environmental Sciences (13 faculty)
– Weed Science (5 faculty)
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Areas of study
– Breeding/Genetics/Genomics (12 faculty)
• Crop and turf breeding – canola, cereals, cotton,
forages, millet, peanut, soybean, sunflower,
specialty oils, turfgrasses
• Crop and turf genetics - canola, cereals, cotton,
forages, millet, peanut, soybean, sunflower,
specialty oils, turfgrasses
• Crop and turf genomics – legume transgenics,
comparative genomics, structural and functional
genomics
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Areas of study (continued)
– Crop Management/Physiology (10 faculty)
• Crop and turf management
– cereals, corn, cotton, forages, millet, peanut, soybean,
sunflower, tobacco, turfgrasses
• Crop and turf physiology
– cotton, forage quality, turfgrasses
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Areas of study (continued)
– Environmental Sciences (13 faculty)
• Soil and environmental sciences – chemistry,
ecology, fertility, microbiology, nutrient cycling,
physics, pedology, remediation
• Atmospheric and resource sciences –
biomicrometeorology, waste management, water
resources
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Areas of study (continued)
– Weed Science (5 faculty)
• Crops (corn, cotton, forages, peanut, turfgrasses,
vegetables)
• Specialties (alt. to methyl bromide, herbicide
physiology, environmental fate of herbicides,
herbicide resistant weeds, computer-based
decision making software, minor crop herbicide
registrations, weed sensor sprayer technology,
invasive vegetation management)
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Research effectiveness (based on 2004-2005
data and reported as metric/EFT/year)
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5.3 refereed articles/EFT/year
1.2 books or book chapters/EFT/year
3.1 invited presentations/EFT/year
$160,942 research support/EFT/year
Department includes a Georgia Research Alliance
Eminent Scholar, two Distinguished Research
Professors, and a Georgia Power Professor
University of Georgia
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College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Overview of CRSS Research
• Weaknesses, issues, and needs
– Problems with other departments regarding interdisciplinary
cooperation
– Overall lack of faculty positions in environmental sciences
– Add’l weed science resources (three location issue)
– Faculty position in warm-season turfgrass breeding
– Faculty position in molecular genetics for turf and wheat
– Faculty position in cotton breeding
– Faculty position in N-P-K use efficiency
– Faculty position in peanut physiology
– Faculty position in invasive plant mgt
– Faculty position in weed science at Athens
University of Georgia
www.cropsoil.uga.edu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences