University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Crop Management and Physiology
Commodity Based
Cross Commodity
•Cotton
•Peanuts
•Tobacco
•Small Grains
•Soybeans
•Forages
•Turfgrasses
•NESPAL
•Soil Fertility/Plant
Nutrition
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Cotton
Steve Brown (E)
•Manipulation of cotton management to improve
fiber quality
•Increasing cotton production efficiency –
production cost per lb of lint
•Variety / technology suitability for Georgia
cotton producers
•Evaluation of plant growth regulators, adoption
of appropriate use patterns
•Development of harvest aid tools
Philip Jost (E)
•Address agronomic issues related to cotton production – i.e.,
variety evaluations, biotechnology options, plant growth
regulation, defoliation, and fiber quality.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Cotton
Crop Physiology (New Position, R, T):
Potential areas include:
• Physiology of cotton growth and
development
• Fruiting profile
• Fiber development
• Stress management
• Cultural management – emphasis on
irrigation management and fiber
quality.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Peanuts
John Beasley (E)
•Determine the agronomic practices in peanut
production that provide producers yield and quality
that result in maximum economic return, while
maintaining a sustainable cropping system.
•Address applied production issues that have a
synergistic effect with pest management,
mechanization, irrigation, and economic stability.
Cropping Systems. (New Position, R, E)
•Cropping systems centered on peanuts – to change over
time as agricultural demands change.
•Rotation sequences.
•Tillage systems.
•Nutrient management strategies.
•Other that impact peanut yield and quality.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Tobacco
J. Michael Moore. (100 % Ext.)
Coordinate the educational efforts of a
team of specialists which work together
to provide agents and growers alike the
most up-to-date and factual information
on flue-cured tobacco production,
harvesting, curing and marketing
available.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Grain Crops (corn, grain sorghum, pearl millet, wheat,
oats, rye).
Dewey Lee (E). (Cooperators in the Crop and Soil
Science Dept: Jim Hook, Professor, Soil and Water,
Glen Harris, Associate Professor, Extension Soils,
Wayne Hanna, Professor, Plant Breeding/Management,
Anton Coy, Research Technician/Coordinator, Variety
Testing, Breeding, Management and Jerry Johnson,
Professor, Plant Breeding. Cooperators in USDA:
Baozhu Guo, Xingzhi Ni, Matt Krokowsky, Dana
Sullivan, Ron Sorosen)
•Focus of research is to improve yield, efficiency, and
profitability of summer and winter grain production
and to ensure a safe, abundant quality supply of
grains for food and feed purposes.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Soybeans
Philip Jost (E)
To address agronomic issues related to
soybean production.
•Variety evaluations.
•Asiatic soybean rust detection and control.
•Plant growth regulation.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Nick Hill (R,T,E)
•Understand the cascading events which
occur as livestock graze toxic endophyteinfected tall fescue pastures.
•Identify limitations to endophyte
technologies and develop strategies to
overcome those limitations.
•Develop diagnostic techniques to assist
plant breeders (forages, small grains,
peanuts) in quantifying disease and
mutualistic organisms and/or mycotoxins
in plant populations.
Dennis Hancock (New Position, E, R)
•Hay Quality
•Quality-based marketing
Forages
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Robert Carrow (R)
•Drought Resistance mechanisms – seashore paspalum
ecotypes.
•Salinity tolerance – seeded, vegetative establishment
phase.
•Site Specific Management/Assessment of Soil Moisture
spatial mobile soil moisture mapping for irrigation design
and scheduling adjustments.
•Site Specific Management/Assessment of Soil Salinity -spatial mobile salinity mapping for effective leaching.
Keith Karnok (T,R).
•Factors affecting turfgrass root development
•Localized dry spot – assessment, alleviation, management.
Clint Waltz. (E)
•Environmental stresses
•Soil amendments
•Soil fertilization
Turfgrasses
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
National Environmentally Sound
Production Agriculture Laboratory
(NESPAL) – Cross Commodity
Craig Kvien (R) and Jim Hook (R)
1. Precision Agriculture. Improve
management tools, including
information technologies, sensing
and control systems, and other
technologies.
• Variable Rate Irrigation
• On-Farm Systems – prototypes,
wireless, networks
2. Water Use-Efficiency and Water
Quality.
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Soil Fertility/Plant Nutrition – Cross
Commodities.
Glenn Harris (E)
• Basic soil fertility – liming, fertilization
• Use of agricultural, municipal, and industrial
by-products as soil amendments
• Conservation tillage
David Kissel (R)
•Spatial variation in soil properties
•Processes affecting N mineralization
•Soil acidification and liming procedures
•Crop responses to N fertilizer additions.
Roger Teal (New Position, R)
•Soil test calibration
•Plant tissue calibration
•Emerging issues