Theses and dissertations, 2019–2020
January 24, 2021
For decades, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA have published thesis and dissertation titles of graduates in the agronomic, crop, soil, and related environmental science disciplines. This year, we received 633 submissions from 25 universities. Congratulations to all of our master’s and Ph.D. graduates. We encourage you to take full advantage of membership in the Societies as you pursue your professional careers. Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance has paid off, and an exciting career in our sciences now begins. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA are here for you every step of the way!
| Name | Institution | Graduation | Advisors | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctorate Degrees in Agronomic Science Fields | ||||
ASA Agronomic Production Systems Section | ||||
| Abugho, Seth E. | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | M.V. Bagavathiannan | Evaluation Of Non-chemical Weed Management Options In Organic Rice Production. |
| Achhami, Buddhi | Montana State Univ. | 08/07/20 | D. Weaver | Population Dynamics Of Wheat Stem Sawfly, Cephus Cinctus Norton, In Barley. |
| Bansal, Sangeeta | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 05/29/20 | F. Yin | Organic Carbon And Nitrogen In Soil Aggregates And Carbon Footprint After Long-term Bio-cover, Crop Sequence And Phosphorus Management Under No-tillage. |
| Barnes, Ethann | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | A.J. Jhala | Challenges And Opportunities For Weed Control In Nebraska Popcorn. |
| Bhandari, Mahendra | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | Q. Xue, A.M.H. Ibrahim | High-throughput Field Phenotyping In Wheat Using Unmanned Aerial System (Uas). |
| Brooker, Aaron | Michigan State Univ. | 08/01/19 | K. Renner | Interseeding Cover Crops In Corn: Evaluating Establishment, Competitiveness, Herbicide Options, And Ecosystem Services. |
| Bryant-Schlobohm, Ryan N. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 05/08/20 | Y. Wu | Breeding And Genetic Characterization Of Forage Burmudagrass For The Transition Zone Of The United States. |
| Butler, Shawn | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/31/19 | T. Raper, M. Buschermohle | Making The Replant Decision: Utilization Of An Aerial Platform To Guide Replant Decisions In Tennessee Cotton. |
| Cuvaca, Ivan B. | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | R.S. Currie, M. Jugulam | Physiological Basis Of Herbicide Interaction And Integrated Management Of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri). |
| Glaze-Corcoran, Samantha L. | Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst | 11/25/19 | M. Hashemi | Developing Alternative Forage Production Strategies For Enhanced Environmental And Economic Resilience On New England Dairy Farms. |
| Henry, Joshua B. | North Carolina State Univ. | 12/09/19 | M.C. Vann, B.E. Whipker | Characterization Of Tobacco Nutrient Disorders Via Aerial And Ground-based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. |
| Inman, Matthew D. | North Carolina State Univ. | 08/06/19 | M.C. Vann, L.R. Fisher, D.L. Jordan | Weed Competition And Herbicide Use And Management In Flue-cured Tobacco And Cotton. |
| Neupane, Dhurba | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | J. Solomon | Discerning Agronomic Best Management Practices For The Bioenergy Crop Camelina: A Focus On Water Requirements, Sowing Date And Method, And Nitrogen Application Rate In The Semiarid Environment Of Northern Nevada. |
| Swoish, Michael | Virginia Tech | 12/17/19 | W. Thomason | Technological Innovations For Mid-atlantic Cropping Systems. |
| Vieira, Bruno | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | G.R. Kruger | Herbicide Drift Influence On Amaranthus Spp. Herbicide Resistance Evolution. |
ASA Climatology and Modeling Section | ||||
| Chaliyakunnel, Sreelekha | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | D.B. Millet | Constraints On Global And Regional Sources Of Atmospheric Organic Compounds From Space-based Measurements. |
| Da Ros Carvalho, Henrique | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | J.L. Heilman, K.J. McInnes | Epicuticular Waxes And The Energy Balance Of Sorghum [sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench]. |
| Jha, Prakash | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | A. Ines | Agronomic Management Of Corn Using Seasonal Climate Predictions, Remote Sensing And Crop Simulation Models. |
| Medina, Hanoi | Auburn Univ. | 05/09/20 | D. Tian | Data-driven Agroclimate Modeling And Forecasting Based On Earth Observations And Predictions: A Study Of Evapotranspiration, Precipitation, And Crop Yields. |
| Menefee, Dorothy | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | N. Rajan | Multiscale Modeling Of Crop Evapotranspiration And Carbon Dynamics In East-central Texas Using Satellite Remote Sensing And Crop Growth Models. |
| Rouze, Gregory | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | C.L.S. Morgan, H.L. Neely | Evaluating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing Towards Improving Site-specific Management. |
ASA Education and Extension Section | ||||
| Da Silva, Karen | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | S.E. Everhart | Two Dimensions For Improving Plant Health: Characterization Of Biotic Interactions Underlying Plant Immunity And A Nationwide Survey On Developing Future Leaders In Plant Sciences. |
| Sathoff, Andrew | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 07/31/19 | D. Samac | Plant Defensins: An Innovative Approach To Control Alfalfa Crown Rot. |
ASA Environmental Quality Section | ||||
| Anunciado, Marife B. | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 05/08/20 | D. Hayes | Changes In Physicochemical Properties Of Biodegradable Mulch Due To Weathering And Ageing And Their Influence On Biodegradation. |
| Freitas, Andressa M. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | V.D. Nair | Phosphorus Release From Biochar Of Various Feedstocks Implications For Land Management. |
| Lin, Cheng-Hsien | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | C. Johnston, R. Grant | Measuring Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions By Using A Novel Open Path Scanning Technique. |
| Margetts, Miranda L. | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | R. Peterson | Pharmaceutical Biomarkers To Inform Public And Environmental Health Law And Policy. |
ASA Global Agronomy Section | ||||
| Friedrichsen, Claire N. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | S.H. Daroub | Identifying Communication Barriers To Successful Implementation Of Soil And Water Technology For Improving Food Security. |
| Habiyaremye, Cedric | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | K. Murphy | Evaluating Agronimic Practices Of Quinoa, Millet, And Food Barley To Enhance The Nutrition And Utilization Of Novel And Sustainable Food And Farming Systems. |
| Mwika, Chiwimbo | Michigan State Univ. | 07/01/20 | S. Snapp | Broadening Smallholder Farmer Options Through Legume Rotational And Intercrop Diversity In Maize-based Cropping Systems Of Malawi. |
| Nord, Alison | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | S. Snapp | Filling In The Gaps On Smallholder Maize-legume Farming Systems To Address Farmer Needs In Tanzania. |
ASA Land Management and Conservation Section | ||||
| Ma, Di | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | G. Miller | A Development Of Natural Rubber Extraction From Ericameria Nauseosa (Rabbitbrush). |
Doctorate Degrees in Crop Science Fields | ||||
CSSA Crop Breeding and Genetics Division (C-1) | ||||
| Addison, Christopher K. | Louisiana State Univ. | 05/09/20 | A. Famoso | Phenotypic And Genotypic Characterization Of Aroma And Cercospora Janseana Resistance In US Rice. |
| Adhikari, Anil | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | A.M.H. Ibrahim | Development Of Genetic And Genomic Resources For Hybrid Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Development In The US Great Plains. |
| Al-Sahlany, Maher | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | D. Douches | Redesigning Diploid Potato Breeding With Self-compatibility. |
| Altendorf, Kayla | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | J.A. Anderson, D.L. Wyse | Phenotypic And Genetic Characterization Of Domestication And Yield Component Traits In The Perennial Grain Crop Intermediate Wheatgrass. |
| Anderson, Steve | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | S.C. Murray | Implementing Unmanned Aerial Systems Within A Field-based Maize (Zea Mays L.) Breeding Program: Improving Yield Prediction And Understanding Temporal Qtl Expression Of Plant Height. |
| Ardayfio, Naa Korkoi | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | M.S. McMullen | Allelic Relationship Of A. Strigoa Crown Rust Resistance Factors And Their Relationship To Pc38 Suppression. |
| Asselin, Sean | Univ. of Manitoba | 10/15/19 | D. Cattani, A. Brule-Babel | The Landscape Genomics And Domestication Status Of Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus Maximiliani Schrad.). |
| Baseggio, Matheus | Cornell Univ. | 08/19/19 | M.A. Gore | Genetic Basis Of Vitamin And Mineral Levels In Fresh Sweet Corn Kernels. |
| Bruton, Richard | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | D. B. Hays | The Terrestrial Laser Scanner For Cassava (Manihot Esculenta) Phenotyping & The Development Of A Low-cost 3d Phenotyping Platform. |
| Brzozowski, Lauren | Cornell Univ. | 05/24/20 | M.R. Mazourek | Genetic And Biochemical Mechanisms Of Cucurbita Pepo Resistance To Striped Cucumber Beetle. |
| Castro Aviles, Alejandro | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | S.A. Harrison | Identification Of Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtls) For Resistance To Fusarium Head Blight (Fhb) In Wheat Variety Ags 2060 And Evaluation Of The Effect Of Fhb1 Resistance Gene On Fhb Reaction In A Louisiana Wheat Breeding Population. |
| Chacon-Jimenez, Jose G. | North Carolina State Univ. | 12/13/19 | G.E. Fernandez | Strawberry Studies: Screening Of Germplasm And Identification Of Quantitative Trait Loci For Necrotrophic And Hemibiotrophic Resistance To Anthracnose Diseases, And Validation Of A Set Of Ssr Fingerprinting Markers. |
| Cunicelli, Mia | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 05/29/20 | V. Pantalone | Mapping And Identification Of Qtl Associated With Soybean Seed Protein, Oil, And Yield In 560itxu99-310255 Ril Population Using Snp Genotyping. |
| Da Silva, Arthur P. | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | T. Lubberstedt | Mapping Of Key Traits In Maize (Zea Mays L.) Doubled Haploid Technology. |
| Du, Juan | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | M. Gadege, Z. Wang | Functional Characterization Of Petiolule-like Pulvinus (Plp) Gene In Abscission Zone Development In Medicago Truncatula And Its Application On Alfalfa. |
| Funk, Andrew | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | M. McGrath | Characterization Of Resistance Gene Diversity And Structural Variation In Beta Vulgaris. |
| Gaire, Rupesh | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | M. Mohammadi | Genotypic And Phenotypic Characterization Of Purdue Soft Red Winter Wheat Breeding Population. |
| Gonzalez Barrios, Pablo | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 05/10/20 | L. Gutierrez | Resource Allocation Optimization For Multi-environment Trials In Cereals Breeding. |
| Gunadi, Andika | Ohio State Univ. | 12/15/19 | J. Finer | Characterization Of Rps8 And Rps3 Resistance Genes To Phytophthora Sojae Through Genetic Fine Mapping And Physical Mapping Of Soybean Chromosome 13. |
| Hasbianto, Agus | Michigan State Univ. | 08/01/19 | C. Weebadde | Evaluating Soybean Germplasm From USA, China, And Brazil For Tolerance To Acidic Soils In Indonesia. |
| Hashimi, Abdulrahman | Kansas State Univ. | 12/13/19 | G. Bai, A.K. Fritz | Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci For Fusarium Head Blight Resistance In The US Winter Wheat. |
| Heineck, Garett | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 09/30/19 | E. Watkins, N.J. Ehlke | Pragmatic Methods For Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.) Breeding. |
| Hernandez, Christopher | Cornell Univ. | 08/19/19 | M.R. Mazourek | Genetics, Genomics, And Prediction Of Winter Squash Fruit Quality. |
| Horne, David | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | W.L. Rooney | Implementation Of Genomic And Phenomic Tools For Introgression Of Reinstated Sorghum Conversion (Rsc) Germplasm. |
| Iragaba, Paula | Cornell Univ. | 12/31/19 | M.A. Gore | Translating Cassava Attributes Preferred By Ugandan Smallholder Farmers Into Breeding Targets. |
| Jenkins, Shawn | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | G.L. Graef | Soybean Response To Water: Trait Identification And Prediction. |
| Kitazumi, Ai | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | B. de los Reyes | Genomic And Epigenomic Basis Of Transgressive Segregation In Rice. |
| Krause, Margaret R. | Cornell Univ. | 08/19/19 | M.A. Gore, M.E. Sorrells | Integrating High-throughput Phenotyping, Genomic Selection, And Spatial Analysis For Plant Breeding And Management. |
| Levina, Anna | Cornell Univ. | 08/19/19 | W.S. De Jong | Genetic Control Of Potato Tuber Composition: A Systems Biology Approach. |
| Li, Yaoguang | Kansas State Univ. | 12/13/19 | X. Lin, G. Bai | Development Of New Tools And Germplasms For Improvement Of Wheat Resistance To Fusarium Head Blight. |
| Liang, Yu-Ya | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | E.M. Septiningsih | Genetics And Genomics Studies For Water-related Stresses In Rice (Oryza Sativa L.). |
| Mageto, Edna | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | M. Lee | Zinc To The Sink: The Genetics Of Increased Zn In Maize Kernels. |
| McGrath, Paul | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | M. McGrath | Genomics Of Beta Vulgaris Crop Types: Insights Into Tap Root Development And Storage Characteristics. |
| Meier, Nicholas | Virginia Tech | 12/17/19 | C. Griffey | Investigation Of Winter Wheat Sowing Date Management And Genetic Architecture Of Malting Quality In Winter Barley And Milling/baking Performance In Soft Red Winter Wheat. |
| Mural, Ravi Vithappa | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | G.L. Graef | Quantitative Trait Loci Associated With Protein, Oil And Carbohydrates In Soybean [glycine Max (L.) Merr.] Seeds. |
| Nayak, Santosh | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/30/19 | V. Pantalone, C. Sams | Genetic Variation For Biomass Yield And Identification Of Genomic Regions Associated With Regrowth Vigor And Salinity Tolerance In Lowland Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.). |
| Neyhart, Jeffrey L. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 07/31/19 | K. Smith | Applications Of Genomewide Selection In A New Plant Breeding Program. |
| Otieno, Susan | Michigan State Univ. | 05/01/20 | D. Douches | Diploid Potato Breeding: Ploidy Determination In 2x X 2x Solanum Tuberosum Dihaploids Crosses By Self-compatile Donors With Screening And Identifications Of Snp Markers Associated With Ralstonia Solanacearum Resistance In The Wild Species Solanum Commerso. |
| Palanichamy, Dhyaneswaran | Cornell Univ. | 08/19/19 | M.E. Smith | Genetics Of Multiple Disease Resistance In Maize Inbred Ny22613 And Science Communication Of Quantitiative Genetics. |
| Pradhan Shrestha, Sumit | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | M.A. Babar, A.R. Blount, S. Asseng | Understanding Genetic Basis Of Spike Fertility And Complex Physiological Mechanisms To Improve Yield, Harvest Index, Grain Number And Prediction Accuracy In Wheat Under High Temperature Environments. |
| Raines, Jason | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | W.L. Rooney, M.J. Hood | Characterizing Waterlogging Tolerance In Southern Soybean (Glycine Max L. [merr.]) Germplasm Comparing Traditional Phenotyping To Remote Sensing Methods And Applying Genomic Selection For Waterlogging Tolerance Traits. |
| Russell, Blake A. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | M. Mohammadi | Trait Identification To Improve Yield And Nitrogen Use Efficiency In Wheat. |
| Silva Aguilar, Fernando | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/20 | J. Edwards, K. Lamkey | Heterosis, Inbreeding Depression And Genetic Divergence In Maize. |
| Sjoberg, Stephanie | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | A.H. Carter, C. Steber | Breeding And Evaluation Tools For Preharvest Sprouting, Emergence, And Environmental Stability Of Falling Numbers In Bread Wheat. |
| Smith, Ashley | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 08/24/19 | D. Zhao | Dissection Of Floral Organ Development And Sterility In Sorghum Bicolor. |
| Susko, Alexander Q. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 08/30/19 | K. Smith | Deciphering Lodging Resistance In Oat And Other Cereal Crops. |
| Tao, Hongbin | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | G.F. Marais | Transfer Of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance To Hard Red Winter Wheat. |
| Thapa, Ranjita | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | E.M. Septiningsih, M.J. Thomson | Genome-wide Association And Expression Studies For Identification Of Qtls And Candidate Genes Underlying Abiotic Stress Tolerance During Germination Stage Of Rice. |
| Trittinger, Susanne | Oregon State Univ. | 08/19/19 | R. Zemetra | Wheat (Triticum Aestivum) Kernel Polymers As Breeding Target For Improved End-use Quality. |
| Trumpy, Haley | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | W. Beavis | Discovery And Translation Of Genetic Resistance To Soybean Cyst Nematode. |
| Uliana Trentin, Henrique | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | T. Lubberstedt | Study And Improvement Of Maize Maternal Haploid Inducers. |
| Verzegnazzi, Anderson | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | T. Lubberstedt | Using Spontaneous Haploid Genome Doubling To Access Favorable Alleles In Exotic Maize (Zea Mays L.) Germplasm. |
| Wang, Jinyu | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | J. Yu | Pattern Discovery For Genome-wide Base Composition Evolution And Genetic Dissection Of Ndvi With Uav-based Remote Sensing In Crops. |
| Wiesner-Hanks, Tyr | Cornell Univ. | 05/24/20 | R.J. Nelson | Micro And Macro Views Of The Maize-setosphaeria Turcuca Pathosystem. |
| Zhang, Xiaoyu | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | L. Yan | Positional Cloning Of A Major Gene Regulating Spikelet Number In Common Wheat. |
| Zhao, Zixiao | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 08/09/19 | B. Hibbard, C. Elsik | Toxicogenomics Of Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera Leconte In Response To Ecry3.1ab-expressing Transgenic Maize. |
CSSA Crop Physiology & Metabolism Division (C-2) | ||||
| Abendroth, Lori | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | F. Miguez, M. Castellano | Characterizing Climate Change In The Midwest: Magnitude Of Warming And Plausibiity Of Adapation Strategies For Maize-based Systems. |
| Bouyanfif, Amal | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | E. Hequet, M. Moussa | Effects Of Fatty Acid Supplemation On Gene Expression, Lifespan, And Biochemical Changes In Wild Type And Mutant C. Elegans Strains. |
| Browne, Frances | Auburn Univ. | 05/09/20 | S. Li | Stewardship Of Synthetic Auxins In 2,4-d And Dicamba-resistant Crops And Mitigation Of Off-target Movement. |
| Bulyaba, Rosemary | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | A. Lenssen, K. Moore | Limestone Application On A Ferralsol Soil And Genotype By Environment Effects On Yield And Grain Nutrient Composition In Common Bean. |
| De Oliveira Rocah, Raquel | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | R.A. Wilson | From Surface Sensing To Biotrophic Growth: Unraveling The Metabolic Strategies Of The Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae During Infection. |
| Ernest, Emmalea | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | R. Wisser | Physiological Effects Of High Temperatures And The Genetic Architecture Of Heat Stress Response In Lima Bean. |
| Jani, Arun D. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | M.J. Mulvaney, J.E. Erickson, D.L. Rowland | Summer Legume Cash And Cover Crop Nitrogen Contributions In Conservation Tillage Cropping Systems. |
| Kang, Jian | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 08/09/19 | R. Sharp, M. Oliver | Cotton And Maize Primary Root Growth Responses To Water Deficit: Comparative Physiological And Metabolic Analysis. |
| Lamichane, Suman | Virginia Tech | 02/14/20 | T. Fukao | Physiological And Molecular Dissection Of Salinity Tolerance In Arabidopsis And Maize And Nitrogen Uptake In Wheat. |
| Ma, Xiaochi | Washington State Univ. | 12/19/19 | P. Jacoby, K. Sanguinet | Physiologial And Molecular Responses Of Cabernet Sauvignon (Vitis Vinifera L.) To Novel Water Management Strategies. |
| Patel, Swetabh | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | A. Lenssen, K. Moore | Intercropping And Relay Cropping To Increase Productivity, Resilience, And Long-term Sustainability Of Corn And Soybean Cropping Systems In Iowa. |
| Pokharel, Meghnath | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | S.V.K. Jagadish | Physiological Characterization Of Winter Canola Under Heat And Drought Stress During Flowering And Pod-filling Stages. |
| Renner, Ilse E. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 05/29/20 | V. Fritz | Glucobrassicin Enhancement Using Low Red To Far-red Light Ratio In ‘ruby Ball’ Cabbage And High-throughput Glucobrassicin Estimation Using Near-infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy. |
| Saleh, Osama S. | Univ. of Wyoming | 05/15/20 | A. Kniss | Growth And Development Of Winter Wheat Triticum Aestivum L. In Response To Intra- And Interspecific Competition. |
| Thompson, Corey N. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | G. Ritchie | Quantitative Analysis Of Cotton Growth Habits In Breeding Plots. |
CSSA Crop Ecology, Management & Quality Division (C-3) | ||||
| Al Ubori, Rafid | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 08/09/19 | J. Lory, K. Nelson | Effect Of Irrigation On Fertilizer Nitrogen Requirement, Economic Returns And Water Availability In A Corn-soybean Rotation. |
| Burke Lewis, Tara | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | I.C. Burke | Novel Herbicide Resistance Trait Investigation And Qtl Mapping In Wheat. |
| De Oliveira Silva, Amanda | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | R.P. Lollato | Genotype, Environment, And Management Interactions On Grain Yield And Nutrient Uptake Dynamics In Winter Wheat. |
| Diatta, Andre | Virginia Tech | 04/27/20 | A. Abaye, W. Thomason | Mungbean [vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek]: Protein-rich Legume For Improving Soil Fertility And Diversifying Cropping Systems. |
| Dobbratz, Michelle | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 12/31/19 | J. Jungers, J. Baker | Perennial Fuel, Feed, And Cereal: High Diversity Pernennials For Biofuel And Intermediate Wheatgrass For Grain And Forage. |
| Donovan, Victoria | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | D. Twidwell | Applying Ecological Resilience Theory Using Scale, Pattern, And Process. |
| Gentry, Donna S. | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | L. Fultz | Evaluation Of Soil Type And Seeding Rate On Winter Cover Crop Species In A Soybean Production System. |
| Joshi, Vijaya R. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 01/31/20 | A. Garcia y Garcia, J. Coulter | Weather- And Process-based Models For The Estimation Of Maize And Soybean Growth, Development, And Yield. |
| Kodati, Srikanth | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | S.E. Everhart | Diversity And Pathogenicity Of Rhizoctonia Spp. From Different Plant Hosts In Nebraska. |
| Kumar, Krishna | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | L.R. Griffing, K.D. Hirschi | Exogenous Sterols Are Taken Up By A Novel Pathway By The Elongating Cells Of Roots. |
| Lee, Jason W. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | J. Camberato | A Collection Of Three Independent Studies: Investigating The Impact Of Starter Fertilizer On Maize Growth & Development, Validating An Alternative Root Study Method, And Testing The Efficacy Of Biostimulants In Maize Production. |
| Matczyszyn, Julianne | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | S.E. Everhart | Environmental Factors Underlying Criconematidae Nematode Community Assemblages In Great Smoky Mountains National Park And Phyloecology Of Mesocriconema Xenoplax Sensu Lato In The United States. |
| Mosqueda, Elizabeth | Univ. of Wyoming | 08/16/19 | A. Kniss | Efficacy And Economics Of Cultural And Mechanical Weed Control Practices For Herbicide-resistant Weed Management. |
| Opoku, Joseph N. | Virginia Tech | 05/26/20 | H. Mehl | Stink Bug-fusarium Interactions And Mitigation Of Associated Mycotoxin Contamination Of Corn In The Mid-atlantic, USA. |
| Rod, Katherine | Univ. of Kentucky | 05/06/20 | C. Knott | Improving Kentucky’s Winter Wheat And Double Rotation. |
| Stanley, J. | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | J.K. Ransom | Optimal Seeding Rates For New Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivars In Diverse Environments. |
| Sulzbach Santos Hansel, Damaris | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | I.A. Ciampitti | Double Crop Soybeans Management: A Review, Field Studies, And Modeling. |
| Tamagno, Santiago | Kansas State Univ. | 12/13/19 | I.A. Ciampitti | Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Plant Nitrogen Demand, And Physiological Processes Involved In Seed Yield And Seed Composition In Soybeans. |
| Wolters, Bethany | Virginia Tech | 09/23/19 | M. Reiter | To Mix Or Not To Mix: Diverse Cover Crop Mixture Performance And Management. |
CSSA Seed Physiology, Production & Technology Division (C-4) | ||||
| Almtarfi, Hussien | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/15/20 | F. Fritschi | Top-soil Root Architecture Characteristics Of Obsolete And Modern Soybean Cultivars And Shoot And Seed Nutrient Contents. |
| Freund Saxhaug, Katrina | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 03/31/20 | C.C. Sheaffer | Production Of Native Plants For Seed, Biomass, And Natural Products. |
| Saraiva Morais, Joao Paulo | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | E. Hequet | Strategies To Increase Genetic Gain In A Pedigree Breeding Selection. |
CSSA Turfgrass Science Division (C-5) | ||||
| Galle, Glenn | North Carolina State Univ. | 12/20/19 | J.P. Kerns | Biology And Management Of Sting Nematode In Golf Course Putting Greens In NC. |
| Green, Thomas O. | Michigan State Univ. | 05/15/20 | J.N. Rogers III, J.R. Crum, E.F. Foster | The Effects Of Dazomet On Annual Bluegrass Seed Viability. |
| Laskowski, Kevin | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | E. Holm | Investigation Of Ice Encasement Survival Mechanisms And Winter Preparatory Management Strategies In Annual Bluegrass. |
| Qiu, Yinjie | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 03/01/20 | E. Watkins | Leveraging High Throughput Sequencing For Fine Fescue (Festuca Spp.) Breeding And Genetics. |
| Weaver, Joshua R. | Clemson Univ. | 05/07/20 | L.B. McCarty, V.L. Quinsenberry, W. Bridges, Jr. | Evaluation Of Biological Thatch Control On Golf Greens. |
CSSA Forage & Grazinglands Division (C-6) | ||||
| Aryal, Parmeshwor | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | L.E. Sollenberger, D.L. Rowland, C.B. Dubeux | Genotype, Growing Environment, And Nitrogen Management Affect Biomass Partitioning Of Rhizoma Peanut During Establishment. |
| Baath, Gurjinder S. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | A.C. Rocateli | Evaluating Capabilities Of Novel Warm-season Crops To Fill Forage Deficit Periods In The Southern Great Plains. |
| Carvalho Souza Dias, Jose L. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | B. Sellers, J. Ferrell, J. Vendramini | Implementation Of Integrated Strategies To Manage Giant Smutgrass (Sporobolus Indicus Var. Pyramidalis) Infestations In Bahiagrass Pastures. |
| Garcia-Jimenez, Liza | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | J.C. Dubeux, L.E. Sollenberger, J.M. Vendramini | Ecosystem Services Provided By Contrasting Grazing Systems In North Florida. |
| Ghajar, Shayan | Virginia Tech | 05/26/20 | B. Tracy | The Suitability Of Native Warm-season Grasses For Equine. |
| Norris, Aaron B. | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | J.L. Foster, L.O. Tedeschi | Evaluating The Effect Of Quebracho Tannin Supplementation Upon Ruminant Production. |
| Schlobohm, Ryan | Oklahoma State Univ. | 05/12/20 | Y. Wu | Breeding And Genetic Characterization Of Forage Bermudagrass For The Transition Zone In The United States. |
| Severino da Silva, Liliane | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | L.E. Sollenberger, J.C. Dubeux, J.M. Vendramini | Ecosystem Services Of Grass- And Legume-based Year-round Forage Systems Managed Under Grazing Or Hay Harvest. |
CSSA Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Division (C-7) | ||||
| Babilonia, Kevin | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | P. He, L. Shan | Genetic And Molecular Characterization Of Fusarium Wilt And Cotton Interactions. |
| Behzadirad, Marjan | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | R.D. Allen, M. Tadege, M.P. Anderson | Gene Regulation In Response To Transgenically Elevated Expression Of Superoxide Dismutase In Tobacco. |
| Blissett, Elizabeth N. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 10/31/19 | R. Bernardo, J. Luby | Genomewide Selection In Apple: Prediction And Postdiction In The University Of Minnesota Apple Breeding Program. |
| Brandt, Kali | Oregon State Univ. | 06/17/19 | R. Zemetra | Modern Wheat Breeding: Next Generation Sequencing And Crispr Transformation. |
| Collins, Paul | Michigan State Univ. | 05/01/20 | D. Wang | Genetic Mapping Of Resistance To Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome And Soybean Oil Quality. |
| Dawood, Mohammad | Univ. of Kentucky | 04/24/20 | J. Snyder | Arthropod Resistant Tomatoes: Screening Tools, Yield, And Nutritional Quality Of Interspecific Hybrids. |
| DeMers, Lindsay | Virginia Tech | 04/27/20 | S. Maroof | Comparative Functional Genomics Characterization Of Low Phytic Acid Soybeans And Virus Resistant Soybeans. |
| Galhardo Egreja Ribei, Thais | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | J.R. Herr | Transcriptome Analysis Of Maize In Response To Xanthomonas Vasicola Pv. Vasculorum And Clavibacter Nebraskensis. |
| Giglio, Rachael | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 08/24/19 | E. Latch | Unraveling Plague Ecology Through Vector And Host Genetics. |
| Gollihue, Jarrad | Univ. of Kentucky | 05/29/20 | S. DeBolt | In Pursuit Of Understanding Barrel Variation: Surveying The Lignocellulose Composition And Content Changes In Quercus Alba Barrel Staves During Cooperage And Bourbon Whiskey Maturation. |
| Guan, Jingwen | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | L. Zeng | Single-cell Studies Of Bacteriophage Lambda And Crispr-cas Systems. |
| Haarith, Deepak R. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 05/29/20 | S. Chen | Characterizing A Soybean Cyst Nematode Mycobiome From Waseca Long-term Soy-corn Rotation Experiment In Search Of Fungal Biological Control Agents And Bio-nematicides. |
| Hernandez Vasquez, Javier | Oregon State Univ. | 12/06/19 | P.M. Hayes | Genome Wide Association Mapping For Abiotic And Biotic Stresses In Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) Using Diverse Arrays Of Doubled Haploids Derived From Intercrossing Exotic And Adapted Germplasm. |
| Jiang, Tao | Auburn Univ. | 12/14/19 | C.Y. Chen | Application Of Molecular And Bioinformatic Approaches For Sensory And Quality Attributes Improvement In Peanuts (Arachis Hypogaea L.) Breeding. |
| Kan, Chia-Cheng | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | L. Yan | Genetic Characterization Of Two Important Traits In Winter Winter Cultivar 'duster' And Their Application In Wheat Breeding. |
| Li, Feng | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 10/31/19 | M. Figueroa | Virulence Of The Stem Rust Fungus And Non-host Resistance Against Stem Rust. |
| Liang, Zhikai | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | J.C. Schnable | New Approaches To Use Genomics, Field Traits, And High-throughput Phenotyping For Gene Discovery In Maize (Zea Mays). |
| Millwood, Reginald | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/31/19 | C.N. Stewart | Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) Pollen-mediated Gene Flow And Transgene Bioconfinement Strategies. |
| Pham, An | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 12/20/19 | G. Stacey | Identification Of The Second Extracellular Adenosine Triphosphate Receptor In Arabidopsis Thaliana. |
| Santana de Carvalho, Daniel | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | J.C. Schnable | An Integrated Genomics And Phenomics Approach To Study The Evolution Of C4 Photosynthesis. |
| Wasala Seneviratne J M, Sudeshi Lakmali Seneviratne | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | P.E. McClean | Genomic Analysis Of Septoria Nodorum Blotch Susceptibility Genes Snn1 And Snn2 In Wheat. |
| Xu, Xiaochen | Purdue Univ. | 12/15/19 | G. Ejeta | Identification And Mapping Of Anthracnose Resistance Genes In Sorghum {sorghum Bicolor (L) Moench}. |
| Zhang, Chi | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/30/19 | F. Chen | Functional Study Of Plant Sabath Methyltransferases In The Biosynthesis Of Methyl Cinnamate, Juvenile Hormone Iii And Methyl Gibberellins. |
| Zhang, Mingyi | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | X. Cai | Homoeologous Recombination-based Chromosome Engineering For Physical Mapping And Introgression In Wheat And Its Relatives aegilops Speltoides and thinopyrum Elongatum. |
| Zhu, Xiaohan | Univ. of Manitoba | 02/05/20 | F. Daayf | Identification And Characterization Of Pathogenicity-related Factors In Verticillium Dahliae. |
CSSA Plant Genetic Resources Division (C-8) | ||||
| Hoang, Nhung | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 12/20/19 | G. Stacey | The Role Of Micrornas In The Legume-rhizobium Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis. |
| Huskey, David A. | Univ. of Arizona | 05/27/20 | M. Hawes | Extracellular Dna-based Trapping Of Heavy Metals By Root Border Cells. |
| Khangura, Megan E. | Purdue Univ. | 12/15/19 | G. Ejeta | A Genome-wide Association Study Of The Quantitave Resistance To Striga Hermonthica And Plant Architecture Of Sorghum Bicolor In Northwestern Ethiopia. |
| Kosgey, Zennah C. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 11/27/19 | R. Dill-Macky | Sources Of Fhb Resistance, Genetics And Mapping Of Stem Rust Resistance In Kenyan And Ethiopian Spring Wheat Germplasm. |
| Lopez, Miguel A. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | K. Rainey | Developing The Yield Equation For Plant Breeding Purposes In Soybean (Glicine Max L Merr). |
| Moreira, Fabiana F. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | K. Rainey | Applications Of High-throughput Phenotyping On Soybean Breeding. |
| Nguyen, Cuong X. | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 12/20/19 | G. Stacey, M. Stacey | Developing Molecular Genetic Tools For Gene Discovery In Soybean (Glycine Max). |
| Nyamesorto, Bernard M. | Montana State Univ. | 05/19/20 | L. Huang | Creating Rust Resistance In Wheat Via Modification Of Host Genes. |
CSSA Biomedical, Health-Beneficial, and Nutritionally Enhanced Plants (C-9) | ||||
| Tian, Jie | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | H. Qin | O-glcnacylation Levels Regulate Primary Ciliary Length By Promoting Axoneme Disassembly And Exploring Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii As A Synthetic Template. |
Doctorate Degrees in Soil Science Fields | ||||
SSSA Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Division | ||||
| Gao, Si | Univ. of Montana | 05/16/20 | T.H. DeLuca | Influence Of Locally Produced Wood Biochar On Soil Nitrogen And Phosphorus Dynamics In The Northwestern Ust. |
SSSA Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis Division | ||||
| Ayankojo, Ibukun T. | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | K.T. Morgan | Towards Best Management Practices In Florida Tomato Production: Irrigation, Nutrition, And Modeling. |
| Cafaro La Menza, Nicolas | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | P. Grassini | Understanding Of Nitrogen Limitation In Soybean. |
| Khaledian, Yones | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | B. Miller | The Application Of Machine Learning Algorithms In Predicting Soil Organic Carbon/matter. |
| Massey, Joshua R. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 05/08/20 | H. Zhang | Nutrient Cycling In Switchgrass And Soil Health As Affected By Cover Crops. |
| Welikhe, Pauline K. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | S. Brouder | Evaluating The Effects Of Legacy Phosphorus On Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus Losses In Tile-drained Systems. |
SSSA Pedology Division | ||||
| Minai, Joshua O. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | D. Schulze | Utilization Of Legacy Soil Data For Digital Soil Mapping And Data Delivery For The Busia Area Kenya. |
| Rahmani, Shams R. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | D. Schulze | Digital Soil Mapping Of The Purdue Argonomy Center For Research And Education. |
| Yost, Jenifer L. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 12/25/19 | A.E. Hartemink | Soil Carbon In The Sandy Soils Of The Wisconsin Central Sand Plains. |
| Zhang, Yakun | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 12/25/19 | A.E. Hartemink | Short Range Variation Of Soils At The Farm Scale. |
SSSA Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division | ||||
| Alagele, Salah | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/16/20 | S.H. Anderson | Agroforestry Buffer, Biomass Crop, And Gtrain Crop Effects On Soil Quality And Soil Water Use. |
| Alshraah, Shaddy | North Carolina State Univ. | 05/11/20 | R.A. McLaughlin, J.I. Heitman | Effects Of Amendments And Vegetation Type Over Time. |
| Bagnall, Dianna | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | C.L.S. Morgan | Indicators To Communicate Links Between No-till And Soil Functions In The Middle And Lower Brazos River Watershed. |
| Carlson, Samuel P. | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | G. Poole | Understanding Hydrogeomorphic Influences On Stream Network Denitrification And Temperature Dynamics. |
| Lu, Yanyan | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | M.L. Silveira | Agronomic And Environmental Impacts Of Land Application Of Biosolids And Biochar On Bahiagrass Pastures In Florida. |
| McDaniel, Jacob | Colorado State Univ. | 08/25/20 | G. Butters | Soil Phosphorus Availability And Transformations Following Biosolids Applications. |
| Peng, Qiuping | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | D. Huggins | Labile Organic Carbon in Soil Profies after Long-term No-tillage: Laboratory to Field-scale and Comparison with Native Prairie. |
| Pisarello, Kathryn M. | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | J.W. Jawitz | Evapotranspiration Drivers And Patterns In Global Climate Zones. |
| Reyes Rojas, Luis A. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | S. Ventura | Digital Soil Mapping, Modeling And Legacy Data Rescue In Chile. |
| Sigler, William A. | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | S. Ewing | Water Quality Response To Water And Nitrogen Movement Through A Semi-arid Dryland Agroecosystem In Montana, USA. |
SSSA Soil Biology & Biochemistry Division | ||||
| Bandopadhyay, Sreejata | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/20/19 | J. DeBruyn | Microbial Degradation And Ecological Impacts Of Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films In Agricultural Soils. |
| Glanville, Kathryn R. | Michigan State Univ. | 06/18/20 | G.P. Robertson | Impacts Of Changing Precipitation On Nitrogen Cycling In Different Landscape Positions And Cropping Systems. |
| Guevara, Mario | Univ. of Delaware | 01/29/20 | R. Vargas | Country To Global Prediction Of Soil Organic Carbon And Soil Moisture Using Digital Soil Mapping. |
| Idehen, Osagie | Tuskegee Univ. | 05/09/20 | M. Egnin, R. Ankumah | Characterization Of Microbial Community Dynamics, And Selected Enzymes Activity And Transcriptome Profiling Of The Fern, Hyperaccumulator Pteris Vittata, During Growth And Development In Arsenic-contaminated Soil. |
| Liang, Di | Michigan State Univ. | 12/05/19 | G.P. Robertson | Microbial Sources Of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Diverse Cropping Systems. |
| Morris, James W. | Univ. of Kentucky | 05/08/20 | D. McNear | Nickel Speciation, Microbial Community Structure, And Chemical Attributes In The Rhizosphere Of Nickel Hyperaccumulating And Non-accumulating Plants Growing In Serpentine Soils. |
| Rivera-Zayas, Johanie | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | C.W. Rice | Fluxes Of Ch? And N?o, Soil N Dynamics, And Microbial Communities In Grassland Grazing Systems. |
| Smercina, Darian N. | Michigan State Univ. | 05/01/20 | L.K. Tiemann | Environmental And Biological Controls On Free-living Nitrogen Fixation. |
| Wang, Ying | Univ. of California-Santa Barbara | 08/25/19 | P.A. Holden | Engineered Carbonaceous Nanomaterials In Legume Agroecosystems: Potential Effects And Fates. |
SSSA Soil Chemistry Division | ||||
| Afsar, Mohammad Z. | Univ. of Delaware | 06/11/20 | Y. Jin | Quantification And Molecular Characterization Of Organo-mineral Associations As Influenced By Redox Oscillations: Relevance In Carbon Cycling And Stabilization. |
| Alnsour, Najwa | North Carolina State Univ. | 05/11/20 | W.P. Robarge | Bi-directional Exchange Of Ammonia From Soils In Row Crop Agro-ecosystems. |
| Alves, Barbara | Univ. of California-Davis | 12/03/19 | P. Green | Biochar As A Remediation Material For Agricultural Soils Enriched In Cadmium. |
| Antonanegelo, Joao A. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | H. Zhang | Nutrient Dynamics In A Highly Weathered Soil Under No-till And Heavy Metal Phytoavailability As Affected By Biochar Amendment. |
| Betts, Aaron | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | D. Sparks | Clay Mineral Influences On The Formation Of Ferrous Layered Hydroxides (Ldh) In Flooded Soil Environments. |
| Moravec, Bryan | Univ. of Arizona | 12/20/19 | J. Chorover | The Architecture Of The Deep Critical Zone: The Role Of Lithology And Geologic Texture In Regolith Formation, Hydrologic Flowpath Development, And Weathering Dynamics. |
| Wei, Zhuo | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/20/19 | J.J. Wang | Effect Of Biosurfactant And Biochar On Ecosystem Functions And Oil Remediation In Crude Oil-contaminated Wetland Soils. |
SSSA Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition Division | ||||
| Dhillon, Jagmandeep S. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | W.R. Raun | Effect Of Topdress N Rate Applied Based On Growing Degree Days On Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Grain Yield. |
| Ervin, Clara E. | Virginia Tech | 09/05/19 | M. Reiter | Poultry Litter Ash As An Alternative Fertilizer Source For Corn. |
| Leme Filho, Jose | Virginia Tech | 03/24/20 | W. Thomason | An Integrated Plant Mutrition System (Ipns) For Corn And Cannabis In The Mid-atlantic USA. |
| Morandin Figueiredo, Bruno | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | W.R. Raun | Applied Use Of Climatological Data To Refine Optimum Times For Nitrogen Stress Sensing In Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) And Value Of Composite Ndvi And Gdd Data In Oklahoma, 1992 To 2017. |
| Paye, Wooiklee | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/20/19 | B.S. Tubana | Silicon Fertilization In Rice And Wheat: Dynamics With Trace Elements And Effect Of Silicate Slag Granular Size On The Release Pattern Of Monosilicic Acid In Soil. |
| Tenorio, Fatima Amor | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | P. Grassini | Benchmarking On-farm Maize Nitrogen Balance In The Western U.s. Corn Belt. |
| Vance, Crystal | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | L. Gaston, J. Beasley | Using Poultry Litter Ash As A Fertilizer Source For Bermudagrass (Cynodon Dactylon) Establishment And Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Plantation. |
| Wehmeyer, Gwendolyn B. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 05/08/20 | W.R. Raun | Optimum Sulfur Application For Soybean (Glycine Max) In Oklahoma: Influence Of Preplant And Topdress Nitrogen On Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum) Grain Yield. |
| Young, Jacob | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/15/20 | W. Wiebold | Cover Crop And Rotation Intensity Effects On Soil Health And Yield In Corn-soybean Cropping Systems. |
SSSA Soil Mineralogy Division | ||||
| Acree, Autumn D. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | D. Weindorf | Contemporary Advancements In Soil Characterization: Geochemical, Morphological, And Spectroscopic Approaches. |
| SSSA Soil Physics and Hydrology Division | ||||
| Orozco Lopez, Enrique | Univ. of Florida | 06/10/20 | R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao | Subsurface Preferential Flow And Transport In Riparian Buffer. |
| Radolinksi, Jesse | Virginia Tech | 09/26/19 | R. Stewart | Illuminating Controls On Solute And Water Transport In The Critical Zone. |
| Sun, Taozhu | Univ. of Delaware | 08/20/19 | Y. Jin | Retention And Removal Of Mechanisms Of Bacterial Surrogates On/from Natural And Model Produce Surfaces. |
| Sun, Wenguang | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | H.M. Selim | Retention And Transport Of Molybdenum In Soils. |
| Wyatt, Briana M. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | T.E. Ochsner | Measuring And Modeling Deep Drainage, Stream Flow, And Soil Moisture In Oklahoma. |
SSSA Soils & Environmental Quality Division | ||||
| Almutari, Mohammad Mathkar | Kansas State Univ. | 12/13/19 | G.M. Hettiarchchi | Improving Crop Quality: Investigations On Soil Selenium And Zinc Transfer And Bioavailability. |
| Bangari, Kiran R. | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | C. Johnston | In-situ Spectroscopic Investigation Of Molecular Mechanisms Enabling Sorption Of Dioxins And Pcbs By Smectite Clays. |
| Collins, Rosemary J. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | R.S. Mylavarapu | The Effect Of Coastal Flooding On Soil Nutrient Flux. |
| Gao, Feng | Michigan State Univ. | 08/01/19 | S. Boyd | Computational Methods For Understanding Environmental Processes And Toxicity. |
| Gao, Peng | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | L.Q. Ma, P.C. Wilson | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Florida Urban Soils: From Sources To Exposures. |
| Ghosh Roy, Subhomita | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 05/16/20 | T. Ehlinger | Indicators Of Toxic Stress In Wetland Sediments. |
| Le, Hanh | Virginia Tech | 08/26/19 | K. Xia | Impact Of Manure Management Practices On The Environmental Fate Of Antibiotics In Manure-applied Fields. |
| Li, Tiantian | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | Y. Li, Z. Tong | Fabrication And Characterization Of Bio-based Adsorbents And Fertilizers From Biomass-derived Wastes And Their Applications. |
| Shen, Yike | Michigan State Univ. | 05/01/20 | W. Zhang | Antibiotic Resistance And Bacterial Microbiome In Lettuce-soil Systems. |
| Waterhouse, Hannah | Univ. of California-Davis | 03/20/20 | W. Horwath | Nitrogen Cycling And Transport Under Agricultural Managed Aquifer Recharge. |
SSSA Urban and Anthropogenic Soils Division | ||||
| Badzmierowski, Mike J. | Virginia Tech | 12/19/19 | G.K. Evanylo | Biosolids as a source of soil conditioning and fertility for turfgrass. |
| Paltseva, Anna | CUNY-City Univ. of New York | 09/30/19 | Z. Cheng, P. Groffman, M. McBride | Lead And Arsenic Contamination In Urban Soils In New York City. |
| SSSA Wetland Soils Division | ||||
| Quintero, Carlos J. | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | M.J. Cohen, T.Z. Osborne | Geometric Controls On Water And Carbon Fluxes In A Subtropical Karst Wetland Landscape. |
No Section or Division Specified | ||||
| Andrzejczyk, Nicolette | Univ. of California-Riverside | 06/12/20 | D. Schlenk | Transcriptomics In Ecotoxicology: Characterizing The Effects Of Contaminants And Environmental Parameters On Aquatic Populations. |
| Bazzer, Sumandeep | Univ. of Arkansas | 07/01/20 | L.C. Purcell | Genetics Of Physiological Traits Associated With Drought Tolerance In Soybean (Glycine Max). |
| Bolton, Leland G. | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 12/13/19 | B. Barrett | Behavioral Responses Of Drosophila Suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) To Olfactory And Visual Cues. |
| Landis, Greta | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | R.D. Jackson | Relating Composition Of Public Grassland Vegetation To Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Imagery. |
| Maas, Ellen | Ohio State Univ. | 05/03/20 | R. Lal | Uncertainties In Soil Model Projections. |
| Montgomery, Randall | New Mexico State Univ. | 01/31/20 | R. Pratt | Non-thesis. |
| Taylor, Allison | Univ. of California-Riverside | 12/13/19 | J. Gan | Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants In Urban-impacted Coastal Marine Sediments. |
| Togliatti, Kaitlin | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | B. Hornbuckle | Using Smap And Smos Vegetation Optical Depth To Measure Crop Water In Vegetation. |
| Zhanyou, Xu | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/20 | W. Beavis | Machine Learning Analytics For Predictive Breeding. |
Master's Degrees in Argonomic Science Fields | ||||
ASA Agronomic Production Systems Section | ||||
| Alzahrani, Fares | Oregon State Univ. | 07/15/20 | R. McDonnell | Elucidating Key Aspects Of The Biology Of Select Species Of Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) In Oregon. |
| Bennett, Logan | Oregon State Univ. | 03/13/20 | J.L. Parke | Determining The Minimum Treatment Area And Importance Of Soil Irrigation For Solarizing Soil Infested With Phytophthora Spp. |
| Bergquist, Galen | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | J. Gutknecht, K. Jarcho | Biomass Yield And Soil Microbial Response To Management Of Perennial Intermediate Wheatgrass (Thinopyrum Intermedium) As Grain Crop And Carbon Sink. |
| Bhandari, Rekha | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | D. Weaver, T. Sterling | Assessment Of Host Selection Behaviors And Oviposition Preferences Of Cephus Cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Using Wheat And Smooth Brome. |
| Bloomquist, Mark | Iowa State Univ. | 12/20/19 | A.W. Lenssen | A replanting guide for sugar beet production in southern Minnesota. |
| Borrenpohl, Dan | Ohio State Univ. | 08/04/19 | C. Sneller | Genomic Selection Can Replace Phenotypic Selection In Early Generation Wheat Breeding. |
| Bracey, Weston M. | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/31/19 | V. Sykes | Cool-season Annual Cover Crop Species And Dual-use Forage Cover Crops In No-till Tennessee Production Systems. |
| Britton, Tony | Univ. of Manitoba | 10/15/19 | G. Aaron, B. Amiro | Determining Evapotranspiration And Crop Coefficient Values Using An Adjusted Penman-monteith Equation Over Canola (Brassica Napus) In Southern Manitoba. |
| Buesing, Ben | Iowa State Univ. | 12/20/19 | A.W. Lenssen | Soybean varietal response to late season nitrogen application at different plant populations. |
| Crosby, Trevor W. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 05/29/20 | Y. Wang | Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) Production As Influenced By Different Irrigation Management Practices In Central Wisconsin. |
| Crossman, Savanna | Kansas State Univ. | 12/13/19 | D.R. Presley | Short-term Effects Of Cover Crops On Soil Health And Yield In Established No-till Systems. |
| Davis, Eric M. | Iowa State Univ. | 12/20/19 | G.P. Munkvold, A.D. Knapp | Comparing characterization methods of Fusarium Ear Rot resistance in corn. |
| Davis, Joseph | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | D.K. Santra | Effects Of Different Water And Nitrogen Regimens On End-use Quality Of Winter Wheat Produced In Nebraska. |
| Dodendorf, Leah N. | Iowa State Univ. | 12/20/19 | A.W. Lenssen | Weed science: three problem plants that call for more research. |
| Ficker, Abby L. | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/19 | A.J. Ciha, A.D. Knapp | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum impacts on host crops. |
| Friedrich, Justin | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | R.G. Hartzler | Herbicide Site of Actions and Potential Damage to Zea mays and Glycine max. |
| Fusilier, Katlin | Michigan State Univ. | 12/01/19 | M. Singh | Integrated Mycotoxin Management Strategies In Maize Grain. |
| Gordon, Jeffrey A. | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | S.E. Wortman | Effects of Prophylactic Use of Pyrethroid Insecticides on Target and Non-target Arthropods in Soybean. |
| Groen, Cody J. | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | A.W. Lenssen | Manipulating sugarbeet plant population to compensate for high nitrogen fertility in southern Minnesota. |
| Kezar, Sarah E. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 05/08/20 | J.J. Lofton | Response Of Simulated Stress Of Soybean Production Systems: Growth Parameters And Yield. |
| Koeshall, Samuel T. | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | C.F. Creech | Rotational Benefits, Planting Timing, And Seeding Rate Evaluation Of Field Pea In Semi-arid Cropping Systems Across The High Plains Of Western Nebraska. |
| Leu, Karen | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/30/19 | D. Butler | Morphology And Decomposition Of Roots Under Organic Management In The Southeastern US. |
| Lin, Zhe | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | W. Guo | Unmanned Aerial Systems And Crop Modeling For Irrigation Scheduling In The Southern High Plains. |
| Malone, Shaelyn C. | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | A. Trowbridge | Soil Legacy Effects Alter Plant Volatile Emissions In Response To Diversified Cropping Systems. |
| McGeary, Kyle | Tennessee State Univ. | 08/01/19 | J.P. de Koff | The Effects Of Nitrogen Rates On Plant Properties And Arthropod Visitation Of Three Winter Canola (Brassica Napus L.) Cultivars In Tennessee. |
| McNulty, Sarah | Ohio State Univ. | 12/15/19 | K. Cornish | Accelerated Crop Domestication Through Identification Of Phenotypic Characteristics Of Taraxacum Kok-saghyz Relevant To Rubber Yield. |
| Meyeres, Tyler Paige | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | S. Lancaster, V. Kumar | Response Of Non-dicamba-resistant Soybean Varieties To Dicamba At Varying Doses And Application Times. |
| Murphy, Brandi | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | S. Omaye | Non-thesis. |
| Nixon, Madison G. | Montana State Univ. | 08/07/20 | F. Menalled | Pest Management Challenges And Climate Change In Water Limited Winter Wheat Agroecosystems In Southwest Montana. |
| Overmyer, Keeley | Ohio State Univ. | 05/01/20 | L.E. Lindsey | Impact Of Cereal Rye And Oat Cover Crop Planting And Termination Date On Disease, Insects, And Yield In Continuous Soybean Systems. |
| Purucker, Taylor | Michigan State Univ. | 08/01/19 | K. Steinke | Impact Of Seeding Rate And Fertilizer Application, Placement, And Timing On Soybean And Corn Plant Growth And Grain Yield. |
| Rains III, Larry J. | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | J.A. Dille | Evaluating Cover Crops And Herbicides For Horseweed And Palmer Amaranth Management. |
| Schramski, John | Michigan State Univ. | 07/01/20 | C. Sprague | Horseweed Growth Types And Integrating Fall-planted Cereal Cover Crops For Management. |
| Slebodnik, Kathryn A. | Utah State Univ. | 05/01/20 | J.R. Reeve, J.M. Norton | Effect Of Plant Derived Tannins On Nitrogen And Carbon Cycling In Pasture Soils. |
| Stewart, Stirling | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/15/20 | N.R. Kitchen | Planting Depth And Within-field Soil Variability Effects On Corn Stand Establishment And Yield. |
| Striegel, Adam | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | A.J. Jhala | Control Of Volunteer Corn In Enlist Corn And Economics Of Herbicide Programs In Conventional And Multiple Herbicide-resistant Soybean Systems Across Nebraska. |
| Striegel, Sarah | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 05/10/20 | R. Werle | Considerations For Post-emergence Dicamba Use In Wisconsin Soybean Cropping Systems. |
| Summers, Haleigh | Pennsylvania State Univ. | 05/16/20 | H.D. Karsten, J. Wallace, W. Curran | Evaluating Integrated Weed Management Tactics To Reduce Herbicides And Control Herbicide-resistant Weeds. |
| Ulusoy, Ayse Nur | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | S.Z. Knezevic | Critical Time For Weed Removal In Corn (Zea Mays L.) As Influenced By Pre-herbicides. |
| Wehrbein, Joshua S. | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | C.A. Proctor | Integration Of Cover Crops Into Midwest Corn-soybean Cropping Systems And Potential For Weed Suppression. |
| Yang, Pahoua | Oregon State Univ. | 12/16/19 | S. Rondon | Monitoring And Evaluating The Susceptibility Of Leptinotarsa Decemlineata (Say) Colorado Potato Beetle (Cpb) Against Insecticides In The Columbia Basin Of Northeastern Oregon. |
| Ziegler, Holly | Ohio State Univ. | 05/03/20 | L. Lindsey | Non-thesis. |
| Zimbric, Joseph | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | D.E. Stoltenberg, V.D. Picasso | Weed Community Dynamics And Suppression In Dual-use Intermediate Wheatgrass Cropping Systems. |
| ASA Biometry and Statistical Computing Section | ||||
| Lien, Mason | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | D.J. Lee | Genomic Prediction of Seed Size in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Breeding. |
| Shen, Xiaoqing | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | R.W. Jessup, D.B. Hays | Quantification Of Soil Organic Carbon In Biochar-amended Soil Using Ground Penetrating Radar (Gpr). |
ASA Climatology and Modeling Section | ||||
| Chien, Yu-Tang | Utah State Univ. | 08/05/19 | S.Y. Wang | Change In The Leading Mode Of North America's Wintertime Stationary Eddies. |
| Craig, Cordi | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | B. Sullivan | Rates And Controls Of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes In The Great Basin, USA. |
| Hansen, Tracy A. | Iowa State Univ. | 12/20/19 | B.K. Hornbuckle | Growing degree days web application. |
| Kasten, Ryan | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | B. Sullivan | Above And Belowground Carbon Stocks Differ Among Meadow Vegetation Communities In The Northern Sierra Nevada, California USA. |
| Markland, Titania | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 07/31/19 | T.J. Griffis, J.M. Baker | Restoring Cropland To Prairie: Impacts On Carbon And Water Cycling In Minnesota. |
| Schillerberg, Tayler | Auburn Univ. | 08/02/19 | D. Tian | Assessing Changes And Predictability Of Crop Yields And Failure Risk In The United States: The Impact From Large-scale Climate Circulations. |
| Serakos, Allison | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 08/30/19 | P.K. Snyder | Interacting Modes Of Climate Variability Over North America. |
| Sturtevant, Joshua | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 05/15/20 | A. Harpold | Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting In The Western U.s. Under Declining Snowpack. |
ASA Education and Extension Section | ||||
| Kimbrell, Alice | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/31/19 | A. Pulte, S. Hamilton | Volunteer And Staff Perceptions Of A Public Garden Adopt-a-spot Volunteer Program: A Qualitative Inquiry. |
| Melissa, Lim | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | D. Malvick | Hear me out:a content analysis of plant pathology podcast and usage in plant pathology extension (Capstone Project). |
ASA Environmental Quality Section | ||||
| Banet, Travis A. | Colorado State Univ. | 08/15/19 | J.A. Ippolito | Repurposing Agricultural And Municipal Wastes To Supply Soil With Plant-available Phosphorus. |
| Luippold, Adriel | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 05/15/20 | M. Gustin | Reactive Mercury Measurement And Identification Using The University Of Nevada, Reno Reactive Mercury Active System 2.0. |
| Lynn, Brett A. | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | P.J. Tomlinson | Potential Of Nitrogen Management Strategies To Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions In Corn. |
| McGuire, Rob | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | A.P. Mallarino | Impacts of Phosphorus Lost from Agricultural Fields on Water Quality and Gypsums Capacity to Reduce the Loss to Tile Drainage. |
| Metz, Alexander | Auburn Univ. | 08/03/19 | M. Waters | Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Ecosystem Degradation In Gulf Of Mexico Estuary System. |
| Ogunmayowa, Oluwatosin | Virginia Tech | 04/27/20 | M. Steele | Quantifying The Effects Of Watershed Size And Land Development On Stream Nutrients. |
| Tsalickis, Alexandra | Auburn Univ. | 12/14/19 | M. Waters | Potential Use Of Guano Core Records In Reconstructing Historic Precipitation Patterns For Northern Alabama. |
ASA Global Agronomy Section | ||||
| Allen, Elizabeth L. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
| Andrenko, Iryna | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | T. Montague | Understanding Salinity Tolerance Of Select Wildflowers Species In A Hydroponic Setting. |
| Capule, Emily A. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
| Culpepper, Travis | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | J. Young, G. Ritchie | Water Requirements For Turfgrass Species In A Semiarid Climate. |
| Johnson, Sharon J. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
| Jones, Miranda K. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
| Nemire, Bryan J. | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
| Schamberger, Blair | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | A.J. Jhala | Understanding of Agriculture. |
| Stiles, Jeremy | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | S.S. Hague | Being a Crop Consultant with the Largest Crop Input Company in the World. |
| Sun, Yazhou | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | W. Guo | Assessment Of Cotton Water Stress With Unmanned Aerial Systems Remote Sensing. |
| Voigt, Kurt D. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | T. Montague | Non-thesis. |
ASA Land Management and Conservation Section | ||||
| Bell, Mackenzie | Univ. of Florida | 12/18/19 | S. Enloe, G. MacDonald, J. Leary | Evaluation Of Novel Herbicides And Application Techniques For Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus Terebinthifolia Raddi) Management. |
| Brehm, Joseph | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | P. Weisberg | Cheatgrass Die-off In The Great Basin: A Comparison Of Remote Sensing Detection Methods And Identification Of Environments Favorable To Die-off. |
| Burdick, Jacob | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 12/15/19 | S. Swanson | Wild Horse And Cattle Use Of Nevada Spring Meadows: Hydrologic Gradients Drive Vegetation. |
| Carlson, Anne B. | Iowa State Univ. | 08/09/19 | M.A. Licht | What’s new in cover crop research in Iowa from 2013 to 2018. |
| Dillard, Shannon L. | Montana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | A. Hartshorn | Restoring Semi-arid Lands With Microtopography. |
| Gibson, Tiffani | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | M.D. McDaniel | Controlled traffic farming benefits to soil physical properties and soil health on Granby loamy fine sands. |
| Johnson, Anna | Auburn Univ. | 05/03/20 | A. Gamble | Influence Of Cover Crop Mixtures On Soil Health And Weed Control In Cotton Production Systems. |
| Rasmussen, Brian | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 05/15/20 | S. Swanson | Post-fire Monitoring Of Multiple Riparian Indicator. |
| Schirmacher, Marie | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | P.B. De Laune, T.J. Gentry | Cover- And Double-cropping Impacts On Soil Health And Moisture Of A Dryland Winter Wheat System In The Texas Rolling Plains. |
| Schwab, Ryan | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | B. Horgan | Improving Water Conservation On Golf Courses Through Wetting Agents And Unmown Roughs. |
| Snyder, Devon | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 05/15/20 | T. Stringham | Rainfall Interception By Mountain Big Sagebrush (Artemisia Tridentata Ssp. Vaseyana). |
| Solomon, Jessica L. | Univ. of Florida | 12/18/19 | S. Enloe, J.A. Ferrell, C.R. Adams | Evaluation Of Chemical And Physical Control Strategies Across Life History Stages Of The Invasive Kalanchoe Xhoughtonii. |
| Stallings, Wesley | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | D.D. Redfearn | Navigating the Challenges Associated with Integrated Agricultural Systems: Assessment and Analysis in the Southeastern United States. |
Master's Degrees in Crop Science Fields | ||||
CSSA Crop Breeding and Genetics Division (C-1) | ||||
| Acharya, Janam P. | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | E.F. Rios, M.O. Wallau, M.F. Ribeiro De Resende Jr. | Developing Improved Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa. L) Germplasm Adapted To Florida Using Genomic And Conventional Tools. |
| Anibas, Calli | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 05/10/20 | N. de Leon | Maize Bm3 Mutant: Identifying And Characterizing Affected Genomic Regions & Genetic Modifiers. |
| Canella Vieira, Caio | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/15/20 | P. Chen | Soybean Resistance And Yield Response To Southern Root-knot Nematode. |
| Cetindere, Betul | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | P.S. Baenziger | Identification Of Differential Gene Expression Among Low Phytic Acid And High Grain Protein Genotypes In Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.). |
| Crocker, Steven | Auburn Univ. | 12/14/19 | J. Koebernick | Neonicotinoid And Anthranilic Diamide Insecticide Seed Treatment Combinations For Early-season Insect Control In Dry-seeded Rice (Oryza Sativa). |
| Delaney, Anthony | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | P.S. Baenziger | Investigating Parental Effects On End-use Quality In Hard Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Hybrids. |
| Dixon, Sarah | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 08/09/19 | R. Smeda | Growth And Reproductive Response Of Horticultural Crops To Synthetic Auxin Herbicides. |
| Djibo Waziri, Aichatou | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | K. Campbell | Genetic And Metabolic Determinant Of Resistance To Fusarium Crown Rot In Spring Wheat. |
| Dogan, Mehmet | Texas A&M Univ. | 06/09/20 | S. Liu, H. Zhang, A.M.H. Ibrahim | Qtl Analysis Of End-use Quality In A Mapping Population From Texas Wheat. |
| Eroglu, Aysegul | Washington State Univ. | 12/19/19 | C. Coyne, L. Carpenter-Boggs | The Identification Of Some Unknown Allium Accessions For Ornamental Value. |
| Foster, Tyler | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | R.W. Jessup | Development Of Novel Perinnial Sorghum Gemplasm: Induced Polyploidization And Hybridization Of S. Bicolor X S. Propinquum. |
| Gannaban, Ritchel B. | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | R. Shim | Identification Of Novel Sources Of Variation For The Improvement Of Cold Germination Ability And Early Seedling Vigor In Upland Cotton (Gossypium Hirsuturm). |
| Getty, Brooke | Oregon State Univ. | 06/14/19 | M.S. Townsend | Induced Mutation For Improving Cascade And Centennial Hop. |
| Hitzelberger, Christian | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | D.M. Stelly | Development And Characterization Of Gossypium Hirsutum L. X G. Mustelinum Miers Ex Watts Chromosome Segment Substitution Line Population. |
| Holland, Kristen N. | Univ. of Delaware | 05/29/20 | R. Wisser | Identifying Genes Related To Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In Medicago Truncatula Tnt1 Insertion Mutants Using A Forward Genetics Approach. |
| Jalathge, Gayani | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | V. Mendo | Mapping And Characterization Of Thick Leafed Mutant Of Sorghum. |
| Kashyap, Samneet | Clemson Univ. | 05/08/20 | S. Rustgi | Development Of Reduced-immunogenicity Wheat Lines Using Molecular Plant Breeding Approaches. |
| Kumral, Fulya | Auburn Univ. | 08/03/19 | C. Chen | Genome-wide Association Study (Gwas) On Root-knot Nematode Resistance In Cultivated Peanut. |
| Lane, Holly M. | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | S.C. Murray | Applications And Evaluation Of Phenomic Technologies In Maize Breeding. |
| Leier, Justin | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | A.J. Green | Fusarium Head Blight Resistance In F1 Hybrid Hard Red Spring Wheat. |
| Liu, Chang | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | M. Pumphrey, C. Steber | Late Maturity Alpha-amylase In North American Spring Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.). |
| Liu, Yuan | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | X. Li | Genetic Dissection Of Tan Spot Resistance In Wheat. |
| Moreta Mejia, Danilo E. | Cornell Univ. | 05/24/20 | R.J. Nelson | Non-thesis. |
| Mortenson, John | Utah State Univ. | 05/21/19 | J.E. Creech | Genetic Mapping Of Grass Monoculture And Grass-legume Mixture Compatibility Qtls In Intermediate Wheatgrass. |
| Ostmeyer, Troy | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | S.V.K. Jagadish, R. Perumal | Enhancing Early-stage Chilling Tolerance [sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench] By Integrating Physiological And Genetic Approaches. |
| Pei, Xiangyu | Univ. of Manitoba | 10/15/19 | C. McCartney, B. McCallum | Genetic Mapping Of Leaf Rust (Puccinia Triticina Eriks.) Resistance In Durum Wheat (Triticum Turgidum Var. Durum L.). |
| Rahman, Sanzida | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | A.L. Thompson | Differentiating Pvy Infection From Nitrogen Deficiency In Potato Using Spectral Reflectance. |
| Richter, Colette | Oregon State Univ. | 03/13/20 | R. Zemetra, S. Elias | Introgression And Evaluation Of Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Conferring Resistance To Quizalofop Herbicide. |
| Rodriguez Herrera, David | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 02/28/19 | E. Watkins, N.J. Ehlke | Investigating The Prospect Of Fine Fescue Turfgrass Seed Production In Minnesota. |
| Sade, Fatma Betul | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | A.M.H. Ibrahim | Genotype-by-floral Characteristics Interaction For Hybrid Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Production In Texas. |
| Sahin, Elif | Oregon State Univ. | 03/12/20 | D. Hannaway | Breeding For Improved Forage Yield Potential And Digestibility In Tall Fescue (Schedonorus Arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort). |
| Sahin, Muhammet | Oregon State Univ. | 03/12/20 | D. Hannaway | Selection For Persistence In Red Clover Through Improved Tolerance To Northern Anthracnose [na; Kabatiella Caulivora(Kirch.) Karak.] And Drought. |
| Singleton, Joshua J. | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | R. Shim | Role Of Genetic Diversity In The Adaptive Success Of Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum Elaegnifolium) Under Variable Environmental Pressures. |
| Sitz, Ransom | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | P.S. Baenziger | Quantification of error rates in controlled hand pollinations of maize (Zea mays). |
| Swannack, Carmen | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | K. Campbell | Qtl Analysis Of End-use Quality And Stripe Rust Resistance Traits In Double Haploid Soft White Wheat Population. |
| Trowbridge, Julia | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 12/15/19 | M. Yerka | Toward Understanding The Genetic Basis Of Cross-incompatibility In Sorghum: De Novo Genome Assembly Of Johnsongrass And Resequencing Of Iap And Bam1 Loci. |
| Van der Laan, Liza M. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | B. Carver | Indirect Response To Yield Selection For End-use Quality And Wheat Sensitivity Indicators In Hard Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Across Six Breeding Cycles And Three Lineages. |
| Williams, Lindsay D. | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | V. Mendu | Interaction Studies Of Photoperiodic Flowering Time Regulator Fkfl And Characterization Of Uchl1. |
| Windes, Sarah | Oregon State Univ. | 06/12/20 | P. Hayes | Integrating Solutions At The Intersection Of Climate Change And Flavor: Breeding For Sustainable Malting Barley And Beer Sensory Characteristics. |
| Windham, Jonathan | Clemson Univ. | 05/08/20 | S. Rustgi, K. Gasic | Site-directed Mutagenesis In Peach (Prunus Persica) Via Crispr Cas12a. |
| Wu, Wenzhuo | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | S.S. Hague | High-throughput Phenotyping That Improves The Efficiency Of A Cotton Plant Breeding System. |
| Zhong, Becky H. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 09/30/19 | K. Smith, A. Lorenz | Towards Developing A Double Cropping System Between Winter Barley And Soybean In The Upper Midwest. |
CSSA Crop Physiology & Metabolism Division (C-2) | ||||
| Aggalaiah Manjunatha, Priyanka | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | A.C. Rocateli, M.P. Anderson | Net Ecosystem Exchange Of Carbon Dioxide And Water Vapor Fluxes In Winter Wheat And Canola Under Conventional Tillage And No-till. |
| Argenta, Josiane | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | K.H. Carson | Responses Of C3 And C4 Weed Species To Tembotrione And Dicamba Herbicide Under Elevated Atmospheric CO2 And Water Deficit. |
| Degroot, Joshua | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | R. Hartzler, M. Darr | Evaluation Techniques For Sense And Spray Weed Management. |
| Dinkla, Gunnar | Iowa State Univ. | 05/09/20 | M. Wiedenhoeft | Winter Annual Alternative Crops For Enhanced Sustainability In Iowa Cropping Systems. |
| Drake, Tanner S. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | G. Ritchie | Effects Of Fruit Placement In Upland Cotton By Water Regimes. |
| Gundlah-Mooney, Victoria | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | H. Bais | Intervention Of The Rice Microbiome In Abating Arsenic Toxicity In Rice. |
| Hodge, Mikkal G. | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/19 | M.E. Westgate | Impact of a Foliar Applied Silicate Product on the Observed and Measured Stalk Strength of Inbred Maize. |
| Johnson, Nicholas | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | H. Bais | Salmonella Mutants Show Differentiation In Response To Plant Innate Defense. |
| Katta, Jhansy Reddy | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | V.G. Kakani | Evaluating Photosynthetic Responses Of Sorghum (Grain & Forage) And Soybean To Temperature Stress. |
| Kaur, Rupinder | Univ. of Manitoba | 02/05/20 | B. Ayele | Regulation Of Wheat Seed Germination And Seedling Growth By Brassinosteroid. |
| Li, Zhengxiong | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | E.T. Paparozzi | Determining Chlorosis on Purple Leaf Basil Plants. |
| Lott, Heidi L. | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | A.D. Knapp | The Effects of Fungicide Applied at V5/V6, V12, and VT/R1 on Corn Yield in New York. |
| McAmis, Shannon K. | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | D.L. Rowland, K.W. Migliaccio, B. Tillman | Aflatoxin Contamination In Peanut: Model Exploration And Fine-scale Assessment Of Environmental And Physiological Factors. |
| Mccoy, Erik | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | M.W. Sadok, A. Lorenz | Genetic Analysis Of Whole-plant Leaf Area, Leaf Shape, And Leaf Venation Branching In Soybean. |
| Pendergrass, Jay B. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | G. Ritchie | Utilizing Phenotypic Traits To Predict Seedling Field Vigor In A Cotton Breeding Program. |
| Rai, Abhijit | Univ. of Wyoming | 08/16/19 | V. Sharma | Dry Bean Crop Water Use, Growth, And Yield Dynamics, And Production Functions In Response To Rates And Methods Of Irrigation. |
| Singh, Hardeep | California State Univ.-Fresno | 05/22/20 | G. Brar | Effect Of Different Photoperiod And Led Lighting Regimes On The Growth And Physiology Of Containerized Citrus Nursery Trees. |
| Tolley, Seth A. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | M. Mohammadi | Dynamic Response Of Biomass Allocation To Nitrogen And Water In Wheat. |
| Walnut, Jessica | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | G.Y. Yuen | Hormonal Signaling Induced In Soybean By Lysobacter Enzymogenes Strain C3. |
| Young, Shelby M. | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | G. Ritchie | A Systems-based Approach For Managing Early Season Cotton Pests. |
CSSA Crop Ecology, Management & Quality Division (C-3) | ||||
| Andersen, Bryce | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | M.T. Berti | Integrating Faba Bean (Vicia Faba, L.) Into Cropping Systems As A Cover Crop, Intercrop, And Late-season Forage. |
| Angeles, Jorge | California State Univ.-Fresno | 05/15/20 | A. Shrestha, D. Goorahoo | Early Season Response Of Tomatoes To Differential Soil Residue Levels Of Preplant Herbicides. |
| Arroyo Rosas, Raul | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | I.C. Burke | Control Of Rattail Fescue (Vulpia Myuros) In Carbon-seeded Kentucky Bluegrass And Perennial Ryegrass. |
| Aubert, Allison M. | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | K.L. Roozeboom | Winter Canola Dry Matter And Nutrient Accumulation And Partitioning And Yield Formation In Northeast Kansas. |
| Beuschlein, Jared | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | I.C. Burke | Management Of Ventenata With Indaziflam On Conservation Reserve Program Land. |
| Bhattarai, Bishwoyog | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | S. Singh | Comparing Silage Production Potential Of Forage Sorghum, Pearl Millet And Corn Under Limited Irrigation. |
| Brooke, Matthew | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | H. Hatterman-Valenti | Mother And Daughter Chipping Potato Cultivar Responses To Sublethal Rates Of Glyphosate And Dicamba. |
| Chamberlain, Lindsay A. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | S.P. Conley, J.M. Ane | Impacts Of Crop Rotation And Cover Cropping On Soil Bacterial Communities. |
| Christensen, Bethany | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | J.K. Ransom | Using Mid-season Mdvi Data From Drones To Create Variable Rate Fertilizer Maps. |
| Coker, Anna | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/14/19 | D. Harrell | Comparison Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle And Greenseeker Derived Ndvi Vegetative Indices's To Estimate Rice Grain Yield Potential. |
| Collins, Ryan J. | Univ. of Kentucky | 05/18/20 | E. Haramoto | Using Biology To Better Inform Marestail [conyza Canadenis (L.) Cronq.] Management. |
| de Camargo Santos, Aline | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | J.M. McCray, D.L. Rowland, S.H. Daroub | Effect Of Histosol Depth And Soil Subsidence On Soil Nitrogen Dynamics And Nitrogen Uptake By Sugarcane In The Everglades Agricultural Area. |
| Di Salvo, Juan | Univ. of Kentucky | 12/16/19 | M. Salmeron | Effect Of Management Decisions On Corn Yield Productivity And Stability In Environments With Contrasting Water Availability. |
| Filley, Amberle | Univ. of Wyoming | 12/20/19 | C. Eberle | Introduction Of Pulse Crops Into The Wheat-fallow System In Southeastern Wyoming. |
| Fischer, Jacob | Washington State Univ. | 05/21/20 | D. Lyon | Chemical Control Of Rush Skeletonweed (Chondrilla Juncea L.) During Summer Fallow In Eastern Washington. |
| Froemke, Aaron | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | K.A. Howatt | Horseweed (Erigeron Canadensis) Control In No-till Soybean Systems On A Coarse Textured Soil. |
| Gastler, Lindsey | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | J.A. Dille | Influence Of Grain Sorghum Planting Dates And Palmer Amaranth Emergence Timings On Competitive Outcomes. |
| Greve, Mitchell J. | Purdue Univ. | 12/15/19 | S. Brouder | Edge-of-field Associated Nitrate-n Loss In A Soybean Rotation. |
| Gullickson, Matthew G. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 01/31/19 | M. Rogers | Spotted-wing Drosophila: Investigating The Efficacy Of Innovative And Alternative Management Techniques. |
| Hilfinger, Dana | Ohio State Univ. | 08/04/19 | M. Kleinhenz | Diurnal Manipulation Of Row Covers Within High Tunnels During Spring And Fall And Its Influence On The Growth, Composition And Visual Appeal Of Red Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa). |
| Johnson, Kory | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | H.J. Kandel | Relative Maturity And Row Spacing Effect On Establishment Of Interseeded Cover Crops Into Soybean. |
| KC, Rabin | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 06/30/20 | A. Garcia y Garcia, N. Jordan | Winterkilled Cover Crops Interseeded Late Into Corn And Soybean Within Different Tillage Practices In The Upper Midwest, USA. |
| Keeney, Andrea | Univ. of Kentucky | 07/17/19 | A. Bailey | Effects Of Potassium Source And Rate On Yield, Quality, And Leaf Chemistry Of Dark And Burley Tobacco, And Residual Effects On Soil K Levels. |
| Kluza, Jacob | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | E.E. McGinnis | Evaluation Of High Tunnel And Field Produced Specialty Cut Flowers In The Northern Great Plains. |
| Kramer, Madison | Univ. of Kentucky | 04/29/20 | T. Legleiter | Glyphosate Plus Dicamba, Spray Solution Deposition, Coverage, And Efficacy As Influenced By Spray Nozzle Design And Weed Density. |
| Lystad, Alexa | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | T.J. Peters | Ethofumesate 4sc Applied Postemergence In Sugarbeet. |
| Miller, Houston L. | Purdue Univ. | 12/15/19 | S. Armstrong | Investigation Of Corn Yield Improvement Following Cereal Rye Using Starter Nitrogen Fertilizer. |
| Moore, Sarah A. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 12/31/19 | M.S. Wells, R. Becker | Evaluating The Sustainability Of Double-cropping Rotations With Pennycress (Thlaspi Arvense). |
| Muhle, Anthony | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | G.Y. Yuen | Rust And Viral Mosaic Diseases In Biofuel Switchgrass. |
| Muir, Jacob | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | J.K. Ransom | Nitrogen Sources And Their Management On Wheat Yield And Protein. |
| Nemergut, Kyle | Ohio State Univ. | 05/03/20 | A.J. Lindsey | Evaluating The Effect Of Planting Depth On Emergence, Growth And Development, And Yield. |
| Nielsen, Matthew | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | K.L. Roozeboom, P.J. Tomlinson | Grain Sorghum Response To Cover Crops Under A No-till System. |
| Osburn, Andrew | Ohio State Univ. | 12/15/19 | M. Loux | Understanding Weed Species Diversity In Railroad Crossing Rights-of-way. |
| Parajuli, Suman | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | C.W. Lee | Influence Of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum, L.) Seedling Grafting On Plant Growth, Fruit Yield And Quality, And Disease Tolerance. |
| Perry, Zachary | Univ. of Kentucky | 03/09/20 | T. Legleiter | Evaluation Of The Influence Of Dicamba Exposure On Crop Injury And Canopy Closure Of Glufosinate Resistant Soybean. |
| Persaud, Leelawattie | Mississippi State Univ. | 05/01/20 | B. Macoon, K.R. Reddy | Thermotolerance Classification Of Brassica Carinata Genotypes Using Germination Assay And Vegetative Growth Parameters. |
| Peterson, Alan | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | M.T. Berti | Intersowing Cover Crops Into Standing Soybean In The Upper Midwest. |
| Podder, Swarup | North Dakota State Univ. | 01/09/20 | M.T. Berti | Screening For Forage Sorghum Genotypes With Chilling Tolerance. |
| Prevost, William J. | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/14/19 | K. Fontenot, C. Mudge | Evaluation Of Metsulfuron-methyl For Giant Salvinia (Salvinia Molesta) Control And Non-target Plant Species Sensitivity. |
| Puka-Beals, Jesse | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | G.G. Gramig | Combining Cover Crops, Strip Tillage And Novel Mulches To Manage Weeds In Vegetable Cropping Systems. |
| Reger, Joshua E. | California State Univ.-Fresno | 05/22/20 | J.A. Wenger | Effects On Strain, Irradiation, And Shipping On The Comparative Fitness Of Navel Orangeworm Amyelois Transitella, And Implications For The Use Of Sterile Insect Technique In California Tree Nut Crops. |
| Reid, Elise | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | S.E. Wortman | Legacy Effects Of Biodegradable Mulch And Soil Management On Vegetable Crops And The Soil. |
| Rosset, Jonathan | Univ. of Manitoba | 06/04/20 | R. Gulden | Evaluating Cultural Weed Management Techniques In Soybean In Manitoba. |
| Rouse, Lee | Louisiana State Univ. | 08/09/19 | D. LaBonte, J. Beasley | Influence Of P Fertility On Sweetpotato Rooting During Containerized Transplant Production. |
| Rusch, Hannah L. | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 08/30/19 | A. Garcia y Garcia, J. Coulter | Potential For Interseeded Cover Crops In A Maize Cropping System In The US Upper Midwest. |
| Russell, Kyle R. | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | P. Dotray | Weed Management Systems In Auxin Tolerant Cotton And Non-auxin Tolerant Cotton Response To Simulated Dicamba Drift. |
| Samuelson, Mitchell | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | S.E. Wortman, R.A. Drijber | Microbial Response To Biodegradable Mulch: Can Degradation Rate Be Accelerated By Management? |
| Schmitt, Mattie B. | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | J.K. Ransom | Actors Affecting Establishment And Growth Of Cover Crops In A Corn-soybean Rotation. |
| Sciarresi, Cintia | Univ. of Kentucky | 12/15/19 | M. Salmeron | Optimizing Cove Crop Rotations For Water, Nitrogen, And Weed Management. |
| Shannon, Michael K. | Louisiana State Univ. | 05/09/20 | G. Myers | Simulating Southern Rust Damage In Corn Through Defoliation. |
| Sias, Cynthia | Texas A&M Univ. | 06/15/20 | M. Bagavathiannan | Understanding Interspecific Hybridization Between Sorghum Bicolor And Its Weedy Congener, S. Halepense. |
| Steffl, Nicholas | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | B.L. Johnson | Relay Sowing Soybean Into Established Winter Annual Cover Crops. |
| Swanson, Meredith | North Dakota State Univ. | 08/02/19 | T.P. West | Cornus Mas L. Cultivar Selection Based On Hardiness And Propagation. |
| Thompson, Nicholas | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | T. Vyn | Nitrogen Placement Strategies During Planting To Sidedress Applications On In-season Plant Responses And Grain Yield In Corn. |
| Tooley, Joshua | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 12/20/19 | H. Naumann | Herbage Accumulation, Nutritive Value And Nitrogen Dynamics Of A Tall Fescue Forage System With Either Nitrogen Fertilization Or Intercropped Sunn Hemp. |
| Tubbs, William | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/15/20 | K. Bradley | Response Of Insect Pest And Beneficial Species To The Timing And Severity Of Dicamba Injury In Soybean. |
| Wittenberg, Alex | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | M.T. Berti | Optimizing Winter Camelina Production As A Cover Crop In North Dakota. |
| Yilmaz, Kutay | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/04/20 | B.L. Johnson | Seeding Date And Genotype Maturity Interactions On Grain Sorghum [sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench] Performance In North Dakota. |
| Zawada, Zachary | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 08/24/19 | G. Prasad | Exploring Primitive Legume Symbiosis Using Chamaecrista Fasciculata As A Model. |
CSSA Seed Physiology, Production & Technology Division (C-4) | ||||
| Brown, Rohan O. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | E. Hequet | Investigating The Variability Of Cotton Production In The US. |
| Ercan, Gulcin | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | A.O. Adesemoye, S.E. Everhart | Dual Biological Control: Characterization Of Fungi And Bacteria To Control Granary Weevil And Fungal Pathogens Of Stored Grain. |
| Stoll, Hannah | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | P.S. Baenziger | Unraveling The Influence Of Female Flowering Characteristics And Chemical Hybridizing Agent Formulations On Hybrid Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Seed Production. |
CSSA Turfgrass Science Division (C-5) | ||||
| Bearss, Ryan | Michigan State Univ. | 07/01/20 | J. Rogers | Annual Bluegrass Emergence From Fraze Mowed Airway Systems Fumigated With Dazomet. |
| Boeri, Pablo A. | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | J.B. Unruh | Evaluating Drought Response Traits And Herbicide Tolerance In Turf Type Bahiagrass (Paspalum Notatum Flugge). |
| Bowling, William | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | B.G. Wherley, K.J. McInnes | Long-term Dynamics And Management Requirements Of Sand-capped Fairways. |
| Brown, Austin M. | Auburn Univ. | 08/03/19 | J.S. McElroy | Growing Degree-days Optimize Trinexapac-ethyl Reapplications For Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Greens. |
| Cox, Katherine D. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | K.E. Kenworthy, E. Rios, B. Unruh | Drought Tolerance Screening And Municipal Watering Restrictions Effects On Zoysiagrass. |
| Darling, Courtney L. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | B.A. Sellers, D.C. Odero, J.A. Ferrell | Glyphosate Alone And In Tank-mixes For Control Of Perennial Grass Weed Species In Bermudagrass. |
| Harris, Paul | Utah State Univ. | 02/26/20 | P.G. Johnson | Salinity Tolerance In Kentucky Bluegrass Hybrids. |
| Kann, Mark | Univ. of Florida | 08/10/19 | J.B. Unruh | Barriers To The Adoption Of Best Management Practices By The Florida Golf Course Management Industry. |
| Ledford, Silas A. | Clemson Univ. | 12/19/19 | L.B. McCarty, W. Bridges, Jr., M. Cutulle | Diamond Zoysiagrass Response And Seedhead Control Using Plant Growth Regulators. |
| Lulis, Timothy T. | Pennsylvania State Univ. | 05/09/20 | J.E. Kaminski | Impact Of Cultural Practices On Putting Green Ball Roll Distance And Turfgrass Quality During Golf Tournament Preparation. |
| Ogle, Brian | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 05/29/19 | J. Sorochan | Evaluating The Effects Of Various Painting Techniques On Athletic Field Surface And Root Zone Characteristics. |
| Peppers, John M. | Auburn Univ. | 12/14/19 | J.S. McElroy | Efficacy And Antagonism Of Pinoxaden When Alone And In Combination With Other Pesticides For Annual Grass Control. |
| Pirtle, Todd R. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | J.E. Erickson, K.E. Kenworthy, J.B. Unruh | Performance Of St. Augustinegrass Under Differing Irrigation Regimes: Integrating Turf Quality, Image Analysis, Ndvi, And Ultrasonic Sensors. |
| Powers, Jackson M. | New Mexico State Univ. | 05/09/20 | R.M. Goss | Turfgrass Plant Water Status Influence On Herbicide Phytotoxicity And Efficacy. |
| Sapkota, Manish | Texas Tech Univ. | 12/19/19 | J. Young | Soil Health Variability Among Residential Landscapes Impact Urban Water Conservation. |
| Schneider, Brianna | Ohio State Univ. | 08/04/19 | D. Gardner, K. Danneberger | The Effects Of Sand Shape And Turf Type On The Playing Quality Of A Hybrid Turf System. |
CSSA Forage & Grazinglands Division (C-6) | ||||
| Blanchette, Gabrielle E. | Montana State Univ. | 12/13/19 | K. O'Neill | Native Pollinators: The Effects Of Livestock Grazing Within Montana Rangelands. |
| Boldis, Mariel | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 05/15/20 | B. Perryman | Responses Of Above- And Belowground Forb And Plant Species Diversity To Grazing Exclusion And Fire In The Northern Great Basin Sagebrush Steppe. |
| Bruce-Smith, Abiola E. | Mississippi State Univ. | 05/01/20 | B. Macoon, D.J. Lang | Forage Contribution Of Cool-season Annuals As Cover Crops In Warm-season Pastures. |
| Freires Abreu, Lucas | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | A.C. Rocateli, B. Arnall, M. Manuchehri | Assessing Glyphosate Injury And Forage Bermudagrass Regrowth Using Canopeo. |
| Horn, Kyle M. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | A.C. Rocateli | Introducing Grazable Cover Crops To Wheat Systems In Oklahoma. |
| Judge, Laura | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 05/19/20 | M.J. Renz | Conservation Grazing With Cattle: Evaluating Control Of Woody Encroachment, Plant Community Change And Grassland Bird Habitat. |
| Majeski, Michelle L. | Montana State Univ. | 08/07/20 | J. Mangold | Understanding Mechanisms Of Invasion And Restoring Lands Impacted By Non-native Annual Grasses. |
| Perez, Brenda | Univ. of California-Davis | 06/11/20 | D.H. Putnam | Effects Of Cutting Schedule On Quality And Yield Of ‘higher Quality’ Alfalfa Cultivars In A Mediterranean Environment. |
| Repas, Emily | Univ. of Wyoming | 05/15/20 | D. Tekiela | Revitalizing The Use Of Crested Wheatgrass For The Management Of Annual Invasive Grasses. |
| Rose, Marcus | Utah State Univ. | 10/23/19 | J.E. Creech | Herbage Characteristics Affecting Intake By Dairy Heifers Grazing Grass-monoculture And Grass-birdsfoot Trefoil Pastures. |
| Rubeck, Laura | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | W.H. Schacht | The Effects of Management- Intensive Grazing on Stream Water Quality. |
| Shawver, Casey | Colorado State Univ. | 08/21/19 | J. Brummer | Effects Of Management Intensive Grazing In Relation To Soil Health And Forage Porduction In An Irrigated Perennial Pasture System. |
| Wagner, Jennie | Virginia Tech | 05/23/20 | B. Tracy | Can Beef Be Bee-friendly? Using Native Warm-season Grasses And Wildflowers In Pastures To Conserve Bees. |
CSSA Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Division (C-7) | ||||
| Baker, Lisa | Iowa State Univ. | 05/08/20 | A.D. Knapp | Guidance for regulated biotech trials in the US. |
| Biliarski, George | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | A. Mitra | Expression Of Multi-domain Lytic Peptide Genes In Transgenic Plants For Disease Resistance. |
| Gierke, Lily | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12/21/19 | F. Alberto | A Seascape Genetics Approach To Studying Genetic Differentiation In The Bull Kelp Nereocystis Luetkeana. |
| Han, Ruijie | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | C. Zhang | Transcriptomic And Cell-specific Translatomic Analysis In Early Iron Deficiency Response In Arabidopsis. |
| Liu, Su | North Carolina State Univ. | 03/04/20 | M. Iorizzo | Improved Hybrid De Novo Genome Assembly, Resistance Gene Prediction And Annotation Of Carrot (Daucus Carota). |
| Sharma, Pratibha | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 06/30/20 | A. Chanda | Evaluation Of Resistance To Rhizoctonia Solani In Soybean And Assessment Of Fungicide Sensitivity In Isolates From Sugar Beet And Soybean. |
| Sharma, Pushpa | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | M.N. Neff | The Ahl Gene Family And Its Roles In Flowering Time, Hypocotyl Length, Seed Size, And Seed Weight In Arabidopsis. |
| Svajda, Cooper | Texas A&M Univ. | 12/13/19 | M.J. Thomson | Large Genome Segment Deletion In Oryza Sativa Protoplasts Utilizing Crispr Cas9 Synchronized Cuts. |
| Westenskow, Shelby | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | M.N. Neff | Using Crispr-cas9 To Knockout Brassinosteroid Inactivation Genes In Arabidopsis Thaliana. |
| Wu, Lingyi | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | E. Wommack | Virioplankton Community Structure Is Shaped By Co-occurring Bacterioplankton Community And Environmental Parameters In Pelagic Azores Waters. |
CSSA Plant Genetic Resources Division (C-8) | ||||
| Afshar, Zaki | Colorado State Univ. | 12/21/19 | S. Haley | Characterization And Molecular Mapping Of Stripe Rust Resistance In A Denali/hatcher Winter Wheat Doubled Haploid Population. |
| Block, Mary | Oregon State Univ. | 05/29/20 | D. Gent | Development Of Diagnostic Assays For Race Differentiation Of P. Macularis. |
| Dareus, Rocheteau | Univ. of Florida | 12/19/19 | E.F. Rios, M. Mulvaney, C. Chase | Screening Cowpea [vigna Unguiculata L. Walp] Germplasm For Forage Production And Root-knot Nematode Resistance (Meloidogyne Spp.). |
| Eustis, Ashley | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | F. Barrios Masias | Evaluation Of Ten Genotypes For Leaf Physiological Performance Under A Simulated Heat Wave. |
| Fraser, Bradley W. | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | H.S. Sandhu, J.M. McCray, J. Bhadha | Evaluation Of Several Chemical Nematicides For Managing Nematodes And Their Effect On Nutrient Uptake, Growth, And Yield In Sugarcane. |
| Ledman, Kristi | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 09/30/19 | R. Dill-Macky | Pathovar Identification And Genetic Diversity Of Xanthomonas Translucens Strains Isolated From Weedy Grasses And Cultivated Wild Rice In Minnesota. |
| Marshall, Jesse | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 05/08/20 | K.L. Amundsen | Buffalograss Diversity Assessment. |
| Meholic, Catherine | Univ. of Delaware | 08/20/19 | J. Frett | An Assessment Of The Hamamelidaceae In Global Living Collections. |
| Wytsalucy, Reagan | Utah State Univ. | 08/23/19 | B.L. Black | Native American Food Crops: Southwest Peach (Prunus Persica) And Navajo Spinach (Cleome Serrulata). |
Master's Degrees in Soil Science Fields | ||||
SSSA Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Division | ||||
| Hamilton, Ivanna | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 11/13/19 | B. Si | The Interactions Of Jack Pine Trees (Pinus Banksiana) And Water. |
| Wolfgeher, Amanda | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia | 05/16/20 | K. Goyne | Effects Of Prescribed Fire On Forest Soils Of The Ozark Highlands. |
SSSA Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis Division | ||||
| Baldi, Heather D. | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | R.W. Jessup | Characterization Of Novel Torrefied Biomass And Biochar Amendments. |
| Fu, Yuting | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | J. Bhadha | Investigating The Use Of Aquatic Weeds As Biopesticides Towards Promoting Sustainable Agriculture. |
| Lynch, Tyler K. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | W.R. Raun | The Effect Of Residual Nitrogen In Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Following A Simulated Failed Summer Crop (Sorghum Bicolor). |
| Ray, Toyosha | Oklahoma State Univ. | 08/01/19 | W. Raun | Impact Of Plant Population/reduced Stands On Maize (Zea Mays L.) Grain Yields Using The Osu Hand Planter. |
| Perin, Vinicius | Kansas State Univ. | 08/16/19 | E.A. Santos | Ammonia Volatilization From Broadcast Urea: Measurements Using A Micrometeorological Approach And Modeling With The Denitrification-decomposition (Dndc) Model. |
| Shine, Amanda | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | M. Mamo | Use Of Uav Imagery And Nutrient Analyses For Estimation Of The Spatial And Temporal Contributions Of Cattle Dung To Nutrient Cycling In Grazed Ecosystems. |
| Smith, Cole | Univ. of California-Davis | 03/20/20 | W. Horwath | Limited Influence Of Soil Type And Biological Characteristics On Net Nitrogen Availability From Organic Fertilizers - Laboratory Incubations. |
SSSA Pedology Division | ||||
| Brodie, Devon | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 04/30/20 | N.A. Jelinski | Hydrology and Soil Morphology Across Three Soilscapes in Minnesota. |
| Folk, Cody | Univ. of Arizona | 01/03/20 | C. Rasmussen | Eolian Contribution To Soil Weathering And Pedogenesis In The San Francisco Volcanic Field, AZ. |
SSSA Practicing Professional Soil Scientists Division | ||||
| Nordberg, Evelyn | Univ. of California-Davis | 12/13/19 | A. O'Geen | Non-thesis. |
SSSA Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division | ||||
| Bauer, Jay | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 11/13/19 | A. Bedard-Haughn, W. Helgason | Methods Of Delineating Irrigation Management Zones For Variable Rate Irrigation. |
| Bybee, Laura C. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | P.W. Barak | Suitability Of Manure Digests For Ammonium Recovery By Electrodialysis. |
| Caudle, Caitlin | North Carolina State Univ. | 05/11/20 | D.L. Osmond | Variations Present In Soil Health Metrics In A Soil Series Under Differing Management Systems. |
| Cofer, Trevor | Auburn Univ. | 12/14/19 | A.V. Gamble | Radish Cover Crop Growth And Compaction Alleviation Potential In Southeastern Coastal Plain Soils. |
| Cooper, Ava | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | A. Harpold | Montane Conifer Water Use Under Earlier And More Episodic Snowmelt. |
| Cosdon, Courtney J. | Univ. of Idaho | 05/15/20 | J. Johnson-Maynard | Soil Health Testing And Management On Organic Farms In Northern Idaho. |
| deNux, Caitlin N. | Louisiana State Univ. | 12/14/19 | L. Gaston | Non-thesis. |
| Gruninger, Theresa M. | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | L. Reynolds, T.Z. Osborne | The Effect Of Structure In Seagrass Ecosystem Processes. |
| Hahn, Samuel | North Carolina State Univ. | 08/11/20 | A.L. Woodley | Winter Cover Crop Management In The Production Of Organic Flue-cured Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L.). |
| Knight, Anna | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 08/15/19 | P. Weisberg | Watershed-scale Controls On Riparian Vegetation Distribution And Dynamics: Impacts Of Geomorphology, Climate, And Disturbance. |
| Lamb, Susan E. | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | S.J. Smidt | Spatiotemporal Influence Of Irrigation Drivers Across Western Kansas. |
| Littrell, James | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/10/19 | S. Jagadamma | Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation In Organic Cropping Systems. |
| McCauley, Dalyn M. | Univ. of Idaho | 05/15/20 | J. Kelley | Using Site-specific Weather Information And Canopy Sensing To Support Disease Management In Idaho Vineyards. |
| Parajuli, Binaya | Clemson Univ. | 05/08/20 | R. Ye | Carbon And Nitrogen In Soils Under 40-year Conservation Managements. |
| Sabbagh, Manuel | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/10/19 | S. Jagadamma | Effects Of Cover Crop Species On Residue Decomposition And Soil Nitrogen Availability In A Corn-soybean System. |
| Salehin, Sk. Musfiq-Us | New Mexico State Univ. | 05/09/20 | R. Ghimire | Soil Organic Carbon And Nitrogen Fractions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, And Crop Yield In Semiarid Cropping Systems. |
| Singh, Atinderpal | Texas Tech Univ. | 08/14/19 | S. Deb | Modeling Root Water Uptake Of Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Under Deficit Subsurface Drip Irrigation In West Texas. |
| Solum, James R. | California Polytechnic State Univ.-San Luis Obispo | 06/13/20 | B. Malama | Estimating Evapotranspiration Of A Riparian Forest Using Sap Flow Measurements. |
| Stainsby, April | Univ. of Manitoba | 10/15/19 | M.H. Entz | The Influence Of Ecological Cropping Practices On Aggregate Stability: Results From Two Long-term Studies. |
| Sullivan, Cayla | Univ. of Florida | 12/17/19 | L. Reynolds | Understanding The Landscape Level Impacts Of Increased Temperature - The Influence Of Mangrove Encroachment On Seagrass Meadows. |
| Teeter, Anna O. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | C.A.M. Laboski | Evaluating The Use Of Cover Crop And Nitrapyrin To Improve Manure Nitrogen Availability To Corn. |
| Whitehead, Briana K. | Montana State Univ. | 05/08/20 | W. Kleindl, A. Hartshorn | The Response Of Parafluvial Soils To Beaver Mimicry Restoration In A Montane Stream. |
SSSA Soil Biology & Biochemistry Division | ||||
| Aguiar, Mariah | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 06/05/19 | K. Stewart | Vegetation And Soil Biodiversity Across Perennial Grassland- Annual Cropland Edges. |
| Boyd, Eric M. | California Polytechnic State Univ.-San Luis Obispo | 06/19/20 | C. Lazcano | The Strawberry Rhizosphere Microbiome: Role On Plant Health And Nutrition. |
| Custer, Joy | Univ. of Arizona | 01/03/20 | P. Carini | New High Throughput Approaches For Culturing Soil Microbes From Shallow Subsurface Soils. |
| Deniston-Sheets, Holly M. | California Polytechnic State Univ.-San Luis Obispo | 12/14/19 | C. Lazcano | Short Term Shifts In Soil Nematode Food Feb Structure And Nutrient Cycling Following Sustainable Soil Management In A California Vineyard. |
| Derting, Mary | Univ. of California-Davis | 09/13/19 | A. O'Geen | Non-thesis. |
| Egboluche, Nzube Prisca | Michigan State Univ. | 05/01/20 | L. Tiemann | Cover Crops And Cover Crop Residues Regulate Rates Of Soil Microbial Decomposition And Plant Available Nitrogen. |
| English, Marie | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/20/19 | S. Schaeffer | The Role Of Biodegradable Mulches In Soil Carbon Cycling. |
| Gibbs, Landon S. | Univ. of Kentucky | 01/03/20 | M. Coyne | Cover Crops And Cover Crop Mixes: Stratification Of Biological Effects. |
| Hux, Brian | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | T.J. Gentry, P.B. DeLaune | Cover Crop Impacts On Soil Microbial Populations And Nitrogen Cycling Of Dryland Agricultural Production In The Texas Rolling Plains. |
| Islam, Anjuman | Washington State Univ. | 07/31/19 | T. Sullivan | Soil Microbial Community Siderophore Production And Soil Health In 'concord' Vineyards. |
| Kruger, Matthew W. | North Dakota State Univ. | 06/22/20 | A. Chatterjee | Can Soil Microbial Activity Be Improved With The Use Of Amendments? |
| Lalany, Fayruza | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 06/05/19 | M. Arcand | Rhizosphere Microbial Communities And Carbon Partitioning Under Zero-tannin Lentil Genotypes. |
| Li, Xiuwen | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 08/10/19 | S. Jagadamma | Biochar Amendment For Enhanced Nitrogen Use, Soil Health And Plant Growth. |
| Liquet y Gonzalez, Jose E. | Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville | 12/20/19 | J. DeBruyn | Effects Of Long-term Use And Incorporation Of Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films On Soil Microbial Community Structure And Activity. |
| Mclaughlin, Kyle N. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | M. Mashtare | The Degradation Of Resident Biosolids Containments Within Aerobic Microcosms. |
| Nowell, Casey J. | Auburn Univ. | 08/03/19 | Y. Feng | Evaluating Practical Approaches For On-farm Water Testing To Meet The Fsma Produce Safety Rule Requirements. |
| Santiago, John M. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | S.L. Strauss, A.V. Ogram | Influence Of Rootstock And Soil Environment On Rhizosphere Composition. |
| Wanithunga, Irosha | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | C.W. Rice | Effect Of Land Use And Land Use Management On Methane Oxidation. |
| Watts, Stuart | Kansas State Univ. | 05/15/20 | C.W. Rice | Digging Deeper: Surface And Subsoil Carbon As Affected By N Fertilizer And Tillage In Continuous Corn. |
| Wenyika, Priscillar | Univ. of Manitoba | 02/05/20 | M. Tenuta | Host Preference Of Pratylenchus Neglectus To Major Crops Of The Prairie Provinces Of Canada. |
SSSA Soil Chemistry Division | ||||
| Awodunmila, Jide E. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | M.P. Anderson | Analysis Of Physical Properties Of Soil Treated With Organic And Inorganic Nitrogen And Biochar. |
| Evans, Abby | Univ. of Delaware | 05/29/20 | A. Seyfferth | Using Iris Films To Inform Alternate Wetting And Drying (Awd) Management In Rice Paddies. |
| Gillespie, Christopher J. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 08/20/19 | H. Zhang, D. Marburger | The Performance Of Winter Wheat Cultivars With And Without The Almt1 Gene In Acid Soils. |
| Gordon, Ester | Oregon State Univ. | 03/19/20 | K. Lajtha | Sources Of Soil Carbon Loss From Soil Density Fractionation: Soluble Pools Or Methodology. |
| Heron, Thomas J. | Univ. of Idaho | 12/15/19 | D.G. Strawn | Environmental Factors Influencing Phosphorus Availability And Speciation In Forest And Meadow Soils Of The Lake Tahoe Basin. |
| Smith, Keegan | Univ. of Kentucky | 05/08/20 | C. Matocha | The Impact Of Ryegrass On Fragipan Soil. |
| Windom, Lisa | Oregon State Univ. | 03/19/20 | M. Dragila | Dissolved Calcium Transport Via Seeping Flow Events Through Epikarst Microfissures. |
SSSA Soil Education and Outreach Division | ||||
| Heusinkveld, Dominika | Univ. of Arizona | 01/03/20 | M. Ramirez-Andreotta | Improving Children’s Lead Risk Modelling In A Rural And Active Mining Community And An Evaluation Of Risk Communication In A Rural Mining Community. |
SSSA Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition Division | ||||
| Allar, John L. | Univ. of Florida | 05/05/20 | G. Maltais-Landry | Determining How Cover Crop Diversity And Composition Affect Nitrogen Cycling In Organic Vegetable Production. |
| Celestin, Franky | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | R.S. Mylavarapu | Black Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) Response To Phosphorus And Potassium In Two Different Soils In Haiti. |
| Ejack, Leanne | McGill Univ. | 10/18/19 | J.K. Whalen | Nitrogen Transformations And Loss Over Winter In Manure-amended Soils With Cover Crops. |
| Erhunmwunse, Adesuwa S. | Clemson Univ. | 08/09/19 | B.S. Farmaha | Evaluating Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations For Soybean In South Carolina. |
| Fair, Taylor M. | Texas Tech Univ. | 05/26/20 | K. Lewis | Response Of Different Cotton Varieties To Velum Total In Fields Infested With Rotylenchulus Reniformis. |
| Fitzgerald, Lydia A. | Univ. of Kentucky | 12/20/19 | E.L. Ritchey, J.M. McGrath, J.M. Shockely | Effect Of Bedding Type And Soil Incorporation On Nitrogen Mineralization Rate Of Broiler Litter Amended Soils. |
| Gallage, Piumi | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 11/13/19 | J. Knight, M. Bandera | Examining The Impact Of Pulse Crops On Quality Of Soil In Wheat-based, Rain-fed Cropping System On The Brown Soils. |
| Kamal, Ahammad | McGill Univ. | 02/21/20 | J.K. Whalen, D.L. Burton | Reduction Of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Biosolids-amended Corn Agroecosystems. |
| Markey, Kaitlyn | North Carolina State Univ. | 08/11/20 | D.L. Osmond, A.L. Woodley | Nitrogen Dynamics In Short-term And Long-term Studies Under Different Cropping Systems In North Carolina. |
| Pfarr, Christopher | Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 03/31/20 | M. L. Wilson | Liquid Swine Manure Applied Via Drag Hose As A Sidedress Source For Corn Production. |
| Pound, Collin | Utah State Univ. | 05/28/20 | M.A. Yost, J.E. Creech, G.E. Cardon | Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs Of First-year Small Grains Following Alfalfa. |
| Purucker, Seth J. | Michigan State Univ. | 05/09/20 | K. Steinke | Agronomic And Nutrient Management Strategies To Improve Winter Wheat And Sugarbeet Plant Growth, Yield, And Quality. |
| Wang, Shiji | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | Z. He, W.G. Harris | Use Of Biochar To Enhance Soil Quality And Crop Production In Sandy Soils. |
| Whelan, Joshua | North Carolina State Univ. | 08/11/20 | A.M. Johnson | Nitrogen Management Of Barley For Malt Quality In The Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, And Coastal Plain Areas Of North Carolina. |
SSSA Soil Mineralogy Division | ||||
| Pace, Kimberlyn | Texas A&M Univ. | 08/09/19 | J.E. Mowrer | Termite Mound Soil As A Soil Amendment In Eastern Uganda. |
SSSA Soil Physics and Hydrology Division | ||||
| Balke, Sarah | Texas A&M Univ. | 05/08/20 | C.L.S. Morgan | Establishing Quantitative Metrics For Soil Health: An In-situ Method For Quantifying Soil Structure. |
| Clarke, Francis J. | Ohio State Univ. | 05/03/20 | R. Lal, C. Sprunger, S. Demyan | Effects Of Biofuel Crops On Soil Physical And Hydrological Properties On A Miamian Soil In Central Ohio. |
| Mathers, Cara | North Carolina State Univ. | 12/31/19 | J.L. Heitman | Evaluating The Effects Of Soil Moisture, Texture, And Potential Evaporation On Dry Surface Layer Formation. |
| Minor, Blake | Univ. of Nevada-Reno | 12/15/19 | J. Greenberg | Estimating Annual Groundwater Evapotranspiration From Hydrographic Areas In The Great Basin Using Remote Sensing And Evapotranspiration Data Measured By Flux Tower Systems. |
| Zeng, Saiqi | Univ. of Delaware | 08/20/19 | Y. Jin | Plant-growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Increase Soil Water Retention By Changing Soil Physical And Hydraulic Properties. |
SSSA Soils & Environmental Quality Division | ||||
| Cappellin, Catherine | Virginia Tech | 08/01/19 | B. Badgley | Spatial And Temporal Patterns In Microorganisms Potentially Affecting Water Quality In The Dan River System. |
| Esmaili, Shawn | Univ. of California-Davis | 09/13/19 | A. O'Geen | Non-thesis. |
| Funk, Andrea J. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | C. Johnston | Facilitated Transport Of Antibiotics By Biochar Under Rainfall Simulations. |
| Gamhewage, Mauli | Univ. of Manitoba | 02/05/20 | A. Farenhorst, C. Sheedy | Pesticides In The Water-column And Bottom Sediments Of Four Manitoba Rivers. |
| Kerr, Destiny D. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 07/30/19 | T.E. Ochsner | Evaluating Environmental Influences On Grassland Soil Organic Carbon Spatial And Temporal Distribution. |
| Maples, Joshua A. | Oklahoma State Univ. | 12/15/19 | S. Abit, T. Ochsner | Modeling Soil Treatment Area Requirements For Conventional Septic Systems Across A Climate Gradient. |
| Mattern, Katie | Univ. of Delaware | 05/31/20 | S. Inamdar | Water Quality Assessment Of Stream Restoration At Gramies Run, Maryland. |
| McDanel, Joshua | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | B. Miller, P. Moore | Noncontributing Areas As Indices Of Landscape Development In The Glaciated Central Lowlands, USA. |
| Middleton, Teresa | Iowa State Univ. | 12/21/19 | M. McDaniel | Exploring Decomposition Of Household Items As An Inexpensive, Yet Scientifically-robust, Tool For Assessing Soil Health. |
| Mills, Shad | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 12/20/19 | M. Mamo, W.H. Schacht | A Survey Of Soil Properties Affecting Vegetation Establishment Along Nebraska Highways. |
| Sellin, Sarah | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | 08/17/19 | C.A. Shapiro | Assessing the Suitability of Cover Crops and Swin Lagoon Sludge to Improve Soil Quality of Land at the Site of a Decommissioned Manure Storage Lagoon. |
| Trifunovic, Branimir | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | R. Vargas | Carbon Dioxide And Methane Emissions From A Temperate Salt Marsh Tidal Creek. |
| Udy, Sandra | Utah State Univ. | 11/06/19 | P.R. Grossl | Assessing Amendment Treatments For Sodic Soil Reclamation In Arid Land Environments. |
| Uthman, Qudus O. | Univ. of Florida | 08/13/19 | D.M. Kadyampakeni, P. Nkedi-Kizza | Fate And Transport Of Boron, Manganese And Zinc In Citrus Grown On Florida Sandy Entisol. |
SSSA Urban and Anthropogenic Soils Division | ||||
| Cousins, Mark | Univ. of Saskatchewan | 11/13/19 | S. Siciliano | Improving The Dosing Method And Analysis Of Metal Mixture Dose Response In Soil. |
| McDermot, Covel | Univ. of Delaware | 12/18/19 | T. Trammell | Urbanization Impacts On Red Maple (Acer Rubrum L.) In Deciduous Forests Embedded In Cities. |
No Section or Division Specified | ||||
| Anderson, Ryder S. | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | K. R. Brye | Struvite Behavior And Effects As A Fertilizer-phosphorus Source Among Arkansas Soils. |
| Beyer, Savannah C. | Purdue Univ. | 08/03/19 | M. Mohammadi | Non-thesis. |
| Bowman, Hunter | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | T. Barber | Use Of Acetolactate Synthase-inhibiting Herbicides In Inzen Grain Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench Ssp. Bicolor). |
| Della Lunga, Diego | Univ. of Arkansas | 07/01/20 | K.R. Brye | Correlation Analyses Among Soil, Plant, And Environmental Variables And Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Furrow-irrigated Rice On A Silt-loam Soil. |
| Dirks, Alden | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 08/25/19 | R.D. Jackson | Composition Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Under Switchgrass Grown For Bioenergy. |
| Dos Santos, Caio L. | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | L.C. Purcell | Midseason Nitrogen Sufficiency Guidelines For Corn Production In Arkansas Based On Tissue Analysis And Remote Sensing. |
| English, Lydia | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/20 | M. Liebman | Understanding The Variation In Vegetation Composition Of Prairie Restorations Within Crop Fields. |
| Escalante Ortiz, Lucia | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | K. R. Brye | Nematode Populations As Affected By Residue And Water Management In A Long-term Wheat-soybean Double Crop In Eastern Arkansas. |
| Fechner, Jason R. | New Mexico State Univ. | 01/31/20 | A. Ulery | Non-thesis. |
| Green, Jeremy | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | J.K. Norsworthy | Use Of Harvest Weed Seed Control Strategies In Arkansas Soybean. |
| Gruener, Chandler | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | N.A. Slaton | Determination Of Critical Y-leaf Potassium Concentrations Across Reproductive Growth Stages For Direct-seeded Delay-flooded Rice. |
| Harrison, Derrick | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | L. Mozzoni | Developing A High-throughput Method To Screen Soybean Germplasm For Hypoxia Tolerance In Hydroponic Systems. |
| Hensley, Carlee | Univ. of Arkansas | 07/01/20 | K. R. Brye | Earthworm Dynamics In Tallgrass Prairies In The Ozark Highlands Region Of Northwest Arkansas. |
| Houston, Michael | Univ. of Arkansas | 08/01/19 | L.T. Barber, J.K. Norsworthy | Control Of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase-resistant Palmer Amaranth. |
| Jumps, Nathan | Univ. of California-Riverside | 06/12/20 | A. Gray | The Role Of Wildfire In The Fine Suspended Sediment Yield Of The Ventura River, CA. |
| Leggett, Andrew | Univ. of Idaho | 08/30/19 | K. Schroeder | Evaluating The Impact Of Soil Ph On Root And Crown Diseases Of Wheat And Using Agricultural Limestone To Manage Soil Acidification In Northern Idaho. |
| McDonnell, Julianna | Univ. of California-Riverside | 12/13/19 | A. Gray | Characterization Of Late Holocene Sediment Deposition In The Barrier Estuary Of A Small, Mountainous Coastal Watershed. |
| Moore, Matthew | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | R. Scott, J.K. Norsworthy | Evaluation Of Topramezone For Use In Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Production. |
| Murry, Jamison | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | R.E. Mason | An Evaluation Of Unmanned Aircraft Systems' Ability To Assess Stripe Rust In Large Wheat Breeding Nurseries. |
| Park, Samuel | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | M.C. Savin | Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Ammonia Volatilization From Soil Amended With Excreta From Ruminants Fed Alternative Forage-based Diets. |
| Polisetti, Kaavya | New Mexico State Univ. | 01/31/20 | F. Holguin | Non-thesis. |
| Priess, Grant | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | J. Norsworthy | Mitigating Herbicide Impacts To Soybean. |
| Rice, Adam | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | E. Shakiba | Qtl Mapping Of Panicle Architecture And Yield-related Traits Between Two US Rice Cultivars 'lagrue' And 'lemont'. |
| Roberts, Rebecca | Iowa State Univ. | 08/08/20 | M. Castellano, M. Helmers | Influence Of Cereal Rye Spring Termination Timing And Herbicide Type On Soil Nitrate And Litter Composition. |
| Rose, James | Univ. of Arkansas | 07/01/20 | T. Barber | Sensitivity Of Enlisttm And Roundup Ready Xtend® Technologies To Auxin Herbicides And Comparison Of Resistance To Susceptible Cotton And Soybean Cultivars. |
| Wang, Yankai | Purdue Univ. | 05/15/20 | Y. Jiang | Non-thesis. |
| Winn, Zachary | Univ. of Arkansas | 12/01/19 | R.E. Mason | An Evaluation Of Hybrid Traits, Yield, And Major Qtl Effect On Heterosis In Hybrid Soft Red Winter Wheat. |
| Wright, Hannah | Univ. of Arkansas | 05/01/20 | J.K. Norsworthy | Florpyrauxifen-benzyl Use In Arkansas Rice (Oryza Sativa L.). |
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