HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssuesCSA News: Volume 70, Issue 1Thank you to editorial board members January 1, 2025 The ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Publications Department extends its sincere thanks to its editorial board members for their efforts to maintain our long history of high quality publishing and to make our journals, magazines, and books the absolute best possible. We share this message to recognize your expertise and commitment for completing your editorial committee appointments on Dec. 31, 2024. The Society leadership, editors-in-chief, and Publications Department staff thank you for your continued dedication to the nonprofit, member Societies and invite you to continue your support for the Societies into the future.A special thank you to John Hendrickson (Crop, Forage, & Turfgrass Management Editor), Arron Carter (Journal of Plant Registrations Editor), Tom DeSutter (Agricultural & Environmental Letters Editor), Bingru Huang (CSSA Editor-in Chief), Mike Gore (TPPJ Editor), John Taylor (Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems Editor), Siliva Pampana (Agronomy Journal Editor), Kathy Yeater (ASA Editor-in-Chief), Dave Clay (Interim ASA Editor-in-Chief), and Craig Rassmussen (SSSA Editor-in-Chief) for their leadership, dedication, and service to the Societies as they completed a term of service as Editors or Editor-in Chief in 2024. For those who are members of our Societies, we are honored you consider us your professional home. For non-members, we invite you to explore our benefits and become a member today!Editors-in-ChiefClay, David E., ASA Editor-in-Chief (Interim)Huang, Bingru, CSSA Editor-in-ChiefRassmussen, C., SSSA Editor-in-ChiefYeater, K., ASA Editor-in-ChiefAgronomy JournalAdjesiwor, Albert, Associate Editor-AgronomyAmado, Telmo JC, Associate Editor-Soil and Water ManagementBattaglia, Martin Leonardo, Associate Editor-AgronomyBenaragama, Dilshan, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureBheemanahalli, Raju, Associate Editor-U.S. Southern Major CropsBourgault, Maryse, Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient ManagementBruggeman, Stephanie A., Associate Editor-AgronomyCaldeira Rocateli, Alexandre, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureCao, Qiang, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingCarr, Patrick M., Technical Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureCarvalho de Souza Dias, Jose Luiz, Associate Editor-CropsChatterjee, Nilovna, Associate Editor-Models and BiometryClark, Jason Daniel, Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient ManagementDaigh, Aaron L.M., Associate Editor-Soil and Water ManagementDarby, Heather M., Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureDel Grosso, Stephen J., Technical Editor-Models and BiometryDhakal, Ramesh, Associate Editor-Models and BiometryEwing, Patrick, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureFausti, Scott, Technical Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingGhimire, Rajan, Associate Editor-Models and BiometryGriffin, Terry Wayne, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureHawkins, Elizabeth Marie, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingHe, Yangbo, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureHu, Jing, Associate Editor-Soil and Water ManagementHu, Wei, Associate Editor-CropsJin, Xiuliang, Associate Editor-AgronomyKantar, Michael Benjamin, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureKimbeng, Collins A., Associate Editor-Models and BiometryKolady, Deepthi, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingKukal, Meetpal, Associate Editor-Soil and Water ManagementLeon, Ramon G., Associate Editor-AgronomyLibohova, Zamir, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureLu, Xinda, Technical Editor-CropsMamo, Martha, Associate Editor-Soil and Water ManagementMcCarter, Kevin S., Associate Editor-Models and BiometryMcLain, Jean E., Technical Editor-AdministrationMiao, Yuxin, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingNieman, Christine C, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureNoland, Reagan L., Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureNurse, Robert, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureO'Brien, Peter, Associate Editor-CropsPampana, Silvia, EditorPlumblee, Michael T., Associate Editor-U.S. Southern Major CropsPramanik Maity, Pragati, Associate Editor-CropsRaper, Tyson Brant, Associate Editor-CropsRay, Ram Lakhan, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingRayne, Natasha Elizabeth, Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient ManagementRiar, Ranjit S., Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureRibeiro, Paulo, Technical Editor-CropsRyals, Rebecca, Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingSandhu, Hardev Singh, Associate Editor-CropsScott, Drew Austin, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureSihi, Debjani, Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient ManagementSingh, Vijay, Associate Editor-AgronomyVitharana, Udaya W.A., Associate Editor-Precision Conservation and FarmingWoodley, Alex L., Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureYin, Xinhua (Frank), Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient ManagementYost, Matt Alan, Associate Editor-Organic and Production AgricultureCrops & Soils MagazineHall, Brian E., Regional Editor-Eastern CanadaLarkin, Michael D., Regional Editor-WestLyon, Drew, Regional Editor-Pacific NorthwestRoehl, Steve, Regional Editor-Northern Great PlainsTubbs, R. Scott, Regional Editor-Southeast/Mid-South Natural Sciences EducationBoerngen, Maria A., Associate EditorErickson, Bruce J., Associate EditorLavallee, Suzie, Associate EditorLobry de Bruyn, Lisa, Associate EditorMcKim, Aaron, Associate EditorMoorberg, Colby J., Associate EditorSmith, Carol Margaret Stansfield, Associate Editor Agrosystems, Geosciences & EnvironmentArnall, D. Brian, Senior EditorChatterjee, Sumanta, Associate EditorHernandez, Jose A., Associate EditorHernandez, Jose A., Associate EditorKaur, Gurpreet, Associate EditorKimura, Emi, Associate EditorLofton, Josh Jon, Associate EditorMannan, Abdul, Associate EditorMcGrath, Joshua M., Senior EditorRavelombola, Waltram, Associate EditorTrippe, Kristin, Associate EditorVollmer, Kurt, Associate EditorWherley, Benjamin G., Associate Editor Crop, Forage, & Turfgrass ManagementBillman, Eric, Associate Editor-Forage & GrazinglandsBradley, Carl A., Associate Editor-Crop ManagementButts, Thomas R., Associate Editor-Crop ManagementDarapuneni, Murali Krishna, Associate Editor-Forage & GrazinglandsHalvorson, Jonathan J., Associate Editor-Forage & GrazinglandsHendrickson, John, EditorHutchens, Wendell Joseph, Social Media Editor-Applied Turfgrass ScienceLemus, Rocky W., Technical Editor-Forage & GrazinglandsLicht, Mark A., Associate Editor-Crop ManagementLindsey, Alexander J., Associate Editor-Crop ManagementLindsey, Laura, Technical Editor-Crop ManagementMiller, Gerald Lee, Associate Editor-Applied Turfgrass ScienceNepal, Jaya, Social Media Editor-Crop ManagementThe Plant Phenome JournalGore, Michael A., EditorHoyos-Villegas, Valerio, Technical EditorKaur, Sehijpreet, Social Media EditorSaini, Dinesh Kumar, Social Media EditorSchneider, Hannah M., Associate EditorUrban Agriculture & Regional Food SystemsBuxton, Jane Ann, Associate EditorDaigh, Aaron L.M., Associate EditorNoor, Mehmood Ali, Associate EditorParadelo Núñez, Remigio, Associate EditorSchillaci, Calogero, Associate EditorScrano, Laura, Associate EditorTaylor, John, EditorTesfamariam, Eyob Habte, Associate EditorWaqas, Muhammad Ahmed, Associate EditorAgricultural & Environmental LettersAcosta-Martinez, Veronica, Associate EditorDaigh, Aaron L.M., Technical EditorDeSutter, Thomas M., EditorGrusak, Michael A., Associate EditorKolka, Randall K., Associate EditorLocke, Anna, Associate EditorO'Brien, Peter, Associate EditorPrasad, Rishi, Associate EditorRasmussen, Craig, SSSA Editor-in-ChiefRuark, Matthew D., Associate EditorYousef, Lina Fayez, Technical EditorBooks & Multimedia CommitteeAngadi, Sangamesh V., MemberDong, Xuejun, MemberLiu, Limei, MemberRasmussen, Craig, SSSA Editor-in-ChiefToor, Gurpal S., MemberJournal of Environmental QualityAbney, Rebecca, Associate EditorAmorim, Helen, Social Media EditorCasson, Nora Jessie, Associate EditorGroh, Tyler A., Associate EditorMartinez, Gonzalo, Associate EditorOuyang, Ying, Associate EditorRasmussen, Craig, SSSA Editor-in-ChiefSmith, Erin L., Associate EditorWan, Yongshan, Associate EditorCrop ScienceAbdelhamid, Magdi, Associate Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Abeledo, Leonor Gabriela, Associate Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Archontoulis, Sotirios V., Associate Editor, Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Castillo, Miguel S., Associate Editor, Forage & Grazinglands Chandra, Ambika, Technical Editor, Turfgrass Science Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio, Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Cossani, C. Mariano, Associate Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Coulter, Jeffrey A., Technical Editor, Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Fang, David Deqiu, Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Fellers, John P., Associate Editor, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology Goenaga, Ricardo J., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics and Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Crop Ecology, Management, & QualityGoldman, Irwin L., Technical Editor, CommissioningGomez, Francisco E., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics Hinze, Lori L., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and GeneticsHirsch, Candice, Technical Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics and Technical Editor, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology Hou, Peng, Associate Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism and Associate Editor, Crop Ecology, Management, & Quality Hoyos-Villegas, Valerio, Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism; and Crop Breeding and Genetics; Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology; Plant Genetic Resources; and Crops for Nutrition and HealthKimbeng, Collins A., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; and Plant Genetic ResourcesKothari, Neha Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics Lipka, Alexander E., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and GeneticsMatsumoto, Tracie K, Associate Editor, Crop Ecology, Management, & QualityMcGee, Rebecca J, Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; and Plant Genetic Resources Mohammadi, Mohsen, Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics Okumoto, Sakiko, Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; Crop Physiology and Metabolism; Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology; and Crops for Nutrition and HealthOtegui, Maria E., Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism; and Seed Physiology, Production, & Technology Piepho, Hans-Peter, Associate EditorRotundo, Jose Luis, Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism; and Seed Physiology, Production, & Technology Salas-Fernandez, Maria Guadalupe, Technical Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; and Plant Genetic Resources Sarath, Gautam, Associate Editor, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology Savin, Roxana, Technical Editor, Crop Physiology and Metabolism; and Crop Ecology, Management, & QualitySchapaugh, William T., Technical Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; and Plant Genetic ResourcesTseng, Te-Ming Paul, Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; Crop Physiology and Metabolism; Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology; and Plant Genetic ResourcesUdall, Joshua A., Associate Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology; and Plant Genetic Resources Weng, Yiqun, Technical Editor, Crop Breeding and Genetics; and Plant Genetic ResourcesJournal of Plant RegistrationsAbdel-Haleem, Hussein, Associate EditorBlanchard, Brayden, Social Media EditorBoyles, Richard, Associate EditorCarter, Arron H., EditorDe Leon, Teresa Bermejo, Associate EditorEdme, Serge J., Associate EditorHoyos-Villegas, Valerio, Associate EditorKimbeng, Collins A., Associate EditorLi, Zenglu, Associate EditorRahman, Mukhlesur, Associate EditorScheffler, Jodi A., Associate EditorSherman, Jamie, Associate EditorZhou, Marvellous M., Associate EditorThe Plant Genome Cannon, Steven, Associate EditorDhankher, Om Parkash, Associate EditorEdwards, David, Associate EditorEndelman, Jeffrey, Associate EditorFamoso, Adam N., Associate EditorJain, Mukesh, Associate EditorJarquin, Diego, Associate EditorKomatsuda, Takao, Associate EditorLarson, Steve R., Associate EditorLipka, Alexander E., Associate EditorMa, Jianxin, Associate EditorOdeny, Damaris Achieng, Associate EditorPandey, Manish Kumar, Associate EditorRathore, Keerti S., Associate EditorRoorkiwal, Manish, Associate EditorStupar, Robert Michael, Associate EditorVarshney, Rajeev K., Technical Editor, Review and Special Topicsvon Wettberg, Eric, Associate EditorZiemke, Emily, Associate EditorSoil Science Society of America JournalAshworth, Amanda Joy, Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation DivisionBiswas, Asim, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionChen, Chunmei, Associate Editor, Soil Mineralogy DivisionDaigh, Aaron L.M., Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionDrijber, Rhae A., Technical Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry DivisionDrury, Craig F., Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation DivisionFares, Ali, Science Communications EditorFilipovic, Vilim, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionGobezie, Tegbaru Bellete, Social Media EditorGomez-Guerrero, Armando, Associate Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry DivisionGonzalez, Javier M., Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation DivisionHaruna, Samuel, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionHe, Hailong, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionHodges, Caitlin, Associate Editor, Pedology DivisionHodges, Caitlin, Associate Editor, Wetland Soils DivisionKojima, Yuki, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionLazcano, Cristina, Associate Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry DivisionLi, Lu-Jun, Associate Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry DivisionLu, Yili, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionMishra, Umakant, Associate Editor, Pedology DivisionMowrer, Jake E., Associate Editor, Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis DivisionParvej, Rasel, Associate Editor, Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition DivisionPfeiffer, Marco Matias, Associate Editor, Pedology DivisionRasmussen, Craig, SSSA Editor-in-ChiefSharma Acharya, Bharat, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionSheng, Wenyi, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionTomco, Patrick, Associate Editor, Soil Chemistry DivisionWyatt, Briana Michele, Associate Editor, Soil Physics & Hydrology DivisionYe, Rongzhong, Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation DivisionVadose Zone JournalArai, Yuji, Associate EditorBagnall, Dianna K., Associate EditorCarminati, Andrea, Associate EditorCarroll, Kenneth C., Associate EditorDas, Narendra N., Associate Editorde Jong van Lier, Quirijn, Associate EditorDyck, Miles, Associate EditorHuisman, Johan A., Associate EditorKamai, Tamir, Associate EditorKelum Chamindu, Deepagoda Thuduwe Kankanamge, Associate EditorLikos, William, Associate EditorLu, Ning, Co-EditorNaveed, Muhammad, Associate EditorPallud, Celine E., Associate EditorPatrignani, Andres, Associate EditorPot, Valerie, Associate EditorRasmussen, Craig, SSSA Editor-in-ChiefRyu, Dongryeol, Associate EditorSmits, Kathleen Maron, Consulting EditorTang, Jinyun, Associate EditorZhang, Xiaodong, Associate EditorZhang, Yongyong, Associate EditorZhao, Ying, Associate EditorText © . 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