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Author:

Hunter, Mitchell Clayton

Title:

Sustainable Intensification and Climate Resilience: Cover Crops, Soil Improvement, and Drought

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

sustainable intensification
cover crops
drought
climate change
food demand
soil health
reduced tillage
climate resilience
cover crop mixtures
agriculture
agronomy
greenhouse gas emissions
Mississippi River Phosphorus
maize
soybean
wheat
cereal rye
red clover
no-till
soil improvement
plant-available water
infiltration rate
available water capacity

File:

Download Hunter_-_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. David Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. David Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Dr. Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Dr. Jason Kaye, Outside Member
Dr. Meagan Schipanski, Special Member

Author:

Cloutier, Mara

Title:

Toward Understanding the Impact of Management Practices on Soil Microbial Nitrogen Dynamics in Agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

microbial ecology
denitrification
tillage
residue management
soil health
conservation management
microbiomes
nitrogen cycle
denitrifier
rhizosphere

File:

Download Cloutier-Dissertation-Draft4-cleaned.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Jay Regan, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Outside Unit Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Pheeters, Devyn

Title:

Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health

File:

Download McPheeters_ThesisFinal_corr2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Pant, Divya

Title:

Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat

File:

Download Divya_Pant-_final_thesis_file.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member