Crop Ecology and Management researchers working in the Department of Plant Science at Penn State.
- Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Agronomy
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Fertility
- Soil Testing
- Nutrient Management
- Manure Management
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Evolutionary ecology of legumes and rhizobia
- Plant-microbe-climate interactions
- Mutualism evolution
- Bio-inoculants and leguminous cover crops
- Biological nitrogen Fixation
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- Evolve and resequence
- Email ltb5167@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-6168
- Pronouns she/her
- Associate Professor of Viticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Wine grape production
- Grapevine physiology
- Sustainable viticulture
- cold temperature stress
- Emeritus Professor of Weed Science and Extension Weed Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Managing weedy plants in agroecosystems
- Conservation tillage and cover crops
- Herbicide use
- Integrated weed management
- Weed management in organic cropping systems
- Email williamscurran@gmail.com
- Office 406-570-2002
- Pronouns He/Him
- Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
Areas of Expertise
- Air Pollution Injury on Plants
- Air Quality and Ecosystem Responses
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Vegetable Crops
- Photomorphogenesis (light regulated plant growth)
- Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes
Areas of Expertise
- Microbial community ecology
- Plant-microbe interaction
- Environmental microbiology
- Soil microbiology
- Ecological resilience and resistance
- Causes and consequences of biodiversity
- Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics
Areas of Expertise
- No-tillage
- Cover crops
- Soil compaction
- Soil health
- Soil erosion
- Soil conservation
- Nitrogen fixation
- Professor Emeritus of Forage Management
Areas of Expertise
- Forage Crop Establishment, Management and Utilization
- Perennial Warm-Season Grass Establishment and Management
- Professor and Associate Head, Department of Plant Science
- Director, Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Science
- Cannabis Science
- Pest Management
- Associate Professor of Crop Production / Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecology
- Conservation & Dairy Cropping Systems
- Soil & nutrient conservation, perennials, cover crops
- Pasture ecology and grazing management
- Email hdk3@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3179
- Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management
- Affiliate Appointment: Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Areas of Expertise
- Alcoholic beverage trends
- Wine consumer attitudes and behaviors
- Produce and ethnic food marketing
- Retail layout and design
- Promotional strategies
- Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecosystems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Hydrologic and Nutrient Cycling Modeling
- Environmental Biophysics
- Plant Ecophysiology
- University Distinguished Professor
Areas of Expertise
- crop ecophysiology
- plant adaptation to abiotic stress
- plant genetics
- simulation modeling
- Professor of Horticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Tree and Small Fruit Physiology
- Fruit production systems
- Data Analysis
- Associate Professor of Turfgrass Science
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Entomology
- Insect behavior
- Biological Control
- Cultural and mechanical control
- Insect Ecology
- Insecticide resistance
- Email bam53@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1138
- Pronouns He/Him
- Associate Research Professor
- Cropping Systems Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Physically Distributed Hydrological Modeling
- Agricultural Systems Modeling
- Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
- Micrometeorological Measurements and Eddy Covariance Systems
- Laser Diffraction Soil Particle Size Analysis
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Instrumentation
- Email frm10@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-4612
- Pronouns He/Him
- Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology
- Emeritus Professor of Agronomy
Areas of Expertise
- Grain crop management
- Corn management and hybrid evaluation
- Corn silage management
- Soybean management and variety evaluation
- Winter wheat management and variety evaluation
- Winter barley management and variety evaluation
- Interseeding cover crops in corn and soybeans
- Assistant Professor of Plant Response to Abiotic Stress
- Associate Professor of Weed Science
Areas of Expertise
- Weed ecology
- Herbicide-based weed control
- Organic weed management
- Sustainable cropping systems
- Email jmw309@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1014
- Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Fertility
- Nutrient Management
- Cover Crops
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Cropping System Modeling
- Email cmw29@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1016
