Rock Springs Research Farm - Pennsylvania
This is the lab's primary field site and is located only a few miles from Penn State. The lab uses several fields and facilities at this farm for controlled studies of phosphorus, nitrogen, and water stress.
Please, visit the College of Agricultural Science's site about the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Farm .
We have access to five moveable greenhouses, or rainout shelters, at Rock Springs to research the relationships of root traits to drought tolerance in maize and common bean.
Field 300 was designed for studies of plant root adaptations for low soil phosphorus availability.
We have access to four 1 acre fields that have been divided into low and high nitrogen split plots.