Rhae A. Drijber
Professor Agronomy & Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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KEIM 316
Lincoln NE 68583-0915 - Phone
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402-472-2811 On-campus 2-2811
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rdrijber1@unl.edu
Area of Expertise: Soil and Water Sciences
Area of Focus: Soil Microbial Ecology
Education
B.S., Agriculture, University of British Columbia, 1982
M.S., Soil Science, University of British Columbia, 1986
Ph.D., Soil Science, University of Alberta, 1993
Research Interests
- Community structure and functional diversity of soil microbial communities in natural and agricultural ecosystems with an emphasis on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
- Spatial and temporal patterns of soil microbial communities and their processes important to plant productivity, soil health and ecosystem sustainability.
- Underlying microbial processes linked to C and N cycling in maize cropping systems subjected to varying N fertilizer input, irrigation, crop rotational diversity and soil management.
- Impact of climate change and extreme events (e.g., fire, drought) on microbial function linked to plant litter decomposition, nutrient cycling and soil organic matter storage.
- Plant-microbe interactions, specifically arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, within the maize rhizosphere and their impact on soil & plant health and productivity.
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