Hydroponics as a food production system
Introduce, explore, and experience hydroponics as a food production system for urban agriculture and develop educational outreach materials.
Stacy Adams
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio InformationPredicting soil carbon trajectories in agricultural systems
Students will participate in a project assessing a suite of indicators to predict soil carbon trajectories in agricultural systems.
S. Carolina Córdova
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio InformationWater quality in agricultural landscapes
The work will focus on water quality and vadose zone processes in agricultural landscapes to protect the quality of major aquifer.
Aaron Daigh
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio InformationResistance in grain quality traits
Students will participate in activities related to disease resistance screening, pest resistance, fall drought tolerance, and phenomic selection for grain quality traits.
Katherine Frels
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio InformationReproductive biology of weeds
Evaluate the reproductive biology of weeds and confirm, characterize, and manage herbicide-resistant weeds in agronomic crops in Nebraska. In addition to participating in this research, students will also participate in extension activities.
Amit Jhala
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio InformationSoil greenhouse gas emissions
Measure and evaluate soil greenhouse gas emissions from conventional and alternative management systems used for food and biofuel production.
Virginia Jin
Agronomy and Horticulture, USDA-ARS Research Soil Scientist
Bio InformationSustainable cropping systems
The students will be engaged in sustainable cropping systems and monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from different management systems.
Marty Schmer
Agronomy and Horticulture, USDA-ARS Research Agronomist
Bio InformationDigital technologies and production systems of contemporary agriculture
Engage in research and extension activities conducted through UNL’s Nebraska On-Farm Research Network. The students will select a project from a broad range of topics and learn about the digital technologies and production systems of contemporary agriculture.
Laura Thompson
Nebraska Extension Educator
Bio InformationRangeland ecology and management experiments
Participate in a collaborative adaptive management project at UNL’s Barta Brothers Ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills. The students will collaboratively design and implement rangeland ecology and management experiments with stakeholders and monitor ecological, economic, and social variables.
Daniel Uden
AGRONOMY AND HORTICULTURE
Bio InformationIntegrated pest management experiments
The students will work on projects related to integrated pest management, pesticide safety, human health, pesticide risk, agrochemical water contamination, and public outreach.
Jennifer Weisbrod
Agronomy and Horticulture, Nebraska Assistant Extension Educator
Bio InformationNovel production systems and technologies
The students will contribute to research and development of novel production systems and technologies that reduce labor and plastic waste and increase water and nitrogen efficiency on urban food production.
Sam Wortman
Agronomy and Horticulture
Bio Information