Applied Plant Systems Mentors and Projects

Stacy Adams

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

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S. Carolina Córdova

Predicting 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

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Aaron Daigh

Water 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

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Katherine Frels

Resistance 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

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Amit Jhala

Reproductive 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

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Virginia Jin

Soil 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

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Marty Schmer

Sustainable 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

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Laura Thompson

Digital 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

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Daniel Uden

Rangeland 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

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Jennifer Weisbrod

Integrated 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

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Sam Wortman

Novel 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

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