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item Multi-environment growth and yield analysis of novel food-grade winter field peas compared to Austrian winter pea and wheat (Mar 2026)
item Impacts of meteorological forcings on simulated soil moisture stress for rainfed crops at a U.S. Corn Belt site (Feb 2026)
item Two independent water balance approaches demonstrate extensive use of groundwater by rainfed crops (Feb 2026)
item Multivariate calibration of the Agricultural Policy / Environmental eXtender model for field scale simulation of hydrologic and agronomic outcomes (Feb 2026)
item High-level yield traits of wheat cultivars across a hydrologically diverse agricultural landscape (Jan 2026)
item Rhizo-microbiome engineering enhances soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode (Nov 2025)
item Genotype, environment and management effect on grain yield and milling quality of oat in Northern Great Plains (Nov 2025)
item Application of spent mushroom compost enhances wheat yield but reduces mycorrhizal associations and grain nutrient concentration (Nov 2025)
item Drought severity and duration effects oat yield and yield components (Nov 2025)
item Are historical trends in weather consistent with model predictions in the Central US LTAR sites? (Nov 2025)
item Cover crop performance in dryland wheat production systems of the Pacific Northwest (Oct 2025)
item Water-based enzyme assays are more sensitive than buffer-based assays to tillage and site in the U.S. Corn Belt (Oct 2025)
item Impacts of long-fallow wheat stubble management on soil water,microclimate, and wheat yield in a Mediterranean climate (Sep 2025)
item Short-term effects of cover crop rotation on soilborne pathogens of winter wheat in traditional crop-fallow systems (Sep 2025)
item Advances in metal(loid) in situ soil remediation and potential influences of changing environmental conditions (Aug 2025)
item Data for "Are historical trends in weather consistent with model predictions in the Central US LTAR sites?" (Aug 2025)
item Field pea cardinal temperatures, growth and vigor traits of winter- and spring-adapted germplasm at germination and seedling stages (Jul 2025)
item Soil Health in Dryland Agriculture (Jun 2025)
item Feed grain polycultures mitigate weather risk, support arthropods, and suppress weeds in the Western Corn Belt (Jun 2025)
item Comparing activated charcoal and biochar for carbon-seeding in grass seed production (Jun 2025)
item Global retrieval of canopy chlorophyll content from Sentinel-3 OLCI TOA data using a two-step upscaling method integrating physical and machine learning models (Jun 2025)
item The value and broader impacts of agricultural and environmental scientific meetings (May 2025)
item Hurricanes and turbulent floods threaten arsenic-contaminated coastal soils and vulnerable communities (May 2025)
item Cyanobacterium Nostoc species mitigate soybean cyst nematode infection on soybean by shaping rhizosphere microbiota (May 2025)
item Genotype, environment and management effect on grain yield and milling quality of oat in the Northern Great Plains (May 2025)
item First report of dollar spot caused by Clarireedia jacksonii on annual bluegrass in western Oregon and pathogenicity testing of multiple turfgrasses (Apr 2025)
item Crop response and changes in soil properties as affected by soil erosion, topsoil replacement, and application of anaerobically digested dairy manure solids in a Mollisol landform (Apr 2025)
item Wheat mineral nutrient uptake, harvest indices, and grain density from a regional perspective (Apr 2025)
item UAS-derived vegetation indices detect wheat leaf rust infection and its influence on grain yield and canopy temperature (Apr 2025)
item Editorial: Areawide pest management and agroecosystem resilience to suppress invasive insects (Apr 2025)
item Biomass production, weed suppression, and soil water use of cover crops in dryland wheat production systems (Apr 2025)
item Red mud causes dynamic changes in the soil microbial community and cadmium fractions in a slightly cadmium-contaminated paddy soil (Apr 2025)
item Evaluating management strategies for aphid-transmitted yellow dwarf viruses in perennial ryegrass seed production (Apr 2025)
item A community analysis of plant-parasitic nematodes on coastal Oregon golf course putting greens (Apr 2025)
item Red mud amendments reduce cadmium mobility in paddy soil and limit cadmium accumulation in rice grains: A mechanistic investigation (Apr 2025)
item Performance and mycorrhizal colonization of industrial hemp varieties under regenerative organic systems in northeastern region (Mar 2025)
item Impact of tillage practices and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on organic sweet corn yield and nutritional quality (Mar 2025)
item Yield variation, plasticity, adaptation, and performance ranking of winter wheat varieties across the environmental gradient of the US Pacific Northwest (Feb 2025)
item Relative abundance of atropisomer pairs in metolachlor metabolites, MESA and MOXA, vary with slope and hydric soils in subwatersheds of the Choptank River watershed, Maryland (Feb 2025)
item Legacy effects of cover crop on cash crop rhizosphere microbiota in a no-till maize-soybean cropping system (Jan 2025)
item Crop rotation effects on the population density of soybean soilborne pathogens under no-till cropping system (Jan 2025)
item Identification of Meloidogyne spp. from cool-season golf course putting greens in the Pacific Northwest (Jan 2025)
item Forecasting the seasonal phenology of Agrotis ipsilon in Oregon grass seed and vegetable agroecosystems (Jan 2025)
item Long-term impact of tillage on microbial communities of an Eastern European Chernozem (Jan 2025)
item Cropland Common Experiment: Standardized primary metric protocols (Dec 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Cropland plant diversity (Dec 2024)
item Prevalence and diversity of aphid-vectored yellow dwarf viruses in Oregon perennial grass seed crops (Dec 2024)
item As grain mineral densities have declined over time, have densities converged across wheat classes?—Insights from the US Pacific Northwest and worldwide benchmarks (Dec 2024)
item Climate change increases the importance of shallow groundwater in a rainfed cropland with shallow soils in the U.S. Corn Belt (Dec 2024)
item Rethreading the needle: A novel molecular index of soil health (MISH) using microbial functional genes to predict soil health management (Dec 2024)
item Comparing alternative non-selective herbicides in Oregon and New Mexico (Nov 2024)
item Climate change impacts on plant water availability in a rainfed cropland with shallow soils in the U.S. Corn Belt (Nov 2024)
item Wheat yield has minimal effect on grain mineral density (Nov 2024)
item The effects of dynamic weather-dependent parameters on runoff and crop yield estimation for the APEX model (Nov 2024)
item Quantifying seed rain patterns in a remnant and a chronosequence of restored tallgrass prairies in north central Missouri (Nov 2024)
item Silicate coprecipitation reduces green rust crystal size and limits dissolution-precipitation during air oxidation (Oct 2024)
item Understanding the mineral nutrient value of wheat residue (Oct 2024)
item When are you measuring soil ß-glucosidase activities in cropping systems? (Oct 2024)
item Data from: Yield and profit comparison of diversified versus conventional crop rotation systems in South Dakota (Oct 2024)
item Remote detection of water stress in cotton using a center pivot irrigation system-mounted sensor package (Oct 2024)
item Antibiotic resistance partitioning during on-farm manure separation and high temperature rotary drum composting (Sep 2024)
item Modification of the Soil Vulnerability Index to account for increased erosion risk from winter precipitation in the southern United States (Sep 2024)
item USDA LTAR common experiment measurement: saturated hydraulic conductivity (Sep 2024)
item RGB-based indices for estimating cover crop biomass, nitrogen content, and carbon:nitrogen ratio (Sep 2024)
item Yield and profit comparison of diversified versus conventional crop rotation systems in South Dakota (Sep 2024)
item tRIBS v5.2: A multi-resolution, parallel platform for tributary hydrology in forest applications (Sep 2024)
item Conservation agriculture may improve plant and human health by bolstering mycorrhizal networks (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Aboveground biomass (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Post-processing of spatial grain yield data (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Collection of grain yield data using a yield monitor (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Infiltration and percolation (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Natural pest suppression (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Butterfly diversity and abundance (Aug 2024)
item Mowing height and fertility regime effects on tall fescue turf in the Pacific Northwest (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Crop scouting for pests and diseases (Aug 2024)
item Uptake and economic value of macro- and micronutrient minerals in wheat residue (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Cereal crop mycotoxin concentration (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Obtaining quality metrics in forage aboveground biomass (Aug 2024)
item The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at Central Mississippi River Basin (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Non-crop plant biodiversity (Aug 2024)
item USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: best practices for collection, handling, and analyses of water quantity measurements (Jul 2024)
item The many benefits of buffers on cropland soils with high runoff potential (Jul 2024)
item Evaluating seasonal R-factor values based on modern rainfall data to account for seasonal land cover conditions (Jul 2024)
item Effect of cotton population density on lint yield and fiber quality (Jul 2024)
item Evaluating foliar insecticides and economic thresholds for Tychius picirostris (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) management in Oregon white clover seed production (Jul 2024)
item Evaluation of nodule traits in USDA guar genotype accessions (Jul 2024)
item Evaluating USDA guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] germplasm for seed protein content (Jun 2024)
item Metagenome-assembled genomes of an acid-tolerant nitrifying bacterial community isolated from a bioreactor used in ammonium scrubbers at animal-rearing facilities (Jun 2024)
item Sulfur availability minimizes nitrate leaching losses in vulnerable agricultural soils (May 2024)
item A survey of ethofumesate resistant annual bluegrass (Poa annua) on US golf courses (May 2024)
item Sea-level rise and Arsenic-rich soils: A toxic relationship (May 2024)
item Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with grasses grown for seed in the Willamette Valley of Oregon (May 2024)
item Yield has minimal effect on whole-grain mineral density of modern soft wheat compared to production environment, genotype, and test weight (May 2024)
item Applying Red Mud in Cadmium Contamination Remediation: A Scoping Review (May 2024)
item Comparison of molecular and morphological identification methods for Anguina seed gall nematodes in Oregon grasses grown for seed (May 2024)
item Soil carbon stocks response to subsurface drainage in the North Willamette Valley (Apr 2024)
item Saltwater intrusion increases phosphorus abundance and alters availability in coastal soils with implications for future sea level rise (Apr 2024)
item Predictive emergence model of russian thistle (Salsola tragus) (Apr 2024)
item Surface resistance controls differences in evapotranspiration between croplands and prairies in U.S. Corn Belt sites (Apr 2024)
item Crop rotational diversity can mitigate climate-induced grain yield losses (Mar 2024)
item Soil, crop, and weed communities as affected by soil erosion and topsoil replacement in a Mollisol landform (a six-year soil-landscape rehabilitation study) (Mar 2024)
item Legume cover cropping and nitrogen fertilization influence soil prokaryotes and increase carbon content in dryland wheat systems (Mar 2024)
item Examining antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli: a case study in Central Virginia’s environment (Feb 2024)
item Carbon fate, iron dissolution, and molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in Yedoma permafrost thaw under varying redox conditions (Feb 2024)
item Comparative analysis of three next-generation sequencing techniques to measure nosZ gene abundance in Missouri claypan soils (Feb 2024)
item Synergism of sulfur availability and agronomic nitrogen use efficiency (Jan 2024)
item Pacific Northwest(PNW) herbicide resistance initiative reducing threat of weeds in the pacific northwest (Jan 2024)
item Wheat rhizosphere-derived bacteria protect soybean roots from Fusarium graminearum infection (Dec 2023)
item Arsenic sorption and oxidation by natural manganese-oxide-enriched soils: Reaction kinetics respond to varying environmental conditions (Dec 2023)
item A holistic assessment of climate smart agricultural practices at a long-term research site in the U.S. Corn Belt (Dec 2023)
item Wheat rhizosphere-derived bacteria protect soybean from soilborne diseases (Dec 2023)
item Informing the sustainability of climate smart agricultural practices with respect to water quantity (Dec 2023)
item Quantifying the impact of climate smart agricultural practices on soil carbon storage relative to conventional management (Nov 2023)
item Selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal species to improve nutrient quality of black turtle beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) (Nov 2023)
item Quantifying links between topsoil depth, plant water use, and yield in a rainfed maize field in the U. S. Midwest (Nov 2023)
item Quantifying the relative impact of climate smart agricultural practices on soil carbon uptake in the Central Mississippi River Basin Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (CMRB-LTAR) site (Oct 2023)
item Climate and discharge trends in Mississippi River Basin LTAR watersheds (Oct 2023)
item USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research: four data workflows for network data integration (Oct 2023)
item Impact of AMF inoculation on nutrient uptake and growth of sweet corn (Zea mays) and butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) seedlings (Oct 2023)
item Differences in evapotranspiration from cropland and tallgrass prairie across a gradient of climate in the U.S. Midwest (Oct 2023)
item Chromium speciation and mobility in contaminated coastal urban soils affected by water salinity and redox conditions (Sep 2023)
item Mycorrhizal Fungi: The colonizers, mediators, and protectors of the ecosystem (Sep 2023)
item When and why adjust environmental sequence relative abundances using Q-PCR (Aug 2023)
item Temperature, precipitation, and discharge trends in Mark Twain Lake Watershed (Aug 2023)
item Adjustment of the Soil Vulnerability Index Classification to account for precipitation (Aug 2023)
item Impact of land use/cover change and slope gradient on soil organic carbon stock in Anjeni watershed, Northwest Ethiopia (Jul 2023)
item Key soil properties and their relationships with crop yields as affected by soil-landscape rehabilitation (Jul 2023)
item Soil microorganisms respond distinctively to adaptive multi-paddock and conventional grazing in the southeastern United States (Jul 2023)
item USDA Long Term Agroecosystem Research: Carrying out multi-site research in the Cropland Common Experiment (Jun 2023)
item Winter rye cover crop seeding rate and termination timing effects on cover crop biomass and quality (Jun 2023)
item Disease-induced assemblage of the rhizosphere fungal community in successive plantings of wheat (Jun 2023)
item Adapting perennial grain and oilseed crops for climate resiliency (May 2023)
item State spaces for agriculture: a meta-systematic design automation framework (Apr 2023)
item Scanning x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and micro-x-ray absorption near-edge structure analysis as a guiding tool for the conservation treatment of two eighteenth-century Philadelphian portraits (Apr 2023)
item Assessing soil vulnerability index classification with respect to rainfall characteristics (Mar 2023)
item Increasing crop rotational diversity can enhance cereal yields (Mar 2023)
item Agriculture accentuates interannual variability in water fluxes but not carbon fluxes, relative to native prairie, in the U.S. Corn Belt (Mar 2023)
item Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation increases yield and nutritional quality of yellow and purple fleshed potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) (Mar 2023)
item Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils (Feb 2023)
item Chiral separation of metolachlor metabolites in a single, large volume injection to facilitate watershed tracer studies (Feb 2023)
item Resilient Dryland Farming Alliance, 2021 – 2022 annual report: Alternative crop trial (Jan 2023)
item Synchrotron resolved microscale and bulk mineralogy in manganese-rich soils and associated pedogenic concretions (Jan 2023)
item Vegetative buffer strips show limited effectiveness for reducing antibiotic transport in surface runoff (Dec 2022)
item Smallholder farms have and can store more carbon than previously estimated (Dec 2022)
item Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center (SEPAC) drainage research data, 1984-2020 (Dec 2022)
item Quantifying the impact of no-till and cover crops on soil carbon flux in a corn-soybean rotation (Dec 2022)
item Can perennialization of a crop rotation increase soil water available to the following crop? (Dec 2022)
item Regional and seasonal differences in nitrate-N (NO3-N) load in U.S. agroecosystems instrumented with water quality conservation practices (Dec 2022)
item Can crop rotations facilitate surface water – groundwater connectivity to maximize yield during drought? (Dec 2022)
item Use of improved nutrient practices in maize-based agroecosystems alter allocation between leaching and denitrification loss pathways (Dec 2022)
item Two-step multi-residue antibiotic extraction method for comparison of antibiotic concentrations in manure as it moves through a manure treatment system (Dec 2022)
item Integrating sap flow and eddy covariance to improve vegetation representation in a process-based hydrologic model (Nov 2022)
item The Agricultural Research Data Network (ARDN) (Nov 2022)
item Corn belt nutrient-loss mitigation guided by multi-site research network testing environmental and production synergies and tradeoffs (Nov 2022)
item Impact of controlled drainage on corn yield under varying precipitation patterns: A synthesis of studies across the U.S. Midwest and Southeast (Nov 2022)
item Trans enantiomeric separation of MESA and MOXA, two environmentally important metabolites of the herbicide, metolachlor (Oct 2022)
item State spaces for agriculture: a meta-systematic design automation framework (Oct 2022)
item Short-term corn yield response associated with nitrogen dynamics from fall-seeded cover crops under no-till dryland conditions (Sep 2022)
item Synthetic microbial consortia derived from rhizosphere soil protect wheat against a soilborne fungal pathogen (Aug 2022)
item Evaluating phytochemical and microbial contributions to atrazine degradation (Aug 2022)
item Harnessing soil microbiomes for camelina growth in low nitrogen inputs (Aug 2022)
item Precipitation influence on the soil vulnerability index classification (Jul 2022)
item Escherichia cryptic clade II through clade VIII: Rapid detection and prevalence in feces and surface water (Jul 2022)
item Agricultural management attenuates interannual variability in carbon fluxes but not water fluxes in the U.S. Corn Belt (Jun 2022)
item Integrating flux partitioning and eddy covariance to improve vegetation parameterization in a coupled land surface-groundwater model (Jun 2022)
item The USDA-ARS Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed enables long-term agroecosystem research at multiple scales (Jun 2022)
item First evaluation of the ‘WieSEL’ integrated plot combine grain yield system (Jun 2022)
item Grazing management modifies the biomass and activities of soil microorganisms in grasslands (Jun 2022)
item Sustainable corn CAP research data (USDA-NIFA Award No. 2011-68002-30190): ARDN products (Jun 2022)
item Variation in cadmium accumulation and speciation within the same population of the hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens grown in a moderately contaminated soil (Mar 2022)
item Soil microbiomes in three farming systems more affected by depth than farming system (Jan 2022)