Field, Lab, Earth Podcast
1) Halloween Special: Spring Dead Spot with Dr. Wendell Hutchens
"Fifteen years of findings: Advancements in spring dead spot research from 2009 to 2024" with Dr. Wendell Hutchens Spring dead spot is a disease that lies in wait before going after your turfgrasses, ...Show More
2) Genomic Selection with Dr. Jianming Yu
“Genomic Selection: Essence, Applications, and Prospects” with Dr. Jianming Yu Genomic Selection is a plant breeding innovation that aims to speed plant breeding by using predictions from a training m...Show More
3) The Nitrogen Value of Cover Crops with Dr. Guillermo Marcillo
“The Nitrogen Value of Cover Crops” with Dr. Guillermo Marcillo. Cover crops are known for their ability to provide economic and ecosystem services to farmers, including, for example, impacting soil n...Show More
4) Compost Organic Matter in a Snap with Dr. David C. Weindorf
“Toward sustainable compost use: Prediction of organic matter via smartphone image analysis” with Dr. David C. Weindorf Compost needs to be regularly tested to ensure labels regarding organic matter, ...Show More
5) Cover Crops and the Transition to Organic with Nick Boogades
“Early impacts of cover crop selection on soil biological parameters during a transition to organic agriculture” with Nick Boodages. Incorporating cover crops is an important step in the transition fr...Show More
6) Soybean Seed Protein Decline with Dr. Anuj Chiluwal
“United States soybean seed protein concentrations – current status, challenges and some potential crop management solutions” with Dr. Anuj Chiluwal. Soybeans are a crucial crop in the United States f...Show More
7) Precision Turfgrass Management with Dr. Briana Wyatt and Dallas Williams
“Using electromagnetic induction to inform precision turfgrass management strategies in sand-capped golf course fairways” with Dr. Briana Wyatt and Dallas Williams Golf courses are well known for thei...Show More
8) The Soil Health Cycle with Dr. Bijesh Maharjan
“Soil Health Cycle” with Dr. Bijesh Maharjan Researchers, advisers, and farmers alike know that soil health is important, but taking steps forward in the knowledge of which practices to use and their ...Show More
9) Speed Breeding to Combat Wheat Disease with Drs. Nidhi Rawat and Vijay Tiwari
“Evaluation of speed breeding conditions for accelerating Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol screening in wheat” with Nidhi Rawat and Vivek Tiwari.  Fusarium head blight (FHB), also known as hea...Show More
10) Economics of Autonomous Strip-Cropping with Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer
“Economics of strip cropping with autonomous machines” with James Lowenberg-DeBoer. With the growing global population, the demand for food continues to rise. However, increasing food production often...Show More