Field, Lab, Earth

Welcome to the web home for Field, Lab, Earth, the podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. The podcast all about past and present advances in agronomic, crop, soil, and environmental sciences, our show features timely interviews with our authors about research in these fields.

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Soil-Landscape Rehabilitation with Dr. Sharon Schneider

Apr 19, 2024

“Key soil properties and their relationships with crop yields as affected by soil-landscape rehabilitation” with Dr. Sharon Schneider.

Soil erosion is one of the major issues in agriculture that causes loss of the topsoil layer, reducing soil health and crop productivity. There are several ways to check soil erosion...

Recalibrating the Pennsylvania PSNT with Dr. Charlie White

Mar 15, 2024

“Recalibrating the Pennsylvania pre-sidedress soil nitrate test recommendations for modern corn production” with Charles White.

Nitrogen management is one of the most important agronomic practices in modern crop production systems. The Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test, also known as the PSNT, gives farmers an...

Precision Agriculture for Improving Wheat Yield and Quality with Olga Walsh

Feb 16, 2024

“Precision nitrogen management for improving yield and protein content in wheat” with Dr. Olga Walsh.

Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for crops, which is required in large amounts for crop production and demands precise nutrient management methods due to its highly mobile property in plants and soils...

Mitigating Coastal Eutrophication with Drs. Wafa Malik and Patrick Durand

Jan 19, 2024

“Nitrogen mitigation scenarios to reduce coastal eutrophication” with Wafa and Patrick.

Eutrophication is a state of overgrowth of aquatic plants, such as algae and seaweeds, in water bodies due to the excessive pouring of nutrients from different sources like agriculture, industry, and human settlements, causing...

Latent Variable Phenotypes in Lentil with Sandesh Neupane and Derek Wright

Dec 15, 2023

“Focusing the GWAS Lens on days to flower using latent variable phenotypes derived from global multienvironment trials” with Sandesh Neupane and Derek Wright.

Lentil, a pivotal pulse crop, is recognized as an important part of food and nutrition security in the world. It has rich sources of important nutrients, is...