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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Optimizing Genomic Selection in Strawberry with Dr. Joshua Sleper

Dec 19, 2025

“Within-family genomic selection in strawberry: optimization of marker density, trial design, and training set composition” with Dr. Joshua Sleper

If plant breeding were a poker game, you’d have to play a lot of hands to beat the house. Quantitative genetics hopes to give players an advantage by recognizing...

Giant Ragweed Suppression with Guilherme Chudzik and Dr. Rodrigo Werle

Nov 21, 2025

“Cereal Rye Biomass Effects on Giant Ragweed Suppression Inform Management Decisions” with Guilherme Chudzik and Rodrigo Werle.

For farmers in the Midwest, giant ragweed can be a giant problem. In Wisconsin, where long emergence windows, aggressive growth, herbicide resistance, and power-packed seeds make...

Halloween Special: Spring Dead Spot with Dr. Wendell Hutchens

Oct 31, 2025

“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, transforming your favorite golf course into the set of your favorite PG-13 slasher. This episode, Wendell joins me to...

Genomic Selection with Dr. Jianming Yu

Oct 17, 2025

“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 model enabled by genomics and statistics to guide the breeding decisions. With around thirty years of history...

The Nitrogen Value of Cover Crops with Dr. Guillermo Marcillo

Sep 19, 2025

“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 nitrogen. But how much nitrogen, exactly, can cover crops add or remove and how do we find out? In this episode,...