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Agronomy

Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research Program: Overview of FCE III

Poster Number:  283 Presenter/Primary Author:  Evelyn Gaiser The Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) site is located in South Florida, where the expansive coastal Everglades wilderness interacts with an urban and agricultural

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Carbon balance of converting conservation reserve program (CRP) grasslands to agriculture.

Poster Number:  269 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ilya Gelfand To analyze the net carbon balance of land-use conversion from grasslands to cropping agriculture, we conducted a full carbon accounting of biodiesel and grain production from three CRP grassland ec

Root Production in Annual and Perennial Agroecosystems: Implications for Carbon Storage

Poster Number:  152 Presenter/Primary Author:  Christine Sprunger Agriculture has a tremendous ‘ecological footprint’ as it is a leading contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, and other potent greenhouse gases.

The effect of cover crop biomass on row-crop yields in a rotational system is mediated through topographical features

Poster Number:  130 Presenter/Primary Author:  Juan Munoz The use of cover crops provides important benefits to soil quality and row-crop production in rotational agricultural systems.

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER