Printable Version     E-mail this page Find Places Find People Find Biocontrol Expert Area Offices International Technology Transfer Offices Organization Chart   You are here: People & Places / Jeffrey J Steiner NRS&S General Biological Science Integrated Agricultural Systems Phone: (301) 504-4644 Fax: (301) 504-6231 Room 4-2290 GWCC-BLTSVL 5601 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705-5140 Projects (Appropriated | All ) 180 projects listed CROPPING SYSTEMS AND PRECISION LAND MANAGEMENT IN DRYLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR FARMING SYSTEMS UTILIZING MANURE CROP AND SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY CROP AND SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT IN HUMID REGIONS DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOURCE WATER QUALITY EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND LAND USE ON POORLY DRAINED LAND MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF DRAINAGE WATERS FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE MIDWEST U.S. SALINITY AND TRACE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER REUSE IN IRRIGATED SYSTEMS: PROCESSES, SAMPLING PROTOCOLS, AND SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES FOR IMPROVED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT SNOW AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST OPTIMIZING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR HUMID CLIMATES EROSION PREDICTION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE CONSERVATION PLANNING EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNGAL DISEASES OF GRASSES GROWN FOR SEED EFFECTIVENESS OF WATERSHED LAND-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY HYDROLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS HYDROLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NORTHEAST U.S. SUSTAINING RURAL ECONOMIES THROUGH NEW WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES SALINITY AND TRACE ELEMENT MANAGEMENT FOR CROP PRODUCTION IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION FOR INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY OBJECT MODELING AND SCALING OF LANDSCAPE PROCESSES AND CONSERVATION EFFECTS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS OBJECT MODELING AND SCALING OF LANDSCAPE PROCESSES AND CONSERVATION EFFECTS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS REDUCING NITRATE LOSSES FROM AGRICULTURAL FIELDS WITH SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY OF MANAGED WATERSHEDS OPTIMIZING FORAGE-BASED COW-CALF OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY OF BEEF CATTLE AGRICULTURE AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT IN THE SOUTH GEORGIA LITTLE RIVER BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC BASIS OF SUCROSE PARTITIONING IN SUGARCANE STALKS FOR SUCROSE AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE SOIL CARBON CYCLING, TRACE GAS EMISSION, TILLAGE AND CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT MANAGING DAIRY FARMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROFIT ECONOMIC PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA IMPROVING DAIRY FORAGE AND MANURE MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK RANGELAND AND LIVESTOCK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATIVE PERENNIAL WARM-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IMPROVED FORAGE AND BIOENERGY PLANTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CENTRAL USA DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A SYSTEM TO PRODUCE GRASS-FED BEEF FOR THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS IMPROVING ALFALFA AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS FOR BIOENERGY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WARM SEASON GRASS SPECIES FOR FORAGE AND ALTERNATIVE USES PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM WIND EROSION: PROCESSES, ASSESSMENT, AND CONTROL FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR IMPROVING NUTRIENTS AND QUALITY IN ALFALFA AND SOYBEAN COMMON MODULAR WIND AND WATER EROSION MODELING FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING SUSTAINABLE FORAGE PRODUCTION FOR LOW-INPUT FARMING SYSTEMS INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS OPPORTUNITIES & LIMITS TO PERTURBING FORAGE PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, GROWTH, & DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING FORAGE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN DAIRY SYS REDESIGNING FORAGE GERMPLASM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DAIRY FARMS FORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMALE-SCALE RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRYLAND AND IRRIGATED CROPPING SYSTEMS IMPROVING CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHERN PRODUCERS MANAGING BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND RHIZOSPHERE ECOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF APPALACHIAN PASTURE AND AMENITY GRASSES DISCOVERY AND INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INVASIVE EURASIAN WEEDS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL & NATURAL AREAS BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES SNOW AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST GLOBAL CHANGE: RESPONSES AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGES AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE WEEDS ON WESTERN RANGELANDS SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST PROTECTING SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS IN EMERGING FARMING SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES COVER CROPPING PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WEED AND FERTILITY MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SOIL HYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON EROSION AND WATER QUALITY SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND NUTRIENT CYCLING TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA RISK ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF SOIL AND AMENDMENT TRACE ELEMENTS BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING WASTE FOUNDRY SAND FOR AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND UTILIZATION OF BYPRODUCTS AND ANIMAL WASTES SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INTEGRATING PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN GRASS SEED FARM PROFITS GLOBAL CHANGE AND BELOWGROUND PROCESSES IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS TRACE GAS EXCHANGES IN MIDWEST CROPPING SYSTEMS GLOBAL CHANGE: RESPONSES AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAND USE, LAND MGMT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: RELATIONS TO CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING, TRACE GASES AND AGROECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES ENABLING ENHANCED PRODUCT QUALITY, PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN GRAIN BIOREFINING SYSTEMS NUTRIENT CYCLING AND UTILIZATION ON ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS DEVELOPMENT OF ACOUSTIC AND SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY TO CHARACTERIZE SOILS, SEDIMENT FLOW AND DEPOSITION, AND IMPOUNDMENT RESERVOIRS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PRODUCER PROFITABILITY DRYLAND CROPPING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE-SPECIFIC SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT FIBER EXTRUSION TO IMPROVE USE AND PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL BYPRODUCTS IMPACT OF SOIL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON SOIL BIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE-SPECIFIC SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION, CROP ROTATION AND TILLAGE TECHNOLOGIES AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR PEANUT PRODUCTION CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PRODUCER PROFITABILITY SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS DRYLAND CROPPING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM FORAGES AND BIOMASS ENERGY CROPS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ENZYME-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILLING GRAINS AND PRODUCING BIOBASED PRODUCTS AND FUELS PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED LIPIDS, BIOFUELS, AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS FROM FATS AND OILS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF ENERGY CROPS ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MICROBIAL CATALYSTS TO PRODUCE FUEL ETHANOL AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND CO-PRODUCTS FROM VEGETABLE OILS INDUSTRIALLY ROBUST ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCTION OF SUGARS AND ETHANOL FROM AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF RENEWABLE FUELS DERIVED FROM GRAINS AND RELATED BIOMASS EVOLUTIONARY ENZYMES AND SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED BIOREFINING OF CROPS AND RESIDUES REMOTE WATER PUMPING AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY COST-EFFECTIVE BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS GENOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF STRESS-TOLERANT MICROBES FOR LOWER COST PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS INTEGRATING PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN GRASS SEED FARM PROFITS MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST ECOLOGICALLY-SOUND PEST, WATER AND SOIL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS CROPPING SYSTEMS ENHANCING SUSTAINABILITY OF POTATO SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHEAST ENHANCED SYSTEM MODELS AND DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS TO OPTIMIZE WATER LIMITED AGRICULTURE IMPROVING CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHERN PRODUCERS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ORGANIC FARMING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION NATIONAL CORN TO ETHANOL RESEARCH PILOT PLANT SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATED SPECIALTY CROPS AND BIOFUELS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF MULTIUSE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE LOWER MIDWEST AQUEOUS ENZYMATIC EXTRACTION OF CORN OIL AND VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM CORN GERM PRODUCED IN NEW GENERATION DRY-GRIND ETHANOL PROCESSES SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MID SOUTH FORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMALE-SCALE RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS IN COTTON PRODUCTION SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS FOR FAMILY FARMS NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RANGELAND MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT OF SEED AND END-USE QUALITY OF COOL SEASON GRASSES GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF TURFGRASS GERMPLASM FOR REDUCED INPUT SUSTAINABILITY REDESIGNING FORAGE GERMPLASM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DAIRY FARMS SUSTAINABLE FORAGE PRODUCTION FOR LOW-INPUT FARMING SYSTEMS FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN THE MID-SOUTH MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE PASTURES AND SILVOPASTURES FOR SMALL FARM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S. OPPORTUNITIES & LIMITS TO PERTURBING FORAGE PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, GROWTH, & DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING FORAGE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN DAIRY SYS INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS ASTRAGALUS AND OXYTROPIS POISONING IN LIVESTOCK MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FORAGE LEGUME PATHOGENS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOST RESISTANCE GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WARM SEASON GRASS SPECIES FOR FORAGE AND ALTERNATIVE USES SEMIARID RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS: THE CONSERVATION-PRODUCTION INTERFACE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF PERENNIAL FORAGE AND TURF GRASSES FOR THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES IMPROVING ALFALFA AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS FOR BIOENERGY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTEGRATED WEED CONTROL AND REVEGETATION OF TEMPERATE DESERT RANGELAND IN THE GREAT BASIN PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE RANGELAND PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK LOSSES FROM ABORTIFACIENT AND TERATOGENIC PLANTS THE TOXICITY OF PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID-CONTAINING PLANTS AND OTHER HEPATOTOXIC AND NEUROTOXIC PLANTS POISONING OF LIVESTOCK BY VARIOUS LARKSPUR SPECIES (DELPHINIUM) ENHANCING RESISTANCE TO DISEASES AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN ALFALFA AND EDIBLE LEGUMES NON-TRADITIONAL PLANT RESOURCES FOR GRAZING RUMINANTS IN APPALACHIA MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEMATODES INFECTING FORAGE LEGUMES AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOST RESISTANCE IMPROVED FORAGE AND BIOENERGY PLANTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CENTRAL USA RANGELAND AND LIVESTOCK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTURBANCE ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF GREAT BASIN RANGELAND RANGELAND RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT NATIVE PERENNIAL WARM-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IMPROVING SOIL AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BASIC RESEARCH ON SOIL-MICROBE RELATIONSHIPS BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES INFLUENCING FORMATION AND STABILIZATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL STRUCTURE MAINTAINING SOIL RESOURCES FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION AND HERBICIDE MANAGEMENT IN MID-SOUTH CROP PRODUCTION SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE IMPROVING SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CROPPING AND INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS THAT PREVENT WIND EROSION AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT COVER CROPPING PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WEED AND FERTILITY MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARID RANGELANDS SOIL RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION TILLAGE IN A COTTON-PEANUT ROTATION CROPPING SYSTEMS AND PRECISION LAND MANAGEMENT IN DRYLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST FARMING PRACTICES FOR THE NORTHERN CORN BELT TO PROTECT SOIL RESOURCES, SUPPORT BIOFUEL PRODUCTION AND REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL FACTORS CONTROLLING MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF HERBICIDES, N FERTILIZERS, AND WEED SEEDS AS RELATED TO BIOLOGICALLY BASED WEED MANAGEMENT MANAGING BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND RHIZOSPHERE ECOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF APPALACHIAN PASTURE AND AMENITY GRASSES ASSESSING MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON CROPS AND SOILS SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRYLAND AND IRRIGATED CROPPING SYSTEMS SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND NUTRIENT CYCLING TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE IMPROVING SOILS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT FOR MORE EFFICIENT WATER USE IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT AND PRACTICAL METHODS FOR PRODUCING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI QUANTIFYING LANDSCAPE FACTORS INFLUENCING SOIL PRODUCTIVITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CROPPING SYSTEMS AND PRECISION LAND MANAGEMENT IN DRYLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST DEVELOP AND IMPROVE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND SOILS SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY Publications Principles of Dynamic Integrated Agricultural Systems: Lessons learned from an examination of Southeast Production Systems - (Book/Chapter) - (14-Jul-08) MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TEMPERATE GRASSES FROM A HIGH RAINFALL ENVIRONMENT - (Experiment Station) Banowetz, G.M., El Nashaar, H., Griffith, S.M., Steiner, J.J. 2008. Mineral characterization of temperate grasses from a high rainfall environment. Seed Production Research at Oregon State University. 127: 70-72. Denitrification and Nitrate Consumption in an Herbaceous Riparian Area and Perennial Ryegrass Seed Field - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (20-Dec-07) Assessment of Straw Biomass Feedstock Resources in the Pacific Northwest - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Banowetz, G.M., Boateng, A.A., Steiner, J.J., Griffith, S.M., Sethi, V., El Nashaar, H. 2008. Assessment of Straw Biomass Feedstock Resources in the Pacific Northwest. Biomass and Bioenergy, 32, 629-634. A HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR MULTIOBJECTIVE PROBLEMS WITH ACTIVITY ANALYSIS-BASED LOCAL SEARCH - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Whittaker, G.W., Confesor, R., Griffith, S.M., Fare, R., Grosskopf, S., Steiner, J.J., Mueller Warrant, G.W., Banowetz, G.M. 2007. A hybrid genetic algorithm for multiobjective problems with activity analysis-based local search. European Journal of Operations Research.193:195-203. Mitigation of Shallow Groundwater Nitrate in a Poorly Drained Riparian Area and Adjacent Cropland - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Davis, J.H., Griffith, S.M., Horwath, W.R., Steiner, J.J., Myrold, D.D. 2007. Mitigation of Shallow Groundwater Nitrate in a Poorly Drained Riparian Area and Adjacent Cropland. Journal of Environmental Quality.36:628-637. BEHAVIORIAL AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON THE GRAY FIELD SLUG IN WESTERN OREGON - (Experiment Station) Gavin, W.E., Banowetz, G.M., Griffith, S.M., Mueller Warrant, G.W., Steiner, J.J., Whittaker, G.W. 2007. Behaviorial and biological effects of weather on the gray field slug in western oregon. Seed Production Research at Oregon State University. Department of Crop & Soil Science Ext/CrS 126 P 28-33. GASIFICATION OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (POA PRATENSIS I.) STRAW IN A FARM-SCALE REACTOR - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Boateng, A.A., Banowetz, G.M., Steiner, J.J., Barton, T.F., Taylor, D.G., Hicks, K.B., El Nashaar, H., Sethi, V.K. 2007. Gasification of kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis i.) straw in a farm-scale reactor. Biomass and Bioenergy, 31:153-161. WEBGRMS: PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE FOR WEB-BASED MAPPING OF BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Greene, S.L., Minoura, T., Steiner, J.J., Pentecost, C.G. 2007. Webgrms: prototype software for web-based mapping of biological collections. Biodiversity and Conservation Journal 16:2611-2625. SEED PRODUCTION - (Book/Chapter) Steiner, J.J., Springer, T.L. 2007. Seed Production. In: Moore, K.J., Barnes, R.F., Nelson, C.J., Collins, M., editors. Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 6th Edition. Ames, IA: Blackwell Publishing. p. 453-464. SCANDINAVIAN AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS DIVERSITY DESCRIBED BY RAPD, VARIABLE CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE, AND COLLECTING SITE ECOGEOGRAPHY - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (24-Nov-05) CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN WESTERN OREGON PERENNIAL GRASS SEED SYSTEMS. I: IMPACTS OF DIRECT SEEDING AND MAXIMAL RESIDUE MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTION - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (06-Oct-05) ASSOCIATIONS OF WINTER BIRDS WITH RIPARIAN CONDITION IN THE LOWER CALAPOOIA WATERSHED, OREGON - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (30-Jun-05) EFFECTS OF DIRECT SEEDING AND FULL CHOP-BACK RESIDUE MANAGEMENT IN PERENNIAL - (Experiment Station) Steiner, J.J., Griffith, S.M., Mueller Warrant, G.W., Whittaker, G.W., Banowetz, G.M., Elliott, L.F. 2005. Effects of direct seeding and full chop-back residue management in perennial. Seed Production Research at Oregon State University. POTENTIAL FOR ON-FARM CONVERSION OF STRAW TO BIOENERGY IN SEED PRODUCING OPERATIONS - (Experiment Station) Banowetz, G.M., Steiner, J.J., Boateng, A.A., El Nashaar, H. 2005. Potential for on-farm conversion of straw to bioenergy in seed producing operations. Seed Production Research at Oregon State University. SEASONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISSOLVED NITROGEN AND WOODY VEGETATION AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES IN THE CALAPOOIA RIVER WATERSHED, OREGON, USA - (Abstract) Floyd, W.C., Schoenholtz, S.H., Griffith, S.M., Wigington, P.J., Steiner, J.J. 2005. Seasonal relationships between dissolved nitrogen and woody vegetation at multiple spatial scales in the Calapooia River watershed, Oregon, USA. In Proceedings of the AWRA Specialty Conference: Institutions for Sustainable Watershed Management: Reconciling Physical and Management Ecology in the Asia-Pacific. June 2005, Hawaii. WEATHERINFO: A WEB-BASED WEATHER DATA CAPTURE SYSTEM - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Steiner, J.J., Minoura, T., Xiong, W. 2005. Weatherinfo: a web-based weather data capture system. Agronomy Journal. v.97. p.633-639. GENOTYPE AND ENVIRONMENT AFFECT RHIZOME GROWTH OF BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Beuselinck, P.R., Brummer, E.C., Viands, D.R., Asay, K.H., Smith, R.R., Steiner, J.J., Brauer, D.K. 2005. Genotype and environment affect rhizome growth of birdsfoot trefoil. Crop Science. 45:1736-1740. WEBGRMS MAPPING SOFTWARE: SOMETHING NEW FOR THE USDA MEDICAGO AND TRIFOLIUM COLLECTIONS - (Proceedings/Symposium) Greene, S.L, T. Minoura, J. Steiner. 2004. WebGRMS Mapping software: Something new for the USDA Medicago and Trifolium collections. In Proceedings of the 40th North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference, July 18-21. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, [Online at: http://www.naaic.org/Meetings/National/2004NAAIC&TC/2004abstracts/sgreene.pdf] GRASS SEED FIELDS, SEASONAL WINTER DRAINAGES, AND NATIVE FISH HABITAT IN THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY - (Experiment Station) Steiner, J.J., Mellbye, M.E., Griffith, S.M., Giannico, G.R., Li, J., Boyer, K.S., Schoenholtz, S.H., Whittaker, G.W., Mueller Warrant, G.W., Banowetz, G.M. 2004. Grass seed fields, seasonal winter drainages, and native fish habitat in the South Willamette Valley. Seed Production Research at Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon. p. 55-56. ENHANCING AQUATIC SYSTEM QUALITY THROUGH INTEGRATED RIPARIAN ZONE AND CROP MANAGEMENT IN A PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE - (Abstract) Griffith, S.M., Steiner, J.J. 2004. Enhancing aquatic system quality through integrated riparian zone and crop management in a Pacific Northwest landscape. In: Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association Summer Specialty Conference, June 28-30, 2004, Middleburg, Virginia. 2004 CD-ROM. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISSOLVED NITROGEN AND LANDUSE/LANDCOVER AT TWO SPATIAL SCALES IN THE CALAPOOIA RIVER WATERSHED, OREGON - (Abstract) Floyd, W.S., Schoenholtz, S., Griffith, S.M., Wigington, P., Steiner, J.J. 2004. Relationships between dissolved nitrogen and landuse/landcover at two spatial scales in the Calapooia River watershed, Oregon. In:Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association Summer Specialty Conference, June 28-30, 2004, Middleburg, Virginia. 2004 CD-ROM. A NEW LOOK AT ON-FARM PRODUCTION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS FROM GRASS SEED STRAW - (Proceedings/Symposium) Steiner, J.J., Banowetz, G.M. 2004. A new look at on-farm production of energy products from grass seed straw. Proceedings of the Canadian Forage and Turf Seed Conference.Winter: p. 15-17. STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ON-FARM INCOME USING NATIVE GRASSES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES - (Abstract) Steiner, J.J., Banowetz, G.M. 2003. Strategies to increase on-farm income using native grasses in pacific northwest landscapes. American Society of Agronomy Abstracts.CD-ROM, Madison, WI. GRASSLAND RESTORATION WITH NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES IN YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - (Abstract) Griffith, S.M., Steiner, J.J. 2004. Grassland restoration with native perennial grasses in Yolo County, California. Ecology Management Grasslands Symposium.p.4. GRASSLAND RESTORATION WITH NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES IN YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - (Proceedings/Symposium) Griffith, S.M., Steiner, J.J. 2004. Grassland restoration with native perennial grasses in Yolo County, California. In: Society for Range Management Meeting Proceedings.January, 2004. Salt Lake City, UT. p.67. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES IN A PERENNIAL GRASS AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE - (Abstract) Neese, K.M., Steiner, J.J., Gavin, W.E., Moldenke, A.R. 2003. Spatial and temporal distributions of soil invertebrates in a perennial grass agricultural landscape. American Society of Agronomy Abstracts.CD-ROM. Madison, WI. REGISTRATION OF BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL GERMPLASM ARS-2622 - (Peer Reviewed Journal) BEUSELINCK, P.R., STEINER, J.J. 2003. REGISTRATION OF BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL GERMPLASM. CROP SCIENCE. 43(5):1886. MORPHOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF PROGENY DERIVED FROM 4X-2X AND 4X-4X HYBRIDIZATIONS OF LOTUS GLABER MILL. AND L. CORNICULATUS L. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) BEUSELINCK, P.R., STEINER, J.J., RIM, Y.W. MORPHOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF PROGENY DERIVED FROM 4X-2X AND 4X-4X HYBRIDIZATIONS OF LOTUS GLABER MILL. AND L. CORNICULATUS L.. CROP SCIENCE. 2003. V. 43(5). P. 1741-1746. FISH AND 'PHIBS AFIELD: WET-SEASON USE OF INTERMITTENT STREAMS IN THE CALAPOOIA BASIN LOWLANDS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OR - (Abstract) GERTH, W., LI, J., GIANNICO, G., BOYER, K., STEINER, J.J., GRIFFITH, S.M. FISH AND 'PHIBS AFIELD: WET-SEASON USE OF INTERMITTENT STREAMS IN THE CALAPOOIA BASIN LOWLANDS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OR. Annual Meeting Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society. 2003. Abstract p. 54. FISH DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF SEASONAL HABITATS IN GRASS-SEED PRODUCING FIELDS - (Abstract) COLVIN, R., GERTH, W., BOYER, K., GIANNICO, G., LI, J., STEINER, J.J., GRIFFITH, S.M. FISH DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF SEASONAL HABITATS IN GRASS-SEED PRODUCING FIELDS. Abstract No. 9800974. AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING. 2003. USING DIGITAL ORTHOGRAHIC AERIAL IMAGES AS USER INTERFACES - (Proceedings/Symposium) WUTTIWAT, T., MINOURA, T., STEINER, J.J. USING DIGITAL ORTHOGRAHIC AERIAL IMAGES AS USER INTERFACES. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING PROCEEDINGS. 2003. CD-ROM. RED CLOVER SEED PRODUCTION: VI. EFFECT AND ECONOMICS OF SOIL PH ADJUSTED BY LIME APPLICATION - (Peer Reviewed Journal) STEINER, J.J., ALDERMAN, S.C. RED CLOVER SEED PRODUCTION: VI. EFFECT AND ECONOMICS OF SOIL PH ADJUSTED BY LIME APPLICATION. CROP SCIENCE. 2003. v. 43(2). p. 624-630. RESEARCH TO MEET AGRICULTURE-CONSERVATION INFORMATION NEEDS - (Trade Journal) STEINER, J.J. RESEARCH TO MEET AGRICULTURE-CONSERVATION INFORMATION NEEDS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN FORAGE AND TURF SEED CONFERENCE. 2002. NOTICE OF RELEASE OF ARS-NLT-SALT AND ARS-NLT-SALT/B SALINE TOLERANT NARROW LEAF TREFOIL GERMPLASM - (Germplasm Release) STEINER, J.J., BANUELOS, G.S. NOTICE OF RELEASE OF ARS-NLT-SALT AND ARS-NLT-SALT/B SALINE TOLERANT NARROW LEAF TREFOIL GERMPLASM. GERMPLASM RELEASE. 2002. UP THE CREEK AND IN THE FLOODPLAIN: A WINTER'S FISH TALE - (Abstract) STEINER, J.J., LI, J., GRIFFITH, S.M., STALEY, K., GIANNICO, G. UP THE CREEK AND IN THE FLOODPLAIN: A WINTER'S FISH TALE. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY MEETINGS. 2002. Paper No. A05-134145. NITROGEN MINERALIZATION AS AFFECTED BY TILLAGE AND YEAR OF STAND FOR TALL FESCUE AND FINE FESCUE IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON - (Abstract) NELSON, M.A., GRIFFITH, S.M., STEINER, J.J. NITROGEN MINERALIZATION AS AFFECTED BY TILLAGE AND YEAR OF STAND FOR TALL FESCUE AND FINE FESCUE IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON. AGRONOMY ABSTRACTS. 2002. Paper No. S04-100814. A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF TRIFOLIUM - (Abstract) ELLISON, N.W., LISTON, A., STEINER, J.J., TAYLOR, N.L., WILLIAMS, W.M. A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF TRIFOLIUM. International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics. 2002. Abstract p. 121. ARS-NLT-SALT AND ARS-NLT-SALT/B SALINE TOLERANT NARROW LEAF TREFOIL GERMPLASM - (Peer Reviewed Journal) STEINER, J.J., BANUELOS, G.S. ARS-NLT-SALT AND ARS-NLT-SALT/B SALINE TOLERANT NARROW LEAF TREFOIL GERMPLASM. CROP SCIENCE. 2003. v.43(6).p. 1888-1889. GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG WORLD HOP ACCESSIONS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) HENNING, J.A., STEINER, J.J., HUMMER, K.E. GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG WORLD HOP ACCESSIONS. CROP SCIENCE. 2004. v.44. p. 411-417. HIGH RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY BY NUCLEIC ACID AND FATTY ACID ANALYSES - (Peer Reviewed Journal) DIERKSEN, K.P., WHITTAKER, G.W., BANOWETZ, G.M., AZEVEDO, M.D., KENNEDY, A.C., STEINER, J.J., GRIFFITH, S.M. HIGH RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY BY NUCLEIC ACID AND FATTY ACID ANALYSES. SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. 2002. v.34. p. 1853-1860. 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