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 ) 573 projects listed LUPINUS, PHASEOLUS, AND MEDICAGO GENOMICS OF PLANT NUTRITION FIELD EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF A RANGE-LIVESTOCK DECISION SUPPORT MODEL OPTIMAL LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION AND ASSIMILATION FOR GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THE WIND EROSION PREDICTION SYSTEM (WEPS) USER DOCUMENTATION, TUTORIALS, AND TRAINING MATERIALS IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGE FOR RANGELAND MANAGEMENT USDA U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE IN IDAHO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EXOTIC WEEDS IN THE WEST INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAND USE, LAND MGMT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: RELATIONS TO CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING, TRACE GASES AND AGROECOSYSTEMS GLOBAL CHANGE: RESPONSES AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS GLOBAL CHANGE: RESPONSES AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGES AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE WEEDS ON WESTERN RANGELANDS TRACE GAS EXCHANGES IN MIDWEST CROPPING SYSTEMS NUTRIENT CYCLING AND UTILIZATION ON ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS GLOBAL CHANGE AND BELOWGROUND PROCESSES IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS SIMPLE FORAGE PREDICTION TOOLS FOR DROUGHT MGMT. IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION DERIVED FROM A DATABASE OF HISTORICAL & SIMULATED FORAGE PRODUCTION BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING WASTE FOUNDRY SAND FOR AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND UTILIZATION OF BYPRODUCTS AND ANIMAL WASTES RISK ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF SOIL AND AMENDMENT TRACE ELEMENTS DISCOVERY AND INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INVASIVE EURASIAN WEEDS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL & NATURAL AREAS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES TRANSITIONING TRADITIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF THE NORTHEAST TO GRASS-BASED GRAZING DAIRY FARMS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE WEB-BASED CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM LANDOWNER SELF-ASSESSMENT GUIDE HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY SYSTEM EVALUATION OF PERENNIAL HERBACEOUS BIOMASS CROPS IN NORTH DAKOTA THE IMPACT OF PROPER ORGANIC FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT IN PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CARBON STORAGE IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: THE ROLE OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS MANAGING BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND RHIZOSPHERE ECOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF APPALACHIAN PASTURE AND AMENITY GRASSES INVESTIGATIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISMS FOR THE RIPARIAN WEED ARUNDO OR GIANT REED IMPROVING IRRIGATION PRACTICES AND IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR IMPROVING NUTRIENTS AND QUALITY IN ALFALFA AND SOYBEAN ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR FARMING SYSTEMS UTILIZING MANURE DRYLAND CROPPING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS REDUCING OFF-FARM GRAIN INPUTS ON NORTHEAST ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS GENE SWITCHES FOR TRAIT IMPROVEMENT AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS APPLICATIONS IN FORAGE PLANTS APPROACHES TO MINIMIZE THE OCCURENCE OF FESCUE TOXICOSIS IN LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE-SPECIFIC SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT INFILTRATION INTO GYPSUM AMENDED SWELLING/SHRINKING/CRACKING SOILS HYDROLOGIC AND WATER QUALITY SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT GENETIC ANALYSIS OF TROPICALLY ADAPTED STOCKER CATTLE SOIL CARBON CYCLING, TRACE GAS EMISSION, TILLAGE AND CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT INTERNET CAPABILITY FOR ASSESSING/MANAGING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SEDIMENT LOADING TO STREAMS USING WEPP IMPACT OF RESIDUE REMOVAL FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ON SOIL - RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSESSMENT PROJECT (REAP) WIND ERODIBILITY OF BIOSOLID AMENDED SOILS REMOTE SENSING CROP RESIDUE COVER SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRYLAND AND IRRIGATED CROPPING SYSTEMS SOURCE, FATE, AND TRANSPORT OF NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS IN SMALL AGRICULTURAL HEADWATER STREAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST USA ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT THROUGH CORNSTOVER UTILIZATION SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION OF GPFARM-IRRIGATION TO THE COLORADO CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION / FARM PROFIT CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PRODUCER PROFITABILITY RELATING SPATIAL PATTERNS OF VEGETATION AND SOIL PROPERTIES WITH RUNOFF AND EROSION ON ECOLOGICAL SITES IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA CONTINUATION OF IMPROVED FORAGE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR TURF APPLICATIONS IMPACT OF LOW QUALITY WATERS ON SOIL PROPERTIES MODELING GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DAIRY FACILITIES NORTHEAST PASTURE CONSORTIUM: PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE PASTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION IRRIGATION, TILLAGE, AND WEED MANAGEMENT TO MAINTAIN AGRICULTURE PROFITABILITY WITH LIMITED WATER DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF RUSSIAN THISTLE EVALUATION OF NEW PERENNIAL COOL-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF YEAR-LONG FORAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS BIOMAT TESTING FOR RUNOFF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AT APHIS, USDA, BELTSVILLE, MD EFFECTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES IN THE LEON RIVER WATERSHED (PHASE II) SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND NUTRIENT CYCLING TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA BIOMAT TESTING FOR RUNOFF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AT APHIS, USDA SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN TALL FESCUE PASTURES A SIMULATION STUDY TO EVALUATE DITCH-DRAINAGE, STREAM-FLOW DIVERSION, AND IN-STREAM PROCESSES FOR REDUCING NITRATE LOADS IN STREAM NETWORK REMOTE ASSESSMENT OF AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS COMMON MODULAR WIND AND WATER EROSION MODELING FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING REDUCING NITRATE LOSSES FROM AGRICULTURAL FIELDS WITH SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION FOR INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY SUSTAINING RURAL ECONOMIES THROUGH NEW WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES 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. UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY OF MANAGED WATERSHEDS 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 SOIL HYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON EROSION AND WATER QUALITY SALINITY AND TRACE ELEMENT MANAGEMENT FOR CROP PRODUCTION IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS SALINITY AND TRACE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER REUSE IN IRRIGATED SYSTEMS: PROCESSES, SAMPLING PROTOCOLS, AND SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT IN HUMID REGIONS OPTIMIZING FORAGE-BASED COW-CALF OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY OF BEEF CATTLE AGRICULTURE AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES FOR IMPROVED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT IN THE SOUTH GEORGIA LITTLE RIVER SNOW AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST SNOW AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST EFFECTIVENESS OF WATERSHED LAND-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A GIS-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR TARGETING CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY GRACENET: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION BY AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT CROP AND SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY CROP AND SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS HYDROLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS HYDROLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS OPTIMIZING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR HUMID CLIMATES ASSESSING CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET) FROM POINT TO REGIONAL SCALE IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNGAL DISEASES OF GRASSES GROWN FOR SEED DEGRADATION OF FEED AMINO NITROGEN IN THE REMEN OF GOATS EVALUATION OF HIGH YIELDING ORCHARDGRASS GERMPLASM FOR PERSISTENCE, PERFORMANCE, AND FORAGE PRODUCTION IN OKLAHOMA VALUE-ADDED ANIMAL PRODUCTION FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS CALIBRATION AND APPLICATION OF LARGE APERTURE SCINTILLOMETERS IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS EROSION PREDICTION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE CONSERVATION PLANNING EFFECT OF TRANS FATTY ACIDS ON THE PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS AND ADIPOKINES DEVELOPMENT OF ACOUSTIC AND SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY TO CHARACTERIZE SOILS, SEDIMENT FLOW AND DEPOSITION, AND IMPOUNDMENT RESERVOIRS IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST PROTECTING SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS IN EMERGING FARMING SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES INTROGRESSING RESISTANCE TO STRIGA HERMONTHICA FROM WILD TO CULTIVATED PEARL MILLET INTROGRESSING RESISTANCE TO STRIGA HERMONTHICA FROM WILD TO CULTIVATED PEARL MILLET BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF RUSSIAN OLIVE, SALTCEDAR, PERENNIAL PEPPERWEED, AND OTHER U.S. INVASIVE WEEDS FROM KAZAKHSTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NORTHEAST U.S. EFFECTS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND RESIDUE REMOVAL ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN TRANSFORMATION CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES FOR SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN APPALACHIA CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT APPLICATION OF SYSTEM MODELS TO EVALUATE AND EXTEND CROPPING SYSTEMS STUDIES AT DIFFERENT GREAT PLAINS/NORTHWEST LOCATIONS CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT - KIMBERLY (FY2009) CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT FATE OF HORMONES IN WASTE FROM CONCENTRATED BROILER FEEDING OPERATIONS O(HOLE)NE IMPROVING FLOODING TOLERANCE OF SOYBEAN BY GENETIC TRANSFORMATION HYDROLOGIC MODELING OF THE INDUS RIVER BASIN IN PAKISTAN THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE AND USDA-ARS U.S. SALINITY LABORATORY NON-FUNDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING LAND USE CHANGE AND CARBON AND WATER DYNAMICS IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM LANDS LAND USE CHANGE AND CARBON AND WATER DYNAMICS IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM LANDS SYNTHESIS OF FINDINGS FROM THE CEAP WATERSHED ASSESSMENT STUDY PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM WIND EROSION: PROCESSES, ASSESSMENT, AND CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT USING THE RANGELAND HYDROLOGY AND EROSION MODEL RISK ASSESSMENT USING THE RANGELAND HYDROLOGY AND EROSION MODEL JOINT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GRASSLANDS: EXTENDING LYCOG THROUGH STOCHASTIC MODELING OF CO2, TEMPERATURE, AND PRECIPITATION FORCING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE FOR CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT IN THE JOBOS BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH SERVICE WATERSHED ASSESSMENT USING USDA-SWAT EVALUATION OF NEW PEARL MILLET HYBRIDS VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST: PROMOTING CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS TO INCREASE YIELDS, PROFITABILITY, AND IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY FARM-SCALE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION OF NO-TILL IN THE FT. COBB RESERVOIR WATERSHED FARM-SCALE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION OF NO-TILL IN THE FT. COBB RESERVOIR WATERSHED USE OF FGD GYPSUM TO IMPROVE CROP AND FORAGE PRODUCTION ON ERODIBLE SOILS OF THE SOUTH CEAP ASSESSMENT OF INVASIVE WEED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF U.S. INVASIVE WEEDS FROM CHINA DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY BIODIESEL FROM TRAP GREASE YIELD AND SEED PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF VEGETATIVE STAR GRASS REAL-TIME MONITORING OF CROP CANOPY TEMPERATURES IN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD USING A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK OF INFRARED THERMOCOUPLE SENSORS MANAGING DAIRY FARMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROFIT EFFECTS OF NEW BT PRODUCTS AND LARVAL ECOLOGY ON THE RELATIVE RISKS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES YELLOW STARTHISTLE CONTROL TECHNIQUES BREEDING PEARL MILLET WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, STABILITY, AND RESISTANCE TO PESTS. IMPROVED FORAGE AND BIOENERGY PLANTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CENTRAL USA DEVELOPING ASSOCIATION MAPPING IN POLYPLOIDY PERENNIAL BIOFUEL GRASSES IMPROVING ALFALFA AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS FOR BIOENERGY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION AND ROOT ADAPTATION TO PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY IN PHASEOLUS VULGARIS CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT (CEAP) DATABASE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT ECONOMIC PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WARM SEASON GRASS SPECIES FOR FORAGE AND ALTERNATIVE USES DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A SYSTEM TO PRODUCE GRASS-FED BEEF FOR THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS ON-FARM EVALUATION OF THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS STRAW TO ENERGY FGD GYPSUM IN AGRICULTURE NETWORK REDESIGNING FORAGE GERMPLASM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DAIRY FARMS EFFECTS OF NEW BT PRODUCTS AND LARVAL ECOLOGY ON THE RELATIVE RISKS OF ECB RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OPPORTUNITIES & LIMITS TO PERTURBING FORAGE PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, GROWTH, & DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING FORAGE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN DAIRY SYS EFFECTS OF NEW BT PRODUCTS AND LARVAL ECOLOGY ON THE RELATIVE RISKS OF ECB RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, ONSTAD BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHEAST: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS NATIVE PERENNIAL WARM-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS SUSTAINABLE FORAGE PRODUCTION FOR LOW-INPUT FARMING SYSTEMS MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RANGELAND AND LIVESTOCK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IMPROVING DAIRY FORAGE AND MANURE MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FATE AND TRANSPORT OF E. COLI IN RURAL TEXAS LANDSCAPES AND STREAMS DEVELOPING A PROCESS-BASED MODEL FOR ESTIMATING AIR EMISSIONS FROM DAIRIES MONITORING AND EVALUATING WATER RESOURCES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WATERSHEDS MONITORING AND EVALUATING WATER RESOURCES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WATERSHEDS CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING PRODUCER PROFITABILITY VALIDATING TOPDRESSED K FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AN ALFALFA-CORN ROTATION PASTURELAND CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT LITERATURE SYNTHESEIS ECONOMIC PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA(CLEMSON) ECONOMIC PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA(WVU) A LASER SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION SOIL SURFACE AND STANDING RESIDUE ANALYSIS CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN NORTHEASTERN GRAZING LANDS EDITOR OF JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMALE-SCALE RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY - BROOKINGS ASSESSING INTERPLANT MOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN CORN BORERS USE OF FGD GYPSUM TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND EROSION LOSSES ON HIGHLY ERODIBLE SOILS JOBOS BAY CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT PRECISION PLACEMENT OF NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZERS IN COMPLEX LANDSCAPES TO MINIMIZE TRANSFERS OF NUTRIENTS AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS TO WATER MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR DOLLAR SPOT AND SNOW MOLD RESISTANCES MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR SNOW MOLD AND DOLLAR SPOT RESISTANCES DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE BASE AND QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR OPTIMAL CROPS AND MGMT PRACTICES FOR VARIABLE LTD WATER CONDITIONS IN THE GREAT PLAINS MODELING THE IMPACTS OF LAND-APPLIED MUNICIPAL BIOSOLIDS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ACROSS URBAN, AGRICULTURAL, AND WILDLIFE INTERFACES DEVELOP, TEST, AND IMPROVE THE NEEDED SCIENCE MODULES AND MODELS OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN OMS FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS DEVELOP, TEST, AND IMPROVE THE NEEDED SCIENCE MODULES AND MODELS OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN OMS FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS INVESTIGATION OF EASTERN REDCEDAR INVASION; ECONOMIC UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN GRASSLAND ENVIRONMENTS COMPARISON OF ALFALFA AND ORCHARDGRASS HAY AS REPLACEMENTS FOR GRAIN IN LACTATING DAIRY COW DIETS PLANTS & BIOENERGY, PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS, SPECIAL SATELLITE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS (PA-08-32) QUANTIFICATION OF BMPS ON MANAGED TURF IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS ECONOMIC PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA (VA TECH) ALTERNATIVE CROP AND FORAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF CROP YIELD VARIABILITY ACROSS CROP PRODUCTION FIELDS IN CENTRAL IOWA AMPHIBIAN MONITORING OF CEAP WETLANDS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FATE AND TRANSPORT OF ARSENIC IN LAND-APPLIED POULTRY LITTER: EFFECTS ON SOILS, DITCHES, STREAMS, AND WETLANDS ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PATHOGENS IN AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AND FORAGE MATERIALS P-COUMARATES AND P-COMAROYL TRANSFERASES IN COMMELINID MONOCOTS COMPLETE NEEDED ENHANCEMENTS OF OMS AND DELIVERY OF THE OMS-PROTOTYPE FIELD TO WATERSHED SCALE MODEL FOR CEAP COMPLETE NEEDED ENHANCEMENTS OF OMS AND DELIVERY OF THE OMS-PROTOTYPE FIELD TO WATERSHED SCALE MODEL FOR CEAP INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS PIGEONPEA CULTIVARS FOR SUSTAINABLE CEREAL-LEGUME CROPPING SYSTEM IN THE U.S. SOUTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL-SCALE ASSESSMENT OF SALINITY AND IMPACTS OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW BIOENERGY CROPPING SYSTEM STRATEGIES FOR THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL RESEARCH ON WESTERN RANGELAND WEEDS DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A BMP EVALUATION TOOL FOR TEXAS ELUCIDATING THE ROLES OF HYDROXYCINNAMOYL TRANSFERASES AND P-COUMAROYL 3-HYDROXYLASES IN O-DIPHENOL BIOSYNTHESIS IN RED CLOVER CEAP-WETLANDS MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL STUDY MODELING SNOW, SOIL MOISTURE, AND STREAMFLOW IMPACTS ON WATER, SOIL AND VEGETATION RESOURCES IN SEMI-ARID BASINS MODELING SNOW, SOIL MOISTURE, AND STREAMFLOW IMPACTS ON WATER, SOIL AND VEGETATION RESOURCES IN SEMI-ARID BASINS USING A MODELING SYSTEM TO EXTEND HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS AND PROCESSES FROM EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS TO LARGER REGIONS WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN USING A MODELING SYSTEM TO EXTEND HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS AND PROCESSES FROM EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS TO LARGER REGIONS WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN ENHANCING APPLICATIONS OF THE OBJECT MODELING SYSTEM (OMS): APPLICATIONS OF GPFARM-RANGELAND MODEL BUILT FROM OMS COMPONENTS CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT-WETLANDS COMPONENT MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL ASSESSMENT PHASE II SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATED SPECIALTY CROPS AND BIOFUELS SIMULATING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS OF THE LONG-TERM PLOTS AT CBARC USING THE CQESTR MODEL SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT UNDER VARIABLE CLIMATE AND LAND USE CHANGE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT UNDER VARIABLE CLIMATE AND LAND USE CHANGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING INSECT RESISTANCE TO TRANSGENIC CROPS CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL RESEARCH OF MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE EXOTIC RANGELAND WEEDS ON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SOIL AND PEST MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IMPROVING CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHERN PRODUCERS U.S. NATIVE GRASS BREEDING CONSORTIUM TO IDENTIFY REGIONAL OPTIMUM BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY ON MARGINAL LAND INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY NET GROUNDWATER USE ON SOUTHERN IDAHO DAIRIES EVALUATION OF MATERNAL AND PATERNAL GERMPLASM FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF SHEEP IN WESTERN RANGELAND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS GENETICS, HISTORY, AND ORIGINS OF THE WISCONSIN MEADOW FESCUE IDENTIFICATION OF GENES THAT REGULATE SOYBEAN OIL CONTENT, PART II GENOMIC RESOURCES TO ACCELERATE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESEARCH NITROGEN FERTILIZER FOR FREE: ACCOUNTING FOR MINERALIZABLE NITROGEN IN THE SOIL EVALUATING NON-BT REFUGE NEEDS FOR THE CORN BELT: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE ALLELES AND MULTIPLE-TOXIN BT HYBRIDS CHANGES IN SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FORMER AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: A CHRONOSEQUENCE STUDY EVALUATION OF RAPIDEYE SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR PREDICTING MID-SEASON NITROGEN LEVELS IN SPRING WHEAT EVALUATION OF RAPIDEYE SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR PREDICTING MID-SEASON NITROGEN LEVELS IN SPRING WHEAT DEVELOP AND TRANSFER IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED PEANUT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY SYSTEM, PHASE II PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN GRASS SEED FARM PROFITS CHARACTERIZATION, PRESERVATION, AND EXCHANGE OF RHIZOBIA STRAINS FOR SUBTROPICAL LEGUME FORAGE DEVELOPMENT IN URUGUAY AND THE U.S. NITROGEN SOURCE EFFECTS ON NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM IRRIGATED AND RAINFED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOCOL FOR USE OF STREAM FLOW AND LOAD DURATION CURVES FOR HYDROLOGY-BASED WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND RESTORATION GOALS NATIONAL CORN TO ETHANOL RESEARCH PILOT PLANT NITROGEN SOURCE EFFECTS ON NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM IRRIGATED AND RAINFED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS NITROGEN SOURCE EFFECTS ON NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM IRRIGATED AND RAINFED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN GRASS SEED FARM PROFITS MECHANISTIC PROCESS-LEVEL CROP SIMULATION MODELS FOR ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AUTOMATED ENGINEERING OF LIPASE ENZYMES FOR COVALENT ATTACHMENT TO RESIN AND IDENTIFICATION OF BEST TRANSESTERIFICATION DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS AND THEIR N-OXIDES IN PLANT-DERIVED PRODUCTS EVALUATION OF RAPIDEYE SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR PREDICTING MID-SEASON NITROGEN LEVELS IN SPRING WHEAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURE GRASSES IMPROVED MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, AND MITIGATION OF NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS AND RELATED N LOSSES FROM INTENSIVELY FERTILIZED AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINING PEANUT CROPPING SYSTEMS COMPETITIVENESS DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN ORGANIC AND GRASS-FED SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN ORGANIC AND GRASS-FED SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN ORGANIC AND GRASS-FED SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN ORGANIC AND GRASS-FED SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZING CATTLE DISTRIBUTIONS ON RANGELANDS INTEGRATED INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, REVEGETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BASIN RANGELANDS U.S. NATIVE GRASS BREEDING CONSORTIUM TO IDENTIFY REGIONAL OPTIMUM CROP BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES IN SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FORMER AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: A CHRONOSEQUENCE STUDY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR MITIGATING NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS AND OTHER N LOSSES FROM CORN PRODUCTION PRODUCTION OF LOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURE BIOCHARS FROM CROP FEEDSTOCKS GENETICS, HISTORY, AND ORIGINS OF THE WISCONSIN MEADOW FESCUE NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANTS MECHANISTIC PROCESS-LEVEL CROP SIMULATION MODELS FOR RESEARCH AND ON-FARM DECISION SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGNER BIOCHAR TO REMEDIATE DEGRADED COASTAL PLAIN SOILS INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA ECOSYSTEM HEALTH MONITORING COUNCIL ON SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS PRODUCTION IMPROVING CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHERN PRODUCERS STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SOIL AND PEST MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS U.S. NATIVE GRASS BREEDING CONSORTIUM TO IDENTIFY REGIONAL OPTIMUM BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY ON MARGINAL LAND INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY IMPACT OF BIOCHAR ON SOIL QUALITY, CROP YIELDS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND WATER QUALITY NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS IN COTTON PRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEATODES IN ORGANIC AND GRASS FED SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATED SPECIALTY CROPS AND BIOFUELS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ORGANIC FARMING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION SIMULATING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS OF THE LONG-TERM PLOTS AT CBARC USING THE CQESTR MODEL ENHANCING APPLICATIONS OF THE OBJECT MODELING SYSTEM (OMS): APPLICATIONS OF GPFARM-RANGELAND MODEL BUILT FROM OMS COMPONENTS DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND PLANT GERMPLASM FOR MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF DEGRADED RANGELANDS ELUCIDATING THE ROLES OF HYDROXYCINNAMOYL TRANSFERASES AND P-COUMAROYL 3-HYDROXYLASES IN O-DIPHENOL BIOSYNTHESIS IN RED CLOVER ECOLOGICALLY-SOUND PEST, WATER AND SOIL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS CROPPING SYSTEMS VEGETATIVE MONITORING OF RANGELANDS USING LOW-LEVEL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND TRANSITION MODELS THAT DESCRIBE THE VEGETATION DYNAMICS OF ECOLOGICAL SITES ENHANCING SUSTAINABILITY OF POTATO SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHEAST ILLICIT CROP PHENOMENOLY STUDIES ENHANCED SYSTEM MODELS AND DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS TO OPTIMIZE WATER LIMITED AGRICULTURE MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST GRAZINGLANDS CEAP AND NRI TECHNICAL SUPPORT-PHASE II DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW BIOENERGY CROPPING SYSTEM STRATEGIES FOR THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MID SOUTH GROUND AND AERIAL ANALYSES OF THE VEGETATION IN SELECTED ALLOTMENTS OF THE GRAND RIVER AND MISSOURI NATIONAL GRASSLANDS PIGEONPEA CULTIVARS FOR SUSTAINABLE CEREAL-LEGUME CROPPING SYSTEM IN THE U.S. SOUTHERN PLAINS INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR FIELD FRACTIONATION, HARVESTING AND STORAGE OF PERENNIAL BIOENERGY CROPS ASSESSING THE STATUS AND EXTENT OF SAGEBRUSH STEP PLANT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN P-COUMARATES AND P-COMAROYL TRANSFERASES IN COMMELINID MONOCOTS ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SOIL BASELINE STUDY: IMPACTS OF DISPERSED VEHICLE DISTURBANCES AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS FOR FAMILY FARMS EFFECT OF HERBICIDE APPLICATION TIMING ON CRESTED WHEATGRASS CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT NATIVE PLANT REESTABLISHMENT SUCCESS BUILDING AN AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF THE CHANGING BIO-ECONOMY NUTRIENT AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT IN INTENSIVE CROPPING SYSTEMS EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT IN WILD BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION DETERMINING MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BIOMASS WITH MIXTURE OF PRAIRIE SPECIES COMPARISON OF ALFALFA AND ORCHARDGRASS HAY AS REPLACEMENTS FOR GRAIN IN LACTATING DAIRY COW DIETS DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR AGRONOMIC CROP PRODUCTION MONITOR HABITAT-PHASE II INVESTIGATION OF EASTERN REDCEDAR INVASION; ECONOMIC UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN GRASSLAND ENVIRONMENTS SHORT ROTATION CROPS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: BIOFUELS, BIOENERGY, & BIOPRODUCTS FROM SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FOREST CROPS (PA-08-27) DESIGNER BIOCHAR DEVELOPMENT AS A SOIL AMENDMENT REGIONAL BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PARTNERSHIP ¿ BIOMASS RESIDUE REMOVAL DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE BASE AND QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR OPTIMAL CROPS AND MGMT PRACTICES FOR VARIABLE LTD WATER CONDITIONS IN THE GREAT PLAINS MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR SNOW MOLD AND DOLLAR SPOT RESISTANCES CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN NORTHEASTERN GRAZING LANDS MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR DOLLAR SPOT AND SNOW MOLD RESISTANCES FORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMALE-SCALE RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY - BROOKINGS MEAT QUALITY OF PASTURE-FINSHED LAMBS AND GOATS RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES MONITOR HABITAT PASTURELAND CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT LITERATURE SYNTHESEIS CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING PRODUCER PROFITABILITY VALIDATING TOPDRESSED K FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AN ALFALFA-CORN ROTATION FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN THE MID-SOUTH DISTURBANCE ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF GREAT BASIN RANGELAND ENDOPHYTE, PLANT AND ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT FOR MITIGATING FESCUE TOXICOSIS THE CONSERVATION-PRODUCTION INTERFACE IN NORTHERN MIXED-GRASS RANGELANDS IMPROVEMENT OF SEED AND END-USE QUALITY OF COOL SEASON GRASSES DEVELOPING CONSERVATION TILLAGE PEANUT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN WEST TEXAS RANGELAND RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT NON-TRADITIONAL PLANT RESOURCES FOR GRAZING RUMINANTS IN APPALACHIA MONITORING CLIMATIC CHANGES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SEMIARID RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS: THE CONSERVATION-PRODUCTION INTERFACE PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE RANGELAND PRODUCTION RANGELAND AND LIVESTOCK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POISONING OF LIVESTOCK BY VARIOUS LARKSPUR SPECIES (DELPHINIUM) ASTRAGALUS AND OXYTROPIS POISONING IN LIVESTOCK THE TOXICITY OF PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID-CONTAINING PLANTS AND OTHER HEPATOTOXIC AND NEUROTOXIC PLANTS LIVESTOCK LOSSES FROM ABORTIFACIENT AND TERATOGENIC PLANTS MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUSTAINABLE FORAGE PRODUCTION FOR LOW-INPUT FARMING SYSTEMS ECONOMICS OF ANNUAL GRASS INVASION INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS NATIVE PERENNIAL WARM-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA REDESIGNING FORAGE GERMPLASM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DAIRY FARMS EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON PHYSICAL AND FLOW PROPERTIES OF DDGS BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHEAST: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES & LIMITS TO PERTURBING FORAGE PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, GROWTH, & DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING FORAGE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN DAIRY SYS GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF TURFGRASS GERMPLASM FOR REDUCED INPUT SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S. ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF SEGREGATION AND LINKAGE RELATIONSHIPS IN SWITCHGRASS ON-FARM EVALUATION OF THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS STRAW TO ENERGY ENHANCING RESISTANCE TO DISEASES AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN ALFALFA AND EDIBLE LEGUMES TECHNIQUES FOR RESEEDING OF ABANDONDED AGRICULTURAL LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS EFFECT OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGAL PATHOGENS ON FOREST DIVERSITY AND DYNAMICS SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WARM SEASON GRASS SPECIES FOR FORAGE AND ALTERNATIVE USES MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE PASTURES AND SILVOPASTURES FOR SMALL FARM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ROLE OF COVER CROPS AND BIOFUEL COPRODUCTS FOR ENHANCING CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ESTIMATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON GRAZING LANDS VLSA MONITORING ON NMSU CORONA RANCH¿A PINION-JUNIPER SYSTEM GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES MARKER DEVELOPMENT AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN SWITCHGRASS SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR HARVESTING CORN STOVER FOR BIOMASS MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARID RANGELANDS IMPROVING ALFALFA AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS FOR BIOENERGY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY AND GENE DISCOVERY RESEARCH INDIAN RICEGRASS AND NEEDLE AND THREAD GRASS GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT IN THE GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RANGELAND MANAGEMENT ON-FARM CROPPING AND TILLAGE SYSTEMS FOR PROFITABLE AG PRODUCTION IMPROVED FORAGE AND BIOENERGY PLANTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CENTRAL USA BREEDING PEARL MILLET WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, STABILITY, AND RESISTANCE TO PESTS. IMPROVEMENT OF PLANT MATERIALS AND BEEF COW PRODUCTION ON IRRIGATED PASTURES SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE FARMING SYSTEMS YIELD AND SEED PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF VEGETATIVE STAR GRASS DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASE FOR CROP MODELING AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF PERENNIAL MUSTARDS & YST IN WESTERN RANGELANDS UTILIZING AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS APPROACH GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF PERENNIAL FORAGE AND TURF GRASSES FOR THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST: PROMOTING CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS TO INCREASE YIELDS, PROFITABILITY, AND IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY LINKAGE ANALYSIS APPROPRIATE FOR COMPARATIVE GENOME ANALYSIS AND TRAIT SELECTION IN SWITCHGRASS USE OF FGD GYPSUM TO IMPROVE CROP AND FORAGE PRODUCTION ON ERODIBLE SOILS OF THE SOUTH IMPROVING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR IRRIGATED COTTON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS EVALUATION OF NEW PEARL MILLET HYBRIDS FATE OF HORMONES IN WASTE FROM CONCENTRATED BROILER FEEDING OPERATIONS PERENNIAL FORAGES FOR SMALL FARMS O(HOLE)NE MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FORAGE LEGUME PATHOGENS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOST RESISTANCE APPLICATION OF SYSTEM MODELS TO EVALUATE AND EXTEND CROPPING SYSTEMS STUDIES AT DIFFERENT GREAT PLAINS/NORTHWEST LOCATIONS NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES FOR SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN APPALACHIA EFFECTS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND RESIDUE REMOVAL ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN TRANSFORMATION CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT ASSESS UTILITY AND VALUE OF DISTILLERS GRAINS AND MODIFIED DISTILLERS GRAINS DETERMINATION OF "OUT-OF-SEASON" BREEDING TENDENCY FOR POLYPAY X BLACKFACE YEARLING EWES MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEMATODES INFECTING FORAGE LEGUMES AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOST RESISTANCE IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, & TRANSFER OF MICROBIAL ENDOPHYTES INTO NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS TO IMPROVE SUCCESS OF RANGELAND RESTORATION HABITAT MONITORING ON HOLLEMAN AIR FORCE BASE EVALUATION OF AIRBORNE REMOTE TO ASSESS FIELD CONDITIONS AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY LIVESTOCK GRAZING IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS APPLICATION OF "INTERPRETING INDICATORS OF RANGELAND HEALTH" (IIRH, TR 1734-6) TO MANAGEMENT OF LINEAR IMPACTS BENTGRASS BREEDING CONSORTIUM: MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR DOLLAR SPOT AND SNOW MOLD RESISTANCES BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSES F L. BUCHNERI NRRL B-30929 GRAZINGLANDS CEAP AND NRI TECHNICAL SUPPORT FIELD TESTING OF MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS LARGE RANCH LANDSCAPES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. BASELINE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH SURVEY CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT USE OF SELECTED PRECISION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON A COMMERCIAL ROW CROP FARM THE PHARMACOGENETICS OF METHYLLYCACONITINE TOXICITY: IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC MARKERS IN MICE COLLECTION OF LOW-MAINTENANCE TURF GRASS SEEDS IN EURASIA VALUE-ADDED ANIMAL PRODUCTION FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS CONVERTING CRESTED WHEATGRASS STANDS TO NATIVE RANGELAND EVALUATION OF HIGH YIELDING ORCHARDGRASS GERMPLASM FOR PERSISTENCE, PERFORMANCE, AND FORAGE PRODUCTION IN OKLAHOMA GENOMIC MECHANISMS OF IN SITU DETOXIFICATION OF BIOMASS CONVERSION INHIBITORS FOR ETHANOLOGENIC YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE SUPPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN SOILS EXHIBIT GENOMIC MECHANISMS OF IN SITU DETOXIFICATION OF BIOMASS CONVERSION INHIBITORS FOR ETHANOLOGENIC YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE GRAZING LANDS CONSERVATION INITIATIVE DEVELOP AND IMPROVE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND SOILS EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF PEANUT GERMPLASM AND CULTIVARS IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMOTE ASSESSMENT OF AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN TALL FESCUE PASTURES SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND NUTRIENT CYCLING TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA GREAT BASIN COOPERATIVE ECO-SYSTEMS STUDY UNIT II RESEQUENCING DIVERSE GENOTYPES OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON, A TRACTABLE MODEL GRASS SPECIES SOIL CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE IMPROVING SOILS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT FOR MORE EFFICIENT WATER USE IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES APPALACHIAN LAND USE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS FIELD SCREENING OF BENTGRASS GERMPLASM FOR RESISTANCE TO IMPORTANT TURFGRASS DISEASES IDENTIFICATION OF BROWN PATCH RESISTANT TALL FESCUE MODELING GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DAIRY FACILITIES GRAIN FRACTIONATION FOR EFFICIENT FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION NORTHEAST PASTURE CONSORTIUM: PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE PASTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SOIL RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION TILLAGE IN A COTTON-PEANUT ROTATION APPALACHIAN HERBAGE NUTRITIVE FRACTIONATION, DIGESTIVE KINETICS & FERMENTATION END-PRODUCT PROFILING FOR GRAZING SYSTEM MODELING & DEVELOPMT EVALUATION OF FIELD-LEVEL MODELING AND DATA USE FOR THE CROPLAND COMPONENT OF THE CEAP NATIONAL ASSESSMENT FIBER EXTRUSION TO IMPROVE USE AND PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL BYPRODUCTS FEASIBILITY TEST OF A UAV-BASED SYSTEM FOR RANGELAND INVENTORY ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING IN THE OWYHEE UPLANDS INTERACTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON INVASIVE PLANT INFESTATION IN THE ARID WEST COLLABORATIVE LIVESTOCK RESEARCH BETWEEN ARS AND NDSU HETTINGER RESEARCH EXTENSION CENTER USE OF DDG AS A BIOCOMPOSITE FABRICATION MATERIAL INCORPORATION OF FIELD-SCALE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS INTO I-FARM FOR USE BY CONSULTANTS AND PRODUCERS DEVELOP, EVALUATE AND EXCHANGE PROMISING PLANT GERMPLASM FOR THE WESTERN U.S. EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLIC SUBSTANCES ON SOIL ORGANIC MATTER SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR TURF APPLICATIONS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT, ECOLOGY, AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PRODUCER PROFITABILITY IMPROVING SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CROPPING AND INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS BIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS SUGARS BY ELECTROCHEMICALLY-ASSISTED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IN MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS BIOMASS GASIFICATION: A COMPREHENSIVE DEMONSTRATION OF A COMMUNITY-SCALE BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEM PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN BASALT MILKVETCH; CHARACTERIZING MULTI-SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE ASSESSING MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON CROPS AND SOILS SOIL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE AGROECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION OF GPFARM-IRRIGATION TO THE COLORADO CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION / FARM PROFIT SOURCE, FATE, AND TRANSPORT OF NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS IN SMALL AGRICULTURAL HEADWATER STREAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST USA MAINTAINING SOIL RESOURCES FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION AND HERBICIDE MANAGEMENT IN MID-SOUTH CROP PRODUCTION QUANTIFYING LANDSCAPE FACTORS INFLUENCING SOIL PRODUCTIVITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRYLAND AND IRRIGATED CROPPING SYSTEMS FARMING PRACTICES FOR THE NORTHERN CORN BELT TO PROTECT SOIL RESOURCES, SUPPORT BIOFUEL PRODUCTION AND REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS THAT PREVENT WIND EROSION AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT INVESTIGATION OF LUPINE-INDUCED CROOKED CALF DISEASE IN THE SCABLANDS OF THE NORTHWEST IMPROVING SOIL AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES INFLUENCING FORMATION AND STABILIZATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL STRUCTURE BASIC RESEARCH ON SOIL-MICROBE RELATIONSHIPS REMOTE SENSING CROP RESIDUE COVER WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH SITE SPECIFIC APPROACHES TO DEVELOP PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY FOR USE ON COMMERCIAL FARMS ROTATING COTTON WITH OTHER CROPS -MACON, MS SITE SPECIFIC APPROACHES TO DEVELOP PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY FOR USE ON COMMERCIAL FARMS (GUNNISON, MS) IMPACT OF RESIDUE REMOVAL FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ON SOIL - RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSESSMENT PROJECT (REAP) LOW ALTITUDE, HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, AND COMPUTER ENHANCED DATA ANALYSIS FOR MONITORING RANGELAND RESOURCES WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATERSHED ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DACTYLIS GLOMERATA GERMPLASM AS A COOL-SEASON FORAGE IN JAPAN AND THE U.S.A. WATER ASSESSMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FARMERS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH FACTORS CONTROLLING MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF HERBICIDES, N FERTILIZERS, AND WEED SEEDS AS RELATED TO BIOLOGICALLY BASED WEED MANAGEMENT ENHANCING SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT FOR SOUTHERN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IMPACT OF SOIL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON SOIL BIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE-SPECIFIC SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT AND FOOD SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT AND PRACTICAL METHODS FOR PRODUCING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALFALFA HYBRIDS FOR INCREASED BIOMASS YIELD DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO GRAIN MOLDS AND MYCOTOXINS IN PEARL MILLET DRYLAND CROPPING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS MANAGING BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND RHIZOSPHERE ECOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF APPALACHIAN PASTURE AND AMENITY GRASSES RE-ESTABLISHING NATIVE PLANT DIVERSITY IN CRESTED WHEATGRASS STANDS IN THE GREAT BASIN EVALUATION OF PERENNIAL HERBACEOUS BIOMASS CROPS IN NORTH DAKOTA ESTIMATING SUSTAINABILITY OF CORN STOVER REMOVAL FOR BIOMASS ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN SELECTED CORN BELT SITES THE EFFECT OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL (CDNST) ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE WEB-BASED CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM LANDOWNER SELF-ASSESSMENT GUIDE SOUTHWEST CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP-PHASE II: TERRESTRIAL SEQUESTRATION SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS IMPROVING SOILS FOR TURFGRASS PRODUCTION IN APPALACHIA STUDY THE ROLES OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL (AM) FUNGI IN CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND FOOD QUALITY DEVELOP AND/OR USE MOLECULAR TOOLS TO IDENTIFY AND CLONE DESIRABLE GENES FROM RANGELAND PLANTS WEB DELIVERED LANDOWNER SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR USDA NRCS CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM GREAT BASIN RESTORATION INITIATIVE REMOTE SENSING PROJECT DEVELOP AND USE EST LIBRARIES TO IDENTIFY AND CLONE DESIRABLE GENES FROM GRASSES USE OF DNA CONTENT TO EVALUATE GENOME AFFINITIES OF FORAGE AND TURF GRASSES SELECT, BREED, DEVELOP AND/OR USE LOW MAINTENANCE TURF GRASSES MODELS AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM MONITORING OF DESERT ECOSYSTEMS FEEDING AND GRAZING STRATEGIES TO CONTROL GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN MEAT GOATS KNOWLEDGE TO INCREASE ADOPTION OF AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES ON SMALL FARMS SIMPLE FORAGE PREDICTION TOOLS FOR DROUGHT MGMT. IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION DERIVED FROM A DATABASE OF HISTORICAL & SIMULATED FORAGE PRODUCTION ECOLOGICALLY-BASED SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THROUGH COTTON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AN ANALYSIS OF AGROFORESTRY'S PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS GRAZING AND RANGE IMPROVEMENT INVESTIGATIONS WITH BEEF CATTLE EVALUATION AND PRODUCTION OF ENHANCED WHITE CLOVER AND ALFALFA GERMPLASM A REGIONAL EXPERIMENT TO EVALUATE EFFECTS OF FIRE AND FIRE SURROGATE TREATMENTS IN THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MONITORING, MANAGEMENT, AND REMEDIATION OF DEGRADED RANGELANDS EVOLUTIONARY ENZYMES AND SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED BIOREFINING OF CROPS AND RESIDUES UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE NATION'S NATURAL RESOURCES ASSESSING THE MANUFACTURING POTENTIAL FOR ETHANOL PROCESSING RESIDUE STREAMS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF RENEWABLE FUELS DERIVED FROM GRAINS AND RELATED BIOMASS WATER PUMPING AND ELECTRIC GENERATION USING SMALL WIND SYSTEMS BIG SPRING - FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS SUPPORT OF MUTUAL INTEREST IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND CO-PRODUCTS FROM VEGETABLE OILS ARS RESEARCH IN NATIONAL CORN TO ETHANOL PILOT PLANT MICROBIAL CATALYSTS TO PRODUCE FUEL ETHANOL AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS COST-EFFECTIVE BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS REMOTE WATER PUMPING AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY GENOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF STRESS-TOLERANT MICROBES FOR LOWER COST PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN CEAP-ARS LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE SHORTGRASS STEPPE ECOLOGICAL AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH ON THE SHORTGRASS STEPPE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF ENERGY CROPS INDUSTRIALLY ROBUST ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCTION OF SUGARS AND ETHANOL FROM AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS 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 SUSTAINABLE DISTURBANCE LEVELS FOR MILITARY TRAINING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES EVALUATION OF A SILVOPASTURE/PINE STRAW MULTI-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ESTABLISH A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION AND COORDINATION OF RANGELAND RESEARCH HAVING REGIONAL OR NATIONAL APPLICATION CHARACTERIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF THE SHORTGRASS STEPPE RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM DEVELOP AND EVALUATE PLANTS FOR IMPROVED LIVESTOCK PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PLANT MATERIALS FOR CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN SMALL RUMINANTS VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM FORAGES AND BIOMASS ENERGY CROPS FIELD EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF A RANGE-LIVESTOCK DECISION SUPPORT MODEL TURFGRASS INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME SENSOR-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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