Increasing Water Productivity, Nutrient Use  Efficiency, and Soil Health in Rainfed Agricultural  Systems of Semi-Arid Southern Great Plains

To sustainably increase the productivity of rainfed  agricultural systems in the Southern Great Plains by:

Increasing precipitation use efficiency

Increasing N use efficiency

Reducing yield losses due to environmental  stresses and weed pressure

Restoring and enhancing soil health

Diversified Crop Rotations

We have developed a powerful tool for use in the identification and characterization of the processes in our model system. A major advantage of this development is its improved sensitivity, which allows it to detect subtle dynamic property changes in response to our experimentation.

Improved Soil Health

We still have only a very limited understanding of most aspects about our planet. Answering questions about this is essential for understanding the mechanistic role it plays on other scientific processes, and for developing tools to further explore this research avenue with more sensitive measurements and improved data collection.

Increased Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

In an effort to gain a better understanding of the world around us, we have recently begun to use a new technique to investigate the organization and functionality of the diverse parts of our experimental model. We are currently looking to expand this work by collaborating with other labs who have the facilities and prior experience to investigate this project further.