* Drainage and Nitrogen
Management for Blueberry Production
Determine optimal nitrogen rates and application methods (broadcast vs.
fertigated) for both drained and undrained, drip-irrigated blueberries.
Evaluate the effectiveness of raised beds to substitute for drainage
systems.
*Carbon Sequestration Potential in Different
Soil Regions of Ohio
To analyze soil core samples for determining C sequestration potential and
rates under different land-use/land cover types, and cropping and tillage
management systems.
*Tillage and Crop Rotation
Effects on Soil C sequestration
To determine the effects of long-term tillage practices and crop rotation
on nutrient stratification, sequestration and soil quality
properties.
*Production and economics
of Ethnic vegetable crops
To raise high-value ethnic crops, vegetables and spices (zinger, turmeric,
egg plants, luffa, decoration gourd, asparagus beans, hot chilly, Malabar
spinach, jute, sesame, lemongrass, amaranth/edible pigweeds, etc.) as
sources of alternate income for farmers at Southern
Ohio.
*Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals with Herbaceous
and Woody Plants
Research proposal submitted to Dept. of Energy to determine the use of
short-rotation herbaceous and woody plants with and/or without chelating
agents to clean-up contaminated sites. Phytoextraction experimental
treatments will consist of 12 combinations of six types of plants and two
doses of EDTA (0 vs. 1000 kg/ha) in a 6 x 2 split-plot setting. The EDTA
treatments will be main plots and control plants will be in sub-plots.
Each treatment combination will be replicated four times in a randomized
complete block design. The treatments are:
1. Phytoremediation with EDTA: Red Maple, Hybrid Poplar, Willows, Bermuda grass, Eastern gamma-grass, and
Kura clover. 2. Phytoremediation without using EDTA: Red maple, Hybrid Poplar, Willows, Bermuda grass, Eastern gamma-grass, and
Kura clover.
*Minimize Greenhouse Effects by
Enhancing Carbon Sequestration
