Program Overview

The Soil and Crop Nutrition program conducts research regarding fertilizer requirements and timing of applications. They also study alternative crops compatible with rice production and how these practices affect soil fertility.

 

Dr. Lee Tarpley Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology

Program Leader Tarpley, Dr. Lee     Program Personnel Hagler, Darrell Jund, Michael

Research Projects

2004

	1.	Banded Fluid Fertilizer and Early Flood Establishment on Clay Soil Offer An Economic Advantage Over Broadcast Dry Fertilizer and Conventional Flood
	2.	Four Types of Rice Varieties and Their Management Options Evaluated
	3.	N Management for Hybrid Rice Production
	4.	Product Evaluation for Rice Production

2003

	1.	Variety Selection and Management options
	2.	Insight into N Management for Organic and Non-organic Rice Production

2002

	1.	Screening Public and Private Rice Varieties for Main and Ratoon Crop
		Yield and Quality in Texas
	2.	Nitrogen Fertilizer Management for Hybrid Rice
	3.	Reducing Production Cost Through Innovations in Fertilizer and Water
		Management