A5010738083- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Marine and fisheries research
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Coffee research and impacts
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Heavy metals in environment
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017-2024
Core Ideas Organic amendments are promoted as sustainable alternatives to synthetic fertilizer. Crop yield increased by an average of 43% in the first season after organic soil amendment. Yield benefit from was greater leafy crops than root crops. Poultry manure commonly used and provided greatest agronomic benefit. amendment lower arid regions with poor quality. increasingly a alternative fertilizers tool for building quality through improved chemical, physical, biological properties....
Raised beds are commonly used in urban agriculture, but crop production benefits have not been well studied. The objective of this 2‐yr field experiment Illinois was to determine the effects system (direct soil, raised bed with compost, or mixed compost and soil) fertilizer source on growing media properties, weed abundance, vegetable yield. Due presence had higher pH, organic matter, nutrient concentrations. Water infiltration rate 20× only compared soil. Mixing soil reduced concentrations...
Abstract Robusta coffee ( Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner) is an important cash crop in the lowland tropics. Similar to Arabica C. arabica L.), agroforestry common these systems, though comparatively little known about how nutrient inputs and leguminous shade trees influence nutritional status yield. We evaluated shading with across four input defined largely by quantity form (compost vs. synthetic) of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), influenced Robusta‐based cropping systems...
With anthropogenic changes altering the environment and subsequent decline of natural habitats, it can be challenging to predict essential habitats for elusive difficult study taxa. Primary burrowing crayfish are one such group due complexity in sampling their semi-terrestrial, subterranean habitat. Sampling burrows usually requires a labor-intensive, time-consuming excavation or trapping process. However, limited information on suggests that fine-scale habitat variation may drive choice....