Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Impact of Land Use on Soil Properties, Clay Mineralogy, and Behavior of Ammonium Across a Precipitation Gradient, Isabel Delamater
EVALUATING SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF CORN YIELD RESPONSE TO PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER FOR IMPROVED PRECISION PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT, Jennifer Fridgen
BREEDING FOR FHB RESISTANCE AND POST-HARVEST QUALITY IN SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT, Margaret E. Gillum
SOIL SOLARIZATION AS A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MANAGE WEEDS AND ARTHROPOD PESTS, AND ITS EFFECTS ON SOIL NITRATE AND LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA L.) YIELD IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE HIGH TUNNELS, Paula Luize Lessmann
THE EFFECT OF COVER CROP MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY IN NO-TILL CORN, Emily C. Marsh
Evaluation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Response to Foliar Fertilization, Soil Fertilization, and Nano Fertilization in a Controlled Environment and in the Field, Leticia Pacheco Inoue
Integrated crop management for hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) grain production in Kentucky, Maria M. ricciardi
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (POA PRATENSIS L.) AS A PERENNIAL GROUNDCOVER: ESTABLISHMENT AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN CORN, Kiera S. Searcy
Molecular and cellular dynamics of fertilization mechanisms and coenocytic endosperm development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Vijyesh Sharma
RED CLOVER ISOFLAVONES AND ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF TALL FESCUE TOXICOSIS MITIGATION IN THE MID-SOUTH, Jonathan L. Stephens
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
GIVING PROPS TO SOIL PROPERTY PREDICTIVE MODELS: UTILIZING MIR TO PREDICT SOIL HEALTH PROPERTIES, Diala M. Abboud
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF LIVING ROOTS IN SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS, SHARMIN AKTHER
Soil phosphorus retention in a palustrine wetland chronosequence of the Northern Mississippi Embayment, Cora Lee Aossey
Revolutionizing Grapevine Breeding Programs: A Mobile Genome Editing System For Perennial Crops, Bridget Bolt
ZOYSIAGRASS TOLERANCE TO SELECTIVE HERBICIDES FOR THE REMOVAL OF BERMUDAGRASS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANNUAL BLUEGRASS WEEVIL (LISTRONOTUS MACULICOLLIS) IN KENTUCKY, Kenneth D. Clayton
FACTORS IMPACTING GERMINATION, EMERGENCE, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT SEEDED AND TRANSPLANTED HEMP (CANNABIS SATIVA L.), Paul Cockson Dr.
Influence of Industrial Hemp on Soil Health Parameters in a Kentucky Cropping System, Jack T. Eaker
Characterizing Agroecosystem Effects of Industrial Hemp on a Rotational Row Cropping System and Microbial Communities, Kent D. Pham
ADVANCING ROOT TRAIT MEASUREMENTS FOR A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, Brian Rinehart
EVALUATION OF POACEAE SPECIES AND SUPPRESSION APPLICATION METHODS FOR PERENNIAL GROUNDCOVER IN CORN, Hallie A. Sandeen
PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS ACROSS TISSUES AND TIME: RHIZOSPHERE TO EDIBLE MICROBIOMES IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS, Easton R. Sarver
REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF SPECIALIZED METABOLISM IN CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS, Joshua J. Singleton Dr.
MANAGEMENT ADAPTATIONS TO SUSTAINABLY INCREASE SOYBEAN YIELD AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH FIELD STUDIES AND CROP MODELING, Mounica Talasila
POST-TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION OF ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN TOBACCO (Nicotiana tabacum), Yan Zhou
