Agronomy / Crop Management
We are focused on creating and deploying a suite of agronomic management projects across the region that will result in pennycress being incorporated into the predominant corn and soybean rotation and in a range of high-valued rotational crops. We will:
- Develop regionally-based agronomic management practices for establishing pennycress in grain corn systems.
- Quantify soybean and pennycress yield trade-offs across soybean maturity group (MG) and cropping systems.
- Establish weed and pest best management strategies that support pennycress integration in corn and soybean production systems.
Research Goal: Robust Pennycress Agronomic Practices
- Develop regionally-based agronomic management practices for establishing pennycress in grain corn systems
- Yield Trade-offs levering CRM and desiccants
- Corn Residue Management
- Novel Seed Treatment for Improve Pennycress Performance
- Quantify soybean and pennycress yield trade-offs across soybean maturity group and cropping systems
- Establish weed and pest best management strategies that support pennycress integration in corn and soybean production systems
- Tools for Integrated Weed Management
- Monitor Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera Glycines, SCN) in the cropping rotation
Team
Leadership
- Samantha S. Wells, Univ. of Minnesota (Co-PI)
Collaborators & Graduate Students
- Chris Aulbach, CoverCress, Inc.
- Mark Bernards, Western Illinois Univ. (Lead: Weed Science)
- Jason Bond, Southern Illinois Univ.
- Stephanie Castillo (Univ of Texas, San Antonio) 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Win Phippen)
- Senyu Chen, Univ. of Minnesota
- Rashmi Dangol, Illinois State Univ. (Grad. Student)
- Ahmad M. Fakhoury, Southern Illinois Univ.
- Russ Gesch, USDA-ARS (Lead: Northern CRM)
- Brad Glenn, CoverCress, Inc.
- Ariana Gonch (Castleton Univ.), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Samantha Wells)
- Alex Hard, Univ. of Minnesota
- Nicholas Heller, Illinois State Univ.
- Kaveh Javanshirjavid, Southern Illinois Univ. (Grad. Student)
- Gregg Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota
- Ann Kennedy (Hamilton College), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Alex Lindsey, OSU)
- Jason Lindbom, Illinois State Univ.
- Alexander (Alex) Lindsey, The Ohio State Univ.
- Caleb Mahr (Western Illinois Univ.), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Win Phippen, WIU)
- Yesuf Mohammed, USDA-ARS (PostDoc Associate)
- Ethan Morales, USDA-ARS
- Jayleen Perez (Univ. of Central Florida), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor:
- Samantha Wells, Univ. of MN – Twin Cities)
- Nadia Renae Phillips (Univ of MN – Twin Cities), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Samantha Wells, Univ. of MN – Twin Cities)
- Leonardo Rocha, Southern Illinois Univ. (Grad. Student)
- Pamela Tas, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
- Audrianna Torrey (Lindenwood Univ.), 2023 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience (Mentor: Win Phippen)
- Tad Wesley, Western Illinois Univ.
- Randy Wright, Illinois State Univ.
2020, 2021 & 2022 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience
- Jack Kelly, 2022 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, Notre Dame Univ.
- Cori Lee, 2020 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, The Ohio State Univ.
- Ross Sousa, 2021 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, Western Illinois Univ.
- Kyle Verhoff, 2021 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, Ohio State Univ.
- Raymond Wilmes, 2021 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, Iowa State Univ.
- Bethany Wohrley, Illinois State Univ. (Grad. Student)
- Tommy Wood, 2021 Integrated Plant Systems – Undergraduate Research Experience, Western Illinois Univ.
Alumni
- Jeff Bender, CoverCress (2019-2021)
- Cody A. Hoerning, Univ. of Minnesota (Grad. Student 2019-2021)
- Nasib Koirala, The Ohio State Univ. (Grad. Student 2020-2022)
- Bethany Wohrley, Illinois State University (Grad. Student 2020-2022)