Expertise

Research Areas:

  • Evaluation of site specific management practices with the use of precision agriculture technologies,
  • Evaluation of precision agriculture technologies for variable rate application of inputs (e.g., water, nutrient, seed), on-farm demonstration of precision irrigation strategies and technologies
  • Study and evaluation of technologies and methodologies to assess within-field soil, crop and yield variability,
  • Study of the impact of weather and climate on agriculture especially corn and wheat crops,
  • Identification of adaptation strategies to reduce climate-related risk in agriculture,
  • Use of field studies and crop growth simulation modeling to evaluate different management strategies for improving grain production.

Program Areas: Agronomic Crops

Communities
Environmental Science, Agronomy
Degrees
PhD, University of Georgia, Athens, Biological, Agricultural Engineering, 2008
BS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad del Valle, Colombia, Agricultural Engineering, 1997
Keywords
agronomy soil sciences