LED Research


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Personnel

Mike Black
Research Leader I
Shortleaf pine

Natalie Ruth Bumgarner
Assistant Professor

Thomas V. (Tom) Dailey
Research Scientist I
Bobwhite conservation

Thomas (Tom) Denes
Assistant Professor
Molecular Microbiology and Bacteriophage

J. Mark (Mark) Fly
Professor
Environmental psychology; Wildland recreation

Susan Lynne (Sue) Hamilton
Director and Associate Professor

David P. Harper
Associate Professor
Forest products

Jennie L. Ivey
Assistant Professor
Extension Equine Specialist

Sean Michael Schaeffer
Assistant Professor
Biogeochemistry

Justin Thomas
Extension Agent

Robert N. (Bob) Trigiano
Professor
Cell/tissue culture of ornamentals

Brian Whitlock
Assistant Professor
Field Services, Theriogenology

Events

Grass-Fed Beef Workshop Scheduled for West Tennessee, 8/14/2018

The Frog that Gambled and Lost, 3/29/2017

  

News

UTIA Researchers Develop Kit for Chloroplast Engineering in Plants, 3/25/2019

Israeli and UTIA Scientists Receive Grant to Study Bovine Mastitis in Dairy Cows, 2/18/2019

The Hat, 1/17/2019

Willingness to Adopt Biosecurity Measures to Combat Foreign Animal Disease Outbreaks, 10/31/2018

FedEx Corp. Pledges Challenge Grant in Support of Youth Education at Lone Oaks Farm, 9/13/2018

Wetlands Boardwalk Installed at UT Gardens, 6/4/2018

Development of Novel DNA-Based Methods for Detection of Bt Resistant Fall Armyworms, 5/31/2018

UTIA/MTSU Partnership Establishes Organic Forage Cropping Systems, 3/8/2018

Using Chickens as a Model to Reduce Obesity in Children, 2/1/2018

2017 Director's Awards Recipients Announced, 1/18/2018

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Recent Publications

Vertical transmission rates of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis collected from white-tailed deer.  Han, S., C. Lubelczyk, G. J. Hickling, A. A. Belperrond, L. K. Bockenstedtd, and J. I. Tsao.  2019.  Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease.

Dual-emitting film with cellulose nanocrystal-assisted carbon dots grafted SrAl2O4, Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphors for temperature sensing.  Zhang, L., S. Lyu, Q. Zhang, Y. Wu, C. Melcher, S. C. Chmely, Z. Chen, and S. Wang.  2019.  Carbohydrate Polym., 206: 767-777. [Abstract]

KBase: the United States department of energy systems biology knowledgebase.  A. Arkin, P. Ranjan, et al.  2018.  Nature Biotechnology. [Abstract]

A Variable Polyglutamine Repeat Affects Subcellular Localization and Regulatory Activity of a Populus ANGUSTIFOLIA Protein.  A. Bryan, P. Ranjan, et al.  2018.  Genes, Genomes, Genetics. [Abstract]

Evaluation of Commingled Calves and Dams versus Separated Calves and Dams on.Behavior, Physiology, and Production.  A. R. Lee, A. D. Campeaux, M. C. Cantor, J. Costa, and P. D. Krawczel.  2018.  Proc. of the Fifth Dairycare Conference, Page 19 in Proc. of the Fifth Dairycare Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.

KBase: the United States department of energy systems biology knowledgebase.  Adam Arkin et al.  2018.  Nature Biotechnology. [Abstract]

Using groundcover to Outcompete Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea ) without outcompeting tree seedlings on a legacy mine site.  Aldrovandi, M., and J. A. Franklin.  2018.  Proceedings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, St. Louis, MO, June 3-7, 2018. [Abstract]

Associations Between Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity and Non-Point Source Pollution Estimates in the Nolichucky River Watershed.  Alford, J. B., and H. S. Gotwald.  2018.  Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. [Abstract]

Mapping Agricultural Subsurface Drainage by Proximal and Remote Sensing Technologies Integrated with a Satellite Navigation System - Invited Paper 351735.  Allred, B., R. S. Freeland, D. Wishart, G. Rouse, and T. Williamson.  2018.  American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 10-14, Washington DC. [Abstract]

Fast accrual of C and N in soil organic matter fractions following post-mining reclamation across the USA.  Angst, G., C. W. Mueller, S. Angst, M. Pivokonskýc, J. A. Franklin, P. D. Stahl, and J. Frouz.  2018.  Journal of Environmental Management. [Abstract]

Evaluating on-demand irrigation systems for container-grown woody plants grown in biochar-amended pine bark.  Basiri Jahomi, N., A. Fulcher, F. R. Walker, J. Altland, and N. S. Eash.  2018.  HortScience, 53(12):1-6. [Abstract]

Improving water use efficiency of containerized crops using biochar and irrigation scheduling through developing precision irrigation scheduling with a physiological-based and a substrate physical properties-based system.  Basiri Jahromi, F. R. Walker, A. Fulcher, J. Altland, and N. S. Eash.  2018.  Ph.D. Dissertation. [Abstract]