LRES Press Releases 2020

Soil fertility specialist Clain Jones was recognized last month by the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy for his education activities through MSU Extension.

With the funds, MSU researchers will partner with the city of Bozeman to study household food waste and explore anaerobic digestion capacity in Bozeman.

The $944,000 grant will facilitate an interdisciplinary project to develop soil-sensing technology that tracks nitrate dynamics for improved soil health and water quality.

After more than 20 years of diverse plant ecology research, Cathy Zabinski took a new approach to exploring her subject matter: researching and writing a “biography of wheat.”

Mary Farina and Ross Palomaki will study different methods to improve monitoring of ecological processes with the help of the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology grant.

Colter Mumford received a Graduate School Ph.D. enhancement grant that will fund curriculum updates and hands-on experiences for undergraduate students.

The annual event includes recognition of scholarship donors and winners, an economic conference and an art competition.

With funding from the USDA, William Dyer and Barbara Keith will continue nearly three decades of work examining wild oats and their increased resistance to popular herbicides.

The video shows the impact and causes of soil acidification and offers management options to prevent, adapt to or correct acidic soil.

Madison Myers of MSU’s Department of Earth Science helped facilitate MSU’s entry into the consortium. MSU joins eight other institutions in monitoring and researching the Yellowstone volcano.

Mac Burgess and Tony Hartshorn were recognized by NACTA for their emphasis on student success and excellence in teaching.

Jack Brookshire’s work examines the climate and ecological causes of increased plant productivity in the Northern Great Plains.

Anthony Slominski received funding from the USDA to help fill knowledge gaps surrounding solitary ground-nesting bees.

The long-standing rules for assigning names to bacteria and archaea are overdue for an update, according to a new scientific consensus statement supported by five Montana State University microbiologists and 114 other scientists around the globe.

William Inskeep and Mensur Dlakic will use the funding to bring together genomic and geochemical data collected over the last two decades from a variety of locations in Yellowstone National Park.

Professors Lisa Rew, Jane Mangold, Cathy Zabinski and Bok Sowell will work with local and national agencies to develop a management plan for cheatgrass.

Stacey Robbins, a member of MSU’s spring class of 2020, was recognized for her research modeling a new invasive grass in Gallatin County.