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Photo Credit: Christopher Gannon
Professor (Emeritus)
Dr.
Antonio
P
Mallarino
Office:
3216 Agronomy Hall, 716 Farm House Ln
Phone:
(515) 294-6200
Email:
apmallar@iastate.edu
Photo Credit: Christopher Gannon
Professor (Emeritus)
Dr.
Antonio
P
Mallarino
Office:
3216 Agronomy Hall, 716 Farm House Ln
Phone:
(515) 294-6200
Email:
apmallar@iastate.edu

About

The research and extension program focuses on developing cost-effective and environmentally sound nutrient management practices for cropping systems. Emphasis is on P, K, micronutrients, lime, and manure P management for conservation tillage systems including calibration of soil and plant tissue tests, fertilizer and manure placement methods, impacts of nutrient management on soil and phosphorus water quality, development of P loss risk assessment tools, and use of precision agriculture technologies. The program has integrated conventional field-plot and laboratory research with innovative on-farm research and demonstrations utilizing precision agriculture technologies, and it is developed in cooperation with producers, agribusiness, and extension agronomists. The extension effort involves outreach to producers and agribusiness, training of field extension agronomists, co-responsibility for establishing Extension nutrient management guidelines, and teaching continuing education courses.

Areas of Expertise:Soil Science
Interdepartmental Programs:

Sustainable Agriculture

Environmental Science

People

Assistant Scientist II
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Office:
3407 Agronomy 716 Farm House Ln
Phone:
(515) 294-9865
Email:
mazhar@iastate.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
Antonio P. Mallarino
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Interim Department Chair
Morrill Professor
Associate Chair of Academics
MS Agronomy Program Director
Portrait of Dr. Mary Wiedenhoeft, Morrill Professor
Office:
2104B Agronomy, 716 Farm House Ln
Phone:
(515) 294-3274
Email:
mwiedenh@iastate.edu