Crop and Soil Science

I work with various techniques to control weeds in dryland wheat production. This work includes seeding rates, seeding patterns, and various in-crop tillage options. Currently I am looking at the effects of green manure on moisture-limited dryland wheat production.

Seed Science and Technology

Seed quality evaluation in relation to the physiology of seed germination, vigor, dormancy, storability, post-harvest technologies, and the relationship to field performance. Accepts only self-funded graduate students.

• Long-term effects of agricultural practices on cereal production systems
• Oilseeds, essential oil and medicinal plants, and native plants containing plant chemicals

Nutrient cycling in natural and human-disturbed ecosystems, including the attenuation of increased nitrogen inputs to terrestrial ecosystems by soils and vegetation, detrital controls on soil organic matter formation

• Invasive slug and snail ecology
• Biological control
• Biorational control
• Chemical ecology
• Integrated Pest Management

Research projects are on N dynamics in forest ecosystems; use of stable isotopes for quantifying N cycle processes; ecology of Frankia in soil; functional diversity of soil microbial communities.

Current:

Oilseed and Fiber Crops

Ron's Webpage: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reuterr/

Fundamental and applied research of cereal grain components, and wheat- and barley-based foods (focused on wheat, food barley, noodles, and artisan breads).

Program Goals