{"id":7299,"date":"2024-02-13T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7299"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:28:16","slug":"inrc-focus-on-the-future-seminar-feb-14-session","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/event\/inrc-focus-on-the-future-seminar-feb-14-session\/","title":{"rendered":"INRC Focus on the Future Seminar – Feb 14 Session"},"content":{"rendered":"
Join the first session of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center’s Spring “Focus on the Future” Series! The following two topics will be presented.<\/p>\n
Microbial communities as a pathway to improved woodchip and corncob bioreactor design and performance<\/strong><\/p>\n The first presenter is Taylor Vroman, Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.<\/p>\n Her research focuses on analyzing the microbial communities within corncob and woodchip bioreactors to optimize the performance of the edge-of-field conservation practice. She is currently using nitrate removal, greenhouse gas production, water chemistry and gene presence to determine performance in laboratory upflow columns.<\/p>\n Ranking the effect of GxExM factors on the economic optimum N rate<\/strong><\/p>\n The second presenter is\u00a0<\/strong>Mitch Baum, Post doc, Department of Agronomy.<\/p>\n Mitch created a ranking of influential GxExM factors on the economic optimum N rate using a well calibrated process-based cropping systems model. The goal is to explore how the annual variability of the yield response to N can be managed with crop genetics and management vs. the uncontrollable variability caused by seasonal weather fluctuations.<\/p>\n