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Soil Science Research

  1. SENR Professor Directs Collaborative Project Focused on Restoring Fragile Landscapes on the Sahel

    Jun 13, 2013

    Richard Dick, professor of Soil Microbial Ecology directs a $2.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) project focusing on the Sahel where landscape degradation is causing desertification that seriously reduces food security.  A potential key for restoring these landscapes are two unrecognized shrub species that can coexist with crops and have the ability to lift water from wet sub- to dry-surface soil and improve soils.