Scientists Speak

ARS researchers collaborate with partners around the world to solve problems that affect U.S. agriculture. Here, in their own words, these scientists explain the global reach and impact of their research.

• A Different Kind of Curl: Fighting Cotton Leaf Curl Virus

Jodi Scheffler, ARS Research Geneticist, Crop Genetics Research Unit (Stoneville, MS)

• Lipstick on a Healthy Pig: Controlling Parasites and Preventing PRRS

Joan Lunney, Supervisory Research Scientist, ARS Animal Parasitic Diseases Lab (Beltsville, MD)

• Diversity in Science: Adaptability and Sustainability Depend on Genetic Diversity

Farai Muchadeyi, Senior Manager Research, Agriculture Research Council Biotechnology Platform (ARS collaborator in South Africa)

• You Can’t Be Chicken in Science: Identifying and Fighting Organisms Attacking Chickens

Patti Miller, Veterinary Medical Science Researcher at the ARS Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Lab (Athens GA)

• Not Your Grandma’s Nutrient Recycling: Designer Biochar

Jeff Novak, ARS Research Soil Scientist, Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research Unit (Florence, SC) and Kurt Spokas, ARS Soil Scientist, Soil and Water Management Research Unit (St. Paul, MN)

• Soil Bacteria and Limiting Antibiotic Resistance

Lisa Durso, ARS Research Microbiologist, Agroecosystem Management Research Unit (Lincoln, NE)

• Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems: Getting the Big Picture of Soil Health

Alan Franzluebbers, ARS Plant Physiologist, Plant Science Research Unit (Raleigh, NC)

• GRAPEX Evapotranspiration Keeping an Eye on Water Use 

Bill Kustas, ARS Hydrologist, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory (Beltsville, MD)

• Snow Depths Forcast Drought, Flood, and Map Terrain

Danny Marks, ARS Hydrologist, Water Management Research Unit (Boise, ID)

• Understanding Watershed Secrets for Water Conservation

Mark Tomer, ARS Soil Scientist, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (Ames, IA)