Graduate Student Opportunities

For more information, contact each department's head

(emails for each discipline can be found here)

Graduate student research at the Eastern Shore AREC impacts stakeholders, growers, and industry on a local, national, and global level. Currently, students are conducting research on the following:

- Cover crops and their impacts on nutrient cycling, soil moisture retention, crop yields, and overall soil health, as well as the economics of implementing them into agronomic production systems

- Nitrogen and irrigation management in potatoes

- The impact of incorporating kaolin clay and colored mulches on tomato production on the Eastern Shore of Virginia during the summer

- Phosphorus nutrient fertility and environmental transport

- Integration of Machine Learning and Unmanned Aerial Systems for Weed Mapping Operations

- Cover crop timing and planting methods for improved soil health and nutrient leaching.