Carrie Ortel

Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Agronomist

Woman wearing black top standing in field.

6321 Holland Road
Suffolk, VA 23437

carrieo@vt.edu

757-354-7852

Education/Experience

Education

Ph.D. Soil Fertility, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2024
M.S. Soil Fertility, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2018
B.S. Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2016

Experience

2020- 2024 Senior Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arkansas
2023 Instructor of Record, Soybean Production, University of Arkansas
2019-2020 Assistant Extension Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Pitt County
2016-2018 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arkansas

Awards

2024 Bumpers College Distinguished Scholar PhD, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, University of Arkansas.
2024 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Department, University of Arkansas.
2023 Outstanding PhD Student, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Department, University of Arkansas.
2023 First Place PhD Student Paper Oral Presentation - Applied Soybean Research, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. PhD Student Oral Competition, St. Louis, MO.
2023 Second Place Poster Presentation, Beltwide Cotton Conference. PhD Student Poster Competition, New Orleans, LA.
2023 Third Place Student Paper (Rapid & Poster Presentation) - Division S-4, S-8 Graduate Paper Competition, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. St. Louis, MO.
2022 Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Fellowship, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
2022 Nelson Yield-Limiting Factors Graduate Student Scholarship, American Society of Agronomy.
2022 Gerald O. Mott Award, Crop Science Society of America.
2022 First Place Oral Presentation - Applied Soybean Research, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. PhD Student Oral Competition, Baltimore, MD.
2022 Third Place Oral Presentation, Arkansas Crop Protection Agency Association, PhD Student Oral Competition, Fayetteville, AR.
2021 Nelson Yield-Limiting Factors Graduate Student Scholarship, American Society of Agronomy.
2021 First Place Oral Presentation - Applied Soybean Research, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. PhD Student Oral Competition, Salt Lake City, UT.
2021 First Place Oral Presentation, Arkansas Crop Protection Agency Association, PhD Student Oral Competition, Fayetteville, AR.
2020 Doctoral Academy Fellowship, University of Arkansas.
2020 First Place Oral Presentation, Arkansas Crop Protection Agency Association, PhD Student Oral Competition, Virtual.
2020 First Place Oral Presentation - Applied Soybean Research, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. PhD Student Oral Competition, Virtual.
2018 Second Place Oral Presentation- Division S-4, S-8 Graduate Paper Competition, International Annual Meetings, ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
2018 First Place Oral Presentation, Rice Technical Working Group Meeting, Rice Culture Graduate Student Oral Competition, Long Beach, CA.
2016 Virginia Soil Science Award, Virginia Tech.
2015 Cyrus H. McCormick Scholarship, Virginia Tech.
2014 Mary A. Hubbard Scholarship, Virginia Tech.
2013 John Lee Pratt Foundation Scholarship, Virginia Tech.

Research

Soybean official variety testing
Soil fertility and plant nutrition in soybean production systems
Soybean planting recommendations

Publications

Refereed Manuscripts

Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Rupe, J.C., & Purcell, L.C. (2024). A review of the interaction between potassium nutrition and plant disease control. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. Accepted.
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., Poncet, A.M., Slaton, N.A., & Ross, W.J. (2023). Mapping variability of soybean leaf potassium concentrations to develop a sampling protocol. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. http://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20439
Hoegenauer, K.A., Roberts, T.L., Ortel, C.C., Hardke, J.K., Richardson, M., & Daniels, M. (2023). Using post-season tissue nitrogen concentrations to predict adequacy of in-season nitrogen management. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. http://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20440
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., & Hardke, J.T. (2021). Influence of soybean management decisions on the subsequent rice crop's response to nitrogen. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20531
Hoegenauer, K.A., Roberts, T.L., Hardke, J.T., Ortel, C.C., & Slaton, N.A. (2021). Developing a post-season tissue test for rice nitrogen management. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20134
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., Purcell, L.C., Slaton, N.A., & Gbur, E.E. (2020). Soybean maturity group and planting date influence grain yield and nitrogen dynamics. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment, 6, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20077

Extension Factsheets

Reiter, S., Romelczyk, S., Clarke, T., Flanagan, R., Gunn, M., Irby, S., Jones, B., Jones, J., Jones., T., Long, F., Longest, R., Sedghi, N., Langston, D., Oakes, J., & Ortel., C. (2024). Virginia On-Farm Soybean Research. Virginia Cooperative Extension. https://bit.ly/VCEPubSoybean2023
Ortel, C., Roberts, T., Slaton, N., Drescher, G., Ross, J., Parvej, R., & Fryer, M. (2022). In-season potassium management in Arkansas soybean. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Extension. FSA 2200. https://www.uaex.uada.edu/publications/pdf/FSA2200.pdf
Roberts, T., Ortel, C., Hoegenauer, K., Wright, H., & Durre, T. (2018). Understanding cover crops. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Extension. FSA 2156-PD-9-2018N. https://www.uaex.uada.edu/publications/pdf/FSA-2156.pdf

Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., Ross, W.J., Slaton, N.A. & Followell, C.A. (2023). Fertilizer rates to correct in-season potassium deficiencies during early reproductive growth in Arkansas soybean. In: Soybean Research Studies 2022. Editor: W.J. Ross.
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Drescher, G.L., Slaton, N.A., Ross, W.J., Hoegenauer, K.A. & Followell, C.A. (2023). Validation of potassium management strategies in Arkansas soybean. In Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies 2022. Editor: N.A. Slaton & M. Daniels. (Accepted).
Followell, C.A., Roberts, T.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., Ortel, C.C., Smartt, A., Pessotto, M., & Drescher, G. (2023). Cotton biomass accumulation and yield in an irrigated production system. In Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies 2022. Editor: N.A. Slaton. (Accepted).
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Slaton, N.A., Poncet, A.M., Hoegenauer, K.A., & Pessotto, M.V. (2022). Understanding in-field soybean leaf potassium variability to establish a sampling protocol. In: Soybean Research Studies 2021. Editor: W.J. Ross.
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Slaton, N.A., Ross, W.J., Purcell, L.C., Hoegenauer, K.A., Pessotto, M.V., & Followell, C.A. (2022). Correlation and calibration of corrective in-season potassium application rates to Arkansas soybean. In: Soybean Research Studies 2021. Editor: W.J. Ross.
Roberts, T.L., Purcell, L.C., Drescher, G.L., Hoegenauer, K.A., Ortel, C.C., & Smartt, A.D. (2022). Corn response to in-season nitrogen fertilizer applications. In Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Studies 2021. Editor: V. Ford, J. Kelley, & N. McKinney. Pg 64-67.
Followell, C.A., Roberts, T.L., Hurst, B.D., Pessotto, M., Hoegenauer, K., Ortel, C., & Smartt, A. (2022). Biomass accumulation of irrigated modern cotton cultivars in an Arkansas production system. In Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies 2021. Editor: N.A. Slaton. Pg 55- 57.
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Norman, R.J., & Hoegenauer, K.A. (2019). Maximizing profitability of a rice crop through management of the previous soybean crop’s planting date and maturity group. In B.R. Wells Arkansas Rice Research Series 2018. Editor: R. J. Norman and K.A.K. Moldenhauer. Pg 337-342.
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Norman, R.J., Slaton, N.A., & Hoegenauer, K.A. (2018). Management of a soybean crop to maximize a following rice crop’s profit. In B.R. Wells Arkansas Rice Research Series 2017. Editor: R. J. Norman and K.A.K. Moldenhauer. Pg 313-319.