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

Select 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

· 2022-2024 Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Fellowship, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

· 2022 Gerald O. Mott Award, Crop Science Society of America

· 2021-2022 Nelson Yield-Limiting Factors Graduate Student Scholarship, American Society of Agronomy

· 11 student presentation awards

Research

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

Publications

Refereed Manuscripts

Select Refereed Manuscripts:

Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Popp, M., Ross, W.J., Slaton, N.A., & Parvej, M.R. (2024). Economic considerations of in-season potassium applications to soybean using payoff matrices. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21726
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., Purcell, L.C., Ross, W.J., Hoegenauer, K.A., Followell, C.A., & Victorio Pessotto, M. (2024). Interaction of drought stress and potassium deficiency on soybean vigor and leaf temperature. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. https://doi/10.1002/agg2.20576
Ortel, C.C., Roberts, T.L., & Rupe, J.C. (2024). A review of the interaction between potassium nutrition and plant disease control. Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20489
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
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
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

Select Extension Factsheets

Reiter, S., Romelczyk, S., Clarke, T., Doughty, H., Flanagan, R., Gunn, M., Jones, B., Jones, J., Jones., T., Longest, R., Pittman, T., Sedghi, N., Williams, M., Langston, D., & Ortel, C. (2025). Virginia On-Farm Soybean Research. Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Ortel, C., Myers, M., Buck, C., & Daughtrey, R. (2025). Virginia Soybean Performance Tests 2024. Virginia Cooperative Extension. https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/SPES/spes-649/spes-649.html
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://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext _vt_edu/spes/spes-577/SPES-577.pdf
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.