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Carrie Ortel

Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Agronomist
Woman wearing black top standing in field.
6321 Holland Road
Suffolk, VA 23437
 
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
  • 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.
  • Soybean official variety testing
  • Soil fertility and plant nutrition in soybean production systems
  • Soybean planting recommendations
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3.  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).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.