Michael Wagger
MW
Emeritus Professor
michael_wagger@ncsu.eduBio
Specialty: Soil Management
The overall research focus concerns the long-term consequences of tillage practices and cropping systems on soil chemical, physical, and biological properties and their relationship to crop growth and development. Research efforts have emphasized a multi-disciplinary approach in order to assess some of the inherent soil-plant-water relationships associated with these systems.
Current research areas include nutrient cycling in cover crop based production systems; soil quality indices as influenced by tillage/cropping system; and nutrient dynamics in organic production.
Publications
- Multispecies cover cropping promotes soil health in no-tillage cropping systems of North Carolina , Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2021)
- Soil Health Indicators Do Not Differentiate among Agronomic Management Systems in North Carolina Soils , Soil Science Society of America Journal (2017)
- Nitrogen recovery by cover crops in relation to time of planting and growth termination , Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2015)
- Nutrient Contribution and Release Kinetics of Vermicompost Amended Pine Bark , Compost Science & Utilization (2010)
- Animal and Pasture Productivity of ‘Coastal’ and ‘Tifton 44’ Bermudagrass at Three Nitrogen Rates and Associated Soil Nitrogen Status , Agronomy Journal (2009)
- Sorghum sudangrass as a summer cover and hay crop for organic fall cabbage production , Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2009)
- Soil Physical Properties and Bromide Movement in Relation to Tillage System , Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (2006)
- Foliage Residue Decomposition and Nutrient Release in Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) Plantations for Heart‐of‐Palm Production in Costa Rica , Agronomy Journal (2005)
- Responses of soil microbial community structure and diversity to agricultural deintensification , Pedosphere (2005)
- Residue Decomposition and Nutrient Release Dynamics from Two Tropical Forage Legumes in a Kenyan Environment , Agronomy Journal (2004)