Alex Woodley
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Bio
Alex Woodley’s research program is focused on soil productivity and profitability in sustainable and organic cropping systems. Research initiatives include linking soil health indicators to productive agroecosystems, mitigation of soil greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration and nutrient management of fertilizers, organic amendments and cover crops.
Publications
- Root traits and mycorrhizal fungi mediate reactive N and warming impacts on soil organic carbon , Nature Communications (2026)
- A Canopy Height Model Derived from Unmanned Aerial System Imagery Provides Late-Season Weed Detection and Explains Variation in Crop Yield , Agronomy (2025)
- Delaying application and injecting nitrogen fertilizer with urease and nitrification inhibitors decreased nitrous oxide emissions and enhanced corn yields , Journal of Environmental Quality (2025)
- Direct Measurement of Carbon Dioxide Removal Due to Enhanced Weathering , Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2025)
- Investigating GERMs: How Genotype, Environment, and Rhizosphere Microbiome interactions underlie heat response in maize and sorghum , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)
- Polyhalite as an alternative potassium fertilizer for sweetpotatoes , Agronomy Journal (2025)
- Evaluating Chinese fiber hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) varieties and planting dates in North Carolina , Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (2024)
- Evaluating biomass sustainability: Why below-ground carbon sequestration matters , Journal of Cleaner Production (2024)
- Fungal biomass and ectomycorrhizal community assessment of phosphorus responsive Pinus taeda plantations , Frontiers in Fungal Biology (2024)
- Impact of Pre-Plant Fertilizer Rates in Combination with Polysulphate® on Soil Nitrogen Distribution and Yield of Short-Day Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa cv. Camarosa) , Agronomy (2024)