Alex Woodley
AW
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
- Assessing the effects of cover crops on cash crop yields , Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science (2026)
- Biochar and basalt reverse their effect on multi-element leaching across a soil exchange-capacity gradient in Ultisols , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
- Contrasting Decomposition Dynamics Explain Location-Dependent Soil Health and Crop Outcomes During Organic Transition , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
- Investigating GERMs : how genotype, environment, and rhizosphere microbiome interactions underlie heat response in maize and sorghum , New Phytologist (2026)
- Management of cover crops and soil amendments affect yield outcomes during organic transition , Agronomy Journal (2026)
- Root traits and mycorrhizal fungi mediate reactive N and warming impacts on soil organic carbon , Nature Communications (2026)
- Significant yield benefits from basalt soil amendments in the Southeastern US , (2026)
- Soil Carbon Dioxide Removal Estimates from Enhanced Weathering Deployments in the Southeastern United States Are Likely Tied to Cation Mobility , Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2026)
- Soybean yield and Seed N concentration in response to in‐season poultry litter application , Agronomy Journal (2026)
- A Canopy Height Model Derived from Unmanned Aerial System Imagery Provides Late-Season Weed Detection and Explains Variation in Crop Yield , Agronomy (2025)