Alex Woodley
Assistant Professor
Faculty
4128 Plant Sciences Building
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
- <i>Pinus</i><i> taeda</i> carryover phosphorus availability on the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain, FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2024)
- Evaluating biomass sustainability: Why below-ground carbon sequestration matters, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2024)
- Horizontal Planting Orientation Can Improve Yield in Organically Grown Sweetpotato, HORTSCIENCE (2024)
- Impact of Pre-Plant Fertilizer Rates in Combination with Polysulphate<sup>®</sup> on Soil Nitrogen Distribution and Yield of Short-Day Strawberries (<i>Fragaria</i> × <i>ananassa</i> cv. Camarosa), Agronomy (2024)
- US cereal rye winter cover crop growth database, SCIENTIFIC DATA (2024)
- Using microdialysis to assess soil diffusive P and translocated sap flow P concentrations in Southern <i>Pinus taeda</i> plantations, PLANT AND SOIL (2024)
- No-till imparts yield stability and greater cumulative yield under variable weather conditions in the southeastern USA piedmont, Field Crops Research (2023)
- Cover crops can increase ammonia volatilization and reduce the efficacy of urease inhibitors, SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL (2022)
- Distribution and Fractionation of Zinc and Copper in Poultry Litters Across North Carolina, COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS (2022)
- Effects of Nitrogen Source and Rate on Soybean Yield and Quality, COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS (2022)