Keith Edmisten

Bio

Dr. Edmisten is a Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences and serves as the Extension Cotton Specialist for the NCSU Crop Science & Soil Sciences Department.  Keith received his BS from NCSU in Agronomy, MS from NCSU in Crop Science and PhD from Virginia Tech in Crop Physiology in 1987. He served on the faculty at Mississippi State University and Auburn University prior to joining the Crop Science faculty here at NCSU in 1992. He conducts applied cotton and industrial hemp agronomic research and cotton germplasm evaluation to include evaluation of new events, traits and elite varieties. He  teaches CS224 Seeds, Biotechnology and Society, CS 216 Southern Row Crop Production, CS418/528 Intro to Regulatory Science in Agriculture and CS428/528 Advanced Regulatory Science in Agriculture. He also advises the Plant and Soil Science biotechnology concentration undergraduate students. He was selected as the Extension Cotton Specialist of the year in 1997 and the Cotton Physiologist of the year in 2015.

The Crop & Soil Sciences cotton extension & applied research program is designed to provide training and support to county faculty, private consultants and cotton producers. The program focuses on using plant monitoring techniques to manage cotton inputs in a way that maximizes the economic value of inputs while minimizing environmental impacts. The program relies on the cooperation of the experiment station, county faculty, industry and cotton producers. Although a majority of the applied research is conducted on experiment stations, on-farm tests provide valuable information and help to train county faculty. The Crop Science cotton extension program cooperates on several applied research projects with faculty within the department and with faculty from Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science and Agriculture Economics. We also evaluate genetically engineered germplasm and varieties and to help producers integrate varieties and traits into their production systems.

Results of these tests and other production recommendations are made available to county faculty, consultants and growers utilizing various methods including: a cotton information book, field days, growers meetings, newsletters sent electronically and placed on the internet, agent, industry and consultant training.

NC Cotton Information Portal

NC Agbiotech Portal

Publications

• Hemp yield and cannabinoid concentrations under variable nitrogen and potassium fertilizer rates , CROP SCIENCE (2023)
• Reevaluation of the degree day base 60°F concept in US cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production , AGRONOMY JOURNAL (2023)
• Flue-cured tobacco response to sublethal rates of glufosinate , CROP FORAGE & TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT (2021)
• Cotton yield response to soil applied potassium across the U. S. Cotton Belt , AGRONOMY JOURNAL (2021)
• Influence of timing and intensity of weed management on crop yield and contribution to weed emergence in cotton the following year , CROP FORAGE & TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT (2020)
• Response of agronomic crops to planting date and double-cropping with wheat , AGRONOMY JOURNAL (2020)
• Implications of cereal rye/crimson clover management for conventional and organic cotton producers , Agronomy Journal (2018)
• USE OF CSM-CROPGRO-COTTON TO DETERMINE THE AGRONOMIC AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF IRRIGATION TO UPLAND COTTON PRODUCTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA , TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE (2018)
• The effects of mepiquat chloride applied to cotton at early bloom and physiological cutout , Journal of Cotton Science (2017)
• Cotton Stage of Growth Determines Sensitivity to 2,4-D , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2016)