Dr. Joe T. Touchton - Department Head - Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, 1977

Dr. Elizabeth A. Guertal - Ph.D., Oklahoma State Univ., 1993

• Soil fertility
• Management of turf soils

Dr. Jim E. Hairston - Ph.D., Univ. of Georgia, 1978

• Water quality
• Resource conservation

Dr. Gobena Huluka - Ph.D., Auburn University, 1990

• Soil phosphorus and potassium fertility
• Soil, plant and water analysis
• Soil test analytical methods and calibration

Dr. Charles C. Mitchell - Ph.D., Univ. of Florida, 1980

• Water quality
• Extension soil fertility
• Soil test calibration
• Long-term fertilization effects
• Waste utilization

• Micronutrient soil fertility
• Characterization and testing of agricultural and industrial
  wastes as fertilizers

Dr. Wayne Reeves - Ph.D., Auburn Univ., 1985

• Cropping systems with emphasis on cover crops and N management
• Tillage system-fertility interactions
• Sustainable systems
• Soil quality

Dr. H. Allen Torbert- Ph.D., University of Illinois

• Waste Management
• Develop animal waste management strategies that utilize waste products for soil and crop benefits while minimizing environmental degradation,including research to determine the impact of farming system management alternatives, nutrient cycling, organic matter buildup, and atmospheric CO2 capture as it relates to manure management.

• Biogeochemistry
• Environmental quality
• Gas emissions