Plant & Soil Sciences

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Delaware Water Resources Center ť

Institute of Soil and Environmental Quality ť

The Longwood Graduate Program ť

Soil Testing Program ť

We have very active teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of landscape horticulture, plant science, and environmental soil science. We have a distinguished faculty who are not only nationally and internationally known in their research areas, but who are also excellent teachers who take special pride in advising and mentoring students.

Reducing fertilizer use through beneficial microbe reactions

Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the legume Medicago truncatula.

Sherrier leads one of four research groups participating in this project, which represents a collaborative effort between researchers at the Noble Foundation...