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Department faculty members participate in the Interdisciplinary Plant and Soil Sciences graduate program along with four undergraduate programs: Agricultural Biotechnology; Horticulture, Plant and Soil Sciences; Natural Resources and Environmental Science; and Sustainable Agriculture. In addition, there are numerous extension and research programs in the department.
Department News
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June 16, 2017A group of University of Kentuckyscientists have discovered a more efficient way for legumes to fix nitrogen.
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May 12, 2017The first hemp conference in the United States to bring together industry professionals, scientists and policymakers will be Sept. 8-11 at the Lexington Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel.
The 2017 Hemp Industries Association’s 24th Annual Hemp Conference is a partnership between the association, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of America.
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May 1, 2017
Have you ever tilled the soil in your backyard? When wet it is sticky but feels like concrete when dry. Jin Cho, a junior at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School found in the UK Department of Plant & Soil Sciences’ Soil Physics Lab that soils in developed neighborhoods can only take up 10-20% of the water that can easily infiltrate in good farm soil.
Have you ever tilled the soil in your backyard? When wet it is sticky but feels like concrete when dry. Jin Cho, a junior at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School found in the UK Department of Plant & Soil Sciences’ Soil Physics Lab that soils in developed neighborhoods can only take up 10-20% of the water that can easily infiltrate in good farm soil.