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Soil Fertility

Pest Management

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Animal Agriculture

Economics

Soil Fertility

1. Variability of Soil Chemical and Physical Properties and Their Influence On Soybean Yield In Mississippi

2. Advanced Spatial Technologies for Agriculture Soil

3. On-Farm Site-Specific Fertility Management for Mississippi Rice Production

4. Effects of Soil Spatial Variability on Sweetpotato Yield and Quality
    

5. Variability in physical and chemical properties of alluvial soils and their relationship to cotton yield and variable rate technology

6. Variability of Physical and Chemical Properties of Alluvial Soils and Their Relationship to Cotton Yield and Variable Rate Technology
    

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Pest Management

1. Refinement of Precision Farming Techniques for Effective and Economical Herbicide Applications in Mississippi

2. Investigations Into The Use Of Spatial Technologies and Precision Farming in Entomology To Improve Monitoring And Management of Agricultural Pests

3. Spatial Analysis & Remote Sensing Of Crop Maturity Factors Important To Cotton IPM In The Mississippi Delta
    
4. Reniform Nematode Management On Cotton With VTR Equipment And  Site Specific Applications

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Agricultural and Biological Engineering

1. Autonomous Robot for Fire Ant Detection and Eradication; Sponsor: USDA/CREES Special Grant

2. Phase II GPS Wastewater Tracking System (GWTS) for Commercial Swine Production Facilities; Sponsor: USDA/CREES Special Grant

3.  Uniformity of Granular Fertilizers and Fertilizer Applications

4. Uniformity of Granular Fertilizers and Fertilizer Applications

5. Advanced Optical Cotton Yield Monitor

6. FTIR and UV/Vis/NIR Spectrometry for Characterizing Agricultural Material Properties

7. Multi-Product Variable-Rate Controller for Simultaneous Precision Application of Agricultural Inputs
    
8. Sweetpotato Yield Monitor Based on Optical Imaging Techniques
    
9. Cotton Yield Monitor YM4C
    
10. Site Specific Fertilizer Applicator
     
11. Geospatial In-farm Local Area Network and Robotic Automation
     

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Animal Agriculture

1. Catfish Production Acreage Determination through GIS for Business and Government Decision-Making in the Eastern and Delta Regions of Mississippi.

2. An Evaluation of the Use of Sound and Behavioral Modification to Improve Harvest and Feeding Efficiencies in Catfish Production.

3. Using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Computerized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technologies as Adjuncts to Monitoring and Analyzing Diseases in Commercial Poultry.

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Economics

1. Investment Analysis of Commercial Variable Rate and Conventional Fertilizer Spreading Systems

2. Agricultural Commodities and Intermodal Transportation: A Spatial-Oriented Proximity and Shipment Analysis Tool for Selected Counties in the Mississippi Delta

3. Agricultural Facilities: Intermodal Transportation and Crop Distribution: A Spatial-Oriented Analysis’s Tool for Mississippi’s Farm Related Agribusinesses

4. Willingness to Pay for Advanced Spatial Technology to Reduce Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in Mississippi

5. Willingness to Pay for Advanced Spatial Technology to Reduce Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution

6. Analysis of the Potential for Remote-Sensing Applications in Agricultural Insurance.

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