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Laura Lengnick - Environmental Studies
Phone: 828-771-7003
E-Mail: lengnick@warren-wilson.edu
Office : Morse 206
Address : CPO# 6087
Warren Wilson College Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000
Education:
Ph.D. in Agronomy. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. May 1992. Dissertation: The Effect of Tillage and Nitrogen Source on Seasonal Nitrogen Dynamics in Corn Supplied with Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Sources: Field Observation and Model Simulation. Minor concentration: Philosophy of Science.
M.S. in Soil Science. North Carolina State University, Raleigh. May 1985. Thesis: A Comparison of the Phosphorus Supplying Capacity of a Soil Managed Organically and Conventionally. Minor concentration: Statistics.
B.S. in Agronomy. University of Maryland, College Park. December 1981. Senior Thesis: The Effect of the Zinc-Phosphorus Interaction on the Phosphorus Nutrition of Agronomic Crops. Minor concentration: Chemistry.
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Sustainable Agriculture:
Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture
Principles and Practices of Farm Production
Sustainable Agriculture Practicum
Senior Sustainable Agriculture Project
Soil Science
Agroecology
Ecology of Food
Research Interests:
Sustainable decision-making tools, sustainable community development, soil and crop management in sustainable agriculture systems, sustainable foodways.
Selected Publications:
- Cavigelli, M., Lengnick, L., Buyer, J., Fravel, D., Handoo, Z., McCarty, G., Millner, P., Sikora, L., Wright, S., Vinyard, B., Rabenhorst, M. 2005. Landscape level variation in soil resources and microbial properties in a no-till corn field. Applied Soil Ecology 29: 99 ? 123. Full Text PDF Abstract
- Davis, J., Sanders, D., Nelson, P., Lengnick, L. and Sperry, W. 2003. Boron improves growth, yield, quality and nutrient content of tomato. Am. J. Hort. Sci. 128(3): 441-446. Abstract
- Jaenicke, Edward C. and Laura L. Lengnick. 1999. A soil-quality index and its relationship to efficiency and productivity growth measures: two decompositions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81 (4): 881 - 886. Full Text (Available on-campus only)
- Lengnick, L.L. 1997. Spatial variability of early season nitrogen availability indicators in corn. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 28 (19&20): 1721-1736.
- Ammerman, C. R., Backman, P., Marlow, R., Power, J., Ogg, C., Jenner, M., Lengnick, L., Sandretto, C. and Tyler, D. 1997. Crop Input Technologies Work Group Report, In Crop and Livestock Technologies, RCA III Symposium, edited by B. C. English, R. L. White and L.H. Chuang. Published by Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.
- Lengnick, L.L. and R.H. Fox. 1994. Simulation by NCSWAP of seasonal nitrogen dynamics in corn: I. Soil Nitrate. Agronomy Journal 86 (1): 167-175.
- Lengnick, L.L. and R.H. Fox. 1994. Simulation by NCSWAP of seasonal nitrogen dynamics in corn: II. Corn growth and yield. Agronomy Journal 86 (1): 176-181.
- Jabro, J.D., J.M. Jemison,Jr., L.L. Lengnick, R.H. Fox and D.D. Fritton. 1993. Field validation and comparison of LEACHM and NCSWAP models for predicting nitrate leaching. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 36(6): 1651-1657.