Carolyn Lowry

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Assistant Professor, Plant Science

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Recent Publications

If you can’t beat them, join them: using invasive plants to understand rhizodeposits as drivers of plant-soil feedbacks

Lowry, C. J., Blocklove, K. M., Eckert, K. E., Koirala, N. & Rice, E. K., 2024, In: Frontiers in Agronomy. 6, 1363124.

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Weed seed mass affects seedling establishment and resource allocation patterns across a cereal rye surface residue gradient

Ficks, T. S., Lowry, C. J. & Wallace, J. M., Feb 2022, In: Weed Research. 62, 1, p. 49-58 10 p.

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Estimating local eradication costs for invasive Miscanthus populations throughout the eastern and midwestern United States

Lowry, C. J., Matlaga, D. P., West, N. M., Williams, M. M. & Davis, A. S., Sep 29 2022, In: Invasive Plant Science and Management. 15, 3, p. 115-121 7 p.

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Strip-tillage decreases soil nitrogen availability and increases the potential for N losses in a cover cropped organic system

Lowry, C. J., Robertson, G. P. & Brainard, D. C., Oct 1 2021, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 319, 107524.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Weed germinable seedbanks of rice–wheat systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains: Do tillage and edaphic factors explain community variation?

Lowry, C. J., Brainard, D. C., Kumar, V., Smith, R. G., Singh, M., Kumar, P., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Joon, R. K., Jat, R. K., Poonia, S., Malik, R. K. & McDonald, A., Dec 2021, In: Weed Research. 61, 6, p. 475-485 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cover crops are not affected by tobacco soil residual herbicides but also do not provide consistent weed management benefits

Haramoto, E. R., Lowry, C. J. & Pearce, R., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Weed Technology. p. 383-393 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Effects of expanding functional trait diversity on productivity and stability in cultivar mixtures of perennial ryegrass

Lowry, C. J., Bosworth, S. C., Goslee, S. C., Kersbergen, R. J., Pollnac, F. W., Skinner, R. H., Warren, N. D. & Smith, R. G., Jan 1 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 287, 106691.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits and rhizosphere interactions related to organic N acquisition?

Schmidt, J. E., Poret-Peterson, A., Lowry, C. J. & Gaudin, A. C. M., Jun 24 2020, In: AoB PLANTS. 12, 4, plaa026.

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Organic farmer perceptions of reduced tillage: A Michigan farmer survey

Lowry, C. J. & Brainard, D. C., Apr 1 2019, In: Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 34, 2, p. 103-115 13 p.

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Strip intercropping of rye-vetch mixtures: Effects on weed growth and competition in strip-tilled sweet corn

Lowry, C. J. & Brainard, D. C., Jan 1 2019, In: Weed Science. 67, 1, p. 114-125 12 p.

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An optimized rhizobox protocol to visualize root growth and responsiveness to localized nutrients

Schmidt, J. E., Lowry, C. & Gaudin, A. C. M., 2018, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018, 140, e58674.

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Rye–vetch spatial arrangement and tillage: Impacts on soil nitrogen and sweet corn roots

Lowry, C. J. & Brainard, D. C., May 1 2017, In: Agronomy Journal. 109, 3, p. 1013-1023 11 p.

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Strip-intercropping of rye–vetch mixtures affects biomass, carbon/ nitrogen ratio, and spatial distribution of cover crop residue

Lowry, C. J. & Brainard, D. C., Nov 1 2016, In: Agronomy Journal. 108, 6, p. 2433-2443 11 p.

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Mustard cover crops for biomass production and weed suppression in the great lakes region

Björkman, T., Lowry, C., Shail, J. W., Brainard, D. C., Anderson, D. S. & Masiunas, J. B., Jul 6 2015, In: Agronomy Journal. 107, 4, p. 1235-1249 15 p.

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