About Us

The Agronomy and Environmental Management faculty conducts research, through the LSU Agricultural Center, and teaching programs, through the LSU College of Agriculture, in soil chemistry, physics, mineralogy, fertility, microbiology and nutrient cycling, soil genesis and morphology, soil mapping, and global information systems. The diverse plant breeding and genetics group within the department conducts research on soybeans, cotton, corn, sugarcane, forages, wheat, and rice. The department additionally retains scientists working on the physiology and production of cotton, soybeans, and alternative crops.

Agronomy and Environmental Management at LSU has forged into exciting new, nontraditional areas in recent years. Environmental concerns have redirected much of the emphasis in both teaching and research. Faculty now have active research programs in wetlands conservation, genetic improvement of plants for environmental reclamation, ground water contamination, waste disposal, composting, best management practices, and pesticide runoff. Agronomy and Environmental Management is a blend of teaching and research in the basic and the applied, the traditional and the nontraditional aspects of agriculture. Students with graduate degrees go on to rich and rewarding careers and a challenge to improve the world in which they live.