Part IIIResearch
Research with practical consequences
From fertilizer requirements of Florida pastures to the reuse of industrial by-products, the work has aimed at results producers and regulators can use.
Soil · Water · Life
Connected research
Theme A
Soil fertility and plant nutrition
Fertilizer requirements, soil amendments, and crop nutrition for pasture grasses, legumes, and forage systems.
Research & related publicationsTheme A
Soil fertility and plant nutrition
Fertilizer requirements, soil amendments, and crop nutrition for pasture grasses, legumes, and forage systems.
Much of Dr. Rechcigl's early research at the Range Cattle REC examined how Florida's sandy, acidic soils supply nutrients to bahiagrass, annual ryegrass, and tropical legumes, and how lime, nitrogen sources, and other amendments influence yield and forage quality.
Related publications
Theme B
Fertilizer management and water quality
How fertilizer practices influence nutrient movement, and how to reduce runoff and leaching into surface and groundwater.
Studies funded by the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services evaluated limestone and gypsum for reducing phosphorus leaching and runoff from beef cattle pastures, and the effect of fertilizer rates on soil and water quality under grazing.
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Theme C
Beneficial use of wastes and by-products
Organic wastes and industrial by-products, including phosphogypsum and biosolids, as crop nutrients and soil amendments.
A series of Florida Institute of Phosphate Research reports assessed phosphogypsum as a source of sulfur and calcium for pastures, including its radiological and heavy-metal implications for soils, water, and forage.
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Theme D
Sustainable agricultural production
The relationship between practical crop management, productivity, resource efficiency, and environmental quality.
His edited volumes on environmentally safe crop disease control and insect pest management gathered research on approaches that protect productivity while limiting environmental harm.
Related publications
Theme E
Research leadership and extension
Connecting scientific findings with producers, university researchers, industry, and public agencies.
As a center director, his role has centered on supporting faculty and staff, facilitating collaboration, and connecting the research of UF/IFAS centers with the needs of Florida agriculture.
Related publications
Editorial work
Advancing the scientific literature
Volumes edited or authored by Dr. Rechcigl, most within the Agriculture and Environment series.
Journal of Soil Science & Plant Health — Editorial Board
Editorial Board Member
SciTechnol
Catalog record ↗2000
Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection
Rechcigl, J. E. and N. A. Rechcigl (eds.)
CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
Agriculture and Environment Series
2000
Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests
Rechcigl, J. E. and N. A. Rechcigl (eds.)
CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
Agriculture and Environment Series
1997
Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control
Rechcigl, N. A. and J. E. Rechcigl (eds.)
CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
Agriculture and Environment Series
1997
Agricultural Use of By-Products and Wastes
Rechcigl, J. E. and H. C. MacKinnon
American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
1995
Soil Amendments and Environmental Quality
Rechcigl, J. E. (ed.)
CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
Agriculture and Environment Series
1995
Soil Amendments: Impacts on Biotic Systems
Rechcigl, J. E. (ed.)
CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla.
Agriculture and Environment Series