Administrative Responsibilities:
As Head of the Department of Agronomy, I have administrative responsibility for 51 faculty and 310 staff and students. Programs in the department focus on our three mission areas in teaching, research, and extension with about 50% of our FTE’s in research and the other 50% FTE’s split between teaching and extension. Our programs in the department focus on four main thrust areas: genetic improvement of economic crops, environmental soil science and landscape processes, cropping systems and plant nutrition, and turf and the urban interface.

Research Areas:
Root ecology, plant nutrition, and phytoremediation of contaminated soils.

Most Significant Publications:
See vita for entire list of publications.

1. Krutz, L.J., C.A. Beyrouty, T.J. Gentry, D.C. Wolf, and C.M. Reynolds.  2005.  Selective enrichment of a pyrene degrader population and enhanced pyrene degradation in Bermuda grass rhizosphere.  Biology and Fertility of Soils. 41: 359-364.
2. Beyrouty, C.A.  2002.  Ecophysiology of Roots of Aquatic Plants.  Chapter   56, pp. 1007-1024.  In Waisel, Y., Eshel, A., and Kafkafi, U. (eds.) Plant    Roots: The Hidden Half.  Marcel Dekker.
3. Grigg, B.C.*, C.A. Beyrouty, R.J. Norman, E.E. Gbur, M.G. Hanson, and B.R. Wells.  2000.  Rice responses to changes in floodwater and N timing in southern USA.  Field Crops Research.  66:73-79.
4. Beyrouty, C.A., J. Keino*, E.E. Gbur, and M.G. Hanson*.  2000.  Phytotoxic concentrations of subsoil aluminum as influenced by soils and landscape position.  Soil Science. 165: 135-143.
5. Stephens, D.B., C.A. Beyrouty, E.E. Gbur, and R.J. Norman. 1998.  Salt effect on K influx by two rice cultivars differing in salinity tolerance.  In Root Demographics and Their Efficiencies in Sustainable Agriculture, Grasslands and Forest Ecosystems.  J. Box, Jr. (ed.) p. 483-491.  Kluwer Academic Publishers. Netherlands. 
6. Rogers, H.B.*, C.A. Beyrouty, T.D. Nichols, D.C. Wolf and C.M. Reynolds.  1996.  Selection of cold-tolerant plants for growth in soils contaminated with organics.  J. Soil Contam.  5:171-186.
7. Teo, Y.H.*, C.A. Beyrouty, and E.E. Gbur.  1995.  Relating soil test P to P uptake by paddy rice.  Soil Sci. 159:409-414.
8. Teo, Y.H.*, C.A. Beyrouty, R.J. Norman, and E.E. Gbur.  1994.  Nutrient supplying capacity of a paddy rice soil.  J. Plant Nutr.  17:1983-2000.
9. Teo, Y.H.*, C.A. Beyrouty, and E.E. Gbur.  1992.  Evaluating a model for predicting nutrient uptake by rice at vegetative growth.  Agron. J. 84:1064-1070.
10. Beyrouty, C.A., L.E. Sommers, and D.W. Nelson. 1988. Ammonia volatilization from surface-applied urea as affected by several phosphoroamide compounds.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52: 1173-1178.
11. Beyrouty, C.A., D.W. Nelson, and L.E. Sommers. 1988. Effectiveness of phosporoamides in retarding hydrolysis of urea surface-applied to soils with various pH and residue cover.  Soil Sci.  145:345-352.
12. Beyrouty, C.A.,B.R. Wells, R.J. Norman, J.N. Marvel*, and J.A. Pillow, Jr*.  1987.  Characterization of rice roots using a minirhizotron technique.  Chapter 9, pp. 99-108.  In H. Taylor (ed.) Minirhizotron  observation tubes:  Methods and applications for measuring rhizosphere dynamics.  Spec. Publ. 50.  Am. Soc. of Agron., Madison, WI.
13. Beyrouty, C.A., G.E. Van Scoyoc, and J.R. Feldkamp.  1984.  Evidence supporting specific adsorption of boron on synthetic aluminum hydroxides.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48: 284-287.

Professional Experience:
Professor of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1993-2000
Interim Dean Enrollment Services, University of Arkansas, 1998-1999
Interim Head Department of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, 1997-1998
Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, 1989-1993
Assistant Professor of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, 1984-1989
Research Scientist, Castle and Cooke Foods, Valmeyer, Illinois, 1977-1978
Soil Scientist Trainee, Soil Conservation Service, Medford, Oregon, 1975-1977

Education:
Loyola University of Los Angeles, 1972-1974
University of California at Los Angeles, 1974
B.S., Soil Science, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, 1977
M.S., Soil Chemistry, Purdue University, 1982
Ph.D., Soil Chemistry, Purdue University, 1984

Date joined staff:  January 2001