Sylvie M Brouder

Professor of Agronomy

Department: Agronomy
Phone: 765.496.1489
Fax: 765.496.2926
Office: Lilly 3-351
E-mail: sbrouder@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Crop Nutrition, Soil Fertility

Extension:

Provide technical information on plant nutrition, nutrient management and cropping systems to farmers, county educators, and industry.
Primary plant nutrition diagnostician for the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory.
Develop a series of workshops on nutrient management and produce educational materials (hard copy and electronic) for the Certified Crop Advisor Program and associated continuing education.

Research Areas:

Root/soil interrelationships and nutrient accumulation patterns for Indiana cropping systems.
Indigenous soil potassium, fertilizer-potassium use efficiency, and potassium balance in Indiana corn and soybean production.
Examine fertilizer recommendations and use efficiency in Indiana cropping systems.

Full list of Publications (refereed journal papers, book chapters, research and station bulletins, etc.)

Teaching:
AGRY 515 Plant Mineral Nutrition

Professional Experience:
Professor, Purdue University, 2005-present
Associate Professor, Purdue University, 2000-2005
Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 1995-2000
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of California-Davis, 1993-95

Education:
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of California

Date joined staff: October 1995

- Recent Publications

Ale, S., L. C. Bowling, S. M. Brouder, J. R. Frankenberger, & M. A. Youssef (2009). Simulated effect of drainage water management operational strategy on hydrology and crop yield for drummer soil in the Midwestern United States. Agricultural Water Management, 96, 653-665.

Lissbrant, S., S. M. Brouder, S. M. Cunningham, & J. J. Volenec (2009). Identification of fertility regimes that enhance long-term productivity of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) using cluster analyses. Agronony Journal.

Brouder, S. M. (2009). Impact of long-term phosphorus and potassium fertilization on alfalfa forage quality-yield relationships. Crop Science, 49, 1116-1124.

Berg, W., S. M. Cunningham, S. M. Brouder, B. C. Joern, K. Johnson, & J. J. Volenec (2009). Influence of phosphorus and potassium on alfalfa yield, taproot C and N pools, and transcript levels of key genes after defoliation. Crop Science, 49, 974-982.

Ruark, M., S. M. Brouder, & R. F. Turco (2009). Dissolved organic carbon from tile drained agro-ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Quality, 38, 1205-1215.

Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S. M. Brouder, D. R. Smith, & G. E. Van Scoyoc (2009). Greenhouse gas fluxes in an Eastern Corn Belt soil: Weather, N source and rotation. Journal of Environmental Quality, 38, 841-854.

Lissbrant, S., W. K. Berg, J. J. Volenec, S. M. Brouder, B. C. Joern, S. M. Cunningham, & K. Johnson (2009). Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization of Alfalfa.

Fernandez, F. G., S. M. Brouder, J. J. Volenec, C. A. Beyrouty, & R. Hoyum (2009). Root and shoot growth, seed composition, and yield of no-till rainfed soybean under variable potassium. Plant and Soil, 322, 125-138.

Brouder, S. M., J. J. Volenec, R. F. Turco, D. R. Smith, & G. Ejeta (2009). Nutrient-use efficiency in bioenergy cropping systems: Critical research questions. Proceedings of the XVI International Plant Nutrition Colloquium: Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Development, 9. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/044k0tp?query=Brouder

Brouder, S. M., T. Hartz, & C. Rosolem (2009). Proceedings of XVI International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Coeditors of Session B: Nutrient management for Optimal Productivity and Sustainability. Sacramento, CA: University of CA. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/ipnc_xvi