List of Contributors

DAVID J. BARKER

is Professor of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State University. He received his BS and MS from Massey University, New Zealand, and his PhD from the University of Nebraska. He teaches graduate and undergraduate forage classes. His research interests are pasture ecology and biodiversity, plant water relations, grazing management, and the interaction of these with soil fertility.

MICHAEL COLLINS

is Emeritus Professor and Director of the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He received his BS from Berea College, his MS from West Virginia University, and his PhD from the University of Kentucky. During a 36-year career in forage research and teaching at the University of Kentucky, Lexington and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he taught an undergraduate/graduate forages course and advised graduate students. His research emphasized forage management and postharvest physiology of hay and silage, with an emphasis on forage quality.

MARVIN H. HALL

is Professor of Forage Management at Penn State University, University Park. He received his BA from Bluffton College, his MS from the Ohio State University, and his PhD from the University of Minnesota. He conducts research, teaching, and extension in forage production and utilization of annual and perennial species. His main focus is on forage crop establishment, management, and utilization of forages.

EMILY A. HEATON

is Associate Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University. She received her BS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She researches warm-season perennial grasses grown in temperate climates, with a focus on plant-environment interactions and bioenergy applications. Her extension program addresses integration of perennials, particularly Miscanthus × giganteus, into subprime arable cropland.

NICHOLAS S. HILL

is Professor of Crop Physiology and Management in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens. He received his BS from the University of Wyoming, his MS from Montana State University, and his PhD from Kansas State University. His research focuses on plant fitness in mutualistic associations between endophytic fungi and cool-season pasture grasses. He teaches an introductory course in crop science.

ROBERT L. KALLENBACH

is Professor and State Forage Extension Specialist in the Division of Plant Sciences and Assistant Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He received his BS from Southwest Missouri State University, his MS from the University of Missouri, and his PhD from Texas Tech University. He has an extension and research appointment in forages, with a focus on winter feeding in forage-livestock systems.

WILLIAM O. LAMP

is Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches and conducts research on integrated pest management. He received his BS from the University of Nebraska, his MS from Ohio State University, and his PhD from the University of Nebraska, and he gained postdoctoral experience at the University of Illinois. His research focuses on crop protection against insect pests through the integration of crop management practices and insect-plant interactions.

JENNIFER W. MacADAM

is Professor at Utah State University where she teaches courses in forage production and pasture ecology, and plant structure and function. She received her BS from Missouri State University, and her MS and PhD from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She studies irrigated legume- and grass-based ruminant production systems and their environmental impacts.

ALI M. MISSAOUI

is Assistant Professor of Forage and Biomass Breeding and Genetics at the University of Georgia. He received his BS from Oregon State University, his MS from Texas Tech University, and his PhD from the University of Georgia. He teaches an upper-level undergraduate/graduate course in forage management and utilization, and an advanced course in plant breeding. He conducts research on the genetic improvement of cool-season forage legumes and grasses adapted to the southeast USA, with a focus on stress tolerance and reduced anti-quality factors.

ROBERT B. MITCHELL

is a Rangeland Scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his BS, MS, and PhD from the University of Nebraska. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in range improvement, ecology and conservation of natural resources, fire ecology, prescribed burning, and ecology of grazing lands systems. His research focuses on grassland management, invasive species management, and growth and development of perennial grasses and legumes.

KENNETH J. MOORE

is Professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University. He received his BS from Arizona State University and his MS and PhD from Purdue University, He has taught graduate-level courses in field plot technique and design, pasture and grazing management, and forage quality and utilization. He advises graduate students and conducts research on pasture management and ecology.

C. JERRY NELSON

is Emeritus Curators' Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. He received his BS and MS from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. His research has focused on growth of grasses and persistence of legumes, and he is now active in agriculture-related international programs, especially in Asia.

YOANA C. NEWMAN

is Assistant Professor of Crop Science and Forage Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant and Earth Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. She received her BA from the University of Rafael Urdaneta, Venezuela, and her MS and PhD from the University of Florida, Gainesville. She teaches an introduction to plant science course and forage crop production courses.

DAREN D. REDFEARN

is Associate Professor and Forage and Crop Residue Specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his BS from Texas Tech University and his MS and PhD from the University of Nebraska. His extension program areas include the enhanced use of crop residues and the incorporation of annual and perennial forage crops into existing beef production systems. His research program addresses the management, production, and utilization strategies for annual and perennial forage crops, the influence of crop residue management systems on establishment of annual forages, and the inclusion of these components in integrated crop-forage-livestock systems.

CRAIG A. ROBERTS

is Professor and State Forage Extension Specialist in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. He received his BS from the University of North Alabama and his MS and PhD from the University of Arkansas. His research and extension appointment focuses on the identification of factors that affect forage quality and persistence, including the development of forage testing methodology and animal toxin management.

CRAIG C. SHEAFFER

is Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland. His research focuses on perennial native and introduced legumes, grasses, and woody species and sustainable cropping systems. He directs the sustainable agriculture graduate program, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.

LYNN E. SOLLENBERGER

is Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He received his BA from Messiah College, his MS from Pennsylvania State University, and his PhD from the University of Florida. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in grassland ecology, management, and utilization, and in grassland research techniques. His research focuses on ecosystem services of grasslands and evaluation of forages for use in grassland-livestock agroecosystems.

R. MARK SULC

is Professor of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State University, Columbus. He received his BS and MS from Iowa State University and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the Forage Extension Specialist with Ohio State University Extension. His research focuses on forage management, integrated pest management of forages, use of cover crops and annual forages to extend the grazing season, and integrated crop-livestock systems.

JEFFREY J. VOLENEC

is Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. He received his BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his MS and PhD from the University of Missouri. He teaches courses in forage management and crop physiology and ecology, and his research focuses on the physiological and biochemical mechanisms that control genetic differences in growth and stress tolerance of forages.

M. SCOTT WELLS

is Assistant Professor and State Forage Extension Specialist in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota. He received his PhD from North Carolina State University. His research focuses on forage and crop systems.

CHARLES P. WEST

is Thornton Distinguished Chair of Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech University. He received his BS and MS from the University of Minnesota and his PhD from Iowa State University. He teaches undergraduate courses in forage management...