Faculty

Carolyn Lowry

Assistant Professor of Plant Science

422 ASI
University Park, PA

Email cvl5836@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-1906

Areas of Expertise

Cover Crop Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Cover Crops Keyphrases
Weeds Keyphrases
Vicia Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Vetch Keyphrases
Weed Management Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Common Bean Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Snap Bean Keyphrases

Influence of perennial forage communities on weed seed mortality and seed microbial associations
Kara Eckert, Chris Stamplis, Jonathan Hur, Terrence Bell, Estelle Couradeau, Sharifa Crandall, Eric Larson, Carolyn J. Lowry, 2026, In: Weed Science
Date: 2026

Managing cover crop mixtures over a decade via species replacement and seeding rate adjustment
Sheryl C. Hosler, Ebony G. Murrell, Kathleen E. Arrington, Bàrbara Baraibar, Mary E. Barbercheck, Brosi A. Bradley, Mac Burgess, Denise M. Finney, Mitchell C. Hunter, James C. LaChance, David A. Mortensen, Charles M. White, Carolyn J. Lowry, Jason P. Kaye, Dec 2025, In: Agricultural and Environmental Letters
Date: Dec 2025

Neighbour sensing through rhizodeposits in sorghum affects plant physiology and productivity
Shiran Ben-Zeev, Amanda Penn, Erica H. Lawrence-Paul, Desa Rae Abrams, Rotem Ben-Zeev, Carolyn Lowry, Jesse R. Lasky, Dec 1 2025, In: AoB PLANTS
Date: Dec 1 2025

Microbial colonizers in an agroecosystem under diverse cover crop treatments
Sarah C. Richards, William L. King, Lily Y. Cao, Brosi A. Bradley, Emma K. Rice, Carolyn J. Lowry, Raúl Román, Jason P. Kaye, Estelle M. Couradeau, Terrence H. Bell, Oct 23 2025, In: Phytobiomes Journal
Date: Oct 23 2025

Associations among weed communities, management practices, and environmental factors in U.S. snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) production
Pavle Pavlovic, Jed B. Colquhoun, Nicholas E. Korres, Christopher A. Landau, Rui Liu, Carolyn J. Lowry, Nicolas F. Martin, Ed Peachey, Barbara Scott, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Mark J. VanGessel, Martin M. Williams, Sep 2025, In: PloS one
Date: Sep 2025

Crop and Weed Management Practices of Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Production Fields in the United States
Pavle Pavlovic, Jed B. Colquhoun, Nicholas E. Korres, Rui Liu, Carolyn J. Lowry, Ed Peachey, Barbara Scott, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Mark J. VanGessel, Martin M. Williams, Mar 2025, In: HortScience
Date: Mar 2025

Soil-mediated effects of cover crops on weed-crop competition
Alicia Rouge, John M. Wallace, Stéphane Cordeau, Delphine Moreau, Jean Philippe Guillemin, Carolyn J. Lowry, Jan 1 2025, In: Weed Research
Date: Jan 1 2025

Effect of increasing temperature and temperature fluctuations on alfalfa and orchardgrass in the establishment year
Ashley Isaacson, Alexandra Contosta, Richard G. Smith, Christopher Stamplis, Carolyn J. Lowry, Jun 2024, In: Ecosphere
Date: Jun 2024

If you can’t beat them, join them
Carolyn J. Lowry, Katherine M. Blocklove, Kara E. Eckert, Nasib Koirala, Emma K. Rice, 2024, In: Frontiers in Agronomy
Date: 2024

Weed communities of snap bean fields in the United States
Pavle Pavlovic, Jed B. Colquhoun, Nicholas E. Korres, Rui Liu, Carolyn J. Lowry, Ed Peachey, Barbara Scott, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Mark J. Vangessel, Martin M. Williams, 2024, In: Weed Science
Date: 2024

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Mustard cover crops for biomass production and weed suppression in the great lakes region
Thomas Björkman, Carolyn Lowry, Joseph W. Shail, Daniel C. Brainard, Daniel S. Anderson, John B. Masiunas, Jul 6 2015, In: Agronomy Journal
Citations: 55

Weed control through crop plant manipulations
Carolyn J. Lowry, Richard G. Smith, Jan 1 2018, In: Non-Chemical Weed Control
Citations: 32

Organic farmer perceptions of reduced tillage
Carolyn J. Lowry, Daniel C. Brainard, Apr 1 2019, In: Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Citations: 27

An optimized rhizobox protocol to visualize root growth and responsiveness to localized nutrients
Jennifer E. Schmidt, Carolyn Lowry, Amelie C.M. Gaudin, 2018, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments
Citations: 19

Strip-tillage decreases soil nitrogen availability and increases the potential for N losses in a cover cropped organic system
Carolyn J. Lowry, G. Philip Robertson, Daniel C. Brainard, Oct 1 2021, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Citations: 18

Strip-intercropping of rye–vetch mixtures affects biomass, carbon/ nitrogen ratio, and spatial distribution of cover crop residue
C. J. Lowry, D. C. Brainard, Nov 1 2016, In: Agronomy Journal
Citations: 18

Effects of expanding functional trait diversity on productivity and stability in cultivar mixtures of perennial ryegrass
Carolyn J. Lowry, Sidney C. Bosworth, Sarah C. Goslee, Richard J. Kersbergen, Fredric W. Pollnac, R. Howard Skinner, Nicholas D. Warren, Richard G. Smith, Jan 1 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Citations: 16

Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits and rhizosphere interactions related to organic N acquisition?
Jennifer E. Schmidt, Amisha Poret-Peterson, Carolyn J. Lowry, Amélie C.M. Gaudin, Jun 24 2020, In: AoB PLANTS
Citations: 14

Strip intercropping of rye-vetch mixtures
Carolyn J. Lowry, Daniel C. Brainard, Jan 1 2019, In: Weed Science
Citations: 14

If you can’t beat them, join them
Carolyn J. Lowry, Katherine M. Blocklove, Kara E. Eckert, Nasib Koirala, Emma K. Rice, 2024, In: Frontiers in Agronomy
Citations: 10

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