Carolyn Lowry
Assistant Professor of Plant Science
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422 ASI
University Park, PA - cvl5836@psu.edu
- 814-865-1906
Most Recent Publications
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, 2025, Hortscience: A Publication of the American Society for Hortcultural Science on p. 267-272
Soil-mediated effects of cover crops on weed-crop competition
Alicia Rouge, John Wallace, Stéphane Cordeau, Delphine Moreau, Jean Philippe Guillemin, Carolyn J. Lowry, 2025, Weed Research
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, 2024, Ecosphere
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, Weed Science
If you can’t beat them, join them: using invasive plants to understand rhizodeposits as drivers of plant-soil feedbacks
Carolyn J. Lowry, Katherine M. Blocklove, Kara E. Eckert, Nasib Koirala, Emma K. Rice, 2024, Frontiers in Agronomy
Estimating local eradication costs for invasive Miscanthus populations throughout the eastern and midwestern United States
Carolyn J. Lowry, David P. Matlaga, Natalie M. West, Martin M. Williams, Adam S. Davis, 2022, Invasive Plant Science and Management on p. 115-121
Weed seed mass affects seedling establishment and resource allocation patterns across a cereal rye surface residue gradient
Teala Ficks, Carolyn J. Lowry, John M. Wallace, 2022, Weed Research on p. 49-58
Weed germinable seedbanks of rice–wheat systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains: Do tillage and edaphic factors explain community variation?
Carolyn J. Lowry, Daniel C. Brainard, Virender Kumar, Richard G. Smith, Madhulika Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Rajiv K. Joon, Raj K. Jat, Shishpal Poonia, Ram K. Malik, Andrew McDonald, 2021, Weed Research on p. 475-485
Strip-tillage decreases soil nitrogen availability and increases the potential for N losses in a cover cropped organic system
Carolyn Lowry, G. Robertson, Daniel Brainard, 2021, Agro-Ecosystems on p. 107524
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, 2020, AoB PLANTS
Most-Cited Papers
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, 2015, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 1235-1249
Weed control through crop plant manipulations
Carolyn J. Lowry, Richard G. Smith, 2018, on p. 73-96
Organic farmer perceptions of reduced tillage: A Michigan farmer survey
Carolyn J. Lowry, Daniel C. Brainard, 2019, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on p. 103-115
Strip-intercropping of rye–vetch mixtures affects biomass, carbon/ nitrogen ratio, and spatial distribution of cover crop residue
C. J. Lowry, D. C. Brainard, 2016, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 2433-2443
An optimized rhizobox protocol to visualize root growth and responsiveness to localized nutrients
Jennifer E. Schmidt, Carolyn Lowry, Amelie C.M. Gaudin, 2018, Journal of Visualized Experiments
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, 2020, Agro-Ecosystems on p. 106691
Strip intercropping of rye-vetch mixtures: Effects on weed growth and competition in strip-tilled sweet corn
Carolyn J. Lowry, Daniel C. Brainard, 2019, Weed Science on p. 114-125
Strip-tillage decreases soil nitrogen availability and increases the potential for N losses in a cover cropped organic system
Carolyn Lowry, G. Robertson, Daniel Brainard, 2021, Agro-Ecosystems on p. 107524
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, 2020, AoB PLANTS
Rye–vetch spatial arrangement and tillage: Impacts on soil nitrogen and sweet corn roots
C. J. Lowry, D. C. Brainard, 2017, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 1013-1023
News Articles Featuring Carolyn Lowry
Jan 10, 2025
College of Ag Sciences graduate students receive research grant awards
Thirteen graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences received research grants recently awarded by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Feb 28, 2024
Three Ecology students receive Ag Sci awards
A trio of graduate researchers from the Huck's Ecology program were recently honored by the College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Oct 17, 2023
USDA grant awarded for study on soil health, weed control in organic operations
A nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will support research on soil health and weed suppression in organic farming.
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Sep 12, 2023
USDA grant to fund research on ‘farm tuning’ cover crop mixtures
With a new $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Carolyn Lowry will lead a research team designing cover crop mixtures that are more effective at providing an array of ecosystem services.
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Aug 21, 2023
Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate students received more predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture than any other institution over the last five years.
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