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Jennifer Reeve

Assistant Professor of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture

Area of Study: Agronomy, Soil Science, Plant Science

Emphasis: Soil Management/Sustainability, Soil Microbiology/Ecology

Employee Type: Faculty

Email: jennifer.reeve@usu.edu

Office Phone: 435-797-3192

4820 Old Main Hill, AGS 322
Logan, UT 84322-4820

Education

Ph.D., Soil Science, Washington State University, 2007.
       Dissertation: Soil Quality and Microbial Functional Diversity on Organic and
       Conventional Strawberry Farms.
       Advisors: John P. Reganold and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs

M.S., Soil Science, WashingtonStateUniversity, 2003.

B.S., Hons., Ecology, University of Sheffield, 1995.

Professional Experience

08/2007 - present		Assistant Professor in Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University.
08/2001 – 07/2007		Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington, State University.
11/2005 – 06/2006		Visiting Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
06/2002 – 06/2004		Land Institute Fellow, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University.
03/1999 – 07/2001		Laboratory Technician, Josephine Porter Institute, for Applied Biodynamics, Woolwine, Virginia.
04/1996 – 02/1999		Assistant Children’s Environmental Activities Educator at Mannington Hall, the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and BUNAC.
09/1995 – 03/1996		Volunteer at NEAD (Norwich Education and Action for Development). Working to promote fair trade with developing nations.

Teaching

01/2008 – present		PSC 2800. Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture. Taught spring semester (3 credits).
01/2008 – present		PSC 4900. Student Farm Practicum. Taught spring, summer and fall semesters (1 credit).

Grants

2009-2013 USDA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. $637,519.

Organic Stone-Fruit Production: Optimizing Water Use, Fertility, Pest Management, Fruit Quality and Economics. Principle Investigator: Jennifer Reeve; Collaborators: Brent Black, Diane Alston, Corey Ransom, Silvana Martini, and Ruby Ward.

2009-2012 USDA Managed Ecosystems. $374,133.

Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health of Soils, Plants, Herbivores and People through Plant Biochemical Diversity. Principle Investigator: Fred Provenza; Collaborators: Jennifer Reeve, Jennifer MacAdam, Juan Villalba, Daren Cornforth, Silvana Martini, Robert Ward, Beth Burritt and Rae Ann Hart.

2008-2011 Western SARE Research and Education Grant. $133,441

Cultural Management of Onion Thrips and Iris Yellow Spot Virus. Principle Investigator: Jennifer Reeve; Collaborators: Diane Alston, Dan Drost and Kent Evans.

Publications

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, A.L. York, and G. McGourty, and L. McCloskey. 2005. Soil and winegrape quality in biodynamic and organically managed vineyards. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 56:367-376.

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2008. Soil based cycling and differential uptake of amino acids by three species of strawberry (Fragaria spp.) plants. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40:2547-2552.

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2009. Glycine N uptake by classic and modern wheat varieties in a short-term microcosm study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 45:723-732.

Endelman, J., J.R. Reeve, D. Drost. 2010. A new decay series for organic crop production. Agronomy Journal 102:457-463.

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, and W.F. Brinton. 2010. Influence of biodynamic preparations on compost development and resultant compost extracts on wheat seedling growth. Bioresource Technology.101:5658-5666.

Black, B.L., D. Drost, T. Lindstrom, J.R. Reeve, and G. L. Reighard. 2010. A comparison of root distribution patterns among Prunus rootstocks. Journal of the American Pomological Society. 64:52-60.

Reeve, J.R., C.W. Schadt, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, and Z. Zhou. 2010. Microbial functional diversity and enzyme activities in response to soil fumigation and organic management. The ISME Journal. (in press).

Proceedings

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2005. Plant uptake of organic molecules as N source. In U. Köpke, U. Niggli, D. Nuehoff, P. Cornish, W. Lockeretz, and H. Willer (eds). Researching Sustainable Systems, Proceedings of the First Scientific Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), Institute of Organic Agriculture, Bonn, Germany. pp 44-47.

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, A.L. York and G. McGourty. 2005. Soil and winegrape quality in a biodynamically and organically managed vineyard. In U. Köpke, U. Niggli, D. Nuehoff, P. Cornish, W. Lockeretz, and H. Willer (eds). Researching Sustainable Systems, Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference of Organic Viticulture, Institute of Organic Agriculture, Bonn, Germany. p 16.

Carpenter-Boggs, L., J.R. Reeve, and J.P. Reganold. 2002. In C. Miles, D. Granatstein and A. Stone (eds). Cultivating Biological Connections: Proceedings of the Northwest Symposium on Organic and Biologically Intensive Farming: Advances in Research and Education. Yakima, WA. p2.

Abstracts and Posters

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, S. Fransen, H. Semmsdorf. 2010. Biodynamic spray preparations may improve soil pH and forage quality. International Conference of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. Cuenca, Ecuador.

Endelman, J. J.R. Reeve, D. Drost. 2009. A new decay series for organic crop production. Agronomy Abstracts. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, WI.

Reeve, J.R., B. Black, D. Alston, C. Ransom. 2009. Developing organic and reduced-input tree-fruit production options for the Wasatch front. US International Association of Landscape Ecology Conference. Snowbird, UT.

Alston, D., J.R. Reeve, C.K. Evans, D. Drost. 2009. Cultural management of onion thrips and Iris Yellow Spot Virus. Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA.

Reeve, J.R., D. Alston, C.K. Evans, D. Drost. 2008. Cultural management of onion thrips and Iris Yellow Spot Virus. Western SARE Regional Conference, Cheyenne, WY.

Drost, D., J.R. Reeve, D. Alston, C.K. Evans. 2008. Cultural management of onion thrips and Iris Yellow Spot Virus. National Allium Research Conference. Savanna, GA.

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2004. Plant uptake of organic molecules as N source. Agronomy Society Abstracts. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, WI.

Reeve, J.R., J.P. Reganold, D. Huggins, J.D. Glover, and L. Carpenter-Boggs. 2002. Agroecosystem research trials. Natural Systems Agriculture Workshop, The Land Institute. Matfield Green, K.S.

Invited Speaker

Sustainable agriculture in Utah. Sustainability Symposium. Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. March 12-13, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Nitrogen and a whole farm approach to managing Iris Yellow Spot Virus. Utah Onion Association, February 16, 2010, Brigham City, Utah.

Influence of biodynamic preparations on grape pomace and resultant compost extracts on wheat seedling growth. Making and Use of Compost Conference. Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. February 3-5, 2010, Kennewick, Washington.

Nitrogen and a whole farm approach to managing Iris Yellow Spot Virus. Utah Onion Association, February 17, 2009, Brigham City, Utah.

The USU Student Organic Farm. Sustainability Conference. Eccles Conference Center, April 9, 2009, Logan, Utah.

The USU Student Organic Farm. Bioneers Conference. Eccles Conference Center, October 17, 2008, Logan, Utah.

Cover crop management in orchards. Natural Resource Conservation Service Training, May 28, 2008, Santaquin, Utah.

Compost research on a biodynamic vineyard. Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association National Conference. Healing our Earth, Healing Ourselves, August 24-26, 2007, Sacramento, California.