April 1: Minnesota State Mankato's 2024 Douglas R. Moore Faculty Research Lecture to Address Regenerating Soil Health and Enhancing Corn Productivity

Monday, April 1, 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ostrander Auditorium, Centennial Student Union

Mankato, Minn. – The 50^th annual Douglas R. Moore Faculty Research Lecture at Minnesota State University, Mankato will feature a presentation by faculty member Mriganka De on Monday, April 1 at 7 p.m. on regenerating soil health and enhancing corn productivity in the U.S. corn belt.

De’s presentation is titled “Can we Regenerate Soil Health and Enhance Corn Productivity in the U.S. Corn Belt through Perennial Cover Crops and Poultry Integration?”

The presentation is free and open to the public and will be delivered in Ostrander Auditorium, located in Minnesota State Mankato’s Centennial Student Union. Free parking is available after 6:30 p.m. in University Gold Lots.

The lecture will also be livestreamed at: https://youtube.com/live/5N24naEB7Js?si=UNibzAL-3Hf4lo9S

“The presentation will focus on the importance of perennial cover crops and livestock integration on soil biology and crop health in a corn production system,” said De, who is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, which is part of Minnesota State Mankato’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

For more information about the lecture, please contact Julie Joerg by phone at 507-389-1242 or by email at julie.joerg@mnsu.edu.

The annual Douglas R. Moore lecture celebrates excellence in research at Minnesota State Mankato. This will be the 50^th such lecture, and the 37^th named after Moore, who established the event.

Moore was president of then-Mankato State University from 1974 to 1978. His tenure saw the transformation of Mankato State College into a university, as well as the consolidation of the lower and upper campuses and construction of a new administration building.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,635 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.