Department of Crop Sciences
Fabian Fernandez
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Fabian Fernandez

Assistant Professor
N-315 Turner Hall
1102 S. Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-4426

Primary Disciplines

Education

Ph.D.: Agronomy, Purdue University — 2006
M.S.: Agronomy, Brigham Young University — 2002
B.S.: Horticulture, Brigham Young University — 2000

Research Areas

Effect of soil water stress and other environmental stresses on nutrient uptake, crop development, and yield.
Root-soil interrelationships and nutrient uptake for predominant Illinois crops.
Evaluation of conventional and alternative management practices that render greater fertilizer use efficiency.
Soil nutrient bioavailability and cycling.

Journal Articles

Fernández, F.G., K.D. Johnson, R.E. Terry, S. Nelson, and D. Webster. 2005. Soil resources of the ancient Maya at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69: 2020-2032.
Terry, R.E., F.G. Fernández, J.J. Parnell, and T. Inomata. 2004. The story in the floors: Chemical signatures of ancient and modern Maya activities at Aguateca, Guatemala. J. Archaeological Sci. 31:1237-1250.
Fernández, F.G., R.E. Terry, T. Inomata, and M. Eberl. 2002. An ethnoarchaeological study of chemical residues in the floors and soil of Q‘qeqchi’ Maya houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala. Geoarchaeology: An Int. J. 17: 487-519.

Professional Services and Memberships

American Society of Agronomy
Soil Science Society of America