Dr. Dennis E. Rowe

Research Professor
Experimental Statistics, Head
MAFES Research Support
Specialty: Statistical Consulting and Plant Breeding Theory

Mailing Address
Box 9653
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Physical Address
149 Dorman Hall
Mississippi State MS 39762

Email: drowe@pss.msstate.edu
Phone: (662)325-2061
Fax: (662) 325-7779

Curriculum vitae

Education

PhD. January 1980. The Pennsylvania State University, Agronomy (Statistics and Genetics)
M.S. June 1976. The Pennsylvania State University, Horticulture (Genetics)
B.S. January 1968. Purdue University, Agriculture (Horticulture.)

Employment History

May 2007 – Current, Research Professor, MAFES Support, Mississippi State University
April 1998 – May 2007. Research Leader and Supervisory Research Geneticist, Waste Management and Forage Research, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Mississippi State, MS
October 1986 - March 1998. Research Leader and Supervisory Research Geneticist, Forage Research Unit, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Mississippi State, MS
Jan 1982 - October1986. Research Geneticist, Alfalfa Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Reno, NV
Jan 1980 - Jan 1982. Research Geneticist, Alfalfa Breeding Unit, USDA-ARS, Oxford, NC.
June 1974 - Jan 1980, Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State University.
August 1972 - June 1974, Joseph Harris Seed Co. Inc., Rochester, NY.
June 1970 - July 1972, W. Atlee Burpee Seed Co. Doylestown, PA and Ventura, CA.

Recognition

Fellow of Crop Science Society of America, 2003.
Fellow of Agronomy Society of America, 2002.
Achievement Award for Outstanding Alfalfa Research, North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference, 2002.

Membership in Professional Societies

Crop Science Society of America
Agronomy Society of America
The International Biometric Society
Soil and Water Conservation Society
American Statistical Association

Adjunct Appointments:

1986 – 2007 Mississippi State University, MS State, MS
2000 – Current, Alabama A&M University, Normal AL
1999 – 2005, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
1982 – 1986, University of Nevada Reno, Reno Nevada
1980 – 1982, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Recent Publications

Tewolde, M.W. Shankle, A. Adeli, K.R. Sistani, and D.E. Rowe. 200_. No-till and conventional-till cotton responses to broiler litter fertilization in and upland soil: Macronutrient concentrations in plant parts. Crop Sci. 00:000-000.
D.E. Rowe, D.L. Tanaka, M.A Liebig, J.M. Krupinsky, and S.D. Merrill. 200_. Crop rotations: Negative and positive effects of prior crops. Agron J. 00:000-000.
Tewolde, H. K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, and A. Adeli. 2007. Phosphorus extraction by cotton fertilized with broiler litter. Agron. J. 99:999-1008.
Tewolde, H., K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, A. Adeli, and D. L. Boykin. 2007. Nitrogen extraction by cotton fertilized with broiler litter. Crop Sci. 47:1131-1142.
Adeli, A., K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, and H. Tewolde. 2007. Effects of broiler litter applied to no-till and tillage cotton on selected soil properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:974-983.
Tewolde, H., K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, A. Adeli, and J.R. Johnson. 2007. Lint yield and fiber quality of cotton fertilized with broiler litter. Agron. J. 99:1844-194.
Adeli, A., and D.E. Rowe. 2007. Nutrient dynamics in acidic and alkaline soils after fifteen years of swine lagoon effluent applications. Journal of Soil Sci. 00:000-000.
Miles, D.M., D.E. Rowe, and Owens, P.R. 2006. Concurrent measurement of litter gas flux and nutrients with air and litter properties in poultry houses to improve emission estimates. Proceedings of the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science. p. 914-920.
Adeli, A. D.E. Rowe, and M.W. Shankle. 2006. Effects of broiler litter application on cotton growth, yield and residual soil N in Ultra-narrow and conventional row spacing. In D. A. Richter (ed.), Proceedings of the 2006 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
Rowe, D.E., T.E. Fairbrother, and K.A. Sistani. 2006. Winter Cover Crop and Management Effects on Summer and Annual Nutrient Yields. Agron. J.98:946-950.
Adeli, A., S.M. Mostafa, J.J. Varco, D.E. Rowe, and K.R. Sistani. 2006. Effects of swine lagoon effluent and commercial fertilizer applications on phosphorus status of an acid and alkaline soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 37:2011-2030.
Miles, D.M., P.R. Owens, and D.E. Rowe. 2006. Spatial variability of litter gaseous flux within a commercial broiler house: Ammonia, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane. Poultry Sci. 85:167-172.
Adeli, A., D.E. Rowe, and P.R. Owens. 2006. Effects of drying intervals and repeated rain events on runoff nutrient dynamics from soil treated with broiler litter . J. of Sustainable Agriculture. 28:67-84.
Adeli, A. D.E. Rowe, and J.J. Read. 2006. Soil type effects on bermudagrass response to broiler litter application. Agron. J. 98:148-155.
Shankle, M.W., H. Tewolde, K.R. Sistani., A. Adeli. and D.E. Rowe, 2005. Use of poultry litter as a fertilizer source in no-till cotton production. Pp. 2568-2570. In D. A. Richter (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-7, 2005, New Orleans, LA. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
Tewolde, H. M.W. Shankle, K.R. Sistani.,D.E. Rowe, A. Adeli. 2005. Lack of incorporation reduces benefits of poultry litter applied to no-till cotton. Pp. 2504-2506. In D. A. Richter (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-7, 2005, New Orleans, LA. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
Adeli, A., D.E. Rowe, H., Tewolde, and M.W. Shankle. 2005. Runoff losses of nitrogen and phosphorus from no-till cotton field fertilized with broiler litter. 2nd Symposium on Safe Management and Utilization of Animal Waste. Proceeding of the 36th Annual Mississippi Water Resources Conference p.197-206. April 26-27. Jackson, Mississippi
Sistani, K.R., H. Tewolde, A. Adeli, and D.E. Rowe. 2005. Substituting chemical fertilizers with poultry manure to reduce environmental impact. International Conference on Environmental Management. pp 305-309.
Adeli, A., D.E. Rowe, H. Tewolde and K.R. Sistani. 2005. Effects of fall application of broiler litter and rye winter cover crop on cotton yield and soil dynamics. Pp. 2532-2543. In D. A. Richter (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-7, 2005, New Orleans, LA. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
Adeli. A. , K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, and H. Tewolde . 2005. Effects of Broiler Litter on Soybean Production and Soil Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations Agron. J. 97:314-321.
M. R. McLaughlin, T. E. Fairbrother, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Nutrient Uptake by Warm-Season Perennial Grasses in a Swine Effluent Spray Field. Agron. J. 96: 484-493.
Tewolde, H., K.R. Sistani, and D.E. Rowe. 2005. Broiler litter as the sole nutrient source for cotton: Micronutrient concentrations in plant parts. J. Environ. Quality 34:1697-1706.
Adeli, A., K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe , and M.F. El Balaa . 2005. Phosphorus dynamics in broiler litter amended soils. Commun. Soil Sci and Plant Anal. 36:1096-1115.
McLaughlin, M.R., K.R. Sistani, T.E. Fairbrother, and D.E. Rowe. 2005. Overseeding common bermudagrass with cool-season annuals to increase yield and nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in a hay field fertilized with swine effluent. Agron. J. 97:487-493.
McLaughlin, M.R., K.R. Sistani, T.E. Fairbrother, and D.E. Rowe. 2005. Effects of overseeding Cool-Season annuals on hay yield and N and P uptake by Tifton 44 bermudgrass in a swine effluent spray field. Agron. J. 97:479-486.
Tewolde, H. K.R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe, A. Adeli, and T. Tsegaye. 2005. Estimating cotton leaf area index non-destructively with a light sensor. Agron. J. 97:1158-1163.
Armstrong, S.D., R.W. Taylor, H. Tewolde, D.E. Rowe, T. Way, and K.R. Sistani. 2005. Comparison of broadcast and band application of poultry litter on cotton. Proceedings National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference. Memphis, TN p. 2613.
Tewolde, H., K. R. Sistani, D.E. Rowe. 2005 Broiler litter as the sole nutrient source for cotton: N, P, K, Ca, and Mg concentration in different plant parts. J. of Plant Nutrition. 28(4):605-619.
Adeli, A., J.J. Varco, K.R. Sistani, and D.E. Rowe. 2005. Effects of swine lagoon effluent relative to commercial fertilizer applications on warm-season forage nutritive value. Agron J. 97:408-417.
Sistani, K.R., D.E. Rowe, J.A. Johnson, and H. Tewolde. 2004. Supplemental nitrogen effect on broiler-litter-fertilized cotton. Agron. J. 96:806-811.
Tewolde, H., K. R. Sistani, and D. E. Rowe. 2004. Broiler litter as a complete nutrient source for cotton. pp. 2551-2556. In D. A. Richter (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 5-9, 2004, San Antonio, TX. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
Brink, G.E., K.R. Sistani, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Nutrient uptake of hybrid and common bermudagrass fertilized with broiler litter. Agron. J. 96:1509-1515.
McLaughlin, M.R., T.E. Fairbrother, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Forage yield and nutrient uptake by warm season annual grasses in a swine effluent spray field. Agron. J. 96:1516-1522.
Sistani, K.R., G.E. Brink, A. Adeli, H. Tewolde, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Year-round soil nutrient dynamics from broiler litter application to three bermudagrass cultivars. Agron. J. 96:525-530.
Owens, P.R., D.M. Miles, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Using geostatistics to determine spatial variability of nutrients within the poultry house. Feedinfo News. E. com news. http://www.feedinfo.com/ console/Page Viewer. aspx? page=94041.
Owens, P. R., D. M. Miles, D.E. Rowe, and M. F. El Balaa. 2004. Using geostatistics to determine the variability of nutrient species in the poultry house. International Poultry Forum Proceedings. Pp 20-23.
Sistani, K.R., A. Adeli, G.E. Brink, H. Tewolde, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Seasonal and management impact on broiler cake nutrient composition. J. of Sustainable Agr. 24:27-37.
McLaughlin, M.R., T.E. Fairbrother, and D.E. Rowe. 2004. Forage yield and nutrient uptake of warm season annual grasses in a swine effluent spray field. Agron. J. 96: 1516-1522.