
David J. Lang
Professor
Agronomy - Forage and Pasture Crops
Phone: (662) 325-8181
Mailing Address:
Box 9555
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Box 9555
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Physical Address:
320 Dorman Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
320 Dorman Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Research/Extension Assignments:
- Evaluate establishment of forage systems without tillage
- Persistence and productivity of improved native and introduced grasses and legumes under grazing and in clipping trials
- Evaluation of revegetation success of reclaimed soil at a nearby surface lignite mine
Education:
- Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
- M.S., University of Maine
- B.A., Gordon College
- A.A.S., Essex Agricultural & Technical Institute
Courses:
- PSS 4103/6103 Forage and Pasture Crops
- PSS 8103 Pasture Development
- PSS 8123 Crop Ecology
- PSS 8811/8821/8831 Graduate Seminar
Society Membership:
- American Society of Agronomy
- Crop Science Society of America
- American Forage and Grassland Council
- Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Mississippi Society of Agronomy
- Southern Pasture and Forage Improvement
- Mississippi Forage and Grassland Council (Inaugural President)
- Rangeland Society of America
Recognitions and Awards:
- 2012 Merit Award, American Forage and Grassland Council
Publications
- Read, J. J., D. J. Lang, A. Adeli, J. N. Jenkins. 2020. Managing harvest of 'Russell' and 'Tifton 44' bermudagrass receiving broiler litter for nutritive value and phosphorus removal. Crop, Forage, & Turfgrass Management 6(1):e220013. Download
- Smith, H. R., R. Harkess, C. Overstreet, P. R. Knight, G. Lawrence, K. P. Lawrence, D. Lang, M. Phillips. 2020. Effects of seed treatment nematicides on the growth and development of Gossypium hirsutum growing in Rotylenchulus reniformis infested soils under greenhouse environments. Nematropica 49(2):181-188. Download
- Brooks, J., P., A. Adeli, R. K. Smith, R. McGrew, D. J. Lang, J. J. Read. 2019. Recovery of bacterial community structure as measured by 16S rRNA targeted analysis in a chronosequence of reclaimed coal mine soil under two vegetative regimes. Journal of Environmental Quality 48(4):1029-1037. Download
- Read, J. J., A. Adeli, D. J. Lang, R. McGrew. 2019. Use of poultry litter, swine mortality compost, and FGD gypsum on reclaimed lignite mine soil in Mississippi. Journal American Society of Mining and Reclamation 8(2):31-51.
- Read, J. J., D. J. Lang, A. Adeli, J. N. Jenkins. 2018. Harvest management effects on 'Tifton 44' bermudagrass phosphorus removal and nutritive value. Agronomy Journal 110(3):879-889. Download
- Read, J. J., A. Adeli, D. J. Lang, J. L. Oldham. 2017. Nutritive value and nutrient uptake of summer-active and summer-dormant tall fescue under different broiler litter rates. Agronomy Journal 109(2):473-482. Download
- Solomon, J. K. Q., B. Macoon, D. J. Lang, R. C. Vann, S. Ward. 2017. Animal and forage responses on Maximus, a tetraploid cultivar vs Marshall, a diploid cultivar of annual ryegrass. Grass and Forage Science. Download
- Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang. 2017. Harvest management based on leaf stage of a tetraploid vs. a diploid cultivar of annual ryegrass. Grass and Forage Science 2017:1-14. Download
- Read, J.J., D.J. Lang, G.E. Aiken. 2016. Seasonal nitrogen effects on nutritive value in binary mixtures of tall fescue and bermudagrass. Grass and Forage Science. Download
- Read, J.J., D.J. Lang, A. Adeli. 2014. Effects of seasonal nitrogen on binary mixtures of tall fescue and bermudagrass. Agronomy Journal 106(5):1667-1676. Download
- Solomon, J.K.Q., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, R.C. Vann, S. Ward. 2014. Cattle grazing preference among tetraploid and diploid annual ryegrass cultivars. Crop Science 54:430-438. Download
- Adeli, A., M. McLaughlin, J. Brook, J. Read , J. Willers, D. Lang and R. McGrew. 2013. Age chronosequence effects on restoration quality of reclaimed coal mine soils in Mississippi agro-ecosystems. Soil Science 178: 335-343. Download
- Solomon, J., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, R.C. Vann. 2012. Grazing behavior of steers on different annual ryegrass and white clover forage systems. Crop Science 52(6):2830-2838. Download
- Woli, P., J.O. Paz, D.J. Lang, B.S. Baldwin, J.R. Kiniry. 2012. Soil and variety effects on the energy and carbon balances of switchgrass-derived ethanol. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems 2012(2):65-74. Download
- Solomon, J., B. Macoon, D.J. Lang, J.A. Parish, R.C. Vann. 2011. A novel approach to grass-legume management. Crop Science 51(4):1865-1876. Download
- Kakani, V.G., K.J. Boote, K.R. Reddy, D.J. Lang. 2008. Response of bahiagrass carbon assimilation and photosystem to below optium temperatures. Functional Plant Biology 35(12):1243-1254. Download