Dr. Thandiwe Nleya,
Assistant Professor/Agronomy Specialist
50% Extension, 50% Research.
EDUCATION:
Project leader of the West River Agronomy Program. Extension duties include the development and the dissemination of educational programs and publications for crops adapted to western South Dakota. Primary contact person for any issues related to winter wheat production.
Research focuses on development of cultural practices and cropping systems
that will optimize yield of crops grown in western South Dakota. Current
research activities include: best management practices for winter wheat
and pulse crops production; cropping sequences studies to determine the
effects of pulse crops, replacing the fallow phase in a winter wheat-fallow
cropping system, on performance of winter wheat; evaluation of a wide range
of alternative crops for adaptation to growing conditions in western South
Dakota. The long term aim is to develop diversified and sustainable cropping
systems that include pulses, oilseeds and annual forages grown in rotation
with winter wheat.