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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE

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Education (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education and include postdoctoral training)

2. Professional Experience (Beginning with present position, list employment by title, affiliation, and dates in last 10 years)

1984- Professor, Homer Nowlin Chair, College of Ag and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

3. Teaching Experience (Cite titles and summary catalog descriptions of undergraduate and graduate level courses for which you have had primary responsibility for teaching in last 5 years)

CSS 440 (3 cr) Soil Biophysics - Salient features of soil physical and biological properties related to plant growth, principles and applications. Emphasis on root responses to the environment. Bioenergetics of the root-soil interface.

CSS 811 (1-6 cr) Modeling Plant and Soil Systems - Independent study on field, laboratory or library research.

CSS 811 (1-6 cr) Soil Biophysics - Independent study on field, laboratory or library research

CSS 893 (2 cr) Modeling-Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum for Field Crops

CSS/HRT 863 (3 cr) Environmental Plant Physiology

4. Research Interests: Measurement and simulation of crop responses and environmental consequences related to shortages and excesses of water; determination of agricultural management practices that maximize crop profitability and minimize leaching of contaminants from the soil.

5. Thesis Committees Chaired (Cite titles and dates of Master's and doctoral theses completed or in progress by graduate students for whom you served as committee chair in last 5 years)

Martin, E.C., Ph.D., 1992. Management Strategies to Minimize Nitrate Leaching in Seed Corn Production.

Dadoun, F., Ph.D., 1993, Modeling Tillage Effects on Soil Physical Properties and Corn (Zea mays L.) Growth and Development.

Carlesso, R., Ph.D., 1993, Influence of Soil Water Deficite on Maize Light Interception, Leaf Morphology and Plant Growth at Different Stages of Growth.

Lizaso, J., Ph.D., 1993, Morphological and Physiological Responses to Maize (Zea mays L.) to Aeration Stress.

Gerakis, A, Ph.D., 1994, Movement of Atrazine in Agricultural Soils.

Lynam, T., Ph.D., 1994, The Design of Sustainable Agroecosystems in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.

Rweyemamu, C., Ph.D., 1995, A Systems Assessment of Phosphate Rock for Use in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Production.

Vinocur, M. M., Sc., 1997, Errors in predicting maize development from air temperature measurements.

Suleiman, A., Ph.D., 1999, Soil water redistribution following rainfall on sloping land.

Paglis, C., Ph.D. 1999, Spatial distribution of roots in soil at lower limits of water content.

Basso, B., Ph.D. 1999, Modeling water flow in uneven terrain using digital terrain modeling.

In addition, three new graduate students will join my research group in Fall, 1995.

6. Grants (Cite title, amount, source, and period of support for research and teaching/instructional projects directed or co- directed in last 10 years)

Dr. Ritchie has directed or co-directed research and/or teaching/instructional/demonstration projects which received $4,406,385 in support over the last 10 years and a total of $4,464,338 since beginning his faculty appointment at Michigan State University in 1984. See Appendix 4 for more detailed information relative to individual projects, their sponsors and the level of financial support.

7. Professional Honors (Last 10 years)

Assistant and technical editor for the Agronomy Journal

Assistant editor for Journal of Production Agriculture

Co-editor of a monograph on Modeling Plant and Soil Systems

Advisor to foreign national research organizations and universities in: India, Pakistan, Brazil, West Germany, Jordan, Canada, Argentina, Malaysia, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand and Venezuela

Advisor to international crop research institutes including: IRRI, CYMMIT, ICARDA, ICRISAT, and IFDC; McMaster Fellow, Australia, 1991

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Abilene Christian University, 1995

Sir Frederic McMasters Distinguished Fellow, Australia, 1991

Agronomic Research Award, American Society of Agronomy, 1996

8. Publications (List in chronological order the titles and complete references for printed publications in last 5 years)

Since 1990, Dr. Ritchie has authored/co-authored 30 peer reviewed papers, 17 book chapters and one ARS Technical Bulletin in addition to the following publications:

Amato, M. and J.T. Ritchie. 1995. Small scale soil water content measurement with time-domain reflectrometry. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59:325-329.

Kamel, A., K. Schroeder, J. Sticklen, A. Rafea, A. Salah, U. Schulthess, R. Ward, and J.T. Ritchie. 1995. Integrated wheat crop management based on generic task knowledge-based systems and CERES numberical simulation. Al Applications. Vol. 9(1):17-28.

Kamel, A., J. Sticklen, K. Schroeder, E. El-Sheikh, U. Schulthess, R. Ward, J.T. Ritchie, A.Rafea, and A. Salah. 1995. Intelligent decision support system using the CERES-Wheat crop modeling system. P. 711-718. In J.M. Power, M. Stone, and T.C. Daniel (ed.) Decision support - 2001. Proc. 17th Annual Geographic Information Seminar and the Resource Technology '94 Sympsoium, Toronto. 12-16 September 1994. Am. Soc. For Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Bethesda, MD.

Schulthess, U., R. Ward, J.T. Ritchie, K. Schroeder, A. Kamel, J. Sticklen, A. Salah, A. Rafea, A. Abd El-Shafy, A. Abd El-Chani, S. Shaban. 1995. Weed identification using a picture-based hierarchical classification system. p. 719-728. In J.M. Poer, M. Stone, and T.C. Daniel (ed.) Decision support - 2001. Proc. 17th Annual Geographic Information Seminar and the Resource Technology '94 Sympsoium, Toronto. 12-16 September 1994. Am. Soc. For Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Bethesda, MD.

Basso, B., J.T. Ritchie, and E.C. Martin. 1995. Effects of nitrogen fertilizer management on nitrate leaching. p. 539-548. In C. Giupponi, A. Marani, and F. Morari (ed.) Modelling the fate of agrochemicals and fertilizers in the environment. Proc. Intn'l. Workshop European Society of Agronomy, Venice, Italy, 3-5 March, 1994. ESA and Unipress, Padova, Italy.

Wang, S.Y., R. Ward, J.T. Ritchie, R.A. Fischer, and U. Schulthess. 1995. Vernalization in wheat. I.A. model based on the interchangeability of plant age and vernalization duration. Field Crops Res. 41:91-100.

Wang, S.Y., R.W. Ward, J.T. Ritchie, R.A. Fischer and U. Schulthess. 1995. Vernalization in wheat: II. Genetic variability for the interchangeability of plant age and vernalizaion duration. Field Crops Res. 44:67-72.

Ritchie, J.T. 1996. International consortium for agricultural systems applications (ICASA): Establishment and purpose. Ag. Sys. J. 49(4):329-335.

Kovacs, G.J., J.T. Ritchie, and T. Németh. 1996. Testing simulation models for the assessment of crop production and nitrate leaching in Hungary. Ag. Sys. J. 49(4):385-397.

Ritchie, J.T., T.S. Griffin, and B.S. Johnson. 1996. SUBSTOR: A functional model of potato growth, development and yield. P. 401-435. In P. Kabat, B. Marshall, B.J. van den Broek, J. Vos, H. Van Keulen (ed.) Modelling and Parameterization of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System. Wageningen Pers, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Villalobos, F.J., A.J. Hall, J.T. Ritchie, and F. Orgaz. 1996. OILCROP-SUN: A growth and yield model of the sunflower crop. Agron. J. 88(3):403-415.

Savage, M., J.T. Ritchie, W.L. Bland, and W.A. Dugas. 1996. Lower limit of soil water availability. Agron. J. 88:644-651.

Martin, E.C., J.T. Ritchie, and B.D. Baer. Assessing investment risk of irrigation in humid climates. Journal of Production Agriculture, Vol 9, no. 2, April-June 1996, pg. 228-233.

Robertson, I.R. Brooking and J.T. Ritchie. Temperature response of vernalization in wheat: Modelling the effect on the final number of mainstem leaves. Annals of Botany 78: 371-381, 1996.

Ritchie, J.T., T.A. Howell, W.S. Meyer, and J.L. Wright. 1996. Sources of biased errors in evaluating evapotranspiration equations. In C. R. Camp, E. J. Sadler, and R. E. Yoder (ed). Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling, Proceedings of the International Conference. Am. Soc. Agric. Eng., St. Joseph, Michigan.

Lizaso, J.I. and J.T. Ritchie. 1997. Maize shoot and root response to root zone saturation during vegetative growth. Agron. J. 89:125-134.