A Dynamic, Experienced Faculty
The world-class faculty in NRES meet the needs of students and clientele working in horticulture, soil and water quality, wildlife, plant genetics, integrated pest management, human dimensions of the environment and forest science. Here’s a sampling of projects that NRES faculty imagined, then made happen.
• Mapping of the apple genome to enhance disease and pest resistance as well as quality.
• Studying the impact of urban nature on human health and well-being.
• Removing and reusing sediment from the Illinois River in a cost effective manner
– for habitat restoration, reclamation efforts and agricultural lands.
• Studying how wildlife populations function in the epidemiology of West Nile Virus.
• Documenting how animal populations are affected by climate variation and using
these results to predict the consequences of climate change for wildlife.
• Studying metabolism-enhancing phytochemicals (plant chemicals that increase endur-
ance, combat hypoxia at high altitudes, reduce stress, increase muscle weight, and
reduce fatigue).
• Developing bedding plants with natural forms of resistance to insect pests.
University of Illinois South Farms Field Research Station
