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Albert Weiss

Albert Weiss


Hi, I’m Albert Weiss, professor at the School of Natural Resources.

On the UNL faculty since 1975, I have a bachelor of science degree from City College of New York, a master’s degree from Rutgers University and a Ph. D. from Cornell University.

I teach Crop Growth and Yield Modeling every other year and team-teach Agricultural Climatology with Steve Hu, alternating with Crop Growth and Yield Modeling. Both of these classes are taught at the graduate level. I continually try to improve the content of the classes I teach based on my own research, from recent journals, from papers presented at professional meetings. I also attempt to enhance the individual creativity of each student. I am currently working on improved algorithms to simulate growth and development of winter wheat, including tillering and kernel nitrogen.

Along with Eric Kerr, a retired plant pathologist at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, we developed a prediction scheme to determine if it was necessary to spray for a virulent pathogen of sugar beet, Cercospora leaf spot. This system has been in operation for almost 20 years in western Nebraska.

In the future, I see the incorporation of genomics into crop simulation modeling and a greater application of crop simulation modeling into explaining genotype and environment interactions, decision-making, and policy studies.

Personnel Information

Name Albert Weiss
University Title Professor
Address 703 Hardin Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0987
Phone 402-472-6761
Fax 402-472-2946
Email aweiss1@unl.edu
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Key Publications

  • Streck, N.A., A. Weiss, Q. Xue, and P.S. Baenziger. 2003. Improving predictions of development stages in winter wheat: A modified Wang and Engel model. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology 115:139-150.
  • Weiss, A., C.J. Hays, and J. Won. 2003. Assessing winter wheat responses to climate change scenarios: A simulation study in the U.S. Great Plains. Climate Change, 58:119-147.
  • Weiss, A. 2003. Introduction (Symposium on Crop Modeling and Genomics) Agronomy J. 95:1-3.

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