Dr. Calvin H. Pearson
Research Agronomist
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Professor/Research Agronomist
Soil and Crop Sciences Department
Western Colorado Research Center
1910 L Road
Fruita, CO 81521
(970) 858-3629 (office)
(970) 858-0461 (fax)
calvin.pearson@colostate.edu |
Jr. College Degree, 1976, Ricks College
B.S., 1978, Brigham Young University
M.S., 1979, Oklahoma State University
Ph.D., 1983, Oregon State University |
Research Interests
Dr. Pearson's research program focuses on topics related to sustainable crop production and soil management systems on furrow-irrigated cropland in the arid west with crops of interest being corn, alfalfa, pasture grasses and legumes, wheat, barley, oats, dry beans, and new and alternative crops. A research project is in progress on growing hybrid poplars under agroforestry in western Colorado. Dr. Pearson and a group of scientists from four other institutions were awarded a USDA competitive multimillion dollar grant to conduct research to develop a domestic source of natural rubber using agronomic crops.
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Extension & Outreach
Dr. Pearson served as manager of the CSU Foundation Bean Seed Project for twelve years. He has authored or co-authored numerous publications and has co-invented a forage plot harvester and a conservation tillage grain drill for furrow-irrigated conditions. He served as associate editor for five years (1990-94), technical editor for another five years (1995-1999), and is currently Editor of Agronomy Journal. |
For more information: Calvin Pearson Curriculum Vitae
