Matthew Morra
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
Professor
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Ph.D., Ohio State University
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M.E.M., Duke University
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B.A., College of Wooster
- Dubie, J., A. Stancik, M Morra, and C. Nindo. 2013. Antioxidant extraction from mustard (Brassica juncea) seed meal using high-intensity ultrasound J. Food Sci. (in press).
- Hansson, D., M.J. Morra, V. Borek, and S.D. Eigenbrode. 2013. Green peach aphid [Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)] control using Brassicaceae ethyl-ester oil sprays. J. Appl. Entomol. (in press).
- Hendrix, K.M., M.J. Morra, H.-B. Lee, S.C. Min. 2012. Defatted mustard seed meal-based biopolymer film development. Food Hydrocolloids 26:118-125.
- Meyer, S.L.F., I.A. Zasada, S.B. Orisajo, M.J. Morra. 2011. Mustard seed meal mixtures: phytotoxicity to lettuce and pepper and management of Meloidogyne incognita on pepper. J. Nematology 43:7-15.
- Boydston, R.A., M.J. Morra, V. Borek, L. Clayton, and S.F. Vaughn. 2011. Onion and weed response to mustard (Sinapis alba) seed meal. Weed Sci. 59:546-552.
- Snyder, A.J., J.L. Johnson-Maynard, and M.J. Morra. 2010. Nitrogen mineralization in soil incubated with 15N-labeled Brassicaceae seed meals. Appl. Soil Ecol. 46:73-80.
- Oram, L., D. Strawn, M. Morra, G. Moller. 2010. Selenium biogeochemical cycling and fluxes in the hyporheic zone of a mining-impacted stream. Env. Sci Technol. 44:4176–4183.
- Morra, M.J. and V. Borek. 2010. Glucosinolate preservation in stored Brassicaceae seed meals. J. Stored Prod. Res. 46:98-102.
- Zasada, I.A., S.L.F. Meyer, and M.J. Morra. 2009. Brassicaceous seed meals as soil amendments to suppress the plant-parasitic nematodes Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne incognita. J. Nematol. 41:221-227.
- Brown, P.B. and M.J. Morra. 2009. Brassicaceae tissues as inhibitors of nitrification in soil. J. Agric. Food Chem. 57:7706–7711.
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- Degradation and transformation processes in soils, especially nutrient cycling and fate of agricultural chemicals
- Sulfur cycling and plant derived allelochemicals
- Environmental quality--especially pollution problems involving soil and water, soil and air interactions, sources, effects, and amelioration of synthetic organic waste contamination
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Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
- University of Idaho Environmental Science Program Outstanding Faculty Award, 2008
- Alumni Award for Excellence, University of Idaho Alumni Association, 2002
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002
- University of Idaho Research Excellence Award, 1999
- Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Research Award, 1992
- Nominated for NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988
