Jim J. Camberato

Jim J Camberato is an Associate Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. He specializes in soil fertility and plant nutrition. His research focus is determining the impact of soil and applied essential plant nutrients on crop productivity and profitability.

Education and Career
Camberato received his B.S. in plant and soil science from University of Massachusetts in 1980. He continued his education at North Carolina State University where he received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Soil Science in 1982 and 1987, respectively.

From 1987 until 1989, he was a research chemist at the Tennessee Valley Authority's National Fertilizer Development Center. He left in 1989 to become an Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Soils at Clemson University until 1995. In 1995, he became an Associate Professor of Crop and Soil Environmental Science, still at Clemson University. He remained at Clemson but changed titles again in 2003, becoming a Professor of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences until 2005. He joined the faculty at Purdue in 2006.

Publications

 * Camberato, J.J., B. Gagnon, D.A. Angers, M. Chantigny, and W.L. Pan. 2006. Pulp and paper mill by-products as soil amendments and plant nutrient sources. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 86:641-653.
 * Camberato, J.J., P.D. Peterson, and S. B. Martin. 2006. Salinity and salinity tolerance alter rapid blight disease occurrence. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.1094/ATS-2006-0213-01-RS.
 * Camberato, J.J., and W.L. Pan. 1999. Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur. p. d53-d69. In Handbook of soil science. (ed.) M.E. Sumner, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
 * Pan, W.L., J.J. Camberato, W.A. Jackson, E.J. Kamprath, and R.H. Moll. 1995. Altering source-sink relationships in prolific maize hybrids: Consequences for N uptake and remobilization. Crop Science 35:836-845.
 * Camberato, J.J., and J.R. Frederick. 1994. Residual maize fertilizer nitrogen availability to wheat on the southeastern Coastal Plain. Agron. J. 86:962-967.
 * Camberato, J.J., E.J. Kamprath, R.H. Moll, and W.A. Jackson. 1989. Apical and subapical earshoot development of prolific maize hybrids (Zea mays L.): The role of nitrogen. Maydica 34:309-317.

Awards and Honors

 * 2008-present, Associate Editor for the Agronomy Journal
 * 2002, Editorial Board for the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
 * 2001, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Superior Performance Award
 * 1996-2001, Associate Editor for the Soil Science Society of America Journal, Division S-4 (Soil Fertility)
 * 1995, National and S.C. Association of County Agricultural Agents Achievement Award

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Huber Letter