Dr. Robert Hill, Professor Email: Email Me! Office: 0216 H.J. Patterson Hall Phone: 301.405.1347 Fax: 301.314.9041 AGNR Directory Page

Courses

• ENST413: Soil and Water Conservation (3 credits)
• ENST417: Soil Hydrology and Physics (3 credits)
• ENST832: Advanced Soil Physics (3 credits)

Research Projects

• Parameterization of Tillage Effects on Soil Hydraulic Properties and Agrichemical Losses.
• Development of Nutrient Management Planning and Environmental Risk Assessment Software

Education:

• B.S. in Zoology from North Carolina State University, Raliegh, NC, .
• M.S. in Soil Science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, .
• Ph.D. in Soil Physics from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, .

Representative Publications:

Chapters in Books

• Carroll, M.J., R.L. Hill, S. Raturi, A.E. Herner and E. Pfeil. 2000. Dicamba transport in turfgrass thatch and foliage. p. 228-242. In J.M. Clark and M.P. Kenna Fate and Management of Turfgrass Chemicals. ACS Books, Washington DC.

Selected Publications

• Raturi, S., R. Islam, M.J. Carroll and R.L. Hill. 2004. Thatch and soil characteristics of cool- and warm season turfgrasses. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:(in press).
• Raturi, S., M.J. Carroll and R.L. Hill. 2003. Turfgrass thatch effects on pesticide leaching: A laboratory and modeling study. J. Environ. Qual. 32:215-223.
• Raturi, S., M.J. Carroll and R.L. Hill. 2002. Effect of turfgrass thatch on pesticide model leaching predictions. Golf and Science IV. Proc. World Sci. Cong. Golf 4:698-711.
• Carroll, M.J., R.L. Hill, E. Pheil, and J.M. Krouse. 2001. Effect of residence time on washoff of chlorothalonil from turf foliage. Intern. Turf Soc. Res. J.:1-6.
• Raturi, S. R.L. Hill, and M.J. Carroll. 2001. Modeling dicamba transport in turfgrass thatch and soil. J. Soil Contamination:(In Press).
• Van Es, H.M., CB Ogden, R.L. Hill, R.R. Schindelbeck and T. Tsegaye. 1999. Integrated assessment of space, time, and management-related variablility of soil hydraulic properties. Soil Sci. Soc. AM J. 63:1599-1607.
• Hill, R.L., J.F. Holderbaum, and A.M. Decker. 1998. Challenges and opportunities for conservation tillage in Moldova. :154-162.
• Krenitsky, E.C., M.J. Carroll, R.L. Hill and J.M. Krouse. 1998. Runoff and sediment losses from natural and man-made erosion control materials. Crop Sci.:1042-1045.
• Tsegaye, T. and R.L. Hill. 1998. Intensive tillage effects on spatial variability of soil test, plant growth, and nutrient uptake measurements. Soil Sci.:155-165.
• Tsegaye, T. and R.L. Hill. 1998. Intensive tillage effects on spatial variability of soil physical properties. Soil Sci.:143-154.
• Galusky, L.P., M.C. Rabenhorst, and R.L. Hill. 1998. Toward the development of quantitative soil morphological indicators of water table behavior. SSSA Special Publication #54:77-93.
• Raturi, S., M.J. Carroll, R.L. Hill, E.Pfeil, and A.E. Herner. 1997. Sorption of dicamba to zoysia and hard fescue thatch. Turf Soc. REs. J. 8:187-196.