Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Lin Lab
Led by Yang Lin · Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
What we study
The Lin Lab studies soil health and its impact on agriculture and ecosystems. They assess organic matter persistence, phosphorus remediation, and climate solutions using field experiments and data analysis.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Fieldwork
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Land Management Practices Impact Soil Health on Florida Dairy Farms
This project measures soil health, especially carbon levels, in different dairy farm land uses such as crop fields, hay fields, grazing areas, and low‑input areas. It shows that intensive tillage lowers carbon while organic amendments can raise soil health and carbon storage.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 440
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Recent papers, explained
- Winter Crops Improve Subtropical Sandy Soil Fertility and Health but not Corn Yield Relative to a Fallow
2026 · Soil Use and Management
Compares how winter crops affect soil health and fertility in subtropical farming.
- Tracking soil organic carbon trajectories: depth and fractions matter for carbon monitoring in US midwestern long-term no-tilled systems
2026 · Biogeochemistry
Tracks how soil carbon changes over time and depth in Midwest farming systems.
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- The Response of Soil Enzyme Activities to Functionally-Diverse Cover Crop Mixtures in Citrus Orchards Depends on Cover Crop Duration in Sandy Soils
2026 · Journal of soil science and plant nutrition
- Drainage Conditions Complicate the “More Is Better” Paradigm in Soil Health Assessment
2026 · European Journal of Soil Science
Tests whether higher soil health indicators always mean better crop yields.
- Drainage volume drives dissolved organic matter leaching loss in a corn system
2025 · The Science of The Total Environment
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How to reach out
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