Irrigation can strongly influence agricultural productivity and sustainability. While sensor‐based irrigation has the potential to improve yield, reduce input costs and enhance resource‐use efficiency, its adoption in commercial agriculture remains limited. This study evaluated and demonstrated the performance of an IoT soil water monitoring system and the effects of sensor‐based irrigation on crop yield and economic returns i...

Despite substantial contributions of ecosystem services, mutualistic plant-microbe associations in wetlands are severely threatened by human activities. Therefore, promoting positive plant-microbe associations underpins coastal wetland restoration, where human stressors and climate change challenge successful outcomes. This study examined how salinity stressors influence plant-microbe relationships, where we hypothesized that...

Patients with sino-nasal issues often believe their symptoms are exacerbated by certain weather conditions, but these relationships are largely anecdotal. Using an extensive archive of patient surveys at the University of Virginia Rhinology Clinic from January 2010–March 2020, we examined whether sino-nasal symptoms were impacted by the weather on, or shortly before, the day of clinic visit. Clinic patients completed the Sino-...

Many non‐native plant species introduced by humans have become naturalized. At the same time many species are threatened in their native range. However, the number of plant species threatened in their native range that are naturalized elsewhere remains unknown. So too does the set of characteristics that distinguishes such species from other threatened species. For vascular plant species, we combined information from databases...