Larry Purcell | Directory | Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences | University of Arkansas
Larry PurcellProfessorAltheimer Chair for Soybean ResearchDirector Experiment Station(CSES)-Crop, Soil and Environmental SciencesPhone: 479-575-3983Fax: (479) 575-3975Email: lpurcell@uark.eduMap Facebook Visit WebsiteDownload CV Other Information
Larry Purcell grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Gainesville, Georgia. He is married to Rebecca Zorn Purcell and they have two sons, Jacob and Carlin, and a daughter, Corrie.
Larry C. Purcell is a Crop Physiologist, and his research focuses on genetic differences in the efficiency with which crops use essential resources, particularly water and nitrogen, and how these resources can be managed effectively for crop production. Dr. Purcell is recognized as an authority in soybean on the response of nitrogen fixation to drought and for collaborative research developing agronomic drought tolerance.
Dr. Purcell has published 106 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 20 book chapters (including two chapters for ASA/CSSA monographs), and over 150 abstracts. He also has been awarded three patents.
Dr. Purcell served on the Crop Science Editorial Board for 6 years as an associate editor and for 3 years as a technical editor. He served 3 years on the Crop Science Society of America Board of Directors representing the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, and he is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Plant Production. Dr. Purcell teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes and works closely with graduate students.
CSES 5033 - Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility, (Spring, even years, co-taught with Dr. Richard Norman)
A discussion oriented course for graduate students and undergraduate students (with permission) on the importance of plant nutrition in crop physiology and metabolism and the importance of chemical, biological and physical processes in soil that influence nutrient availability. Topics for discussion concerning plant nutrition include: nutrient uptake mechanisms and kinetics, active and passive uptake, water uptake, nutrient transport in xylem and phloem, carbon and nitrogen metabolism and regulation, source/sink relationships and macro- and micro-nutrient roles in enzymatic/metabolic processes. Topics of discussion concerning soil fertility will concentrate on how elemental forms, chemical mechanisms and biological and physical factors in the soil affect nutrient availability and nutrient management as well as research techniques used in soil fertility.
CSES 462V - Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Internship (Fall and Summer, co-taught with Dr. Kris Brye and Dr. Jason Norsworthy)
CSES Internship provides a professional work experience in the general areas of crop management and science, water and environmental sciences, and pest management. Students work closely with their sponsors to develop an appropriate project for approval. Credit varies from 1 to not more than 3 hours.
Ph.D from University of Florida in Agronomy in 1992
M.S. in Agronomy (Crop Physiology) from the University of Georgia in 1984.
B.S. in Agronomy from the University of Georgia in 1981
Selected Recent Publications [To view the abstract, click on the hypertext of a manuscript's title. For an electronic reprint, email me.]
Salmeron, M., L.C. Purcell, E.D. Vories, and G. Shannon. 2017. Simulation of soybean genotype-by-environment interactions for yield under irrigation in the Midsouth with DSSAT-CROPGRO. Agr. Syst. 150:120-129.
Wegerer, R., M. Popp, X. Hu, L.C. Purcell. 2016. Economic implications of soybean maturity group on herbicide program and irrigation needs. Crop Forage Turfgrass Manage. doi:10.2134/cftm2015.0143.
Kawasaki, Y., Y. Tanaka, K. Katsura, L.C. Purcell, and T. Shiraiwa. 2016. Yield and dry matter productivity of Japanese and US soybean cultivars. Plant Prod. Sci. 19:257-266.
Salmeron, M., Gbur, E.E., Bourland, F.M., Buehring, N.W., Earnest, L., Fritschi, F.B., Golden, B.R., Hathcoat, D., Lofton, J., Miller, T.D., Neely, C., Shannon, G., Udeigwe, T.K., Verbree, D.A., Vories, E.D., Wiebold, W.J., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Yield response to planting date among soybean maturity groups for irrigated production in the US Midsouth. Crop Sci. 56:747-759.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., Z. Li, H. Abdel-Haleem, K.W. Matson, W. Schapaugh, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Meta-analysis to refine map position and reduce confidence intervals for delayed canopying wilting QTLs in soybean. Mol. Breeding. 36:1-14.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, and F.B. Fritschi. 2016. Genome-wide association mapping of soybean chlorophyll traits based on canopy spectral reflectance and leaf extracts. BMC Plant Biol. 16:174-189.
Salmeron, M., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Simplifying the prediction of phenology with the DSSAT-CROPGRO-Soybean model based on relative maturity group and determinacy. Agr. Syst. 148:178-187.
Van Roekel, R.J., L.C. Purcell, and M. Salmeron. 2015. Physiological and management factors contributing to soybean potential yield. Field Crops Res. 182:86-97.
Ray, J.D., A.P. Dhanapal, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, D. Boykin, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of ureide concentration in diverse maturity group IV soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] accessions. G3 Genes Genom. Genet. 5: doi:10.1534/g3.115.021774.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Association mapping of total carotenoids in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes based on leaf extracts and high-throughput canopy spectral reflectance measurements. Plos One 10(9): e0137213.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137213.
Wegerer, R., M. Popp, X. Hu, and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Soybean maturity group selection: Irrigation and nitrogen fixation effects on returns. Field Crops Res. 180:1-9.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V.H. Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome wide association study (GWAS) of carbon isotope ratio (δ13C) in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 128:73–91.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, M.K. Davies, D.V. Charlson†, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, C.H. Sneller, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Registration of the KS4895 x Jackson Mapping Population (AR93705). J. Plant Reg. 9:266-271.
Parvej, M.R., N.A. Slaton, L.C. Purcell, and T.L. Roberts. 2015. Potassium fertility effects yield components and seed potassium concentration of determinate and indeterminate soybean. Agron. J. 107:943-950.
Jacobs, A., K.R. Brye, R. King, J. Douglas, L.S. Wood, L.C. Purcell, and M. Looper. 2015. Switchgrass management practice effects on near-surface soil properties in west-central Arkansas. Open J. Soil Sci. 5:69-86.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V.H. Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome-wide association analysis of diverse soybean genotypes reveals novel markers for nitrogen derived from atmosphere (NDFA), nitrogen concentration ([N]), and C/N ratio. Plant Genome 8(3):1-15.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., Z. Li, H. Abdel-Haleem, K.W. Matson, W. Schapaugh, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Confirmation of delayed canopy wilting QTLs from multiple soybean mapping populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 128:2047-2065.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Association mapping of total leaf carotenoids in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes based on leaf extracts and canopy spectral reflectance. Plos One 10(9): e0137213.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137213.
Purcell, L.C., U.G. Siddons, D.E. Karcher, and R.L. Rorie. System and method of in-season nitrogen measurement and fertilization of non-leguminous crops from digital image analysis. US Utility Patent #9,117,140 B2. Issued 25 August 2015.
Hwang, S., J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, C.A. King, M.K. Davies, and L.C. Purcell. 2014. Genetics and mapping of quantitative traits for nodule number, weight, and size in soybean (Glycine max L. [Merr.]). Euphytica 195:419-434.
King, C.A., L.C. Purcell, A. Bolton, J.E. Specht. 2014. A possible relationship between shoot N concentration and the sensitivity of N2 fixation to drought in soybean. Crop Sci. 54:746-756.
Van Roekel, R.J., and L.C. Purcell. 2014. Soybean biomass and nitrogen accumulation rates and radiation use efficiency in a maximum yield environment. Crop Sci. 54:1-8.
Fritschi, F.B., J.D. Ray, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, J.R. Smith, and D.V. Charlson. 2013. Diversity and implications of soybean stem nitrogen concentration. J. Plant Nutri. 36:2111-2131. Hwang, S., C.A. King, M.K. Davies, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, and L.C. Purcell. 2013. QTL analysis of shoot ureide and nitrogen concentrations in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Crop Sci. 53:1-13.
Purcell, L.C., R.L. Rorie, D.E. Karcher. 2013. System and method of determining nitrogen levels from a digital image. U.S. Patent No. 8,391,565 B2.Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Ries, L.L., L.C. Purcell, T.E. Carter, Jr., J.T. Edwards, and C.A. King. 2012. Physiological traits contributing to differential canopy wilting in soybean under drought. Crop Sci. 52:272-281.
Mastrodomenico, A.T., and L.C. Purcell. 2012. The response and recovery of nitrogen fixation activity in soybean to water deficit at different reproductive developmental stages. Env. Exp. Bot. 85:16-21.
Scientific Advisory Network of Plant Impact, Plc. (http://www.plantimpact.com/)
Crop Management Research Award from Pioneer Hi-Bred, 2011-2013
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 2010
Fellow, Crop Science Society of America, 2010
Outstanding Teaching Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Arkansas Chapter, 2010
Kyoto University Visiting Research Scholar, 2009
Altheimer Endowed Chair for Soybean Research, 2004
Early Career Research Award, American Society of Agronomy Southern Branch, 2002
Outstanding Research Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Arkansas Chapter, 2001
Larry Purcell | Directory | Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences | University of Arkansas
Larry PurcellProfessorAltheimer Chair for Soybean ResearchDirector Experiment Station(CSES)-Crop, Soil and Environmental SciencesPhone: 479-575-3983Fax: (479) 575-3975Email: lpurcell@uark.eduMap Facebook Visit WebsiteDownload CV Other Information
Larry Purcell grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Gainesville, Georgia. He is married to Rebecca Zorn Purcell and they have two sons, Jacob and Carlin, and a daughter, Corrie.
Larry C. Purcell is a Crop Physiologist, and his research focuses on genetic differences in the efficiency with which crops use essential resources, particularly water and nitrogen, and how these resources can be managed effectively for crop production. Dr. Purcell is recognized as an authority in soybean on the response of nitrogen fixation to drought and for collaborative research developing agronomic drought tolerance.
Dr. Purcell has published 106 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 20 book chapters (including two chapters for ASA/CSSA monographs), and over 150 abstracts. He also has been awarded three patents.
Dr. Purcell served on the Crop Science Editorial Board for 6 years as an associate editor and for 3 years as a technical editor. He served 3 years on the Crop Science Society of America Board of Directors representing the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, and he is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Plant Production. Dr. Purcell teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes and works closely with graduate students.
CSES 5033 - Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility, (Spring, even years, co-taught with Dr. Richard Norman)
A discussion oriented course for graduate students and undergraduate students (with permission) on the importance of plant nutrition in crop physiology and metabolism and the importance of chemical, biological and physical processes in soil that influence nutrient availability. Topics for discussion concerning plant nutrition include: nutrient uptake mechanisms and kinetics, active and passive uptake, water uptake, nutrient transport in xylem and phloem, carbon and nitrogen metabolism and regulation, source/sink relationships and macro- and micro-nutrient roles in enzymatic/metabolic processes. Topics of discussion concerning soil fertility will concentrate on how elemental forms, chemical mechanisms and biological and physical factors in the soil affect nutrient availability and nutrient management as well as research techniques used in soil fertility.
CSES 462V - Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Internship (Fall and Summer, co-taught with Dr. Kris Brye and Dr. Jason Norsworthy)
CSES Internship provides a professional work experience in the general areas of crop management and science, water and environmental sciences, and pest management. Students work closely with their sponsors to develop an appropriate project for approval. Credit varies from 1 to not more than 3 hours.
Ph.D from University of Florida in Agronomy in 1992
M.S. in Agronomy (Crop Physiology) from the University of Georgia in 1984.
B.S. in Agronomy from the University of Georgia in 1981
Selected Recent Publications [To view the abstract, click on the hypertext of a manuscript's title. For an electronic reprint, email me.]
Salmeron, M., L.C. Purcell, E.D. Vories, and G. Shannon. 2017. Simulation of soybean genotype-by-environment interactions for yield under irrigation in the Midsouth with DSSAT-CROPGRO. Agr. Syst. 150:120-129.
Wegerer, R., M. Popp, X. Hu, L.C. Purcell. 2016. Economic implications of soybean maturity group on herbicide program and irrigation needs. Crop Forage Turfgrass Manage. doi:10.2134/cftm2015.0143.
Kawasaki, Y., Y. Tanaka, K. Katsura, L.C. Purcell, and T. Shiraiwa. 2016. Yield and dry matter productivity of Japanese and US soybean cultivars. Plant Prod. Sci. 19:257-266.
Salmeron, M., Gbur, E.E., Bourland, F.M., Buehring, N.W., Earnest, L., Fritschi, F.B., Golden, B.R., Hathcoat, D., Lofton, J., Miller, T.D., Neely, C., Shannon, G., Udeigwe, T.K., Verbree, D.A., Vories, E.D., Wiebold, W.J., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Yield response to planting date among soybean maturity groups for irrigated production in the US Midsouth. Crop Sci. 56:747-759.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., Z. Li, H. Abdel-Haleem, K.W. Matson, W. Schapaugh, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Meta-analysis to refine map position and reduce confidence intervals for delayed canopying wilting QTLs in soybean. Mol. Breeding. 36:1-14.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, and F.B. Fritschi. 2016. Genome-wide association mapping of soybean chlorophyll traits based on canopy spectral reflectance and leaf extracts. BMC Plant Biol. 16:174-189.
Salmeron, M., and L.C. Purcell. 2016. Simplifying the prediction of phenology with the DSSAT-CROPGRO-Soybean model based on relative maturity group and determinacy. Agr. Syst. 148:178-187.
Van Roekel, R.J., L.C. Purcell, and M. Salmeron. 2015. Physiological and management factors contributing to soy
bean potential yield. Field Crops Res. 182:86-97.
Ray, J.D., A.P. Dhanapal, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, D. Boykin, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of ureide concentration in diverse maturity group IV soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] accessions. G3 Genes Genom. Genet. 5: doi:10.1534/g3.115.021774.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Association mapping of total carotenoids in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes based on leaf extracts and high-throughput canopy spectral reflectance measurements. Plos One 10(9): e0137213.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137213.
Wegerer, R., M. Popp, X. Hu, and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Soybean maturity group selection: Irrigation and nitrogen fixation effects on returns. Field Crops Res. 180:1-9.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V.H. Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome wide association study (GWAS) of carbon isotope ratio (δ13C) in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 128:73–91.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, M.K. Davies, D.V. Charlson†, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, C.H. Sneller, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Registration of the KS4895 x Jackson Mapping Population (AR93705). J. Plant Reg. 9:266-271.
Parvej, M.R., N.A. Slaton, L.C. Purcell, and T.L. Roberts. 2015. Potassium fertility effects yield components and seed potassium concentration of determinate and indeterminate soybean. Agron. J. 107:943-950.
Jacobs, A., K.R. Brye, R. King, J. Douglas, L.S. Wood, L.C. Purcell, and M. Looper. 2015. Switchgrass management practice effects on near-surface soil properties in west-central Arkansas. Open J. Soil Sci. 5:69-86.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V.H. Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, P.B. Cregan, Q. Song, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Genome-wide association analysis of diverse soybean genotypes reveals novel markers for nitrogen derived from atmosphere (NDFA), nitrogen concentration ([N]), and C/N ratio. Plant Genome 8(3):1-15.
Hwang, S., C.A. King, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, P. Chen, T.E. Carter, Jr., Z. Li, H. Abdel-Haleem, K.W. Matson, W. Schapaugh, Jr., and L.C. Purcell. 2015. Confirmation of delayed canopy wilting QTLs from multiple soybean mapping populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 128:2047-2065.
Dhanapal, A.P., J.D. Ray, S.K. Singh, V. Hoyos-Villegas, J.R. Smith, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, F.B. Fritschi. 2015. Association mapping of total leaf carotenoids in diverse soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes based on leaf extracts and canopy spectral reflectance. Plos One 10(9): e0137213.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137213.
Purcell, L.C., U.G. Siddons, D.E. Karcher, and R.L. Rorie. System and method of in-season nitrogen measurement and fertilization of non-leguminous crops from digital image analysis. US Utility Patent #9,117,140 B2. Issued 25 August 2015.
Hwang, S., J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, C.A. King, M.K. Davies, and L.C. Purcell. 2014. Genetics and mapping of quantitative traits for nodule number, weight, and size in soybean (Glycine max L. [Merr.]). Euphytica 195:419-434.
King, C.A., L.C. Purcell, A. Bolton, J.E. Specht. 2014. A possible relationship between shoot N concentration and the sensitivity of N2 fixation to drought in soybean. Crop Sci. 54:746-756.
Van Roekel, R.J., and L.C. Purcell. 2014. Soybean biomass and nitrogen accumulation rates and radiation use efficiency in a maximum yield environment. Crop Sci. 54:1-8.
Fritschi, F.B., J.D. Ray, L.C. Purcell, C.A. King, J.R. Smith, and D.V. Charlson. 2013. Diversity and implications of soybean stem nitrogen concentration. J. Plant Nutri. 36:2111-2131. Hwang, S., C.A. King, M.K. Davies, J.D. Ray, P.B. Cregan, and L.C. Purcell. 2013. QTL analysis of shoot ureide and nitrogen concentrations in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Crop Sci. 53:1-13.
Purcell, L.C., R.L. Rorie, D.E. Karcher. 2013. System and method of determining nitrogen levels from a digital image. U.S. Patent No. 8,391,565 B2.Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Ries, L.L., L.C. Purcell, T.E. Carter, Jr., J.T. Edwards, and C.A. King. 2012. Physiological traits contributing to differential canopy wilting in soybean under drought. Crop Sci. 52:272-281.
Mastrodomenico, A.T., and L.C. Purcell. 2012. The response and recovery of nitrogen fixation activity in soybean to water deficit at different reproductive developmental stages. Env. Exp. Bot. 85:16-21.
Scientific Advisory Network of Plant Impact, Plc. (http://www.plantimpact.com/)
Crop Management Research Award from Pioneer Hi-Bred, 2011-2013
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 2010
Fellow, Crop Science Society of America, 2010
Outstanding Teaching Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Arkansas Chapter, 2010
Kyoto University Visiting Research Scholar, 2009
Altheimer Endowed Chair for Soybean Research, 2004
Early Career Research Award, American Society of Agronomy Southern Branch, 2002
Outstanding Research Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Arkansas Chapter, 2001