C. Dean Yonts

Extension Irrigation Specialist/ Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone 308-632-1246; Fax 308-632-1365
Email cyonts1@unl.edu

EDUCATION/DEGREES

• M.S. Ag Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1978.
• B.S. Ag Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1974.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Irrigation and water resource management.

AWARDS & HONORS

• NCEA Specialists Distinguished Service Award
• Soil and Water Conservation Society Honor Award

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Member American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists and American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Developing deficit irrigation management strategies for drybeans, sugarbeets and corn.

EXTENSION INTERESTS

Irrigation and water resource management.

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Developing deficit irrigation management strategies for drybeans, sugarbeets and corn.

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Yonts, C. Dean. 2010. Deficit Irrigation of Dry Edible Beans during Early, Mid and Late Season. Proceedings of the 5th Decennial Irrigation Conference
• Urrea, C.A., C.D. Yonts, D.J. Lyon, and A.E. Koehler. 2009. Selection for drought tolerance in dry bean derived from the Mesoamerican gene pool in western Nebraska. Crop Sci. 49:2005-2010.
• Yonts, C.D., D.J. Lyon, J.A. Smith, R.M. Harveson, G.W. Hergert, G.L.Hein, and D. Santra. 2009. Producing Irrigated Winter Wheat. EC731.
• Melvin, S.R., C.D. Yonts. 2009. Irrigation scheduling: Checkbook method. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Extension Circular.
• Yonts, C. D., Harveson, R. M., Panella, L. and Hanson, L. E. 2009. Other disorders. Pages 85-91 in: Compendium of Beet Diseases and Pests. R. M. Harveson, L. E. Hanson, and G. L. Hein, eds. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
• Yonts, C.D. and S.R. Melvin. 2008. Predicting the Last Irrigation of the Season. UNL Extension Division G 1871.
• Yonts, C.D. and D.E. Eisenhauer. 2008. Surge Irrigation Management. UNL Extension Division G1868.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Irrigation and sprinkler management consultant in Mexico and China.