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Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor

Promotional graphic for the ACREE app featuring a farmer standing in a cornfield with a smartphone. The text reads “ACREE Adds SPADE AI — New AI tool in the ACREE App helps you track soil moisture with confidence. Search ‘ACREE’ on iOS and Android.” At the bottom left are the ACREE and University of Nebraska–Lincoln logos, and on the right is a phone mockup showing the app’s irrigation scheduling screen.

August 28, 2025

ACREE App Launches SPADE AI to Detect Soil Moisture Patterns and Anomalies

By Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist, Joseph Oboamah - Graduate Student, Yeonju Lee - Georgia Institute of Technology, Ruiqi Chen - Georgia Institute of Technology, Jing li - Georgia Institute of Technology, Yongsheng Chen - Georgia Institute of Technology, Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor, Yeyin Shi - Agricultural Information System Engineer, Lu Gan - Georgia Institute of Technology, PoNien Su

mobile phone showing app overlay on center pivot photo

April 23, 2025

Introducing PLAN: Mobile Irrigation Management App

By Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist, Joseph Oboamah - Graduate Student, Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

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December 9, 2019

Soil Amendments

By Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Meghan Sindelar - Assistant Professor of Practice in Agronomy and Horticulture, Laila Puntel - Extension Soil Fertility and Precision Ag Specialist, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist