A Michigan State University researcher has been honored with the Soil Science Research Award from the Soil Science Society of America, one of the highest honors for advancing scientific knowledge in the field.

Bruno Basso, a world-renowned expert in sustainable agriculture and precision agriculture systems, received the award Nov. 10 at the SSSA’s CANVAS conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Basso is a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the MSU departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, as well as the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. His work is also supported in part by MSU AgBioResearch.

The Soil Science Research Award recognizes outstanding contributions to soil science, including research creativity, reasoning ability, technical skill and significant advances in basic soil science.