1988, University of Hawaii.  Ph.D. Agronomy and Soil Science
1986, University of Hawaii, MS.  Agronomy and Soil Science
1968, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. B.S. Farm Operations

1998-Present: Rice Systems Agronomist, University of Arkansas, Department of Crop Soils and Environmental Science.
1989-1998: Principal Agronomist, International Crops Research Institute for the Seim-Arid Tropics. Patancheru, India.
1988-1989: Post Doctoral, Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1984-1988: Research Associate/Ph.D. Program, Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1980-1983: Food Crops Agronomist, Southern Highlands Rural Development Project, World Bank, Papua New Guinea.
1970-1980: Peace Corps Volunteer, contract worker; Agronomy research, Ministry of Agriculture, Tonga

Current research:
Using a large long-term study to address the following objectives: 1) To develop a set of systems recommendations that will help Arkansas rice farmers maintain the profitability and flexibility of their rice based cropping systems, 2) to develop new cropping systems that utilize unique genetic material (short-season and transgenic), 3) to provide strategies for managing the natural resource base that will not reduce profitability but will ensure sustainable production, 4) to test existing crop models and explore their potential as management tools. Central to this study is the use of no-tillage across a range of rice rotations. This approach along with monitoring all inputs is used to determine how the natural resource base is changed over time and what implications these changes have on productivity and profitability. Changes in soil physical and chemical properties are being evaluated along with water use by each system. Strategies are being developed that will allow detection of nutrient deficiencies and diseases on a field basis. A complete economic analysis of each system is carried out each year. This work represents a partnership of disciplines and funding sources.

Publications

• Anders M.M., K.R. Brye, and B.T. Schmid. 2009. Tillage and crop rotation effects on soil aggregate stability and aggregate carbon and nitrogen content. Submitted Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.

• Anders M.M., P.A. Beck, B.K.Watkins, S.A. Gunter, K.S. Lusby, D.S. Hubbell. 2009. Soil aggregates and their associated carbon and nitrogen content in winter annual pastures. Submitted Soil, Sci. Soc. Am. J.

• Bryant, R.J., M.M. Anders, and A.M. McClung. 2009. Effect of cultural management practices on grain quality in two rice cultivars. Accepted for publication 2009, Cereal Chemistry.

• Brooks, S.A., M.M. Anders, and K.M. Yeater. 2009. Effect of cultural management practices on the severity of false smut (Ustilaginoiden virens) and kernel smut (Neovossia horrida) diseases of rice. Accepted for publication 2009 Plant Disease Journal

• Olk, D.A., and M.M. Anders. 2009. Soil N cycling and phenols accumulation under continuous rice cropping in the Grand Prairie region, Arkansas. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73:952-960.

• Bowman, M.T., P.A. Beck, K.B. Watkins, M.M. Anders, M.S. Gadberry, K.S. Lusby, S.A. Gunter, and D.S. Hubbell. 2008. Tillage systems for production of small-grain pasture. Agronomy Journal, 100:1289-1295.

• Watkins, K.B., J.L. Hill, and M.M. Anders. 2008. An economic risk analysis of no-till management and rental arrangements in Arkansas rice production. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Vol. 63:4. 242-250.

• Bowman, M.T., P.A. Beck, K.B. Watkins, M.M. Anders, M.S. Gadberry, K.S. Lusby, S.A. Gunter, and D.S. Hubble. 2008. Tillage systems for production of small-grain pasture. Agronomy Journal. 100:5. 1289-1295.

• Anders, M.M., C. van Kessel, and J.M. Eadie. 2008. Agronomic impacts of winter wetland and waterfowl management in ricelands. Pages 91-116. In Conservation in Ricelands of North America. (Scott Manley ed.). The Rice Foundation. Stuttgart Arkansas.

• Watkins, B.K., J.L. Hill, M.M. Anders, and T.E. Windham. 2006. Whole-farm evaluation of no-till profitability in rice production using mixed integer programming. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 38.3. 611-627.

• Olk, D.C., K.G. Cassman, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M.M. Anders, J.-D. Mao, and J.L. Deenik. 2006. Chemical stabilization of soil organic nitrogen by phenolic lignin residues in anaerobic agroecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 38. 3303-3312.

• Olk, D.C., K.G. Cassman, M.M. Anders, K. Schmidt-Rohr, and J.-D. Mao. 2005. Does anaerobic decomposition of crop residues impair soil nitrogen cycling and yield trends in lowland rice. in Rice is life: scientific perspectives for the 21st Century. (Toriyama K., Heong, K.L., and Hardy B. eds.) Proceedings of the World Rice Research Conference held in Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 November 2004. Los Banos (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute, and Tsukuba (Japan): Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences. Peer Reviewed

• Anders, M.M., T.E. Windham, K. Reinecke, R.W. McNew. 2005. Effects of rice straw management and winter flooding treatments on a subsequent soybean crop. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 26(1) 83-96.

• Watkins, K.B., M.M. Anders, T.E. Windham. 2004. An economic comparison of alternative rotations, tillage practices, crop varieties, and fertility treatments in Arkansas rice production. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. Vol. 24(4): 57-78.

• Anders, M.M., T.E. Windham, J. Grantham, and J. Holzhauer. 2004. No-till rice-wheat farming; the Arkansas experience. Pages 273-283 In Sustainable Agriculture and the Rice-Wheat System. (R. Lal, P. Hobbs, N. Uphoff, and D. Hansen eds.). Marcel Dekker.