Dr. Ursula K. Schuch
Specialist

Forbes Building, Room 435
Phone: (520) 621-1060
Email: ukschuch@ag.arizona.edu
 

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Background and Interests
 
My research program in Ornamental Horticulture addresses nursery production and management of ornamental plants in the urban landscape. The desert environment with its fluctuating temperatures, periods of drought, and often poor soil conditions provides unique challenges for growers and landscape managers. I am interested in learning how plants commonly used in the urban landscapes cope with environmental stress, especially salinity and heat. I am also interested in exploring strategies to optimize plant production in retractable shade structures in the arid Southwest. My goal is to provide growers and managers of landscapes with information that will support maximizing plant performance in the desert environment.

 

 
Publications
 

Schuch, U. K. and G. J. Klein. 1996. Wholesale nursery surveys reveal inventory, customers and business practices. California Agriculture 50(5):16-21.

Schuch, U. K. and D. W. Burger. 1997. Water use and crop coefficients of woody ornamentals in containers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 122:727-734.

Schuch, U. K., R. A. Redak, and J. Bethke. 1998. Cultivar, fertilizer, and irrigation affect vegetative growth and susceptibility of chrysanthemum to western flower thrips. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123:727-733.

Hanks, L.M., T.D. Paine, J.G. Millar, C.D. Campbell, and U.K. Schuch. 1999. Water relations of host trees and resistance to the phloem-boring beetle Phoracantha semipunctata F. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Oecologia 119:400-407.

Schuch, U.K., D.R. Pittenger, and P.A. Barker. 2000. Comparing effects of container treatments on nursery production and field establishment of trees with different root systems. J. Env. Hort. 18: 83-88.

Karlik, J.F., U.K. Schuch, and J.O. Becker. 2001. Bareroot rose production with underground drip irrigation. Acta Horticulturae 547:221-226.

Haver, D.L. and U.K. Schuch. 2001. Influence of root restriction and ethylene exposure on apical dominance of petunia (Petunia x hybrida Hort. Wilm.-Andr.). Plant Growth Regulation 35(2):187-196.

Haver, D.L., C. Lovatt, and U.K. Schuch. 2003. Exposure of petunia seedlings to ethylene decreased apical dominance by reducing the ratio of auxin to cytokinin. J. Plant Growth Regulation 21(4):459-468.

Nelkin, J.B. and U.K. Schuch. 2004. Retractable roof greenhouse production of basil (Ocimum basilicum) and lemon grass (Cymbopogon citrates) in a semi-arid climate. Acta Horticulturae (in print)

Schuch, U.K. 2004. Container production of ornamental crops in retractable roof greenhouses in semi-arid climate of the Southwestern United States. Acta Horticulturae (in print)



 

       
 
 


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