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Faculty
& Research
Horticulture
and Crop
Science Focus Area |
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Lindy
Brigham Research Assistant Professor,
Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Plants communicate with the other
organisms. |
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Judith
K. Brown Professor, Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Whitefly-transmitted
geminiviruses and virus/vector/hostcomplexes. |
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Elizabeth
L. Davison Lecturer, M.S., University of Arizona. Undergraduate
Coordinator ~ Propagation, production, and maintenance of arid ornamentals. |
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Jorge
M. Fonseca Assistant Specialist, Ph.D., Clemson University,
SC. ~ Vegetable crop physiology and postharvest technology. |
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Gene
A. Giacomelli Professor and Director CEAC, Department of Agriculture
and Biosystems Engineering, Ph. D., Rutgers University ~ Engineering
controlled environment systems for intensive crop production. |
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Merle
Jensen Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Rutgers University, New
Brunswick ~ Intensive agriculture/food support systems for developing
agricultural communities and aerospace application. |
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Michael
W. Kilby Specialist, Emeritus, Ph.D., Michigan State University
~ Commercial production and marketing of fruit and nut crops. |
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David
M. Kopec Specialist, Ph.D., University of Nebraska- Lincoln
~ Cultural management, weed control, germplasm adaptation, water use
and irrigation of desert turfs. |
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Chieri
Kubota Professor, Ph.D., Chiba University, Japan ~ Plant growth
regulation in micropropagation and crop production in controlled environments. |
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William
B. McCloskey Associate Specialist, Ph.D, University of California,
Davis ~ Weed biology and competition between weeds and crops in agroecosystems. |
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Kurt
Nolte Area Extension Agent, Ph.D., University of Florida
~ Integration of Advanced Ag Technologies into vegetable production. |
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Michael
J. Ottman Specialist, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
~ Crop production practices as related to crop physiology and soil-plant
relations. |
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Mohammad
Pessarakli, Research Associate Professor, Professional Research
Specialist & Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Soil fertility
& plant nutrition, stress physiology, environmental (salinity,
drought, & heat) stress interactions, agronomic crops & turfgrasses,
screening plants/turfgrasses for stress tolerance. |
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Dennis
T. Ray University Distinguished Professor, Associate Director,
Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Genetics of crop plants and the domestication
of new crops. |
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Patricia
Rorabaugh Lecturer, Ph.D., Utah State University ~ Controlled
environment agriculture with emphasis on hydroponic vegetable production
systems. |
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Ursula
Schuch Specialist, Ph.D., Oregon State University ~ Ornamental
Horticulture (Research and Extension). |
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Jeffrey
C. Silvertooth Professor and Head, Soil, Water, and Enviromental
Science and Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University ~ Pursuing
greater efficiency of agronomic inputs into cotton production systems
of Arizona. |
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Steven
E. Smith Associate Professor, School of Plant Sciences and
School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Ph.D., Cornell University
~ Evolutionary ecology; rangeland plant genetics and improvement;
revegetation |
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Guangyao
(Sam) Wang Assistant Specialist, Ph.D., University of
California, Riverside ~ crop production and crop rotation, including
drought and heat stress, interactions among rotational crops, the
role of legume crops in cropping systems, crop growth modeling, and
new crops. |
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Glenn
C. Wright Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D., Texas A&M
University ~ Effects of salinity and additional calcium on Rabbiteye
Blueberry Vaccinium ashei Reade. |
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