Faculty & Research
Horticulture and Crop
Science Focus Area

Judith K. Brown Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses and virus/vector/hostcomplexes.
Elizabeth L. Davison Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences MS, University of Arizona. Undergraduate Coordinator ~ Propagation, production, and maintenance of arid ornamentals.
Jorge M. Fonseca Assistant Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, Ph.D., Clemson University, SC. ~ Vegetable crop physiology and postharvest technology.
Gene A. Giacomelli Professor and Director CEAC, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ph. D., Rutgers University ~ Engineering controlled environment systems for intensive crop production.
Merle Jensen Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick ~ Intensive agriculture/food support systems for developing agricultural communities and aerospace application.
Michael W. Kilby Specialist, Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Michigan State University ~ Commercial production and marketing of fruit and nut crops.
David M. Kopec Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Nebraska- Lincoln ~ Cultural management, weed control, germplasm adaptation, water use and irrigation of desert turfs.
Chieri Kubota Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Chiba University, Japan ~ Plant growth regulation in micropropagation and crop production in controlled environments.
William B. McCloskey Associate Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D, University of California, Davis ~ Weed biology and competition between weeds and crops in agroecosystems.
Mary Olsen Specialist, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Plant disease diagnosis and prevention/control .
Michael J. Ottman Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ~ Crop production practices as related to crop physiology and soil-plant relations.
Mohammad Pessarakli, Research Associate Professor, Professional Research Specialist & Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences, 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.
Dennis T. Ray University Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Genetics of crop plants and the domestication of new crops.
Patricia Rorabaugh Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Utah State University ~ Controlled environment agriculture with emphasis on hydroponic vegetable production systems.
Ursula Schuch Associate Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Oregon State University ~ Ornamental Horticulture (Research and Extension).
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth Professor and Head, Soil, Water, and Enviromental Science and Professor, Department of Plant Sciences. Ph.D., Oklahoma State University ~ Pursuing greater efficiency of agronomic inputs into cotton production systems of Arizona.
Steven E. Smith Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences and the U of A's School of Natural Resourses Ph.D., Cornell University ~ Evolutionary ecology; rangeland plant genetics and improvement; revegetation
Glenn C. Wright Associate Research Scientist, Department of Plant Sciences Ph.D., Texas A&M University ~ Effects of salinity and additional calcium on Rabbiteye Blueberry Vaccinium ashei Reade.

 

       
 
 


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