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Department of Plant Agriculture

CHANGING LIVES, IMPROVING LIFE

Plant Agriculture
 

Faculty

Faculty and Research Scientists

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

B

Theo Blom
Morphology, nutrition, recirculation systems, disease management

Stephen Bowley
Breeding and biotechnology of perennial forage crops; Coordinator, Plant Germplasm Intellectual Property

Gale Bozzo
Postharvest biochemistry and physiology, Secondary metabolism

C

John A. Cline
Pomology, plant physiology, apple, cherry, peach, plum, irrigation, plant bioregulators, chemical thinning, rootstocks, orchard systems, tree fruit nutrition, cultivars, soil management, cherry cracking

D

Adam Dale
Breeding, genetics and managment of berry crops

Bill Deen
Cropping systems, agronomy, rotations, tillage, plant-soil interactions

E

Hugh Earl
Oilseeds Physiology and Agronomy

Larry Erickson
Discovery and engineering of therapeutic proteins in plants

F

Duane E. Falk
Barley breeding, wheat breeding, genetic male sterility, recurrent selection, lodging resistance, disease resistance

Helen Fisher
Grape production, new cultivars, trellis/spacing geometry, fertigation, rootstocks

G

Chris Gillard
Dry Bean Agronomy & Pest Management

Bernard Grodzinski
Photosynthesis, translocation, pathology, sealed environments, space program, commercial greenhouses

H

David Hooker
Field Crop Agronomy

J

Katerina Jordan
Turfgrass Science and Nematology

K

Laima Kott
Brassica napus, Canola breeding/biotechnology, PBR

L

Elizabeth Lee
Maize breeding and genetics

Lewis Lukens
Bioinformatics, genome evolution, association mapping, QTL mapping

Eric Lyons
Turfgrass Science and Physiology

M

Ralph Martin
Sustainable agriculture, climate change, energy conservation, multiple cropping systems, organic agriculture, forage agronomy, closing nutrient cycles, nitrogen use efficiency, pasture management, and ethics in agriculture

Mary Ruth McDonald
Associate Department Chair, Crop protection of root, bulb and leafy vegetable crops and crucifer crops with emphasis on plant pathology and integrated crop management

Alan McKeown
Vegetable crop physiology, nutrition and integrated crop management

Barry Micallef
Genetics and physiology of greenhouse vegetables

Manjusri Misra
Bio-Based New Materials and Green Nanotechnology

Amar Mohanty
Bioeconomy related to biobased materials, biofuels and biorefinery

Dennis Murr
Postharvest effects of oxidative stress and ethylene

N

Ali Navabi
Dry Bean breeding and genetics

O

John O'Sullivan
Weed Science - vegetables

P

Gopinadhan (Gopi) Paliyath
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fruit Development; Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Shelf life and Quality; Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and their Mechanism of Action

K. Peter Pauls
Department Chair, Development and application of tissue culture and molecular biology techniques to crop improvement

John T.A. Proctor
Perennial crops, assimilate partitioning, photosynthesis, phytohormones

R

Manish Raizada
Inexpensive technologies to reduce/replace nitrogen fertilizers for corn (maize); Sustainable Agriculture Kits (SAKs) for developing nations

Istvan Rajcan
Soybean, breeding, genetics, molecular markers, seed quality, disease resistance

Danny Rinker
Insects, diseases, compost, crop management, mushrooms

Darren Robinson
Weed Management Specialist

S

Praveen K. Saxena
Physiology, developmental biology, medicinal plants, secondary metabolites, ornamental species, controlled environment propagation

Art Schaafsma
Director Ridgetown Campus, Entomology/Pathology field crops

Barry J. Shelp
Metabolism, biochemistry, biotechnology, amino acids, stress, biotic, abiotic, resistance

Peter Sikkema
Weed Management Specialist

Judith Strommer
Plant molecular genetics, gene regulation

Jayasankar Subramanian
Tree Fruit Genetics and Breeding

J. Alan Sullivan
Fragaria, Rubus breeding, genotype x environment, interspecific hybridization, fall-bearing

Clarence Swanton
Weed science, weed ecology, cropping systems

T

Francois Tardif
Weed science, weed biology, herbicide resistance, molecular genetics of weeds

Matthijs Tollenaar
Crop physiology, leaf carbon exchange rate, stress tolerance, maize

V

Rene Van Acker
Associate Dean External Relations OAC, Weed Ecology, Biosafety and Transgene Confinement

W

Rob Witherspoon
Director Associate Diploma in Turfgrass Management

Dave Wolyn
Breeding, tissue culture, disease resistance, mitochondria, molecular genetics, transformation

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