Project Directors
| Frank Louws | Director NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management Professor and Extension Specialist Deptartment of Plant Pathology North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 |
frank_louws@ncsu.edu | ||
| Josh Freeman | Assistant Professor, NFREC – University of Florida Quincy, FL 32351 | joshuafr@ufl.edu | ||
| Richard Hassell | Professor, CREC-Clemson University, Charleston, SC 29424 | rhassel@clemson.edu | ||
| Matthew Kleinhenz | Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University Wooster, OH 44691 |
kleinhenz.1@osu.edu | ||
| Chieri Kubota | Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 |
kubota.10@osu.edu | ||
| Erin Rosskopf | Research Microbiologist, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory Fort Pierce, FL 34945 |
erin.rosskopf@usda.gov | ||
| Xin Zhao | Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611 |
zxin@ufl.edu |
Key Personnel
Clemson University
| Paula Agudelo | Professor Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences | pagudel@clemson.edu |
| Anthony Keinath | Professor of Plant Pathology | tknth@clemson.edu |
| Gilbert Miller | Distinguished County Agent and Area Vegetable Specialist | GMLLR@exchange.clemson.edu |
Kansas State University
| Cary Rivard |
Director, Kansas State Research and Extension Horticulture and Forestry and Extension Vegetable and Fruit Crop Specialist | crivard@ksu.edu |
North Carolina State University
| Chris Gunter | Assistant Professor and Vegetable Production Specialist, Department of Horticultural Science | chris_gunter@ncsu.edu |
| Katie Jennings | Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science | katie_jennings@ncsu.edu |
| David Monks | Professor, Assistant Director of Research, NCARS, Department of Horticultural Science | david_monks@ncsu.edu |
| Dilip Panthee | Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science | Dilip_Panthee@ncsu.edu |
| Penny Perkins-Veazie | Professor, Department of Horticultural Science | penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu |
| Jonathan Schultheis | Professor, Department of Horticultural Science | jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu |
The Ohio State University
| David Francis | Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science | francis.77@osu.edu |
| Joe Scheerens | Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science | scheerens.1@osu.edu |
The Pennsylvania State University
| Francesco Di Gioia |
Assistant Professor, Vegetable Crop Science | fxd92@psu.edu |
USDA Horticultural Research Laboratory (Fort Pierce, FL)
| Scott Adkins | Research Plant Pathologist | scott.adkins@usda.gov |
U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (Charleston, SC)
| Shaker Kousik | Research Plant Pathologist | shaker.kousik@usda.gov |
| Pat Wechter | Research Plant Pathologist | pat.wechter@usda.gov |
University of Arizona
| Young-Jun Son | Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering and Director, Program in Advanced Integration of Manufacturing Systems and Technologies (AIMST) | son@sie.arizona.edu |
| Russell Tronstad | Professor and Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics | tronstad@ag.arizona.edu |
University of California
| Brenna Aegerter |
Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology | bjaegerter@ucanr.edu |
| Margaret Lloyd |
Small Farms Advisor, Organic Vegetable Crops | mglloyd@ucanr.edu |
| Gene Miyao |
Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops | emmiyao@ucdavis.edu |
University of Florida
| Jeffrey K. Brecht | Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department and Director, UF/IFAS Research Center for Food Distribution & Retailing | jkbrecht@.ufl.edu |
| Zhifeng Gao | Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics. | zfgao@ufl.edu |
Washington State University
| Carol Miles |
Professor, Department of Horticulture | milesc@wsu.edu |
