Grafting Experts - Vegetable GraftingVegetable Grafting

The USDA-SCRI project team responsible for developing this portal has core competencies in many areas related to vegetable grafting. However, this team is a sub-set of the scientists and educators familiar with vegetable grafting. A directory of the USDA-SCRI project team is given below, along with a national directory of vegetable grafting experts. Consult this page often for updated versions of the national directory.

Download copy of Experts (January 18, 2018)

SCRI Team

Project Directors

The Ohio State University Dr. David Francis E-mail: francis.77@osu.edu Phone: 330-263-3893	University of Florida Dr. Josh Freeman E-mail: joshuafr@ufl.edu Phone: 851-875-7128	University of Florida Dr. Zhifeng Gao E-mail: zfgao@ufl.edu Phone: 352-294-7672
Clemson University Dr. Richard Hassell E-mail: rhassel@clemson.edu Phone: 843-402-5394	The Ohio State University Dr. Matt Kleinhenz E-mail: kleinhenz.1@osu.edu Phone: 330-263-3810	The Ohio State University Dr. Chieri Kubota Email: kubota.10@osu.edu Phone: 614-292-3175
North Carolina State University Dr. Frank J Louws E-mail: frank_louws@ncsu.edu Phone: 919-515-6689	Washington State University Dr. Carol Miles Email: milesc@wsu.edu Phone: 360-848-6150	University of California Cooperative Extension Gene Miyao Email: emmiyao@ucdavis.edu Phone: 530-666-8732
North Carolina State University Dr. Penny Perkins-Veazie Email: penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu Phone: 704-250-5419	Kansas State University Dr. Cary Rivard Email: crivard@ksu.edu Phone: 913-856-2335 ext. 120	USDA-ARS FL Dr. Erin Rosskopf Email: Erin.Rosskopf@ars.usda.gov Phone: 772-462-5887
USDA-ARS SC Dr. Pat Wechter Email: pat.wechter@usda.gov Phone: 843-402-5318	University of Florida Dr. Xin Zhao Email: zxin@ufl.edu Phone: 352-273-4773

Key Personnel

USDA-ARS FL Dr. Scott Adkins Phone: 561-462-5885 Email: scott.adkins@usda.gov	University of California Cooperative Extension Dr. Brenna Aegerter Phone: 209-953-6114 Email: bjaegerter@ucanr.edu	Clemson University Dr. Paula Agudelo Phone: 864-656-5741 Email: pagudel@clemson.edu
USDA-ARS FL Dr. Joseph Albano Phone:772-462-5939 Email: joseph.albano@usda.gov	University of Florida Dr. Jeffrey Brecht Phone: 352-273-4778 Email: jkbrecht@ufl.edu	North Carolina State University Ricardo Hernandez Phone: 919-513-7288 Email: rhernan4@ncsu.edu
Washington State University Dr. Suzette Galinato Phone: 509-335-1408 Email: sgalinato@wsu.edu	North Carolina State University Dr. Chris Gunter Phone: 919-513-2807 Email: chris_gunter@ncsu.edu	USDA-ARS FL Dr. Jason Hong Phone: 772-462-5800 Email: jason.hong@usda.gov
North Carolina State University Dr. Katie Jennings Phone: 919-515-1224 Email: Katie_jennings@ncsu.edu	Clemson University Dr. Anthony Keinath Phone: 843-402-5390 Email: tknth@clemson.edu	USDA-ARS Fl Dr. Nancy Kokalis-Burelle Phone: 561-462-5861 Email: nancy.burelle@usda.gov
USDA-ARS SC Dr. Shaker Kousik Phone: 843-402-5316 Email: shaker.kousik@usda.gov	University of California Cooperative Extension Margaret Lloyd Phone: 530-564-8642 Email: mglloyd@ucanr.edu	University of Florida Dr. Monica Ozores-Hampton Phone: 239-658-3400 Email: ozores@ufl.edu
North Carolina State University Dr. Dilip Panthee Phone: 828-684-3562 Email:: Dilip_Panthee@ncsu.edu	Kansas State University Dr. Eleni Pliakoni Phone: 913-307-7370 Email: epliakoni@ksu.edu	The Ohio State University Dr. Joe Scheerens Phone: 330-263-3826 Email: scheerens.1@osu.edu
North Carolina State University Dr. Jonathan Schultheis Phone: 919-515-1225 Email: Jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu	University of Arizona Dr. Young-Jun Son Phone: 520-626-9530 Email: son@sie.arizona.edu	University of Arizona Dr. Russell Tronstad Phone: 520-621-2425 Email: tronstad@ag.arizona.edu
Washington State University Dr. Lydia Tymon Phone: 360-848-6130 Email: lydia.tymon@wsu.edu	Clemson University Dr. Brian Ward Phone: 843-402-5389 Email: bw@clemson.edu

Other Experts

Virginia Tech Dr. Ramon Arancibia Phone: 757-414-0724 Email: raran@vt.edu	University of Nevada, Reno Dr. Felipe H. Barrios Masias Phone: 775-682-7026 Email: fbarrios@cabnr.unr.edu	University of Georgia Dr. Timothy Coolong Phone: 229-386-3449 Email: tcoolong@uga.edu
University of Arkansas Dr. James Correll Phone: 479-575-2710 Email: jcorrell@uark.edu	Pennsylvania State University Dr. Francesco Di Gioia Phone: 814-863-2195 Email: fxd92@psu.edu	North Carolina A & T State University Dr. Sanjun Gu Phone: 336-285-4954 Email: sgu@ncat.edu
Purdue University Dr. Wenjing Guan Phone: 812-886-0198 Email: guan40@purdue.edu	Auburn University Dr. Joe Kemble Phone: 334-844-3050 Email: kembljm@auburn.edu	Rutgers University Wesley Kline Phone: 856-451-2800 Email: wkline@njaes.rutgers.edu
Texas A&M University Dr. Daniel Leskovar Phone: 830-278-9151 ext. 222 Email: d-leskovar@tamu.edu	West Virginia State University Dr. Barbara Liedl Phone: 304-932-0843 Email: liedlbe@wvstateu.edu	Texas A&M University Dr. Joseph Masabni Phone: 979-845-8562 Email: jmasabni@tamu.edu
Purdue University Dr. Liz Maynard Phone: 219-531-4200 Email: emaynard@purdue.edu	University of Connecticut Dr. Richard McAvoy Phone:860-486-2925 Email: Richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu	Iowa State University Dr. Ajay Nair Phone: 515-294-7080 Email: nairajay@iastate.edu
Rutgers University Peter Nitzsche Phone: 973-285-8300 Ext. 226 Email: nitzsche@njaes.rutgers.edu	Delaware State University Dr. Rose Ogutu Phone: 302-857-6397 Email: rogutu@desu.edu	University of Florida Dr. Stephen Olson Phone: 850-875-7144 Email: smolson@ufl.edu
University of Florida Dr. Matthews Paret Phone: 850-875-7154 Email: paret@ufl.edu	West Virginia University Dr. M. Mahfuz Rahman Phone: 304-293-8838 Email: mm.rahman@mail.wvu.edu	Cornell University Judson Reid, M.PS. Phone: 315-536-5123 Email: jer11@cornell.edu
North Carolina State University Dr. Charles Safley Phone: 919-515-1824 Email: charles_safley@ncsu.edu	University of Tennessee – Knoxville Dr. Carl Sams Phone: 865-974-8818 Email: carlsams@utk.edu	Penn State University Dr. Elsa Sanchez Phone: 814-863-2433 Email: ess11@psu.edu
North Carolina State University Jim VanKirk Phone: 919-513-1432 Email: jim@sripmc.org	Washington State University Dr. Tim Waters Phone: 509-545-3511 Email: twaters@wsu.edu	University of Kentucky Dr. Shawn Wright Phone: 606-666-2438 Email: shawn.wright@uky.edu
University of Tennessee Dr. Annette Wszelaki Phone: 865-974-8332 Email: awszelak@utk.edu	Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Dr. John Zhang Phone: 403-362-1310 Email: john.zhang@gov.ab.ca