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- Professor of Horticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Informal seed systems in Southeast Asia
- Temperate zone woody plants
- Christmas tree management
- Extension and advisory systems for developing countires
- Assistant Professor of Weed Science
Areas of Expertise
- Evolutionary ecology of legumes and rhizobia
- Plant-microbe-climate interactions
- Mutualism evolution
- Bio-inoculants and leguminous cover crops
- Biological nitrogen Fixation
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- Evolve and resequence
- Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Grain Crop Production
Areas of Expertise
- Corn, soybean and small grains
- Sustainable intensification of agriculture
- Water and nutrient use efficiency
- Associate Professor of Viticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Wine grape production
- Grapevine physiology
- Sustainable viticulture
- cold temperature stress
- Professor of Maize Genetics
Areas of Expertise
- Epigenetics
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Plant-pathogen interactions
- Maize Genetics
- Sorghum Genetics
- Flavonoids
- Phytoalexins
- Plant-fungus interactions
- Plant-insect interactions
- Plant-Environment interactions
- Professor and Department Head of Plant Science
Areas of Expertise
- Plant mineral nutrition
- Micronutrient transport
- Molecular mechanisms of iron transport
- Professor of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
Areas of Expertise
- Air Pollution Injury on Plants
- Air Quality and Ecosystem Responses
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Vegetable Crops
- Photomorphogenesis (light regulated plant growth)
- Senior Extension Associate
- Assistant Professor of Vegetable Crop Science
Areas of Expertise
- Sustainable vegetable production systems
- Plant nutrition, soil fertility and irrigation management
- Alternatives to chemical soil fumigation
- Vegetable response to abiotic stress
- Vegetable quality
- Agrobiodiversity and novel vegetable products
- Agronomic biofortification
- Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes
Areas of Expertise
- Microbial community ecology
- Plant-microbe interaction
- Environmental microbiology
- Soil microbiology
- Ecological resilience and resistance
- Causes and consequences of biodiversity
- Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics
Areas of Expertise
- No-tillage
- Cover crops
- Soil compaction
- Soil health
- Soil erosion
- Soil conservation
- Nitrogen fixation
- Assistant Research Professor in Storage Root Physiology
Areas of Expertise
- Root Crop Physiology
- Abiotic Stress
- Breeding for Environmental Stress Resistance
- Phenotyping and Database Management
- Morphometrics of Flowers and Other Plant Organs
- Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences,
- (Division of Science, Penn State Berks Campus).
- Courtesy Professor of Turfgrass Science,
- (Dept. Plant Science, Penn State University Park).
- Assistant Professor of Root Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Root ecology
- Rhizosphere Microbiome
- Cover Crops
- Ecophysiology/Abiotic Stress
- Agroecosystem Services
- Professor of Plant Genetics
Areas of Expertise
- Plant genetics and breeding
- Molecular breeding
- Biotic stresses
- Abiotic stresses
- Plant nutritional quality
- Tomato
- J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany and Professor of Plant Molecular Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Genomics and Genetics
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Theobroma cacao (cocoa)
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Viticulture
- Program Coordinator, Landscape Contracting Major
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Biological filtration
- Natural Swimming Pools
- Sustainable Landscape Design
- Green Infrastructure
- Professor of Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Professor and Associate Head, Department of Plant Science
- Director, Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Science
- Cannabis Science
- Pest Management
- Associate Professor of Crop Production / Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecology
- Conservation & Dairy Cropping Systems
- Soil & nutrient conservation, perennials, cover crops
- Pasture ecology and grazing management
- Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management
- Affiliate Appointment: Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Areas of Expertise
- Alcoholic beverage trends
- Wine consumer attitudes and behaviors
- Produce and ethnic food marketing
- Retail layout and design
- Promotional strategies
- Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecosystems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Hydrologic and Nutrient Cycling Modeling
- Environmental Biophysics
- Plant Ecophysiology
- Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit
Areas of Expertise
- Fruit Crop Physiology
- Apple and Peach Production
- Crop Load Management
- Plant Growth Regulators
- Post-harvest physiology
- Professor of Turfgrass Science
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass weed management
- Turfgrass nutrient management
- Irrigation water quality
- Composts as soil amendments
- Evaluation of turfgrass species and cultivars
- Management and selection of grasses for non-mowed/naturalized areas
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- University Distinguished Professor
Areas of Expertise
- crop ecophysiology
- plant adaptation to abiotic stress
- plant genetics
- simulation modeling
- Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair of Functional Genomics
- Professor of Biology
- Professor of Plant Science
- Research Professor of Plant Biotechnology
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Biotechnology
- Plant Functional Genomics
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Plant Propagation
- Plant Disease Resistance
- Plant – Microbes Interactions
- Associate Professor of Landscape Contracting
- Associate Professor of Turfgrass Science
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Entomology
- Insect behavior
- Biological Control
- Cultural and mechanical control
- Insect Ecology
- Insecticide resistance
- Assistant Research Professor
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Associate Research Professor
- Cropping Systems Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Physically Distributed Hydrological Modeling
- Agricultural Systems Modeling
- Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
- Micrometeorological Measurements and Eddy Covariance Systems
- Laser Diffraction Soil Particle Size Analysis
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Instrumentation
- Professor of Horticultural Systems Management
Areas of Expertise
- Sustainable vegetable systems
- Organic vegetable systems
- Field vegetable production systems
- High tunnel vegetable production systems
- Hydroponic vegetable systems
- Associate Professor of Ornamental Horticulture
- (Berks Campus Agricultural Program Coordinator)
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Horticulture
- Assistant Professor of Plant Response to Abiotic Stress
- Associate Professor of Turfgrass Nutrition/Soil Fertility
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Chemistry
- Nutrient Fate / Management
- Fertilizer / Amendment Evaluation
- Water Quality
- Data Analysis
Areas of Expertise
- Tree fruit production
- Orchard management systems
- Crop load management of tree fruit
- Fruit tree pruning and training
- Professor of Horticulture
- Associate Research Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Land-Atmosphere Water and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes Modeling
- Meteorology
- Model-Data Assimilation
- Assistant Professor of Weed Science
Areas of Expertise
- Weed ecology
- Herbicide-based weed control
- Organic weed management
- Sustainable cropping systems
- Assistant Professor of Forage Crop Systems
- Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Fertility
- Nutrient Management
- Cover Crops
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Cropping System Modeling
