Resilient, Regenerative, and Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Landscapes researchers working in the Department of Plant Science at Penn State.
- 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
- Email rmb30@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2198
- Associate Professor of Horticulture
- Professor of Plant Stress Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Root phenomics
- Anatomical traits affecting water and nutrient acquisition
- Genome-wide association studies
- Root hairs
- Assistant Professor
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
- Email ltb5167@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-6168
- Pronouns she/her
- Associate Professor of Viticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Wine grape production
- Grapevine physiology
- Sustainable viticulture
- cold temperature stress
- Professor of Horticulture
- Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Production
Areas of Expertise
- Deciduous Tree Fruit Production
- Tree Fruit Rootstocks
- Pruning and Training Tree Fruit
- Apple Varieties
- Tree fruit nutrition
- Asian pear varieties
- Impact of climate change on tree fruit production
- 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)
- Associate 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
- 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
- Email hdk3@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3179
- Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecosystems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Hydrologic and Nutrient Cycling Modeling
- Environmental Biophysics
- Plant Ecophysiology
- 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
- Email pjl1@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1017
- Assistant Professor
- Email cvl5836@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1906
- University Distinguished Professor
Areas of Expertise
- crop ecophysiology
- plant adaptation to abiotic stress
- plant genetics
- simulation modeling
- Email jpl4@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2256
- Professor of Horticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Tree and Small Fruit Physiology
- Fruit production systems
- Data Analysis
- Associate Professor of Turfgrass Science
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Entomology
- Insect behavior
- Biological Control
- Cultural and mechanical control
- Insect Ecology
- Insecticide resistance
- Email bam53@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1138
- Pronouns He/Him
- 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
- Email frm10@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-4612
- Pronouns He/Him
- 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
- Email ess11@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2433
- Associate Professor of Weed Science
Areas of Expertise
- Weed ecology
- Herbicide-based weed control
- Organic weed management
- Sustainable cropping systems
- Email jmw309@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1014
- Associate 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
- Email cmw29@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1016
