Staff

Turfgrass, urban ecosystems, sustainability, human dimensions

Apple Breeding; Cultivar Development and Commercialization

Turfgrass, sustainability, bee lawns

Lawn water conservation, bentgrass, and low input turf.

Apple Diseases, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape Horticulture, Plant Production

Cover crops; soil microbial communities; legume crops

Viticulture and Enology, Sustainable fruit production, Outreach & Extension

Plant metabolomics, plant biochemistry, plant-insect interactions

Fine Fescue, No-Mow, Breeding, winter survival

Grape wines, Apple Cider, Fermentation, Winery design

Alfalfa Pan-genomes, Genome Sequencing, Plant Breeding, Genetics, Computational Genomics

Apple Breeding; DNA-informed Breeding; genomewide prediction

Mass Spectrometry, Stable Isotope Labeling, Metabolomics, Data Analysis/Processing

Trait characterization, QTL mapping, RNAseq, Phytopathology

Low-input fine fescues; Roadside turfgrasses; Lawn water conservation; Bee Lawns

Data Science, Machine Learning / AI, Mass Spectrometry

plant breeding, cultivar development

Sustainable fruit production; Apple rootstocks; Edible landscaping; Online teaching

Molecular Breeding, Marker Assisted Breeding, Apple Cider Research

post-harvest; phylloxera; plant-insect

Plant breeding, genetic fingerprinting, landscape horticulture

Organic fruit production, integrated pest management, raspberries