Faculty Research

LESREC

David Armentrout - Facility Manager

       - Field Corn Experimental Variety Test Plot
       - Field Corn Herbicide Evaluation
       - Soybean commercial Variety Plot Trial
       - Field Corn commercial Variety Plot Trial
       - Soybean Variety Field Trial

Dr. Kathryne Everts - Extension Specialist, Vegetable Plant Pathology

       - Pumpkin Cover crop
       - Watermelon Hairy Vetch & Biofungicide
       -  Staked Tomato Variety
       - Watermelon Fungicide
       - Pumpkin Fungicide
       - Pickling Cucumber Fungicide
       - Snap Beans Fungicide
       - Organic Snap Beans Biofungicide

Dr. Xin-Gen Zhou - Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

       - Watermelon Hairy Vetch Disease Spread
       - Watermelon Hairy Vetch Foliar Disease

Marylee Ross - IR-4 Faculty Research Assistant

       - Magnitude of Residue trials

Maryland Cooperative Extension

Dr. Gerald Brust - Regional Vegetable Specialist

       - Cover Crop Study 
       - Comparison study of sweet corn for CEW infestation
       - Organic Pesticide Trials
       - Cucurbit trial and squash vine borer study
       - Nitrate and drip irrigation fertility trial for tomato and watermelon

Dr. Joseph Fiola Regional Extension Specialist, Viticulture & Small Fruit

       - Wine grape fungicide trial for powdery mildew
       - Grape fungicide trial for powdery mildew

Richard Nottingham - Somerset County Extension Director               

       - Alternative Cover crops

Laura Hunsberger - Worcester County Extension Director

       - Organic Mini Melons
       - Organic Edamame variety trials

Andrew Ristvey - Regional Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture

       - Beach Plum Selection Trials

Ginny Rosenkranz - FEA, Commercial Horticulturist

       - Edible Flower Research on Black and Silver Plastic

Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

Dr. Jose Costa 

Aaron Cooper

       - Small Grain Head Rows/Scab Project

Dr. Jose Costa

       - Breeding of small grains and scab testing of wheat

Dr. William Kenworthy

       - Soybean cyst variety test

Dr. Robert Kratochvil

       - State Corn Hybrid Test

Dr. Christopher Walsh

       - Reducing risk of Salmonella on fresh market tomato

Entomology

Dr. Galen Dively 

Terry Patton

       - Effects of Bt Corn on Aquatic Insects
       - Avitec Seed Treatment Demo Test on Field Corn
       - Bt Sweet corn Biopesticide Demo Test
       - Sweet Corn Insecticide Efficacy Test
       - Stinkbug Yield Reduction Study
       - Insect Control in Soybeans using Cruiser Max

Dr. Daniel Gruner

     - Entomopathogenic nematodes in Maryland soils

Dr. Cerruti Hooks

     - Compatibility of Sunn Hemp to Maryland's Eastern Shore environment
     - Impact of Italian rye on above/below ground organisms in soybean

Mike Embrey

      - Honeybees

For more information, contact Jeri Cook

Last updated: 03/10/2009