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David Berle
Associate Professor-retired rehire; Emphasis: Urban & small farm organics, medicinal herbs
Horticulture
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Julie Campbell
Assistant Professor; Emphasis: Consumer Horticulture & Consumer Behavior
Horticulture
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Timothy Coolong
Interim ANR Leader, Assistant Dean for Extension | Professor, Extension Specialist, SARE State Coordinator; Emphasis: Vegetable
Horticulture
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - Southern Region
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Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi
Associate Professor; Emphasis: Controlled environment horticulture
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
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Sarah Lowder
Assistant Professor, Viticulture Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Viticulture
Horticulture
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Anish Malladi
Professor; Emphasis: Pomology, fruit growth & developmental physiology
Horticulture
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Cecilia E. McGregor
Professor; Emphasis: Cucurbit breeding, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Savithri Nambeesan
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Ripening & post-harvest physiology
Horticulture
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John M. Ruter
Allan M. Armitage Professor & UGA Trial Gardens Director; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding & production
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Esther van der Knaap
Professor; Emphasis: Tomatoes, plant development, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Dayton Wilde
Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of ornamental plants
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Donglin Zhang
Professor; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Dario Chavez
Associate Professor
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
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Sheri Dorn
Senior Public Service Associate & State Master Gardener Coordinator
Horticulture
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Rachel Itle
Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Fruit production & genetics
Horticulture
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Andrew Ogden
Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Bodie V. Pennisi
Vincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture; Emphasis: Commercial & sustainable landscape; pollinators
Horticulture
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Carol Robacker
Associate Professor & Griffin REI Coordinator
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Akshaya Biswal
Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Peanut Genetics, Breeding, Genomics, Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Ye (Juliet) Chu
Assistant Professor, Emphasis: Blueberry breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Joann Conner
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Apomixis, plant reproduction
Horticulture
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Patrick J. Conner
Professor & Tifton REI Coordinator; Emphasis: Pecan & muscadine breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Angelos Deltsidis
Assistant Professor & Post-harvest Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Post-harvest fruit & vegetables physiology
Horticulture
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Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez
Professor; Emphasis: Vegetable production (conventional, organic & sustainable); plasticulture; environmental physiology
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
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Ted McAvoy
Assistant Professor & Vegetable Production Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Vegetable production
Horticulture
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Amol Nankar
Assistant Professor; Emphasis: vegetable breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Peggy Ozias-Akins
Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts
Horticulture
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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Luan Oliveira
Assistant Professor and Precision Ag Extension Specialist
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture
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Zilfina Rubio Ames
Assistant Professor and Small Fruit Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Blueberry, small fruits
Horticulture
Wayne E. Mitchem
Extension Associate; Areas of Interest: Regional Orchard and Vineyard Floor Vegetation Management Specialist
wayne_mitchem@ncsu.edu
828-684-3562
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Jim M. Affolter
Professor Emeritus; Emphasis: Plant conservation & native plant production
Horticulture
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Tim Smalley
Professor Emeritus; Emphasis: Landscape, plant identification, historic gardens
Horticulture