UGA Athens Campus

Office: 1121 Miller Plant Sciences

Laboratory: 1403 Miller Plant Sciences

Research in my lab focuses on fruit growth and developmental physiology. I'm interested in understanding regulation of fruit size in small fruit and tree fruit crops. Fruit size is influenced by genetic, environmental, and cultural factors. My research aims to understand the contribution of these factors and their interaction in regulating fruit growth.

Improving the efficiency of mechanical harvesting can decrease labor costs and benefit fruit growers. Understanding abscission physiology is important to develop fruit specific abscission agents. My lab also studies signaling mechanisms involved in induction of abscission in leaves and fruit of fruit crops.

Appointments

• 48% Teaching
• 47% Research
• 5% Service

Teaching

• HORT 3020 Introduction to Fruit Crops
• CRSS/HORT 4590/6590 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
• CRSS/HORT 4590L/6590L Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Lab
• HORT 4430/6430 Plant Physiology
• HORT 6070 Special Problems in Horticulture I

Education

• B.S. Agriculture, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India, 1998
• M.S. Horticulture, Purdue University, 2001
• Ph.D. Horticulture, Purdue University, 2005
• Post-Doctoral Associate, Horticulture, University of Florida, 2007