Horticulture: Extension & Outreach
Extension Faculty
Extension faculty within the Department of Horticulture reside in five locations across the state:
- Athens (The University of Georgia),
- Tifton (Rural Development Center),
- Statesboro (Georgia Southern University),
- Griffin (Georgia Experiment Station), and
- Byron (USDA Stone Fruit and Tree/Nut Laboratory).
Faculty are located in these sites to be in close proximity to the industries and commodity groups with whom they work.
Fruit/Nut Crops
- Extension Horticulturist - Fruit Crops
- 85% Extension; 15% Research
- Commodity Assignment: Small fruit, pears, persimmons, mayhaws, minor and specialty fruit
- Extension Horticulturist - Fruit Crops
- 15% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Apple production (shared position with Tennessee and South Carolina)
- Extension Horticulturist - Fruit Crops
- 25% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Orchard floor weed management; apples, peaches, pecans, grapes
- Extension Horticulturist-Fruit Crops
- 90% Research; 10% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Cultivar development, cultural management, whole plant physiology, and growth regulator use on blueberries
- Extension Horticulturist - Fruit Crops
- 40% Research; 60% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Commercial peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums
- Extension Horticulturist - Pecans
- 35 % Research; 65 % Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Pecan Production
Vegetable Crops
- Extension Horticulturist - Vegetables
- 72% Extension; 28% Research
- Commodity Assignment: Onions, squash, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupes
- Extension Horticulturist - Vegetables
- 100% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Vegetable production north of Atlanta - Commercial production of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cabbage, collards, cabbage, beans, collards, turnips, southern peas, mustard, potatoes, okra, kale, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, spinach and pumpkins
- Extension Horticulturist – Post Harvest Physiology
- 75% Research, 25% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: postharvest handling research and extension programs on fruits and vegetables
- Extension Horticulturist – Soil Calibration
- 100% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Jointly funded position between Crops and Soil Science and Horticulture. Determination of lime and fertilizer rates for current agronomic and horticultural crop production systems
Ornamentals
- Extension Horticulturist - Landscape Design
- 14% Extension; 86% Teaching
- Commodity Assignment: Residential landscape design
- Extension Horticulturist - Ornamentals
- 85% Extension, 15% Teaching
- Commodity Assignment: Nursery Production
- Extension Weed Science - Ornamentals
- 75% Extension; 25% Research
- Commodity Assignment: Weed control in nurseries, greenhouses, landscapes and Christmas trees
- Extension Horticulturist - Master Gardener
- 100% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Statewide coordination of the Georgia Master Gardener Program
- Extension Horticulturist - Ornamentals
- 88% Extension; 12% Teaching
- Commodity Assignment: Commercial floriculture production, southern half of the state.
- Extension Horticulturist - Nursery Crops
- 80% Research; 20% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Container and field nursery production; cultivar evaluation
- Extension Horticulturist - Ornamentals
- 51% Extension; 49% Teaching
- Commodity Assignment: Floriculture industry
- Extension Horticulturist - Ornamentals; and Extension Coordinator - Horticulture
- 77% Extension; 28% Administration
- Commodity Assignment: Professional landscape industry
- Extension Consumer Horticulturist
- 100% Extension
- Commodity Assignment: Consumer ornamentals and vegetables
