UGA Tifton Campus
Office location: 225 Horticulture Building
Laboratory: 211 Horticulture Building
Laboratory: 211 Horticulture Building
My vegetable research interests include a) Plasticulture/Protected Agriculture Technologies (plant responses to plastic film mulches, shade nets, and high tunnels) and Crop-Environmental Interactions; b) Effect of Preharvest Factors on Postharvest Quality; c) Sustainable/Organic Vegetable Production (efficient use of fertilizers and water; utilization of cover crops and reduced tillage; reduced use of inputs).
Research Areas
Plasticulture/Protected Agriculture Technologies
- Plant physiological responses and crop-environmental interactions of vegetables when grown using plastic film mulches, shade nets, and high tunnels.
- Agricultural film environmental impacts.
- Biodegradable mulches
Sustainable/Organic Vegetable Production
- Soil and plant health; efficient use of fertilizers and irrigation water.
- Cover crops and reduced tillage.
- Reduced inputs.
Effect of Preharvest Factors on Postharvest Quality
- Influences of air temperature, irrigation, fertilization, plant diseases, and insects on vegetable quality.
- Fruit physiological disorders such as sunburn and blossom-end rot.
Teaching
- HORT 3010 Introduction to Vegetables (Tifton campus)
Appointments
- 14% Teaching
- 81% Research
- 5% Service
Education
- B.S. Agriculture & Plant Science, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, 1983
- M.S. Plant Physiology, University of California - Davis, 1989
- Ph.D. Plant Physiology, University of California - Davis, 1994