Dr. Steven J. McArtney

Associate Professor

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732

Office Phone: (828) 684-3562 ext.115
Fax: (828) 684-8715
E-Mail: steve_mcartney@ncsu.edu

Ph.D. 1998 Ohio State University

Pomology research (80%) and extension (20%) activities in the southeast region (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee). Stationed at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Fletcher, N.C.

Development of appropriate technologies for enhancing productivity and profitability of the apple industry in the southeast, including…

• evaluating new apple cultivars for the southeast
• identifying new or improved methods for regulating crop load and increasing fruit size,
• enhancing color formation and reducing fruit cosmetic disorders,
• improving flower bud formation in biennial apple cultivars, and
• reducing pre-harvest drop

Recent Publications

• McArtney, S.; White, M. Latter, I. and Campbell, J. 2004. Individual and combined effects of shading and thinning chemicals on abscission and dry-matter accumulation of ‘Royal Gala’ apple fruit. J. Hort. Sci. & Biotech. 79(3): 441-448.
• McArtney, S.J. 2002. Ethylene evolution from detached apple spurs in response to chemical thinners. HortScience 37 (4): 662-665.
• Walker, J.T.S. and McArtney, S.J. (2001). An economic assessment of organic apple production in Hawkes Bay orchards. In Plant Protection Challenges in Organic Production p29-37. Proc of NZ Plant Protection Soc. Symposium 2000.
• McArtney, S.J.; Hoover, E.M.; Hirst, P.M. and Brooking, I.R. 2001. Seasonal variation in the onset and duration of flower development in ‘Royal Gala’ apple buds. J. Hort. Sci. & Biotech. 76(5): 536-540.
• Ferree, D.C.; McArtney, S.J. and Scurlock, D.M. 2001. Influence of irradiance and period of exposure on fruit set of French-American hybrid grapes. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126(3): 283-290.
• Stanley, C.J.; Tustin, D.S.; Lupton, G.B.; McArtney, S.; Cashmore, W.M. and De Silva, H.N. 2000. Towards understanding the role of temperature in apple fruit growth responses in three geographical regions within New Zealand. J. Hort. Sci. & Biotech. 75(4): 413-422.
• McArtney, S.J. and D.C. Ferree. 1999. Root and cane pruning affect vegetative development, fruiting, and dry-matter accumulation of grapevines. HortScience 34(4): 617-621.
• McArtney, S.J. and D.C. Ferree. 1999. Shading effects on dry matter partitioning, remobilization of stored reserves and early season vegetative development of grapevines in the year after treatment. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124(6): 591-597.
• McArtney, S.J. and D.C. Ferree. 1998. Concentrations of amino nitrogen and soluble carbohydrates in bleeding sap collected at bud break of ‘Cabernet Franc’ and ‘White Riesling’ grapevines growing on four clonal rootstocks. Fruit Var. J. 52(4): 220-225.
• McArtney, S.J. and S.H. Li. 1998. Selective inhibition of flowering on Braeburn apple trees with gibberellins. HortScience 33(4): 699-700.
• De Silva, H.N.; Tustin, D.S.; Cashmore, W.M.; Stanley, C.J.; Lupton, G. and McArtney, S.J. 1997. Fruit fresh mass-diameter relationship for ‘Royal Gala’ apple across seasons and among fruit production regions of New Zealand. HortScience 32(7): 1169-1173.
• McArtney, S.J.; Tustin, D.S.; Seymour, S.; Cashmore, W. and N.E. Looney. 1995. Benzyladenine and carbaryl effects on fruit thinning and the enhancement of return flowering of three apple cultivars. J. Hort. Sci. 70: 287-296.