Faculty

Vegetable Crops

Research and extension work on vegetable crops at NC State is interdepartmental, and involves a full range of programs and crops.

Vegetable crops faculty at North Carolina State University are based in different departments, including Agricultural and Resource Economics, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Crop Science, Entomology, Food Science, Horticultural Science, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, and Statistics.

Below are faculty who are working in vegetable crops research and extension at NC State. Also included are faculty who have expertise in areas that are important to vegetable crops research and extension.

Faculty are shown with their crop or specialty, with an indication of whether they are mostly research (res) or extension (ext).

Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Estes, E.
• Marra, M.
• O'Sullivan, J.
• Saffley, C.
• Smith, K.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Boyette, M.
• Evans, R.
• Grabow, G.
• Skaggs, W.
• Roberson, G.
• Stikeleather, L.

Botany

• Thomas, J.

Crop Science

• Dainhower, D.
• Linker, M.
• Mueller, J.P.
• Spears, J.

Entomology

• Ambrose, J.
• Bambara, S.
• Gould, F.
• Kennedy, G.G.
• Orr, D.
• Sorensen, K.
• Toth, S.
• Walgenbach, J.

Food Science

• Breidt, F.
• Carroll, D.
• Fleming, H.
• McFeeters, R.
• Rushing, J.
• Swartzel, K.
• Walter, W.
• Ward, D.

Horticultural Science

• Batts, R.B. (pesticide registration res)
• Burton, J.D. (herbicide physiology res)
• Buhler, W.G. (pesticide education ext)
• Clouse, S.D. (biotechnology res)
• Creamer, N.G. (organic production res)
• Davis, J.M. (specialty crop ext)
• Evans, E.D. (home horticulture ext)
• Gardner, R.G. (tomato breeding res)
• Kornegay, J. (horticultural science head)
• Monks, D.W. (herbicide physiology ext)
• Nelson, P.V. (crop nutrition res)
• Pecota, K.V. (potato breeding res)
• Peet, M.M. (greenhouse vegetable res)
• Pharr, D.M. (crop physiology res)
• Sanders, D.C. (crop production ext)
• Schultheis, J.R. (crop production ext)
• Wehner, T.C. (cucumber / watermelon breeding res)
• Williamson, J.D. (crop physiology res)
• Yencho, G.C. (sweetpotato / potato breeding res)

Plant Pathology

• Cubeta, M.
• Daub, M. (botany head)
• Holmes, G.
• Louws, F.
• Moyer, J.
• Milholland, R.
• Pesic-Van Esbroeck, Z.
• Ristaino, J.
• Ritchie, D.
• Shoemaker, P.

Soil Science

• Crozier, C.
• Hodges, S.
• Hoyt, G.
• Mikkelsen, R.
• Miner, G.
• Osmond, D.
• Rideout, J.
• Wagger, M.

Statistics

• Brownie, C. (experiment design)
• Swallow, W. (experiment design)