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Steve Bambara
Mr. Steve Bambara
Extension Specialist-Entomology
Area of Specialty: Home Ornamentals, Home Landscape & Turf and Master Gardener Training
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Michael Benson
Dr. D. Michael Benson
Professor-Plant Pathology
Area of Specialty: New ways to control plant diseases in greenhouse and nursery crops by understanding the epidemiology and ecology of root rot pathogens that attack these crops.
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Jim Burton
Dr. Jim Burton
Associate Professor-Horticultral Science
Area of Specialty:Plant Growth Regulators
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Dr. John Dole
Dr. John Dole
Professor-Horticultural Science
Area of Specialty: Crop Management and New Crop Species Development.
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Dr. William C. Fonteno
Dr. William Fonteno
Professor-Horticultural Science
Area of Specialty: Physical properties of horticultural substrates, water use and delivery systems, and computer modeling of aeration and drainage in horticultural substrates.
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Dr. Jim Moyer
Dr. Jim Moyer
Professor-Plant Pathology
Area of Specialty: Virology, Floral Scrop Fingerprinting, Molecular Markers.
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Dr. Joseph C. Neal
Dr. Joseph C. Neal
Professor-Weed Science
Area of Specialty: Weed Control in Nursery Crops, Landscapes and Christmas Trees; and Biological Control of Weeds.
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Dr Paul V. Nelson
Dr. Paul V. Nelson
Professor-Horticultural Science
Area of Specialty: Fertilility and Plant Nutrition.
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Dr. Colleen Warfield
Dr. Colleen Warfield
Associate Professor & Extension Specialist -Plant Pathology
Area of Specialty: Diseases of Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Ornamentals.
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Dr. Dennis Werner
Dr. Dennis Werner
Professor-Horticultural Science, Director J.C. Raulston Arboretum
Area of Specialty: Breeding and Genetics of Herbaceous and Woody Ornamentals.
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Dr Brian Whipker
Dr. Brian Whipker
Professor & Extension Specialist-Horticultural Science
Area of Specialty: Plant Nutrition, Water Quality, Plant Growth Regulators, and Economics.
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Staff (top)
Bernadette Clark
Bernadette Clark
Research Technician
Area of Specialty:
Technician to Floricultural Group and Tree Fruit (Apples and Peaches) Specialist.
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Beth Harden
Beth Harden
Research Technician
Area of Specialty:

Horticultural Substrates.
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Diane Mays
Diane Mays
Research Technician
Area of Specialty:

Conservatory Curator-Tropicals and Teaching Assistant.
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Ingram McCall
Ingram McCall
Research Technician
Area of Specialty:

Floriculture, Plant Growth Regulators and Poinsettia Variety Trials.
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Students (top)
Brian Krug
Brian Krug
Graduate Student PhD
Department of Horticultural Science
NCSU Box 7609
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Email:bakrug@unity.ncsu.edu
Area of Specialty:
Physiological Effects of Plant Growth Regulators
Major Professor: Dr. Brian Whipker
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Jessica Gaus

Jessica G. Barb
Graduate Student PhD
Department of Horticultural Science
227 Kilgore Hall / NCSU Box 7609
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Email:jlgaus@unity.ncsu.edu
Area of Specialty:
Ornamental Plant Breeding
Major Professor: Dr. Dennis Werner
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Roland Leatherwood
W. Roland Leatherwood
Graduate Student-PhD
Department of Horticultural Science
NCSU Box 7609 Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Email:wrleathe@ncsu.edu
Area of Specialty: The impact of nutrition, environment, and stress on cutting quality. Reducing losses of cuttings during shipping is a critical research interest.
Major Professor: Dr. John Dole
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Emma Locke Emma L. Locke
Graduate Student (PhD)
Department of Horticultural Science
Campus Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
E-Mail:
ellocke@ncsu.edu
Advisors:   Dr. John Williamson and Dr. John Dole
Thesis research area: Carbohydrate chemistry relating to cut flower vase life
Erin Possiel Erin Y. Possiel
Graduate Student (MS)
Department of Horticultural Science
Campus Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
E-Mail: eypossie@ncsu.edu
Advisor: Dr. John Dole
Thesis research area: Studying the postharvest physiology of cut flowers in order to extend vase life
Erin Regan Erin M. Regan
Graduate Student (MS)
Department of Horticultural Science
Campus Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
E-Mail: emregan@ncsu.edu
Advisor: Dr. John Dole
Thesis research area: Maximizing the vase life of cut flowers
Matthew Taylor
Matthew D. Taylor
Graduate Student (PhD)
Department of Horticultural Science
Campus Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
E-Mail: mdtaylo3@ncsu.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Nelson
Thesis research area: Geranium pH and nutrition
Webpage: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mdtaylo3/

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