Research
The Department of Horticulture has an active, productive, and diverse research program. The Department has continued success in acquiring industry funds and funds from competitive internal sources. Several of our programs have been successful in acquiring substantial federal funding. Many of our faculty members are successful in obtaining funding for research from state and local grower and trade associations. Faculty members in the Department of Horticulture continue to maintain their solid base of refereed publications in commodity- and applied-oriented journals.
Dr. William Graves, Professor of Horticulture, Dr. James Schrader, Asst. Scientist and Nicolee Zollinger, Graduate Student, inspecting fruit set on an Ilex.
Dr. Arora, Associate Professor. Yanhui Peng, Post Doc, and Xiang Wang, Graduate Student, observing seed-pod size and density of the wild type and transformed (by a tonoplast aquaporin overexpression) Arabidopsis plants.
Dr. Arora discussing data with gradaute students Wei Hao and Majken Pagter from a winter-acclimation physiology study on Rhododendron.
Dr. Henry Taber, Professor of Horticulture, transplanting tomato seedlings in the Horticulture headhouse.
Dr. Loren Stephens preparing to do tissue culture transfers.
