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Horticultural Science Extension Faculty

Ted Bilderback
Ted Bilderback. Nursery production, especially substrates, nutrition and irrigation. Ted is Director of the JC Raulston Arboretum.
Katie Jennings
Kathie Jennings Weed management in small fruits and vegetables.

Lucy Bradley

Lucy Bradley. Urban horticulture, especially Master Gardeners, Extension agent support, and community gardens.
Anthony Lebude
Anthony LeBude Nursery production, especially propagation, best management practices, and new plants for the Southeast. Anthony is based at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center.
Wayne Buhler
Wayne Buhler Pesticide safety education.  Wayne is Director of the Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center.
Steven McArtney
Steven McArtney Apple production, especially new cultivars for the southeast, biennial bearing and thinning. Steve also takes care of apple extension for Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee and is based at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center.
Mark Clough
Mark Clough Irish (white) potato production, breeding and genetics. Mark is based at the Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center.
Joe Neal
Joe Neal Weed management in nursery crops, christmas trees, landscape planting, and floriculture.
Nancy Creamer
Nancy Creamer Organic and sustainable vegetable production. Nancy is Director of Center for Environmental Farming Systems.
Mike Parker
Mike Parker Tree fruit production, especially apple rootstocks, peaches and alternative tree fruit crops.
Jeanine Davis
Jeanine Davis Specialty crops, especially organic vegetable, fruit and herb production and a variety of non-timber forest products including mushrooms, hops, truffles, etc. Jeanine is based at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center.
Jonathan Schultheis
Jonathan Schultheis Vegetable crop production and postharvest handling, especially with sweet potatoes and curcurbits.
Elizabeth Driscoll
Elizabeth "Liz" Driscoll Youth programs in Horticulture. Liz also coordinates youth programs for Crop Science, Soil Science and Entomology.
Sara Spayd
Sara Spayd Grape production and postharvest handling, both vinifera and muscadine types.
Barbara Fair
Barbara Fair Landscape, especially water use in the landscape, wood plant identification, planting and maintenance, and plants for the urban environment.
Allan Thornton
Allan Thornton Vegetable production and handling. Allan is based at Sampson County Center.
Gina Fernandez
Gina Fernandez Caneberry production and breeding, especially raspberries and blackberries.
Mark Weathington
Mark Weathington Evaluation and use of landscape plants, especially woody plants. Mark is Assistant Director and Curator of Collections at the JC Raulston Arboretum.
Christopher Gunter
Christopher Gunter Vegetable production, especially with tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, and broccoli, and food safety.
Brian Whipker
Brian Whipker Floriculture production, especially plant growth regulators, plant nutrition and economics.