Brian Whipker

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Bio

Extension (80%) and research (20%) responsibilities for commercial floriculture.

Research: diagnostics, plant nutrition, water quality, plant growth regulators, and economics.

Extension: Focus includes providing production information and diagnostic services to commercial greenhouse floriculture operations.  Area of specialization includes plant nutrition, plant growth regulators, and problem diagnostics.  Primary crop focus includes pansies, bedding plants, poinsettias, and general potted plants.

Publications

• A Data-driven Approach to Generating Foliar Nutrient Interpretation Ranges and Machine Learning-based Interpretation for Petunia , HORTSCIENCE (2025)
• Defining Leaf Tissue Nutrient Standards and Nutrient Disorder Symptomology of Greenhouse-grown Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) , HORTSCIENCE (2025)
• Establishing Leaf Tissue Nutrient Standards and Documenting Nutrient Disorder Symptomology of Greenhouse-Grown Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) , Applied Sciences (2025)
• Generating Gerbera Foliar Nutrient Interpretation Ranges with a Meta-analysis Sufficiency Range Approach , HORTSCIENCE (2025)
• Impact of substrate pH and micronutrient fertility rates on Cannabis sativa , AGROSYSTEMS GEOSCIENCES & ENVIRONMENT (2025)
• Nutrient Disorder Symptomology and Refining Leaf Tissue Nutrient Standards of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) , HORTSCIENCE (2025)
• A Data-driven Approach for Generating Leaf Tissue Nutrient Interpretation Ranges for Greenhouse Lettuce , HORTSCIENCE (2024)
• Coleus cultivars nutritional status as a function of leaf coloration , JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION (2024)
• Peat Substrates Amended with Wood-based Biochar Do Not Influence the Efficacy of Paclobutrazol Drenches , HortScience (2024)
• Pentas: a data-driven approach for generating leaf tissue nutrient Interpretation ranges , JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION (2024)

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