Joe Neal
Professor of Weed Science and Extension Specialist
Kilgore Hall 262
Bio
Area(s) of Expertise
Weed Management in nursery crops, landscape plantings and Christmas trees. Research and extension programs focus on optimizing weed control programs for cost-effective weed control and environmental stewardship, and biological control of weeds.
Publications
- Biological Control of Weeds in turfgrass: opportunities and misconceptions , PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2023)
- Herbicide resistance in the nursery crop production and landscape maintenance industries , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2020)
- Site Conditions, Maintenance Costs, and Plant Performance of 10 Extensive Green Roofs in the Research Triangle Area of Central North Carolina , HORTTECHNOLOGY (2020)
- Efficacy of the Bioherbicide Thaxtomin A on Smooth Crabgrass and Annual Bluegrass and Safety in Cool-Season Turfgrasses , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2016)
- Selective Broadleaf Weed Control in Turfgrass with the Bioherbicides Phoma macrostoma and Thaxtomin A , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2016)
- Developing a mobile application as an extension education tool: A case study using IPMPro , HortTechnology (2013)
- Testing, promoting, and launching a mobile application as an extension tool: A case study with IPMPro , HortTechnology (2013)
- Assessing the integrated pest management practices of southeastern US ornamental nursery operations , Pest Management Science (2012)
- Evaluating fertility of triploid clones of Hypericum androsaemum L. for use as non-invasive landscape plants , HortScience (2010)
- New Zealand Bittercress (Cardamine corymbosa; Brassicaceae): New to the United States , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2009)