Jonathan Schultheis

Area(s) of Expertise

Extension and research responsibilities for vegetable crops. Program emphasis on developing and optimizing cultural practices for commercial production of vegetables. Interestsinclude stand establishment, plasticulture, developing new alternative crops, drip irrigation, nutrition, and seed physiology. Crop emphasis is with sweetpotato and cucurbits.

Publications

• Horizontal Planting Orientation Can Improve Yield in Organically Grown Sweetpotato , HORTSCIENCE (2024)
• Genetic and geographical inputs that shape Metabolomic and transcriptomic profiles of melon fruits , SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE (2023)
• High-density Planting and a Smaller Row Width Increased Yield and Decreased Fruit Size of , HORTSCIENCE (2023)
• Using Partial Budgeting Analyses to Analyze Profitability of Commercial Pumpkin Production, Standardize Bin Size Categories, and Understand Bin Sorting Accuracy , HortScience (2023)
• Profiling carotenoid and sugar contents in unique Cucumis melo L. cultigens harvested from different climatic regions of the United States , JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS (2022)
• Cell Wall Polysaccharide Composition of Grafted 'Liberty' Watermelon With Reduced Incidence of Hollow Heart Defect , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2021)
• Grafting watermelon onto interspecific hybrid squash reduces hollow heart disorder , II INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VEGETABLE GRAFTING (2021)
• Non-destructive characterization of grafted tomato root systems using the mini-horhizotron , II INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VEGETABLE GRAFTING (2021)
• Critical timing of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) removal in sweetpotato , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2020)
• Effect of bicyclopyrone herbicide on sweetpotato and Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2020)