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

• Bacterial diversity and composition on the rinds of specific melon cultivars and hybrids from across different growing regions in the United States , PLOS ONE (2024)
• Effect of S-metolachlor and flumioxazin herbicides on sweetpotato treated with and without activated charcoal applied through transplant water , WEED TECHNOLOGY (2024)
• Quantification of cucurbitacin C in bitter cucumber and its reduction by fermentation and acidification , JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS (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)
• Horizontal Planting Orientation Can Improve Yield in Organically Grown Sweetpotato , HORTSCIENCE (2023)
• Using Partial Budgeting Analyses to Analyze Profitability of Commercial Pumpkin Production, Standardize Bin Size Categories, and Understand Bin Sorting Accuracy , HortScience (2023)
• 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)