Wayne Mitchem
WM
Extension Associate and Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium Coordinator
455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759
704-472-4369 wayne_mitchem@ncsu.eduBio
Area(s) of Expertise
Extension responsibilities for weed management in tree fruit and vine crops in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Address grower needs through production meetings, on-farm visits and demonstrations. Also responsible for updating recommendations in state and regional publications.
Research interests include herbicide screening for fruit crops and weed/crop interactions as it relates to critical weed-free periods for fruit.
Education
MS Horticulture NC State University 1994
Publications
- Tolerance of muscadine grape to 2,4-D choline postemergence-directed , Weed Technology (2023)
- Tolerance of plasticulture strawberry to 2,4-D choline applied to row middles , Weed Technology (2022)
- Tolerance of southern highbush blueberry to 2,4-D choline postemergence-directed , Weed Technology (2022)
- Evaluating weed control and response of newly planted peach trees to herbicides , International Journal of Fruit Science (2018)
- In-row Vegetation-free Strip Width Effect on Established ‘Navaho’ Blackberry , Weed Technology (2017)
- Vegetation-free width and irrigation impact peach tree growth, fruit yield, fruit size, and incidence of hemipteran insect damage , HortScience (2015)
- The North Carolina winegrape grower's guide , (2007)
- Tree Growth, Fruit Size, and Yield Response of Mature Peach to Weed-Free Intervals , Weed Technology (2007)
- Response of Five Summer-Squash (Cucurbita pepo) Cultivars to Halosulfuron , Weed Technology (2006)
- Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Tolerance to Halosulfuron PRE, POST, or PRE followed by POST , Weed Technology (2006)