Regional Experts

Doug Chapman – All small fruit crops – chapmld@auburn.edu

Elina Coneva – Small Fruits and Grape Production – Edc0001@auburn.edu

Chip East – Small Fruit – eastwil@aces.edu

Jim Jacobi – Plant Disease Diagnostics – jacobjc@auburn.edu

Jacob Kelley – Small Fruit Horticulture – jtk0016@auburn.edu

David Lawrence – Small Fruit Horticulture – lawreda@auburn.edu

Camila Rodrigues – Food Safety – czr0079@auburn.edu

Jay Spiers – Small Fruit Crops – Jds0017@auburn.edu

Edgar Vinson – Fruit production specialist – vinsoed@aces.edu

Kristin Woods – Food safety – woodskl@aces.edu

Rebecca Ann Schmidt-Jeffris – Strawberry Entomology – rschmi3@clemson.edu

Guido Schnabel – Fruit Pathology with special emphasis on peaches – schnabe@clemson.edu

Mary Helen Ferguson – Blueberry and Strawberry – Mhferguson@agcenter.lsu.edu

Kiki Fontenot – Vegetable Crops and Strawberries – KKfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu

Stuart Gauthier – Regional Horticulture Specialist – sgauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu

Charlie Graham – Fruit Crops and Pecans – CJgraham@agcenter.lsu.edu

Kerry Heafner – Regional Horticulture Specialist – kheafner@agcenter.lsu.edu

Michael Polozola – Statewide Fruit Specialist – MPolozola@agcenter.lsu.edu

Sara Shields – Regional Horticulture Specialist – srshields@agcenter.lsu.edu

Raj Singh – Pathology – rsingh@agcenter.lsu.edu

Ron Strahan – Weed Control – rstrahan@agcenter.lsu.edu

Mark Wilson – Northwest Regional Horticulture Agent – mawilson@agcenter.lsu.edu

Blake Layton – Extension Entomology – blake.layton@msstate.edu

Rebecca Melanson – Extension Plant Pathology – rebecca.melanson@msstate.edu

Eric Stafne – Small Fruit Crops – eric.stafne@msstate.edu

Hamid Ashrafi – Blueberries – hamidashrafi@ncsu.edu

Roger Batts – IR-4 Field Research Center – roger_batts@ncsu.edu

Hannah Burrack – Insect Management (Small Fruits, Specialty Crops, and Tobacco) – hannah_burrack@ncsu.edu

Bill Cline – Blueberries – bill_cline@ncsu.edu

Zvezdana Pesic-Van Esbroeck – Strawberries – zvezdana_pesic@ncsu.edu

Gina Fernandez -Brambles and Strawberries – gina_fernandez@ncsu.edu

Mark Hoffmann – Extension and research in grape, muscadine and strawberry production systems – mhoffma3@ncsu.edu

Massimo Iorizzo – Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries – miorizz@ncsu.edu

Katie Jennings – Weed Management – katie_jennings@ncsu.edu

Frank Louws – Diseases – frank_louws@ncsu.edu

Mike Mainland – Blueberry and Muscadine – mike_mainland@ncsu.edu

Wayne Mitchem – Weed Management – wayne_mitchem@ncsu.edu

David Monks – Weed Management – david_monks@ncsu.edu

Penny Perkins – Postharvest Handling – penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu

Antonius B Baudoin – Fruit pathology – abaudoin@vt.edu

James C. Bergh – Fruit entomology – cbergh@vt.edu

Douglas G Pfeiffer – Fruit entomology – dgpfeiff@vt.edu

Mizuho Nita – Grape Pathologist – Nita24@vt.edu

Jayesh Samtani – Small Fruit Production Specialist – jsamtani@vt.edu

Tony Wolf – Grapes – vitis@vt.edu

Matthew Bertucci – Sustainable and organic small fruit production – bertucci@uark.edu

Aaron Cato – Fruit and vegetable IPM specialist – acato@uada.edu

John R. Clark – Plant Breeding Blackberries, blueberries – jrclark@uark.edu

Amanda McWhirt – Fruit and vegetable production specialist – amcwhirt@uada.edu

Ron Rainey – Risk Management – rrainey@uada.edu

Ples Spradley – Pesticide Assessment – pspradley@uada.edu

Margaret Worthington – Blackberries and muscadines – mlworthi@uark.edu

Koushik Adhikari – Sensory quality of small fruits and juices – koushik7@uga.edu

Zilfina Rubio Ames – Small fruits – Zilfina.RubioAmes@uga.edu

Brett Blaauw – Insects – bblaauw@uga.edu

Phillip Brannen – Fruit Pathology – Extension – pbrannen@uga.edu

Patrick J. Conner – muscadine cultivars – pconner@uga.edu

W. Florkowski – Agricultural Economics – wflorko@griffin.uga.edu

Greg Fonsah – Agricultural Economics – gfonsah@uga.edu

Bill Hurst – Food Science – bhurst@uga.edu

Rachel Itle – Production and genetics of small fruit – ritle@uga.edu

Anish Malladi – Blueberries – malladi@uga.edu

Savithri Nambeesan – Postharvest physiology of small fruit – sunamb@uga.edu

Jonathan Oliver – Fruit Pathologist – jonathanoliver@uga.edu

Chad Paton – Nutrition and human health (blueberries) – cpaton@uga.edu

Harald Scherm – Blueberry Diseases – scherm@uga.edu

Ash Sial – Entomology – ashsial@uga.edu

Frank Hale – Entomology – fahale@utk.edu

Zachariah Hansen – Plant Pathology – zhansen1@utk.edu

Brian Leib – Engineering – Irrigation – bleib@utk.edu

David Lockwood – Small Fruit Crops – dlockwood@utk.edu