The Mid-Atlantic Regional Fruit Loop:
Extension, Research and Teaching in Fruit Crops
Mid-Atlantic University and USDA Fruit Faculty
Horticulture | Entomology | Plant Pathology | Soil Science | Agriculture |Weed Science
| Pesticide Use | Ag Engineering | Labor Relations| Genetics
Horticulture
- Paul Adler, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
- Win Cowgill, Professor and Area Fruit Agent, Rutgers
Cooperative Extension, Flemington NJ
- Kathy
Demchak, Small Fruit Horticulturist, Penn State (small
fruit), University Park PA
- Gina Fernandez, Dept. Horticulture, North Carolina State
Univ., Raleigh NC (small fruit)
- Joe Fiola, Viticulture and Small Fruit, Univ. of Maryland, Keedysville MD
- Joe Goffreda, Associate Professor and Fruit Breeder, New
Jersey Agric. Expt. Stn. (fruit breeding)
- Tremain Hatch, Extension Associate, Alson H. Smith Agric. & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Winchester
- Gordon Johnson, Fruit and Vegetable Specialist, Dept of Plant
and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Delaware, Georgetown DE
- Steven J. McArtney, Associate
Professor, Mt. Hortic. Crops Res. & Educ. Ctr., NCSU, Fletcher NC
- Reza Rafie, Virginia State University,
Petersburg VA
- Jayesh Samtani, Dept. Horticulture, Hampton Roads Agric. Res.
& Ext. Ctr, Virginia Beach VA
- Sherif Sherif, Assistant Prifessor, Alson H. Smith Agric. Ext. Ctr, Virginia Tech (Winchester)
- Fumiomi Takeda, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Dan Ward, Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension
Center, Bridgeton NJ
Entomology
- David Biddinger, Penn. State
Fruit Lab, Biglerville PA
- Greg Krawczyk, Penn. State Fruit Lab, Biglerville PA
- Tracy Leskey, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
(USDA), Kearneysville WV
- Anne L. Nielsen, Rutgers Univ., Rutgers Agric. & Ext. Ctr., Bridgeton NJ
- Douglas G. Pfeiffer, Fruit Entomologist, Department of
Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
- Dean Polk, Associate Professor, Rutgers Univ., Cream Ridge NJ
- Ed Rajotte, Dept. of Entomology, Penn State, University Park PA
- Kevin Rice, Alson H. Smith Agric. & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Winchester VA
- Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Marucci Blueberry & Cranberry Res. & Ext. Ctr., Rutgers Univ., Chatsworth NJ
- James F. Walgenbach, Professor,
Mt. Hortic. Crops Res. & Educ. Ctr., NCSU, Fletcher, NC
Plant Pathology
- Srdjan Acimovic, Fruit Pathologist, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
- Anton Baudoin, Grape Pathologist, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
- Wojciech Janisiewicz, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
- Norm LaLancette, Rutgers University, Bridgeton NJ
- Mizuho Nita, Grape Pathologist, Alson H. Smith Agric. & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Winchester
- John Norelli, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
- Zvezdana Pesic-VanEsbroeck, NCSU, Raleigh NC (small fruit viruses)
- Guido Schnabel, Dept. Plant Pathology, Clemson Univ.,
Clemson SC (small fruit)
- Charles Wilson, Appalachian Fruit
Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
- Yuan Zeng, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blackstone VA
Soil Science
- Michael Glenn, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
Agricultural Economics
- Jayson Harper, Dept. Ag. Econ., Penn. State Univ., University
Park PA
Weed Science
- Rakesh Chandran, Weed Scientist, West Virginia University,
Morgantown WV
- Jeff Derr, Weed Scientist, Hampton Roads Agric. Res. &
Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Virginia Beach VA
- Bradley Majek, Professor and Extension Specialist in Weed
Science with Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Pesticide Safety and Application
Agricultural Engineering
- Amy Tabb, Appalachian Fruit
Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
Enology
Labor Relations
- Joanne Spano, West Virginia University
Experimental Farm, Kearneysville WV
Genetic Engineering and Cultivar Development
- Tom Artlip, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Carole Bassett, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Richard Bell, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Ann Callahan, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Ralph Scorza, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
- Chinnathambe Srinivasan, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA),
Kearneysville WV
Douglas G.
Pfeiffer