SCRI PROJECT GOALS / PARTICIPANTS

Commercial Nursery

Karla Addesso (Nursery, Research Entomologist, Tennessee State University)

Juang-Horng Chong(Ornamental Nursery, Research and Extension Entomologist, SePro)

David Held (Nursery & Landscape, Research and Extension Entomologist, Auburn University)

William Klingeman (Urban Landscape and Nursery, Research Entomologist, University of Tennessee)

Anthony LeBude (Nursery, Horticultural Research, North Carolina State University)

Lloyd Nackley (Nursery, Plant Physiological Ecologist, Oregon State University)

Jason Oliver (Nursery, Research Entomologist, Tennessee State University)

Fulya Baysal-Gurel (Nursery, Research Plant Pathologist, Tennessee State University)

Anthony Witcher (Nursery, Plant Production and Sustainability, Tennessee State University)

Amy Fulcher (Nursery, Research Entomologist, University of Tennessee)
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Shimat Joseph (Turf & Ornamentals, Research and Extension Entomologist, UGA)

Tree/Shrub Fruit​

Brett Blaauw (Tree Fruit, Research and Extension Entomologist, UGA)

Oscar Liburd (Small Fruits, Horticultural Entomologist, University of Florida)
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Nik Wiman (Tree Fruit, Research and Extension Entomologist, Oregon State University)

Tree Nut

Nik Wiman​ ( Tree Nut, Research and Extension Entomologist, Oregon State University)

Jhalendra Rijal (Tree Nut, Research and Extension IPM Program, University of California)

David Shapiro-Ilan (Pecan, Research Entomologist, USDA, Georgia)

Urban Forests and Managed Landscapes

Shimat Joseph (Ornamentals and Nursery, Research and Extension Entomologist, UGA)
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Karla Addesso (Nursery, Research Entomologist, Tennessee State University)

Economics and Marketing

Alicia Rihn (Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Research Economist, University of Tennessee)

Kimberly Jensen (Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Research Economist, University of Tennessee, Emeritus)

Ben Campbell (Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Research Economist, University of Georgia)

Clark Seavert (Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Research Economist, Oregon State University, Emeritus)

Collaborators 

Zee Ahmed (Ornamental Nursery, Research and Extension Entomologist, Clemson University)

Alfred Johnson Daniel (Extension Entomology, University of Guam)

Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia (Applied Insect Ecology - Turfgrass and Ornamentals, Virginia Tech University)

Cindy Kron (IPM Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension)

Cindy Perkovich (Insect Ecology, Ashland University)

Kyle Slusher (Extension Entomologist – Pecan, Viticulture, and Fruit, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center)