Edward W. Bush - Assistant Professor, Ornamental Horticulture

Education:
B.S. Southeastern Louisiana University
M.S. Louisiana State University
Ph. D. Louisiana State University. 

Research Areas:
Ornamental Horticulture: Commercial Nursery Crops, Water Quality, Irrigation Management, Stress Physiology

Educational Program:
HORT 2050
HORT 3015
HORT 4071

David G. Himelrick - Department Head and Professor, Pomology

Education:
B.S. Plymouth State College
M.S. University of New Hampshire
Ph. D. West Virginia University 

Research Areas:
Culture and Physiology of Fruit Crops

Charles E. Johnson - Professor, Pomology

Education:
BS. Mississippi State University
M.S. Mississippi State University
Ph. D. Louisiana State University

Research Area:
Peach breeding and cultivar development; cultural studies with fruit and vegatable crops; cultivar evaluations with fruit and vegatable crops; fertility studies with container-grown blueberries; identification, preservation, and utilization of native fruit plants; Agrobacterium medicated transformation of strawberry.

Educational Program:
HORT 2061
HORT 3015
HORT 4085

Jeff S. Kuehny - Associate Professor, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture

Education:
Associate Degree, Northern Oklahoma Universitiy
B.S. Oklahoma State Universitiy
M.S. North Carolina State University
Ph. D. Clemson University 

Research Area:
Floriculture, ornamental horticulture, plant nutrition, whole plant growth, carbon allocation.

Educational Program:
HORT 2050
HORT 2076
HORT 3015
HORT 4021

Don R. LaBonte - Prosfessor, Breeding and Genetics - Undergraduate Coordinator

Education:
B.S. Eastern Illinois University
M.S. Eastern Illinois University
Ph.D. University of Illinois 

Research Area:
Development of new sweetpotato cultivars; sweetpotato molecular genetics; disease and insect resistance

Educational Program:
HORT 3000
HORT 7071
HORT 7913

James N. McCrimmon - Associate Professor, Turfgrass

Education:
B.S. Gardner-Webb University
M.S. North Carolina State University
Ph.D. University of Georgia 

Research Area:
Evaluation and management of turfgrass cultivars; establishment, fertility, and cultural management of turf; environmental stress and water use of turfgrasses; nutrition of turfgrass species and cultivars related to fertility use and plant tissue analysis as a tool to diagnose nutrient deficiencies; rooting characterization of turfgrasses; plant nutrition. 

Educational Program:
HORT 4086
HORT 4090

Robert A. Mirabello, Jr. - Instructor, General Horticulture, Ornamentals

Education:
B.S. University of Arkansas
M.S. University of Arkansas

Research Area:
Culture and evaluation of woody ornamentals in the landscape; nutrient relations in landscape beds.

Educational Program:
HORT 2050

Carl E. Motsenbocker - Associate Professor of Vegetable Crops

Education:
Ph.D., Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, 1990
M.S., Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, 1987
B.S., General Plant Science, Cornell University, 1980

Educational Program:
Horticulture 2001 - Organic Gardening (2 credits)
Horticulture 3012 - Culture and Management of Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Crops (3 credits)(co-taught).
Horticulture 3012 - Culture and Management of Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Crops (3 Horticulture 4083 - Principles and Practices in Olericulture (4 credits). 
Tropical Vegetable Crops - multimedia courseware (new)

Research Interests:
Effect of microclimate modification and cultural practices on vegetable crops growth and development.Vegetable crops physiology.
Sustainable vegetable crops production practices.

Other Interests:
Tropical horticulture and international agriculture

Selected Organizations:
Southern Region ASHS
American Society for Horticultural Science
International Society for Horticultural Science
Louisiana Vegetable Growers' Association
Partners for the Americas
Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (LaSAWG)
Baton Rouge Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)

Recent Publications:
Motsenbocker, C.E. 1996. In-row plant spacing affects growth and yield of pepperoncini pepper. HortScience 31:198-200.
Motsenbocker, C.E. and D.H. Picha. 1996. Quality parameters of triploid watermelons. Journal of Vegetable Production 2:3-14. 
Motsenbocker, C.E. 1996. Detachment force and fruit characteristics of tabasco pepper at different stages of development. HortScience 31:1231-1233. 
Motsenbocker, C.E., B. Buckley, W.A. Mulkey, and J.E. Boudreaux. 1997. In-row spacing affects machine-harvested jalapeno pepper. HortTechnology 7:149-152.
Gersch, K.P., C.E. Motsenbocker, and G.A. Lang. 1998. Anatomical description of the fruit- receptacle detachment area in cayenne pepper. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 123:550-555.
LaBonte, D.R., H.F. Harrison, and C.E. Motsenbocker. 1999. Crop interference by and tolerance to weeds in sweetpotato clones. HortScience 34:229-232.
Motsenbocker, C.E. and R.A. Arancibia. 2000. Tabasco pepper flower abscission at the pedicel-stem zone. Acta Hort.514(4):213-218.
Keinath, A.P. ...... C.E.Motsenbocker.....et al., 2000. Evaluation of biological and chemical seed treatments to improve stand of snap bean across the southern United States. Crop Protection 19 (7):501-509.
Mao, C. and C.E. Motsenbocker. 2001. Effect of ethephon on tabasco pepper fruit ripening and abscission at the fruit-receptacle junction. Accepted to Scientia Horticulturae.

Allen D. Owings - Extension Specialist (Ornamental Horticulture)

Education:
B.S. Southeastern Louisiana University (Plant Science)
M.S. Louisiana State University (Horticulture)
Ph.D. Mississippi State University (Horticulture)

Extension Area:
Statewide coordination of extension programming in commercial aspects of ornamental horticulture. Program support for extension programming in home grounds.

Research / Demonstration Projects Area:
Plant evaluation, home ground and commercial nursery crop best management practices

Organization Activities:
Executive Secretary, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association (www.lnla.org)
Member, Southern Region - American Society for Horticultural Science
Member, American Society for Horticultural Science
Member / Past President, Louisiana State Horticulture Society
Member / Board Member, Louisiana County Agricultural Agents Association
Member, Louisiana Urban Forestry Council
Member / President Elect, Baton Rouge Landscape Association

Miscellaneous Activities:
Columnist, Louisiana Gardener magazine (www.louisianagardener.com)
Columnist, Ornamental Outlook magazine

David H. Picha - Professor, Postharvest Physiology

Education:
B.S. University of Minnesota
M.S. Cornell University
Ph.D. University of Florida 

Research Area:
Postharvest physiology; tropical horticulture; compositional and quality changes during ripening; carbohydrate metabolism; chilling injury; international trade 

Educational Program:
HORT 4010
HORT 4096

Paul W. Wilson - Professor, Food Processing - Graduate Coordinator - Adjunct Professor Food Science

Education:
B.S. Eastern Illinois University
M.S. Purdue University
Ph.D. Purdue University   

Research Area:
Nutritional and organoleptic qualities of sweetpotato; enzyme- augmented processing; mayhaw utilization: food plant design; product and process development of fruit and vegetable foods.

Educational Program:
HORT 4051
FDSC 4005
FDSC 4075

Stephen Crnko - Extension Associate Vegetable Crops

Education:
B.S. Plant Science, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1982
M.S. Horticulture, University of Arkansas, 1985
M.S. Vocational Education, Louisiana State University, 2000

Dan Gill - Associate Extension Specialist, Consumer Horticulture

Education:
B.S. Horticulture, Louisiana State University, 1977
M.S. Horticulture, Louisiana State University, 1980