Honors, Awards and
Service:
Farmers
Award Central Mass. Dairy Producers Assoc. 1988.
Extension-Industry
Award in Agronomy NE Branch Am. Soc. Agron. 1987.
President
NE Branch Am. Soc. Agron. 1992-93.
Board
of Directors NE Branch Am. Soc. Agron. 1998-01.
Board
of Directors, Am. Soc. Agron. 1998-01.
A201
Organization Policy and Bylaws Com., Am. Soc. Agron. 1997-99.
Coordinator
Massachusetts Extension Crops Dairy Livestock Team.
Coordinator
University of Massachusetts Agronomy Research Farm.
Editor,
Massachusetts Crop, Dairy, Livestock News.
Editor,
Massachusetts Agronomy Research Report.
N.E.
Regional Sustainable Agriculture State Representative
N.E.
Regional Agric. and Natural Resources Extension. Program Leaders State
Contact
Teaching:
Undergraduate Courses - PLSOIL 350, Crop Science; PLSOIL 370 Tropical Agriculture.
Graduate Courses - PLSOIL 520, Crop Physiology; PLSOIL 791, Seminar Methods.
Graduate Students - Committee chair 8 Ph.D. and 18 M.S. candidates.
Research: Activities and Adaptive Studies (Massachusetts and China)
Corn - hybrid evaluation, fertilization, population modeling, tillage, IPM
Alfalfa - interaction fall management, Fusarium and Sitona, and manure application
Cover Crops - N contribution and weed control (clovers, hairy vetch, oat, rape, rye)
Water Quality - nitrate leaching, manure management
Herb Crops - nectar for honey bees, medicinals and dried flowers
Soybean - cultivar evaluation, cultural mgt, physiology of seed yield
Intercropping - corn and legumes for silage
Extension:
Coordinator and State contact for Agronomy, Crops, Dairy, Livestock, Sustainable Agriculture, and Agriculture and Natural Resources in Massachusetts.