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The following faculty spent a portion of their time working for the ornamental program:

• Dr. David D. Alverson, Professor, Department of Entomology.  Responsibilities:  80% Teaching, 20% Research.  Expertise in insect pest management, applied entomology.
  
  
• Dr. William Vance Baird, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture. Responsibilities:  20% Teaching, 80% Research. Expertise in plant molecular biology and genetics.
  
  
• Dr. David L. Barkley, Professor and Economic Development Specialist.  Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics. Responsibilities:  10% Teaching, 45% Research, and 45% Extension.  Expertise in regional economics, economic growth and development, nonmetropolitan economic development policy, and economic impact analysis.
  
  
• Dr. James H. Blake, Extension Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology & Physiology, and Agriculture and Natural Resources.  Responsibilities:  75% Extension and 25% Teaching.  Expertise in plant disease diagnosis and diseases of ornamental plants and turfgrasses.  Director of the Clemson University Plant Problem Clinic and the Clemson University Nematode Assay Laboratory.
  
  
• Dr. Judith C. Caldwell, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture.  Responsibilties:  60% Teaching, 40% Research. Expertise in landscape horticulture, tree management, and economic impact of landscapes.
  
  
• Dr. N. Dwight Camper, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology.   Responsibilities:  50% Research, 50% Teaching. Expertise in plant physiology, herbicide metabolism, detection, and movement in nurseries.
  
  
• Dr. Joseph D. Culin, Professor, Department of Entomology. Responsibilities:  50% Teaching, 50% Research.  Expertise in entomology and insects affecting ornamental plants.
  
  
• Dr. Jimmy K. Golden, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Physiology, Pee Dee Reseach and Education Center, Florence, SC.  Responsibilities:  20% Extension, 80% Research.  Expertise in diseases of turgrasses emphasizing integrated pest management of nematodes in maintained landscape turf.
  
  
• Dr. Clyde S. Gorsuch, Professor, Department of Entomology.  Responsibilities:  85% Extension, 15% Research.  Expertise in insect pest management of turfgrass, ornamental crops, and fruit crops.
  
  
• Prof. Mary Haque, Professor, Department of Horticulture. Responsibilities:  100% Teaching.  Expertise in landscape architecture, landscape appreciation, and student project management.
  
  
• Dr. Steven Jeffers, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology. Responsibilites:  40% Extension, 60% Research.  Expertise in diseases of ornamental plants and crops.
  
  
• Dr. Albert W. Johnson, Professor, Entomology, Pee Dee Reseach and Education Center, Florence, SC.  Responsibilities:  100% Research.  Expertise in turf entomology, insecticide screening, timing, application techniques, mole cricket biology and pest management.
  
  
• Dr. Steve Klaine, Professor, Clemson Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology (CIWET).  Responsibilities:  50% Teaching, 50% Research.
  
  
• Dr. Samuel Bruce Martin, Jr., Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Physiology, Pee Dee Reseach and Education Center, Florence, SC.  Responsibilities:  30% Extension, 70% Research.  Expertise in turfgrass pathology and nematology, ecology and epidemiology of turf diseases caused by Rhizoctonia species, soilborne plant pathogens.
  
  
• Dr. Ansel E. Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources. Responsibilites:  30% Teaching, 70% Research. Expertise in forest tree physiology.
  
  
• Dr. Timothy P. Spira, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Responsibilties:  50% Research, 50% Teaching. Expertise in plant reproductive biology and ecology.
  
  
• Dr. Nihal C. Rajapakse, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture. Reponsibilites: 100% Research. Expertise in postharvest physiology, modified atmosphere storage, and photomorphogenesis.
  
  
• Dr. James S. Rice, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences.  Responsibilities:  25% Teaching, 75% Research.  Expertise in plant breeding and genetics, population and quantitative genetics, genetics of tall fescue-endophyte association.
  
  
• Dr. Melissa B. Riley, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology.  Responsibilities:  85% Research, 15% Teaching.  Expertise in instrumentation and laboratory analysis, especially for detection and quantitation of herbicides and other agrichemicals.
  
  
• Dr. Simon W. Scott, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology. Responsibilities:  80% Research, 20% Teaching. Expertise in virus diseases of horticultural crops.
  
  
• Dr. Nancy H. Walker, Associate Professor, Department of Crop amd Soil Environmental Sciences.  Responsibilities:  90% Teaching, 10% Research.  Expertise in plant breeding and genetics, plant tissue culture, in vitro growth of tall fescue endophyte, emphasis on genetics of tall fescue-endophyte association.
  
  
• Dr. Ted Whitwell, Professor, Department of Horticulture. Responsibilities:  63% Research, 37% Teaching. Expertise in weed science, herbicide movement in nurseries, and nursery management.
  
  

The mission of Clemson University's Department of Horticulture is to promote personal and professional growth through the discovery, communication, and application of horticultural experiences, knowledge, and scholarship. Our work fosters environmental stewardship while improving economic wellbeing, health, and quality of life for all.

Designed by Sarah Matzko Horticulture Department
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
Information: 864-656-6355 FAX: 864-656-4960

Department of Horticulture
E-143 Poole Agricultural Center
Box 340319
(Street Address: 50 Cherry Rd.)
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0319

Linda D. Alexander, Department Webmaster ( lalxndr@clemson.edu)  

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