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Welcome to the Horticulture Department at Clemson University

Our People

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Faculty

• Jeff Adelberg   Associate Professor
  Culture systems and germplasm enhancement
  
  
• William Vance Baird   Alumni Distinguished Professor
  Molecular Genetics
  
  
• Douglas G. Bielenberg   Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology
  Plant Physiology
  
  
• Judy Caldwell   Professor
  Plant Physiology
  
  
• Robert J. Dufault   Professor of Horticulture
  Vegetable Physiology
  
  
• Jim E. Faust   Associate Professor
  Horticulture
  
  
• Ksenija Gasic   Assistant Professor
  
  
• Mary B. Taylor Haque   Alumni Distinguished Professor
  Landscape Architecture
  
  
• Richard L. Hassell   Associate Professor of Horticulture
  Vegetable Physiology
  
  
• Desmond R. Layne   Associate Professor of Pomology and Extension Tree Fruit Specialist
  Pomology
  
  
• Haibo Liu   Associate Professor of Horticulture
  Turfgrass Physiology, Nutrient Management, Stress Physiology, and Pest Management
  
  
• L. B. (Bert) McCarty   Professor
  Turfgrass Management, Physiology, and Pest Management
  
  
• Dara Michelle Park   Assistant Professor
  Soil and Water Quality and Quality in Turfgrass Systems
  
  
• Nihal C. Rajapakse   Professor
  Greenhouse food crop production and the environmental control of nutritional and functional phytochemicals in food crops
  
  
• Gregory L. Reighard   Professor of Pomology
  Development of Prunus rootstocks for resistance to nematodes, soil diseases and peach tree short life
  
  
• Christina E. Wells   Associate Professor
  Plant Physiology
  
  
• Ted Whitwell   Professor and Department Chair
  Turf and Landscape Weed Management
  
  

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Staff

• Linda D. Alexander   Administrative Specialist I/Department Webmaster
  
• Alan Estes   Agriculture/Animal Assoc II
  
• Renee Keydoszius-Byrd   Research Associate
  
• Jennie Kill-Bowden   Lab Manager
  
• Robert F. Polomski   Consumer Horticulture Information Coordinator/Extension Associate
  
• Kelly P. Prevete-Lewis   Research Technician
  
• David M. Price   Information Resource Consultant I, SPSES
  
• Opal Rousey   Administrative Assistant
  
• Ginger Swire-Clark   Research Specialist II
  
• Ellen Vincent   Environmental Landscape Specialist/Extension Associate
  

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Edit employee list 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)