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The following faculty are involved
in research projects in ornamental horticulture: |
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Rick M. Bates,
Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture |
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Production and use of woody ornamental plants
including Christmas trees; nursery production methods; selection
and testing of conifer species for ornamental use; post-harvest
handling and storage of bare-root nursery stock, post-harvest
Christmas tree keepability. |
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Penn State Christmas
Tree Homepage |
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| David
J. Beattie, Associate Professor of Ornamental Horticulture |
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Green roof plants and media; Culture of herbaceous ornamental
crops; Water use efficiency of green roof plants. |
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Penn State Center for
Green Roof Research |
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| Robert
D. Berghage, Associate Professor of Horticulture |
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Plant responses to the environment; Integrated systems for
greenhouse crop production; Greenhouse systems and controls;
Green roofs. |
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Penn State Center for
Green Roof Research |
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| Charles
W. Heuser, Professor of Horticultural Physiology |
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Anatomical and biochemical study of graft incompatibility
of woody perennial plants; Histological, hormonal and ultra
structural study of the early ontogeny of adventitious roots;
Culture and micropropagation of herbaceous and woody perennials;
Use of composted organics in contact media for the production
of woody and herbaceous plants. |
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| E.
Jay Holcomb, Professor of Floriculture |
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Greenhouse crop production as influenced by growing media
composition and fertilization practices; Effect of environmental
factors and growth regulators on production and flowering of
greenhouse crops; Energy efficient greenhouse growing systems
for new flowering pot plants. |
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| Kathleen M. Kelley, Associate Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management |
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Consumer preference for ornamental and edible crops; human benefits of green roofs; understanding awareness and interest in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), plant health care, and pesticide usage; and dissemination of horticultural information.
Consumer Horticulture Site
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| Larry
J. Kuhns, Professor of Ornamental Horticulture |
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Production and maintenance of landscape plant materials and
Christmas trees, with emphasis on the proper selection and use
of herbicides and cover crops; Systems for improving the survival
and growth of trees for use in urban and suburban areas; Roadside
vegetation management. |
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The Pennsylvania Roadside
Research Project
The
American Chestnut
Chestnut Growers |
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| James
C. Sellmer, Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture |
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Nursery crop production and integrated cultural management
of woody and herbaceous perennial landscape plants; Woody and
herbaceous plant evaluation and management in the landscape;
Crop improvement of woody and herbaceous ornamentals through
plant breeding and genetic engineering; Developing propagation
and production systems for woody and herbaceous ornamentals.
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The American Chestnut |
