Carolyn J. DeMoranville

Station Director / Extension Associate Professor
Cranberry Plant Nutrition
UMass Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program, Cranberry Team
Affiliation: Plant and Soil Science

Education

Ph.D. (Plant and Soil Science), University of Massachusetts, 1992.
M.Sc. (Biology), Yale University, 1983.
M.Sc. (Botany), University of Maryland, 1979.
B.Sc. (Botany Honors), University of Massachusetts, 1976.

Research and Extension Intersts

• Water quality
• Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium management in cranberry production.
• Cold tolerance/hardiness and frost protection.
• Water management interactions with pest control and plant nutrition.
• Cranberry plant phenology and developmental physiology.
• Sustainable production.
• Plant and soil nutrient standards for cranberry production.
• Fertilizer use guidelines for Massachusetts cranberry production.
• Best Management Practices Guides for cranberry production.

Selected publications

Hunsberger, L. K., C. J. DeMoranville, W. R. Autio, and H. A. Sandler. 2006.  Uniformity of sand deposition on cranberry farms and implications for swamp dodder control.  HortTechnology. 16 (3): 488-492.

DeMoranville, C. J. 2006. Cranberry best management practice adoption and conservation farm planning in Massachusetts.  HortTechnology. 16(3):393-397.

Hunsberger, L., W. Autio, C. DeMoranville and H. Sandler. 2006. Mechanical removal of summer dodder infestations and impacts on cranberry yield. HortTechnology. 16(1): 78-82.

DeMoranville, C.J., H.A. Sandler, D.E. Shumaker, A.L. Averill, F.L. Caruso, M.M. Sylvia, and D.M. Pober. 2005. Fall flooding for management of cranberry fruitworm (Acrobasis vaccinii) and dewberry (Rubus hispidus) in Massachusetts cranberry production. J. Crop Protection 24:999-1006.

DeMoranville, C. J. 2004. The 'Early Black' cranberry. J. Amer. Pomological Soc. 58(3): 126-128.

Roper, T.R., A.R. Krueger, C.J. DeMoranville, N. Vorsa, J. Hart, and A.P. Poole. 2004. Rate of ammonium uptake by cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) vines in the field. HortScience 39(3): 588-590.

Sandler, H.A., C.J. DeMoranville, and W.R. Autio. 2004. Economic comparison of initial vine density, nitrogen rate, and weed management strategy in commercial cranberry. HortTechnology 14(2):267-274.

Davenport, J.R. and C.J. DeMoranville. 2004. Temperature influences nitrogen release rates in cranberry soils. Hort Science 39:80-83.

Davenport, J.R., C. J. DeMoranville, J. Hart, S. Kumidini, K. Patten, A. Poole, and T. R. Roper. 2003. Spatial and temporal variability of cranberry soil pH. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 626:323-336.

Hanson, E., C.J. DeMoranville, B. Little, D. Mc Arthur, J. Painchaud, K. Patten, T. Roper, N. Vorsa, and D. Yarborough. 2000. Chemical characterisitics of water used for cranberryproduction. HortTechnology 10:603-607.

Sandler, H.A. and C. J. DeMoranville. 1999. Influence of cranberry soil surface characteristics on the activity of dichlobenil. HortScience 34:1048-1050.

DeMoranville, C. J. and J. R. Davenport. 1997. Phosphorus forms, rates, and timing in Massachusetts cranberry production. Acta Hort. 446:381-388.

Davenport, J. R., M. T. Pitts, W. Provance, and C. J. DeMoranville. 1997. Influence of soil iron and aerobic status on phosphorus availability in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) soils. Acta Hort. 446:369-379.

Averill, A. L., M. M. Sylvia, C. C. Kusek, and C. J. DeMoranville. 1997. Flooding in cranberry to minimize insecticide and fungicide inputs. Amer. J. Alternative Agric. 12(2):50-54.

DeMoranville, C. J., J. R. Davenport, K. Patten, T. R. Roper, B. C. Strik, N. Vorsa, and A. P. Poole. 1996. Fruit mass development in three cranberry cultivars and five production regions. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121:680-685.

DeMoranville, C. J. and J. R. Davenport. 1994. Field evaluation of potassium supplements in cranberry production. J. Small Fruit Viticulture 2(3):81-87.

Davenport, J. R., C. DeMoranville, and P.C. Fletcher. 1994. Fertilizer mobility in cranberry soils. Cranberries 58(1):1113, 15-19.

Roper, T. R., K. D. Patten, C. J. DeMoranville, J. R. Davenport, B. C. Strik, and A. P. Poole. 1993. Fruiting of cranberry uprights reduces fruiting the following year. HortScience 28:228.

Davenport, J. R., and C. J. DeMoranville. 1993. A survey of several soil physical characteristics of cultivated cranberry bog soils in North America. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 24:1769-1773.

DeMoranville, C. J. 1992. Fish fertilizer: lessons for low input production. Cranberries 56(3):12-13.

Strik, B. C., Roper, T. R., DeMoranville, C. J., Davenport, J. R., and A. P. Poole. 1991. Cultivar and growing region influence return bloom in cranberry uprights. HortScience. 26:1366-67.