Anne K. Carter

Extension Assistant Professor
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
210 Bowditch Hall, Box 30910
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-0910
Tel. (413) 545-5216
Fax (413) 545-0260
akcarter@pssci.umass.edu

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Education

B.S. 1981. Plant and Soil Science. Utah State University.
M.S. 1985. Agronomy and Horticulture. Brigham Young University.
PhD. 1991. Horticulture. Texas A&M University.

Experience

Extension Assistant Professor of Vegetable Crops Management, University of Massachusetts. January 1997 - present.
Member, Agrecology Community Agriculture Education Team. Member, Agroecology Vegetable Team.
Massachusetts Liaison to USDA Community Food Security Initiative. July 1999-2001.
Assistant Professor of Vegetable Physiology. New Mexico State University. July 1991 - Nov. 1996.

Teaching

PLSOIL 397C- Community Food Systems
PLSOIL 397S - Issues in Agriculture

Publications

Books:

Hurley, A.K. 1990. Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Production. Department of Agricultural Education, Texas A&M University. In cooperation with Texas Education and Occupational Education and Technology. 288 pp.

Chapters:

Carter, A. 2000. Types and varieties of Capsicum peppers. Pp. 13-18. In: (Boucher and Ashley ed.). Northeast Pepper IPM Manual. NRAES. 136 Pp.

Carter, A. and J. Howell. 2000. Harvesting, post-harvest handling and storage of peppers. Pp. 119-125. In: (Boucher and Ashley ed.). Northeast Pepper IPM Manual. NRAES. 136 Pp.

Carter, A. 1999. Types and varieties of Capsicum peppers. In: Northeast Pepper IPM Manual. (Boucher and Ashley ed.) NRAES. In print. Carter, A. and J. Howell. 1999. Harvesting, post-harvest handling and storage of peppers. In: Northeast Pepper IPM Manual. (Boucher and Ashley ed.) NRAES. In print. Refereed Articles:

Carter, A.K., C.S. Vavrina, and R. Stevens. 1999. High temperature affects germination of jalapeno and cayenne pepper. Submitted to HortScience. Carter, A.K. and R. Stevens. 1998. Using ethephon and GA3 to overcome thermoinhibition in peppers. HortScience. 33(6):1026-1027. Carter, A.K. 1997. Effect of NaCl and Pro-Gibb T on germination of 'Tam Veracruz' and 'Early Jalapeno' chile (Capsicum annuum L.) seed. J. Seed Technol. 16-23.

Hooks, R.F., R. Phillips, C.E. Barnes, A.K. Carter, E.J. Gregory, and S.J. Guldan. 1997. Asparagus production in New Mexico. NMSU Ag. Expt. Sta. Bul. Carter, A.K. 1994.Effect of NaCl concentration and temperature on germination of 'Tam Veracruz' chile seed (Capsicum annuum L.). J. Seed Technol. 18(1):16-20.

Hurley, A.K., R.H. Walser, T.D. Davis, and D.L. Barney. 1986. Net photosynthesis, chlorophyll, and foliar iron in apple trees after injection with ferrous sulfate. HortScience. 21(4):1029-1031. Hurley, A.K., V.D. Jolley, J.C. Brown, and R.H.Walser. 1986. Response of dry beans to iron deficiency stress. J. Plant Nutr. 9:805-814. Hurley, A.K., R.H. Walser, and T.D. Davis. 1986. Net photosynthesis and chlorophyll in silver maple after trunk injection with ferrous sulfate. J. Plant Nutr. 9:683-693.

Refereed Articles:

Rulevich, M. and A. Carter. 2002. Using transplants, plastic mulch, and row cover to improve earliness and yield of winter squash. HortScience:in press.

Carter, A.K., C.S. Vavrina. 2001. High temperature affects germination of jalapeno and cayenne pepper. HortScience: 36(4)724-725.

Carter, A.K. and R. Stevens. 1999. Using ethephon and GA3 to overcome thermoinhibition in peppers. HortScience. 33(6):1026-1027.

Carter, A.K. 1997. Effect of NaCl and Pro-Gibb T on germination of 'Tam Veracruz' and 'Early Jalapeno' chile (Capsicum annuum L.) seed. J. Seed Technol. 16-23.

Hooks, R.F., R. Phillips, C.E. Barnes, A.K. Carter, E.J. Gregory, and S.J. Guldan. 1997. Asparagus production in New Mexico. NMSU Ag. Expt. Sta. Bul.

Carter, A.K. 1995.Effect of NaCl concentration and temperature on germination of 'Tam Veracruz' chile seed (Capsicum annuum L.). J. Seed Technol. 18(1):16-20.

Hurley, A.K., R.H. Walser, T.D. Davis, and D.L. Barney. 1986. Net photosynthesis, chlorophyll, and foliar iron in apple trees after injection with ferrous sulfate. HortScience. 21(4):1029-1031.

Hurley, A.K., V.D. Jolley, J.C. Brown, and R.H.Walser. 1986. Response of dry beans to iron deficiency stress. J. Plant Nutr. 9:805-814.

Hurley, A.K., R.H. Walser, and T.D. Davis. 1986. Net photosynthesis and chlorophyll in silver maple after trunk injection with ferrous sulfate. J. Plant Nutr. 9:683-693.

Proceedings:

Mangan, F., A. Carter, M. Mazzola, M. Rulevich, R. Hazzard, R. Bernatsky, M. Pearson, A. Smith, J. Baranek, P. Harmsen, L. Dow, M. Anderson, L. Colangione, D. Webber, P. Belanger, C. Touchette, and P. Fischer. 2000. "The introduction of Latino crops to farmers in the state of Massachusetts, USA." Proceedings of the InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture:391-393.

Carter, A.K. 1999. Producing Peppers for Ethnic Markets. Proceedings of the New England Vegetable and Berry Conference. Dec. 14-16, 1999. Sturbridge, MA. 2 pp.

Mangan, F, R. Hazzard, J. Howell, R. Wick, R. Bonanno, C. Hollingsworth, A.K. Carter, D. Ferro, A. Miller, R. Bernatzky, and S. Herbert. 1999. Integrated Pest Management of Peppers (Capsicum sp.) in the state of Massachusetts, USA (in Spanish). Proceedings of the InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture. Vol. 41. pp. 1-6.

Carter, A.K. and R. Stevens. 1995. Effect of priming salt on the physiology of four cultivars of chile seed (Capsicum annuum L.) In: K. Bradford and T. Hartz (eds) Proc. of the Fourth National Symposium on Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops. Monterey, CA 23 Apr.-26 Apr. pp 77-84.

Extension Fact Sheets:

Carter, A., F. Mangan, and R. Hazzard. 2000. Growing calabaza in Massachusetts. UMass Extension Fact Sheet VEG1-00:1-4.

Carter, A., M. Rulevich, F. Mangan, and R. Hazzard. 2000. Growing recao/culantro in Southern New England. UMass Extension Fact Sheet VEG2-00:1-4.

Carter, A. 2000. An overview of drip irrigation. UMass Extension Fact Sheet VEG3-00:1-8.

Cuniowski, P., A. Carter, F. Mangan, and R. Hazzard. 1998. Introducing calabaza: A new crop for Massachusetts growers. UMass Extension Fact Sheet VSF-5-98:1-3.

Mangan F. and A. Carter. 1998. Latino crops for Massachusetts. UMass Extension Fact Sheet. VSF 9-98:1-4.

Carter, A.K. 1997. Making ristras with pepper pods. UMass Extension Fact Sheet. VegSF 97-4. p.1-2.

Carter, A.K. and R.A. Stevens. 1995. Effect of priming salt on the physiology of five cultivars of chile seed (Capsicum annuum L.). Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops. pp. 77-84.

Carter, A.K. 1994. Researcher helps fragile chile survive tough New Mexico conditions. NMSU Ag. Comm. Dept. News Release. p. 1-3.

Carter, A.K. 1994. Stand establishment in chile. NMSU Ext. Guide H-238.

Christensen, J., and A.K. Carter. 1993. Disease survey of green bean fields in Curry and Roosevelt County, New Mexico and Baily and Parmer County, Texas. NMSU Ag. Expt. Sta. Rep. 668.

News Articles:

Carter, A. and M. Rulevich. 1999. Use of transplants improves winter squash yields 30% in 1998. Vegetable Notes. Nov:4-6.

Mangan, F., A. Carter, and R. Bernatsky, 1999. Latino Crops for Massachusetts. Vegetable Notes. Feb.:3-4.

Hazzard, R., F. Mangan, C. Hollingsworth, A. Carter, and M. Rulevich. 1998. Cucurbits. Vegetable IPM Message. 9(6):3-4.

Carter, A. 1998. Latino crops project: update. Vegetable IPM Message. 9(4):1-2.

Carter, A. 1998. Drip irrigation: On farm considerations. Massachusetts Berry Notes 11(4):1-2.

Carter, A. 1998. Drip irrigation: designing a system. Massachusetts Berry Notes 11(5):1-2.Carter, A. and M. Pearson. 1998. Closing the gap between growing and eating. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Accents. Vol.2(2):5.

Carter, A. and M. Pearson. 1998. UMass extension learns about Latino foods. Vegetables Notes. March:1.

Carter, A. 1998. Drip irrigation: designing a system. Vegetable Notes. March:2-5.

Carter, A. 1998. Drip Irrigation: On-farm considerations. Vegetable Notes. Feb.:2-3.

Carter, A. and F. Mangan. 1998. New crops for Latino markets. Vegetable Notes. Feb.:3.

Carter, A.K. 1997. Types of sweet peppers used in the United States. Vegetable Notes. Feb.:1-2.

Carter, A.K. 1997. Types of hot peppers used in the United States. Vegetable Notes. Mar.:1-2

Carter, A.K. 1997. In-row spacing affects yields of peppers. Vegetable Notes. Apr.:3-4.

Carter, A.K. 1997. Uses for sweet peppers in the United States. Garden Clippings.17(2):2.

Abstracts:

Carter, A. and M. Rulevich. 2000. Use of transplants, row covers and black plastic improve yield and earliness of butternut and calabaza squash. HortScience. 35(3):441.

Mangan,F., R. Bernatsky, and A. Carter. 1999. Aji dulce: A new pepper for the Northeast. New York Vegetable and Trade Show.

Mangan, F., Carter, A., R. Hazzard, R. Bernatsky, M. Mazzola, M. Pearson, M. Rulevich, M. Anderson, L. Colangione, D. Webber, P. Fischer, P. Belanger, and C. Touchette. 1998. Introduction of Latino Crops to Massachusetts. InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture. Venezuala.

Carter, A., L. Dow, R. Hazzard, F. Mangan, M. Mazzola, M. Pearson, M. Rulevich, A. Smith, M. Anderson, L. Colangione, D. Webber, P. Fischer, P. Belanger, and C. Touchette. Very old crops in a very new market: Using a systems approach to introducing a new crop. Fourth National Symposium on New Crops & New Uses: Biodiversity and Agricultural Sustainability. Nov. 1998. Phoenix, AZ.

Carter, A.K. and D. Classon. 1994. Effect of six priming treatments and two temperatures on the emergence of six varieties of Capsicum annuum. HortScience 29(5):533.

Honors/Awards

2001. The Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Service.
1999. Provost's Faculty Service Learning Fellowship.
1985. Graduate student paper competition. Western Regional Meeting of the American Society of Horticultural Science.
1985. Julia Greenwall Scholarship.
1978-1981. Tenth Mountain Division Scholarship.
1980. Mortar Board Honor Society.

Grants and Sponsored Activities

UMass Public Service Endowment Grant. 2001. $15,000.
State IPM Advisory Committee. 2001. $49,640.
New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association. 2001. $2000.
Northeast SARE. 2000-2001. $68,265.
State IPM Advisory Committee. 2000. $49,000.
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture. 1999. $7,373.
State IPM Advisory Committee. $58,500.
New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association. $800.
University of Massachusetts Public Service Endowment Grant. 1998. $8,305
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture. 1998. $15,000.
New England Vegetable and Berry Conference. 1998. $500.
New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association. 1998. $1,000.
Pellet, P. 1997. Family Nutrition Program grant. F. Mangan and A. Carter received $40,000 from the total.
New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Association. 1997. $3,000
Mangan, F., R. Hazzard, and A.K. Carter. 1997. Expanding Specialty Pepper Production and Integrated Pepper Management on Massachusetts Vegetable Farms. Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, $16,753.
Baker, R.D. and A.K. Carter. 1996. Fertility trials in pepper. Unocal. $10,000.
Carter, A.K. and N.W. Hopper. 1995. Methods to detect low temperature tolerance in chile. USDA-CSREES, Southwest Consortium on Plant Genetics and Water Resources. $10,000.
Carter, A.K. 1994. European corn borer study in green beans. Allen Canning Co., $9,230.
Carter, A.K. 1994. Foliar fertility trials in pepper. Plant BioTech, Inc., $3,200.
Carter, A.K. 1993. Green bean fertility trial. Allen Canning Co., $9,000.
Carter, A.K. 1993. Fertility trial in pepper. Arcadian Corp., $2,500.
Carter, A.K. 1993. Trizone, $2,500.
Carter, A.K. 1993. Valent Chemical, $1,000.
Carter, A.K. 1993.Green bean variety trial. Rogers NK Seed Co., $1,000.

Professional Involvement

New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Association. 1997-.
UMass Vegetable and Small Fruits Team, UMass Agroecology Program. 1997-.
Vegetable and Small Fruit Advisory Board. 1997-.
New England Vegetable and Small Fruit Conference Steering Committee. 1997-
American Society for Horticultural Science. 1985.
Outstanding Industry Scientist Awards Committee. 1995-1998.
Scholarship Awards Committee. 1998-2001.
Springfield, MA Nutrition and Wellness Coalition. 1998-2000
Holyoke, MA Food Policy Council. 1999-.