UMass Amherst
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences

RESEARCH

Research
Overview

Faculty
Research
Interests

Department
Specialty Areas

 

PSIS In The
News

Seminar
Schedule

Home

 

Some of the current faculty research programs include:

Research Program Investigator
Ecology and evolution of insect-plant interactions
Dr. Lynn Adler
Rootstock & management systems on tree fruit Dr. Wesley Autio
Behavior, ecology, and management of
cranberry/blueberry insects
Dr. Anne Averill
Plant nutrition Dr. Allen Barker
Plant genetic resource conservation Dr. Robert Bernatzky
Ecology of invasive weeds & development of
weed management practices in turfgrass
Dr. Prasanta Bhowmik
Insect virus-host interactions; baculovirus
expression systems
Dr. John Burand
Ecology of diseases, & development of
ecologically sound disease management
in fruit crops
Dr. Daniel Cooley
Greenhouse plant nutrition, growth media, and
plant growth regulators
Dr. Douglas Cox
Medicinal and aromatic plants Dr. Lyle Craker
Turfgrass physiology; water stress; temperature stress Dr. Michelle DaCosta
Turfgrass physiology; water stress Dr. J. Scott Ebdon
Population dynamics and biological control of
invasive forest insects
Dr. Joseph Elkinton
Plant growth regulator use on tree fruits,
evaluation of new apple cultivars
Dr. Duane Greene
Foliar chlorosis of flowering plants Dr. Susan Han
Turfgrass genetics and breeding for disease resistance. Genetics and physiology of turfgrass pathogenic fungi. Nanotechnology for phytopathogenic fungi.

Dr. Geunhwa Jung
Nutrient flow in forage systems Dr. Stephen Herbert
Sustainable vegetable crops production Dr. Frank Mangan
Plant response to ozone, bioindicators for ozone,
plant growth in urban environments
Dr.William Manning
Systematics, evolutionary biology of insects Dr. Benjamin Normark
Plant genetic engineering & biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants Dr. Om Parkash
Hydrogeochemical cycling in N.E. wetlands, plant
ecology & hydric soil correlations in wetlands
Dr. Deborah Picking
Insect genomics, evolutionary genetics,
systematics, chemical control of insects
Dr. Adam Porter
Molecular genetics, genomics and population
biology of animal infectious diseases
Dr. Stephen Rich
Xenobiotic and microbial persistance in soil Dr. Stephen Simkins
Behavioral physiology of feeding in flies Dr. John Stoffolano
Impacts of invasive insects, and their control
by importation of natural enemies
Dr. Roy Van Driesche
Wetlands, soil formation and morphology Dr. Peter Veneman
Behavior, ecology, & management of turf insects Dr. Patricia Vittum
Integrated pest management of vegetables, floriculture & turf; Bio-management of
nematodes in golf greens
Dr. Robert Wick
Contaminant fate in soils & natural organic
matter chemistry
Dr. Baoshan Xing

 

 

 

about psis l personnel l academics l research l outreach & services l alumni & friends
employment and financial assistance l seminar schedule l psis in the news l insiders information
UMass Amherst © 2006 University of Massachusetts Amherst. Site Policies.
This site is maintained by the Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences 
of the College of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Questions or comments? Contact mail@psis.umass.edu or (413) 545-2004
College of Natural Resources and the Environment
UMass Amherst College of Natural Resources and the Environment