Sustainable Agriculture Systems
- Research Highlights -

Research Highlights

1. Agronomic Crops and Bioenergy Production
   1. Applied plant nutritional management
   2. Agronomic (field and forage) crop production methods
   3. Breeding of Bioenergy crops
   4. Emerging crops (specialty or ethnic crops)
2. Cranberry and Blueberry Production
   1. Cranberry and blueberry production methods and impacts on human nutrition
3. Grape Cultivation (Viticulture) and Wine Production
   1. Cultural practices, varieties, production methods for wine grape vineyards
4. Nursery Production: (new position to be filled - see Position Announcement)
5. Turfgrass and Sod Production
   1. Nutrition and production of commercial sod
6. Tree Fruit, Small Fruit and Nut Production
   1. Applied postharvest physiology
   2. Weed management
   3. Introduction of hazelnuts in New Jersey and mid-Atlantic region
   4. Disease management in tree fruit crops
7. Vegetable, Culinary Herbs and Ethnic Crop Production
   1. New value-added chili pepper cultivars for mid-Atlantic region
   2. Management of community supported agriculture
   3. Applied post-harvest physiology
   4. Applied nutritional management
   5. Controlled environmental agriculture
   6. Weed management
   7. Soil adjuvants and vegetable performance
   8. Applied vegetable processing and packaging
   9. Development of improved culinary herbs and ethnic crops such basil downy mildew resistant sweet basil
   10. Management of important diseases in vegetable crops
   11. Pesticide efficacy and registration for minor-use crops in US
   12. Emerging specialty crops
   13. Evaluation of Emerging Crops for adaptation to New Jersey and Mid-Atlantic region