Our regional experts are researchers and extension specialists in the field associated with the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium. They are employed by the universities sponsoring the consortium and share their valuable knowledge with us, so you can be more productive.
Have questions? Please feel free to contact one of our regional experts.
Auburn University
Doug Chapman – All small fruit crops – [email protected]
Elina Coneva – Small Fruits and Grape Production – [email protected]
Chip East – Small Fruit – [email protected]
Jim Jacobi – Plant Disease Diagnostics – [email protected]
Jacob Kelley – Small Fruit Horticulture – [email protected]
David Lawrence – Small Fruit Horticulture – [email protected]
Camila Rodrigues – Food Safety – [email protected]
Jay Spiers – Small Fruit Crops – [email protected]
Edgar Vinson – Fruit production specialist – [email protected]
Kristin Woods – Food safety – [email protected]
Clemson University
Rebecca Ann Schmidt-Jeffris – Strawberry Entomology – [email protected]
Guido Schnabel – Fruit Pathology with special emphasis on peaches – [email protected]
LSU AgCenter
Mary Helen Ferguson – Blueberry and Strawberry – [email protected]
Kiki Fontenot – Vegetable Crops and Strawberries – [email protected]
Stuart Gauthier – Regional Horticulture Specialist – [email protected]
Charlie Graham – Fruit Crops and Pecans – [email protected]
Kerry Heafner – Regional Horticulture Specialist – [email protected]
Michael Polozola – Statewide Fruit Specialist – [email protected]
Sara Shields – Regional Horticulture Specialist – [email protected]
Raj Singh – Pathology – [email protected]
Ron Strahan – Weed Control – [email protected]
Mark Wilson – Northwest Regional Horticulture Agent – [email protected]
Mississippi State University
Blake Layton – Extension Entomology – [email protected]
Rebecca Melanson – Extension Plant Pathology – [email protected]
Eric Stafne – Small Fruit Crops – [email protected]
NC State University
Hamid Ashrafi – Blueberries – [email protected]
Roger Batts – IR-4 Field Research Center – [email protected]
Hannah Burrack – Insect Management (Small Fruits, Specialty Crops, and Tobacco) – [email protected]
Bill Cline – Blueberries – [email protected]
Zvezdana Pesic-Van Esbroeck – Strawberries – [email protected]
Gina Fernandez -Brambles and Strawberries – [email protected]
Mark Hoffmann – Extension and research in grape, muscadine and strawberry production systems – [email protected]
Massimo Iorizzo – Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries – [email protected]
Katie Jennings – Weed Management – [email protected]
Frank Louws – Diseases – [email protected]
Mike Mainland – Blueberry and Muscadine – [email protected]
Wayne Mitchem – Weed Management – [email protected]
David Monks – Weed Management – [email protected]
Penny Perkins – Postharvest Handling – [email protected]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Antonius B Baudoin – Fruit pathology – [email protected]
James C. Bergh – Fruit entomology – [email protected]
Douglas G Pfeiffer – Fruit entomology – [email protected]
Mizuho Nita – Grape Pathologist – [email protected]
Jayesh Samtani – Small Fruit Production Specialist – [email protected]
Tony Wolf – Grapes – [email protected]
University of Arkansas
Matthew Bertucci – Sustainable and organic small fruit production – [email protected]
Aaron Cato – Fruit and vegetable IPM specialist – [email protected]
John R. Clark – Plant Breeding Blackberries, blueberries – [email protected]
Amanda McWhirt – Fruit and vegetable production specialist – [email protected]
Ron Rainey – Risk Management – [email protected]
Ples Spradley – Pesticide Assessment – [email protected]
Margaret Worthington – Blackberries and muscadines – [email protected]
The University of Georgia
Koushik Adhikari – Sensory quality of small fruits and juices – [email protected]
Zilfina Rubio Ames – Small fruits – [email protected]
Brett Blaauw – Insects – [email protected]
Phillip Brannen – Fruit Pathology – Extension – [email protected]
Patrick J. Conner – muscadine cultivars – [email protected]
W. Florkowski – Agricultural Economics – [email protected]
Greg Fonsah – Agricultural Economics – [email protected]
Bill Hurst – Food Science – [email protected]
Rachel Itle – Production and genetics of small fruit – [email protected]
Anish Malladi – Blueberries – [email protected]
Savithri Nambeesan – Postharvest physiology of small fruit – [email protected]
Jonathan Oliver – Fruit Pathologist – [email protected]
Chad Paton – Nutrition and human health (blueberries) – [email protected]
Harald Scherm – Blueberry Diseases – [email protected]
Ash Sial – Entomology – [email protected]
The University of Tennessee
Frank Hale – Entomology – [email protected]
Zachariah Hansen – Plant Pathology – [email protected]
Brian Leib – Engineering – Irrigation – [email protected]
David Lockwood – Small Fruit Crops – [email protected]