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Fruit and Nut Research
Shapiro Ilan, David
Research Entomologist
david.shapiro@usda.gov
(478) 956-6444
SOUTHEASTERN FRUIT & TREE NUT RESEARCH LABORATORY
21 DUNBAR ROAD
Byron, GA 31008

Mission:
The mission of the Fruit and Tree-Nut Research Unit is to meet agriculture sector needs (both small and large farms) for a) stone fruit (peach nectarine, plum) scion and rootstock cultivars, and b) production and management strategies and tools to enable economic production and protection of pecan and stone fruit crops. Breeding efforts will produce: a) stone fruit scion cultivars satisfying a wide range of market niches with fruit possessing high quality and resistance to diseases (bacterial spot, brown rot, and scab), and b) rootstocks conferring enhanced tree longevity (tolerance to oak root rot, nematodes, and peach tree short life). Protection efforts will produce: a) management strategies and tools for economic control of primary arthropod pests of stone fruits (catfacing insects, borers, plum curculio, and scale) and pecan (weevils, aphids, mites, shuckworm, casebearers, stinkbugs, and mirids), and b) management strategies and tools for economic control of primary disease pests of stone fruits (scab, brown rot, root rots, nematodes, bacterial spot) and pecan (pecan scab and shuck decline). Production related research efforts will produce cultural strategies and tools to mitigate irregular bearing of pecan and increase production efficiency.

  Southeast Area
    Byron, Georgia
      Fruit and Nut Research
People:
Bacon, Merry
(478) 956-6435

Biological Science Technician (Plants)
Bardsley, Cameron
(478) 444-2643

Food Technologist
Bhattarai, Gaurab
NA

Geneticist Plants
Bock, Clive
(478) 956-6409

Research Plant Pathologist
Burrell, Sue
NA

Biological Science Technician
Byrd, Stacy
(478) 956-6442

Biological Science Technician
Chasteen, Kaicie
NA

Food Technologist
Chen, Chunxian
(478) 956-6467

Research Horticulturist
Chen, Huiqin
NA

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
Cottrell, Ted
(478) 956-6448

Research Entomologist
Diver, Danielle
(478) 956-6404

Horticulturist
Doan, Aaron
NA

Biological Science Aid
Gulzar, Sehrish
NA

Entomologist
Hartley, Rebekah
(478) 956-6449

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
Hotchkiss, Michael Mike
(478) 956-6403

Plant Pathologist
Lau, Jeekin
NA

Research Horticulturist
Moncrief, Kirby
(478) 956-6411

Agricultural Science Research Technician (Plants)
Monterrosa, Alejandra Alex
(478) 956-6449

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
Pisani, Cristina
(478) 956-6451

Research Horticulturist
Quick, Richard
(478) 956-6441

Biological Science Technician
Shapiro Ilan, David
(478) 956-6444

Research Entomologist
Sherman, Samantha
NA

Plant Physiologist
Sims, Michael
(478) 956-6430

Tractor Operator
Stokes, Unicka
NA

Biological Science Lab Technician
Tuttle, Matthew Matt
NA

Geneticist
Ward, Linda
NA

Biological Science Aid
Wightman, Daryl
(478) 956-6430

Tractor Operator
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