Jayesh Samtani

Bio

Dr. Samtani has been working in berry research and outreach for over 10 years. He has done considerable research and outreach in California as a post-doctoral researcher and in his current position in the mid-Atlantic region. His research focus has been on evaluating alternatives to preplant methyl bromide fumigation for strawberry, particularly looking at steam, soil solarization, biosolarization and anaerobic soil disinfestation strategies to assist both conventional and organic berry growers. Since starting as the Small Fruit Production Specialist at Virginia Tech in 2013, Samtani’s program has evaluated new strawberry cultivars in various geographic regions of Virginia.

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