Investigators and Academic Advisors
Team Leaders:
Dist. Professor; Co-Director; Translational Team
gefernan@ncsu.edu
Assoc. Professor; Co-Director; Lead Mother Plant Physiology
rhernan4@ncsu.edu
Small Fruits Extension Specialist. Director. Daughter Plant Physiology, Extension, Lead Translational Team
mhoffma3@ncsu.edu
919-352-8006
Professor; Lead Daughter Plant Physiology
kubota.10@osu.edu
Professor; Lead Genetics Team
zliu@umd.edu
Rutgers Extension Dep. Head; Lead, Extension Team
nitzsche@njaes.rutgers.edu
Assist. Professor; Lead Economics Team
hschwei@ncsu.edu
Research Horticulturist; Mother Plant Physiology
jennifer.boldt@usda.gov
Associate Professor; Daughter Plant Physiology
durner@sebs.rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor; Daughter Plant Physiology
cgomezv@ufl.edu
Assoc. Professor; Co-Director; Lead Mother Plant Physiology
rhernan4@ncsu.edu
Small Fruits Extension Specialist. Director. Daughter Plant Physiology, Extension, Lead Translational Team
mhoffma3@ncsu.edu
919-352-8006
Professor; Mother Plant Physiology
bejacks2@ncsu.edu
Professor; Lead Daughter Plant Physiology
kubota.10@osu.edu
Professor; Lead Genetics Team
zliu@umd.edu
Assistant Professor; Translational Team
sagehara@ufl.edu
Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor Ventura Co.; Extension and Translational Team
odaugovish@ucanr.edu
Dist. Professor; Co-Director; Translational Team
gefernan@ncsu.edu
UC Cooperative Extension Agronomy Advisor; Extension and Translational Team
gcgaldi@ucanr.edu
Small Fruits Extension Specialist. Director. Daughter Plant Physiology, Extension, Lead Translational Team
mhoffma3@ncsu.edu
919-352-8006
CalPoly Strawberry Center Director; Translational Team
gjholmes@calpoly.edu
Associate Professor; Translational Team
caw34@cornell.edu
Professor and ARE Department Chair; Economics Team
goodhue@primal.ucdavis.edu
Assist. Professor; Lead Economics Team
hschwei@ncsu.edu
Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor Ventura Co.; Extension and Translational Team
odaugovish@ucanr.edu
UC Cooperative Extension Agronomy Advisor; Extension and Translational Team
gcgaldi@ucanr.edu
Small Fruits Extension Specialist. Director. Daughter Plant Physiology, Extension, Lead Translational Team
mhoffma3@ncsu.edu
919-352-8006
Rutgers Extension Dep. Head; Lead, Extension Team
nitzsche@njaes.rutgers.edu
Small Fruit Extension Specialist; Extension Team
jsamtani@vt.edu
Director - Micropropagation and Repository Unit
cvalmeyd@ncsu.edu
Strawberries & Caneberries Farm Advisor
mpbolda@ucanr.edu
Head and Professor
fjlouws@ncsu.edu
Professor of Plant Pathology
nperes@ufl.edu
Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection Research Horticulturist
Fumi.Takeda@ars.usda.gov
This work is supported by Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI), Grant no. 2021-51181-35857, Project accession no. 1027418, sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Please use this link for more information.