Articles
Response of evergreen perennial tree crops to gibberellic acid is crop load-dependent: II. GA3 increases yield and fruit size of ‘Hass’ avocado only in the on-crop year of an alternate bearing orchard (with Grant Klein, Yusheng Zheng, Toan Khuong, and Carol J. Lovatt), Scientia Horticulturae (2011)
Despite problems of low fruit set, small fruit size and alternate bearing, the Hass cultivar...
Meeting Learning Objectives through Service-Learning: A Pomology Case Study, Horttechnology (2011)
Undergraduate students enrolled in the introductory pomology course at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis...
Spontaneous Hybridization between Maize and Teosinte (with Norman C. Ellstrand, Subray Hedge, Roberto Guadagnuolo, and Lesley Blancas), Journal of Heredity (2007)
The closest wild relatives of maize, Zea mays ssp. mays are various Zea taxa known...
Brushing Pansy (Viola tricolor L.) Transplants: A Flexible, Effective Method for Controlling Plant Size (with F. A. Langton), Scientia Horticulturae (1997)
Though brushing is an effective method for controlling excessive elongation in many species, its adoption...
Split-Root Nutrition of Sweetpotato in Hydroponic Systems (with M. A. Sherif, P. A. Loretan, A. A. Trotman, D. G. Mortley, and J. Y. Lu), Acta Horticulturae (1995)
Nutrient film technique (NFT) and deep water culture (DWC) hydroponic systems were used in a...
Conference Proceedings
Commercial Adaptations of Mechanical Stimulation for the Control of Transplant Growth (with Allen F. Langton and Thomas Bjorkman), International Society for Horticulture Research Workshop: Environmental Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis (1996)
The commercial use of mechanical stimulation to control transplant growth is quite limited. To be...