Crop Science
Crop Science
Turfgrass Science
For Turfgrass Science, such as development, evaluation, establishment and maintenance of turfgrass for multiple uses, visit the Turfgrass Science site.
Crop Breeding & Genetics
Discovery, maintenance and modification of germplasm, biometrical and biochemical genetics, cytogenetics, crop evolution, morphology and related studies.
Robert Miller
Professor Emeritus
(859) 608-8868 rdmiller@uky.edu 102C Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center 1401 University Drive Lexington, KY 40503Tim D. Phillips
Associate Professor
(859) 218-0769 tphillip@uky.edu 325 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312David A. Van Sanford
Professor
(859) 218-0770 dvs@uky.edu 327 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Crop Ecology, Management & Quality
Establishment, management and environmental biology of species and systems of mixtures used for field crops, forages and grazing lands.
Carrie A. Knott
Director of Research and Education Center at Princeton (UKREC)
Extension Associate Professor
Crop Physiology & Metabolism
Plant physiology, pathology, mineral uptake and nutrition, photosynthesis, translocation, source-sink relations and plant responses to the environment.
Montse Salmeron
Associate Professor
(859) 323-3982 msalmeron@uky.edu 427 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Forage & Grazinglands
Conservation and utilization in grazing systems, forage and grazing utilization, forage nutrition value and management, forage and grazing interactions with the environment, forage growth and development.
Rebecca L. McCulley
Chair
Professor
Tim D. Phillips
Associate Professor
(859) 218-0769 tphillip@uky.edu 325 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Ray Smith
Extension Professor
(859) 257-3358 raysmith1@uky.edu N-122E Ag. Science Building North 1100 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40546-0091Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology
Focuses upon investigations of structural and functional genomics; mapping and cloning of genes controlling economically important plant traits; molecular breeding technology; gene structure, expression and function; plant cell and tissue culture; development and use of transgenic crops and microorganisms.
Tomokazu Kawashima
Associate Professor
(859) 257-2715 tomo.k@uky.edu 321 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Seed Physiology, Production & Technology
Seed development, maturation, germination and metabolism; preparation of useful plant types through foundation, registered and certified seed; preservation of viability.
Carol C. Baskin
Professor
(859) 257-3996 ccbask0@uky.edu Thomas Hunt Morgan Building Office 120 Lexington, KY 40506-0225Tomokazu Kawashima
Associate Professor
(859) 257-2715 tomo.k@uky.edu 321 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Tobacco Science
Burley and dark tobacco production management, breeding and genetics.
Andy Bailey
Extension Professor
(859) 562-1304 abailey@uky.edu UK Research and Education Center 348 University Drive Princeton, KY 42445Robert Miller
Professor Emeritus
(859) 608-8868 rdmiller@uky.edu 102C Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center 1401 University Drive Lexington, KY 40503Bob C. Pearce
Extension Professor
(859) 257-5110 rpearce@uky.edu 319 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Weed Science
The study of all methods for vegetation management such as cropping systems and herbicides. Research is ongoing in the following areas:
- grain crops - including corn, soybeans, wheat and canola
- grass pastures and forage legumes
- invasive weed control on non-crop sites
- herbicide selectivity, resistance and mechanisms of action
- integrated weed management
- cover crops
Michael Barrett
Professor
(859) 218-0712 mbarrett@uky.edu 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Erin R. Haramoto
Associate Professor
(859) 218-0745 erin.haramoto@uky.edu 411 Plant Sciences Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312Travis Legleiter
Extension Associate Professor
(859) 562-1323 travis.legleiter@uky.edu UK Research and Education Center 348 University Drive Princeton, KY 42445