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Eastern Broccoli Project


Project Director
Thomas Björkman

Phone: 315-787-2218
Email: tnb1@cornell.edu

Department of Horticulture
Cornell University

Björkman broccoli research page 

 

Participant Affiliations:

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Oregon State University

 

University of Maine

 

University of Tennessee

 

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Participants in Eastern Broccoli Project

 

Project Director

Thomas Björkman, Associate Professor of Vegetable Physiology, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 tnb1@cornell.edu

 

Principal Investigators

Mark Farnham, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS-US Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29414 Mark.Farnham@ars.usda.gov

Miguel Gómez, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 mig7@cornell.edu

Phillip Griffiths, Associate Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 pdg8@cornell.edu

Mark Hutton, Associate Professor of Vegetable Crops, Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Monmouth, ME 04259 mhutton@umext.maine.edu

Dean Kopsell, Associate Professor of Vegetable Crop Physiology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 dkopsell@utk.edu

James Myers, Baggett-Frazier Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 myersja@hort.oregonstate.edu

Carl Sams, Austin Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 carlsams@utk.edu

Justin Smith, Bejo Seeds USA, Yuma, AZ 85364 J.Smith@bejoseeds.com

 

Collaborators

Jeanine Davis, Professor, North Carolina State University, Mills River, NC jeanine_davis@ncsu.edu

Christy Hoepting, Cornell University Extension Specialist, Albion, NY cah59@cornell.edu

Powell Smith, Clemson University Extension Specialist, Lexington, SC jpsmth@clemson.edu

Wythe Morris, Agricultural Consultant and retired Extension Specialist for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Hillsville, VA swhortagent@gmail.com

R. Allen Straw, Extension Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Glade Spring, VA astraw@vt.edu

Ron Morse, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA morser@vt.edu

Syngenta Seeds, Gilroy, CA

Monsanto Vegetable Seeds, Arroyo Grande, CA

Johnnys Seeds, Albion, ME

Wegmans Markets, Rochester, NY

Cabbage Inc, Westlake, OH

Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, CA

L & M Companies, Raleigh, NC

WP Rawl & Sons, Pelion, SC

Clayton Rawl Farms, Lexington, SC

Light Farms, Laurel Fork, Virginia

CY Farms, Elba, NY

 

Project Manager

Jill Eccleston, Post Doctoral Associate, Department of Horticuture, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 je11@cornell.edu

 

Eastern Broccoli Project Advisory Board

Mark Overduin, President, Bejo Seeds, Oceano, CA

William Pool, Produce Coordinator, Wegmans Markets, Rochester, NY

William Romig, Produce Development and Post-Harvest Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Perishables Commodity Services, Townsend, DE

James Light, Light Farms, Laurel Forks, VA