Meet the Faculty

Laura Sweets

Extension Associate Professor
Division of Plant Sciences

Phone: 573-884-7307
Fax: 573-882-1467
E-mail: SweetsL@missouri.edu
Address: 104 Waters Hall

Education
B.A., Biology, Carleton College
M.S., Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota

Description
Laura Sweets is the plant pathologist on the Crop Focus Team of the Commercial Agriculture Program. This is an interdiscplinary team that works with crop producers and the agricultural businesses that support these producers. The goal of the team is to enhance the performance of these groups in terms of efficiency, competitiveness, profitability, and environmental awareness. The Focus Team currently is evaluating crop-farming operations and focusing on decision-making for specific crop-production practices. The team is also developing a crop production systems manual for Missouri.