Graduate Advising

Graduate advisers are available in the five program areas based on their area of research and interest. Faculty may be listed in more than one program area.

Crop Soil & Pest Management

	Stephen Anderson Environmental Soil Physics		Wayne Bailey Forage and Field Crop Entomology		Kevin Bradley Weed Science
	Felix Fritschi Crop Physiology		Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management		Richard M. Houseman Urban Entomology
	Robert Kallenbach Forage Production & Management		John Lory Nutrient Management		Gerald (Lee) Miller Turf Pathology
	Brent Myers Cereal Grains Extension		Manjula Nathan Soil Testing/Nutrient Management		Kelly Nelson Grain & Forage Production Systems
	Jaime Pinero State Integrated Pest Management Specialist		Craig Roberts Forage Quality		Peter Scharf Nutrient Management
	Reid Smeda Weed Science		Qisheng Song Molecular Insect Physiology		Gene Stevens Crop Production/Soils
	William Wiebold Soybean Management		Allen Wrather Field Crop Disease Management		Xi Xiong Turfgrass Science

---

Entomology

	Wayne Bailey Forage and Field Crop Entomology		Bruce Barrett Horticultural & Agroforestry Entomology		Thomas Coudron Insect Biochemistry
	Deborah Finke Insect Ecology; Plant-Insect Interactions		Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management		Richard M. Houseman Urban Entomology
	Marc Linit Associate Dean for Research & Extension, CAFNR		Jaime Pinero State Integrated Pest Management Specialist		Jack Schultz Director, Bond Life Sciences Center
	Kent Shelby Molecular Biology		Robert Sites Systematic & Aquatic Entomology		Qisheng Song Molecular Insect Physiology

---

Horticulture

	Wayne Bailey Forage and Field Crop Entomology		Brad Fresenburg Turfgrass Research & Extension		Mary Gowdy Floriculture
	David Trinklein Floriculture		Michele Warmund Fruit Crops		Xi Xiong Turfgrass Science

---

Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics

	Kristin Bilyeu Soybean Seed Quality		Felix Fritschi Crop Physiology		Perry Gustafson Plant Breeding & Genetics
	Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management		Chin-Feng Hwang Grape Genetics and Breeding		Robert Kallenbach Forage Production & Management
	Hari Krishnan Soybeen Seed Composition		Anne McKendry Wheat Genetics & Breeding		Michael McMullen Maize Genetics
	Melissa G. Mitchum Molecular Plant Nematology		Henry T. Nguyen Molecular Genetics & Soybean Biotechnology		Mel Oliver Plant Genetics
	Andrew Scaboo		Mary Schaeffer Maize Bioinformatics		James Schoelz Plant Virology
	Grover Shannon Soybean Breeding		Gary Stacey Soybean Biotechnology		William Wiebold Soybean Management
	Zhanyuan Zhang Plant Genetic Engineering

---

Plant Stress Biology

	Johann Bruhn Research Forest Mycology		James English Molecular Biology & Ecology of Phytophthora		Deborah Finke Insect Ecology; Plant-Insect Interactions
	Felix Fritschi Crop Physiology		Walter Gassmann Molecular Plant Pathology		Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management
	Chin-Feng Hwang Grape Genetics and Breeding		Laszlo Kovacs Molecular Grape Pathology		Hari Krishnan Soybeen Seed Composition
	David Mendoza-Cozatl Plant Stress Biology		Jeanne Mihail Fungal Biology & Ecology		Gerald (Lee) Miller Turf Pathology
	Melissa G. Mitchum Molecular Plant Nematology		Brent Myers Cereal Grains Extension		Henry T. Nguyen Molecular Genetics & Soybean Biotechnology
	Mel Oliver Plant Genetics		Wenping Qiu Molecular Plant Virology		James Schoelz Plant Virology
	Jack Schultz Director, Bond Life Sciences Center		Robert Sharp Plant Physiology		Qisheng Song Molecular Insect Physiology
	Gary Stacey Soybean Biotechnology		Laura Sweets Field Crop Diseases		William Wiebold Soybean Management
	Xi Xiong Turfgrass Science