CROP SCIENCE
Professor of Crop Science
PHONE: (919) 515-3281E-MAIL: tom_isleib@ncsu.eduMy focus is on peanut breeding and involves developing and releasing varieties that fit the needs of the peanut industry in North Carolina. Flavor characteristics, oil profile, yield potential, and pest resistance are components of my breeding program. I am also actively involved in the Peanut Quality and Evaluation (PVQE) program administered jointly by North Carolina State University and Virginia Tech. This program consists of committee members from all segments of the peanut industry (growers, manufacturers, and processors) with the charge of developing peanut varieties that satisfy the needs of the entire peanut industry.
Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Crop Science
PHONE: (919) 515-4068E-MAIL: david_jordan@ncsu.eduDr. Jordan's focus is peanut production and weed management, which includes conducting applied research in areas such as tillage systems, variety development, fertilization, cropping systems, weed management, pesticide compatibility, integrated pest management, and irrigation. He is also responsible for directing statewide educational programs for production and weed management and providing resource materials and support for Extension field faculty.
Professor of Crop Science
PHONE: (919) 515-4070E-MAIL: jan_spears@ncsu.eduMy program has focused on enhancing peanut seed quality through studies that determine how peanut seed quality is related to seed size, seed maturity, and production environment. In addition, field and laboratory projects evaluate peanut seed dormancy and seed enhancement and their relationship to germination and field emergence.
Professor of Crop Science, Professor of Biotechnology
PHONE: (919) 513-2929E-MAIL: tom_stalker@ncsu.eduDr. Stalker works on interspecific hybridization and cytogenetic research in peanut. Incorporation of leaf spot, virus and insect resistances into commercially acceptable varieties from wild type peanut is the goal of this project. Molecular markers are used to study species relationships and aid in gene transformation among species.
PHONE: (919) 515-3809E-MAIL: tallury@ncsu.eduDr. Tallury has a 100% research appointment in the Crop Science Department. His research involves the use of wild Arachis species for peanut improvement. The main focus of his research is to transfer disease resistant genes found in the wild species into peanut cultivars. He employs interspecific hybridization, ploidy level manipulations and molecular markers techniques to achieve this goal. Also, he has been researching to develop sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia) germplasm as an additional revenue-generating crop for North Carolina farmers.
Professor of Crop Science
Department Associate Head and Extension Leader
PHONE: (919) 515-4062E-MAIL: randy_wells@ncsu.eduMy project involves evaluating physiological responses to canopy architecture and fertilization issues in peanuts.
Professor of Crop Science and Statistics (Biomathematics Graduate Program).
PHONE: (919) 515-5816E-MAIL: gail_wilkerson@ncsu.eduResponsible for crop systems modeling. Her research involves the development of computerized crop management decision aids, evaluation of scouting protocols for use with the decision aids, and site-specific weed management. She also investigates environmental and pest stress effects on crop growth and development, and develops simulation models of crop growth, pest population dynamics, and crop-pest interactions.
OTHER FACULTY WITH PEANUTS RESPONSIBILITIES
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