Ornamental Plants Annual Reports and Research Reviews 2004

Special Circular 195

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Floriculture Industry Roundtable of Ohio

Financially supported by the Floriculture Industry Research Scholarship Trust

Our Mission

The mission of the Floriculture Roundtable of Ohio is to provide an educational forum to floriculture Extension personnel, growers, and members of the allied industries across the Midwestern region, currently including Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana, for the exchange, discussion, and dissemination of information related to floriculture.

Serving You

Do you ever have problems with crops? The Roundtable offers you free assistance in finding solutions. All persons listed in this directory are just a phone call away. Take advantage of the opportunity!

Greenhouse Management

Behnke, Charles
Dyke, David
Everett, Craig
Gao, Gary
Kneen, Hal
Krauskopf, Dean
McMahon, Peg
McMahon, Robert W. (Bob)
Metzger, Jim
Pasian, Claudio

Plant Pathology

Ellsworth, Denise
Taylor, Nancy

Entomology/IPM

Cañas, Luis
Cloyd, Raymond
McMahon, Robert W. (Bob)

Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering/Greenhouse Environment

Brugger, Mike
Ling, Peter

Management and Economics

Kneen, Hal
Rhodus, Tim

Composting

Watson, Maurice

Crop Physiology

Carver, Steve
Jones, Michelle
McMahon, Peg
Metzger, Jim
Pasian, Claudio

Nutrient Analysis/Water Quality

Carver, Steve
Krauskopf, Dean
Pasian, Claudio
Watson, Maurice

Postharvest Physiology

Jones, Michelle

Applied Economics/Internet Communications

Tim Rhodus

Team Members

Eric Barrett

OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture, Washington County
     206 Davis Avenue
Marietta, OH 45750-3089
740-376-7431
740-376-7084
barrett.90@osu.edu

• Direct marketing — image and promotions
• Small-business management
• Human-resource management

Charles Behnke

OSU Extension Educator, Horticulture, Lorain County
     42110 Russia Road
Elyria, OH 44035-6815
440-326-5859
440-326-5878 Fax
behnke.1@osu.edu

• Greenhouse management • Garden center employee training

Mike Brugger, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691-4096
330-263-3636
330-263-3670 Fax
brugger.1@osu.edu

• Greenhouse production systems with special emphasis on ventilation and control systems

Luis Cañas

Assistant Professor, Insect Ecology in Controlled Environments
Department of Entomology
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691-4096
330-263-3818
330-263-3686 Fax
canas.4@osu.edu

• IPM of crops in controlled environments
• Evaluation of pest-management practices including sanitation, cultural control, biological control, pesticide use
• Biological control use and its compatibility with pest control materials

Steve Carver

Ohio Florists Association
Membership/Technical Education Coordinator
2130 Stella Court
Columbus, OH 43215
614-487-1117
614-487-1216
scarver@ofa.org

• Production/post-production physiology
• Plant nutrition
• Greenhouse management

Raymond A. Cloyd

Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in Ornamental Entomology/IPM
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois
384 National Soybean Research Laboratory
1101 West Peabody Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-7218
217-333-4777 Fax
rcloyd@uiuc.edu

• Integrated pest management and biological control of greenhouse pests
• Effects of plants on natural enemy foraging success
• Compatibility of pest control materials with natural enemies
• Efficacy of new pest-control materials
• Tank mix compatibility

Mary Donnell

OSU Extension Educator, Commercial Horticulture/Agricultural Economic Development
Agricultural Business Enhancement Center
440 E. Poe Road, Suite 201
Bowling Green, OH 43401-1351
419-354-6916
419-354-6416 Fax
donnell.8@osu.edu

• Marketing
• Business management
• Hydroponic vegetable production
• Greenhouse management

David Dyke

OSU Extension Educator, Commercial Floriculture, Hamilton County
110 Boggs Lane, Suite 315
Cincinnati, OH 45246-3145
513-946-8983
513-505-1202 Cell phone
513-528-0034 Fax
dyke.15@osu.edu

• Greenhouse management
• Small business management
• Marketing

Denise Ellsworth

OSU Extension Educator, Horticulture, Summit County
2525 State Road
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223-1602
330-928-4769
330-928-9418 Fax
ellsworth.2@osu.edu

• Integrated pest management
• Plant diseases

Craig Everett

OSU Extension Program Assistant, Horticulture, Wood County
440 E. Poe Road, Suite A
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-354-9050
419-352-7413 Fax
everett.33@osu.edu

• Greenhouse management and production

Gary Gao

OSU Extension Educator and County Director, Horticulture, Clermont County
P. O. Box 670, 1000 Locust Street
Owensville, OH 45160
513-732-7070
513-732-7060 Fax
gao.2@osu.edu

• Greenhouse management

Michelle L. Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Floriculture/Molecular Biology
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691-4096
330-263-3885
330-263-3887 Fax
jones.1968@osu.edu

• Production/post-production physiology
• Biotechnology
• Germplasm enhancement
• Ethylene

Hal Kneen

OSU Extension Educator, Horticulture, Meigs County
Mulberry Heights
P. O. Box 32
Pomeroy, OH 45769
740-992-6696
740-992-7931 Fax
kneen.1@osu.edu

• Greenhouse management
• Small-business management
• Production economics
• Marketing

Dean Krauskopf

Greenhouse Educator, Southeast Michigan
Michigan State University
MSU Extension
640 Temple
Detroit, MI 48201
313-833-3278
313-833-3298 Fax
krauskop@msue.msu.edu

• Greenhouse crop nutrition
• Foliar and media analysis
• Greenhouse crop management

Peter Ling

Assistant Professor
Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691-4096
330-263-3857
330-263-3670 Fax
ling.23@osu.edu

• Greenhouse plant growth control systems
• Digital image applications

Margaret (Peg) McMahon

Associate Professor Department of Horticulture and Crop Science The Ohio State University 2001 Fyffe Court Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-8867 614-292-3505 Fax mcmahon.43@osu.edu

• Floriculture crop physiology
• Light quality regulation of crop development
• Greenhouse management
• Production of floriculture crops

Robert W. (Bob) McMahon

Professor
The Ohio State University
Agricultural Technical Institute
1328 Dover Road
Wooster, OH 44691-4000
800-647-8283 Ext. 1320 (Ohio only)
330-264-3911 Ext. 1320
330-262-7634 Fax

• IPM
• Control of insect pests of floriculture crops with natural enemies and use of hot-water drenches and sprays, and manipulation of plant height by environmental manipulation (water and temperature)
• Greenhouse production and management

James (Jim) Metzger

Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
The Ohio State University
2001 Fyffe Court
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-3854
614-292-7162 Fax
metzger.72@osu.edu

• Role of hormones in plant growth and development
• Environmental control of flowering
• Use of biotechnology to improve floricultural crops

Claudio Pasian

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Floriculture
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
The Ohio State University
2001 Fyffe Court
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-9941
614-292-3505 Fax
pasian.1@osu.edu

• Production and management
• Modeling and timing of floricultural crops
• Water quality and nutrition of floricultural crops

Tim Rhodus

Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
The Ohio State University
2001 Fyffe Court
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-3871
614-292-3505 Fax
rhodus.1@osu.edu

• Management and economics of horticultural crops
• Multimedia applications for marketing and education

Nancy Taylor

Director, C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
The Ohio State University
110 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5563
614-292-4455 Fax
taylor.8@osu.edu

• Diagnosis of diseases of floral and other greenhouse crops

Watson, Maurice

Associate Professor and Extension Soil Specialist
School of Natural Resources
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691
330-263-3755
330-263-3658 Fax
watson.8@osu.edu

• Analysis of soil, soilless mix, sewage sludges, manures, and water
• Water quality, composting, and environmental pollution problems

Floriculture Industry Roundtable of Ohio (FIROO) Activities Include:

• Assisting growers with crop production problems.
• Holding biweekly conference calls to assess the state of the industry. These calls are used as an educational forum by Roundtable members. Grower participation in the biweekly phone calls is possible (and encouraged) on a port-available basis by contacting Charles Behnke at 440-326-5859 prior to the biweekly conference.
• Preparing and faxing out informational alerts (FIROOFAX) to industry members when emergencies arise.
• Collaborating with the Ohio Florists Association and other regional grower associations in the organization of educational seminars and workshops.

Feel free to get in touch with any of the Roundtable members listed in this Directory if you have any floricultural problem or wish to share information.

Directory developed by Charles Behnke, Ohio State University Extension, Lorain County, and Claudio Pasian, The Ohio State University, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.