Department of Horticulture

Jarrad Gollihue, right, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Horticulture and the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, was awarded best student enology poster presentation for “Evaluating the Influence of White Rot Fungi on Volatiles Produced by Quercus alba Barrel Staves” at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture annual meeting on June 20, 2019 in Napa, CA. Co-author was Zac Byrd, left. This work was done under the supervision of Dr. Seth DeBolt of the Department of Horticulture, director of the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits.

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Welcome to the Department of Horticulture, where plant form and function combine to provide the essential nutrition and aesthetically pleasing environments so important for human health and well-being. For information about the UK Horticulture Research Farm, visit https://research.ca.uky.edu/content/SouthFarm.

N-318 Ag Sciences Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Phone: 859 257-2909
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10/12/2022

Blackberry Field Day

Garrett Farms, 3800 Hardmoney Road, Paducah, KY 42003. Registration begins at 9

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10/13/2022

Integrated Pest Management Field Day

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Eastern Time. In-person at the University of Kentucky

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10/27/2022

Christmas Tree 101 Webinar

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Brought to you by the KY Horticulture Council.

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Department of Horticulture

N-318 Ag Sciences Center University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40546-0091

859-257-2909

Fax (Lexington): 859-257-2859
(Princeton): 270-365-2667

For questions about home gardening, landscaping or commercial horticulture production, please contact your county extension agent. Click here, then click on your county either on the map or from the list of counties below it. For general undergraduate student information, contact Dr. Rick Durham at (859) 257-3249, or rdurham@uky.edu. For undergraduate student information regarding the Sustainable Agriculture program, contact Dr. Krista Jacobsen at (859) 257-3921, or krista.jacobsen@uky.edu. For graduate student information, contact Dr. Mark Williams at (859) 257-1758, or mark.williams@uky.edu.

What's New

Grape IPM Scouting Guide Available

ID-254, An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Grape in Kentucky, is now available online. The manual is the result of efforts of the University of Kentucky Fruit Integrated Pest Management team.

López publishes paper in PLOS ONE

The Department of Horticulture's Dr. Carlos Rodríguez López has published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE. Lakshay Anand, a graduate research assistant in the Department of Horticulture, is among the co-authors.

López receives $500,000 grant

Carlos Rodríguez López, an assistant professor in the UK Department of Horticulture, has received a $500,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to explore epigenetic memory, a molecular mechanism

New Irrigation Publication

Go with the Flow Simple Calculations for Small Drip Irrigation Systems (HO-122), by the UK Department of Horticulture's Dr. Brent Rowell, is now available.

Vole Management in Blueberry Production video

In this video, University of Kentucky Horticulture Extension Associate Chris Smigell demonstrates the proper management of voles in the

2018 Fruit and Vegetable Research Report

The University of Kentucky's 2018 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report is now available. CLICK HERE to access the report.

ID-235 Updated

The University of Kentucky Vegetable IPM Team's manual, An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops in Kentucky (ID-235), has been updated.

Horticulture Department's DeBolt is PI on $6 Million Project Funded by NSF

UK Horticulture Professor Seth DeBolt is the principal investigator on a four-year, $6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation.

New Vegetable Crops Website

Dr. Rachel Rudolph, UK Extension Vegetable Specialist, and Senior Extension Associate Joshua Knight have created a new website to help Kentucky commercial vegetable growers.

Mark Williams Named Interim Chair of UK Department of Horticulture

Dr. Mark Williams became interim chair of the UK Department of Horticulture on July 1, 2018. Dr. Williams, who has been a faculty member in the department since 2001, developed and manages

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