Mid-Atlantic University and USDA Bramble Faculty

North American Bramble Growers Association (NABGA)
Debby Wechsler, Executive Secretary
1138 Rock Rest Rd.
Pittsboro, NC 27312
E-mail: nabga@ mindspring.com
Phone: 919-542-3687
Fax: 919-542-4037

Horticulture
• Tony Bratsch, Extension Specialist in small fruit (brambles, blueberries, strawberries), Virginia Tech
• Kathy Demchak, Small Fruit Horticulturist, Penn State
• Joe Fiola, Viticulture and Small Fruit, Univ. of Maryland, Keedysville
• Gina E. Fernandez, Dept. Horticulture, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh
• Jeremy Pattison, Dept. Horticulture, Southern Piedmont AREC, Virginia Tech, Blackstone VA
• Marvin Pritts, Dept. Horticulture, Cornell Univ., Ithaca NY
  
• Allen Straw, Area Specialist, SW VA AREC, Glade Spring, VA
• Harry Swartz, Small Fruit Horticulturist, University of Maryland
• Fumiomi Takeda, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (USDA), Kearneysville WV
  
• Chris Walsh, Dept. of Horticulture, Univ. of Maryland
• Courtney Weber, NY Agric Exp. Stn., Geneva NY
• Jerry Williams, Small Fruit Horticulturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech

Entomology
• Chris Bergh, Alson H. Smith Agric. & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Winchester
• Galen P. Dively, Dept. Entomology, Univ. of Maryland
• Richard D. Fell, Apiculturist, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
• Rufus Isaacs, Dept. Entomology, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing MI
  
• Donn T. Johnson, Dept. Entomology, Univ. Arkansas
  
• John Meyer, Department of Entomology, NCSU, Raleigh NC
  
• Douglas G. Pfeiffer, Fruit Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
• Dean Polk, Rutgers Fruit Res. & Extension Center, Cream Ridge
• Ed Rajotte, Dept. of Entomology, Penn State
• Ken Sorensen, Dept. Entomology, NCSU
  
• Joanne Whalen, Univ. Delaware
• Roger Williams, Dept. Entomology, OARDC, Wooster OH
  

Plant Pathology
• Mike Ellis, Ohio State Univ., Wooster OH
• John Halbrendt, Nematologist, Penn State Fruit Lab., Biglerville
• Zvezdana Pesic-VanEsbroeck, NCSU, Raleigh
• Guido Schnabel, Dept. Plant Pathology, Clemson Univ.
• Jim Travis, Dept. Plant Pathology, Penn. State Univ.
• Keith Yoder, Tree Fruit Pathologist, Alson H. Smith Agric, & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Tech, Winchester

• Weed Science
• Jeff Derr, Weed Scientist, Hampton Roads Agric. Res. & Ext. Ctr., Virginia Beach 
• Wayne Mitchem, Mt. Hort. Crops Res. Ext. Ctr., Fletcher NC
  
• David Monks,  Dept. Hortic. Sci., NCSU, Raleigh NC

• Breeding
• Jim Ballington, Dept Hortic. Sci., NCSU, Raleigh NC
• John Clark, Dept. Horticulture, Univ. Arkansas
  

Agricultural Economics
• Jayson Harper, Dept. Ag. Econ., Penn. State Univ.


• Post harvest 
• Mike Boyette, Dept Biol. & Agric. Engin., NCSU, Raleigh NC

Pesticide Safety and Application
• Michael J. Weaver, Virginia Tech Pesticide Program
• J. F. Baniecki, West Virginia Pesticide Program