Richard A. Ashley

Emeritus
Weed Scientist, Vegetable Specialist
Table of Contents: 
..... Education
..... Courses Taught
..... Research Interests
..... Work Experience
..... Professional Societies
..... Honors or Distinctions
..... Mailing Address & Email
..... Curriculum Vitae
 

Education

Ph.D. 1968. Plant Physiology, University of Delaware
M.S. 1965. Weed Science, University of Delaware
B.S. 1963. Vegetable Crops, University of Delaware

Undergraduate Courses Taught

SAPL 71: Horticulture Retailing
SAPL 75: Horticulture Production Practicum - Vegetables
PLSC 244: Garden Center Management

Research Interests

Integrated Pest Management (IPM): IPM is a comprehensive program for effectively controlling pests while minimizing the costs and adverse environmental effects. Current research areas include both insect and weed control programs. Emphasis with insect IPM is on the development of pest monitoring systems, population dynamics, and the biological and cultural control of certain insect pests of fruit and vegetable crops. Weed IPM research concerns efforts to predict weed populations based on soil nutrient samples and weed seed counts.

Vegetable Crops: Nitrogen management studies are being conducted on vegetable crops with the goal of minimizing nitrate contamination of groundwater.

Weed Science: Emphasis on weed crop associations in vegetable crops, modeling of weed populations and development of chemical and non-chemical controls.

Work Experience

1996 - present: Co-coordinator (with Loraine Los) of IPM Program, UConn.
1982 - present: Professor, UConn.
1974 - 1982: Assoc. Professor, UConn.
1968 - 1974: Asst. Professor, UConn.

Professional Societies

Honors or Distinctions

Awards: Office, Committees:

Mailing Address and Email

Department of Plant Science
1376 Storrs Rd., Unit 4067
The University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-4067

phone: (860) 486-3435
fax: (860) 486-0682

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