Horticultural Sciences
Horticulture is the science and art of propagating, cultivating, installing, breeding, and maintaining plants to enhance the human and natural environment. Horticulture is involved in all aspects of plant cultivation and use and include specialty crops such as fruits, vegetables, trees, flowers, grasses, and a wide array of medicinal and beverage crops.
Our team of faculty researchers at MREC spend their time examining the complicated relationships between plants and their environment. Whether building better begonias, developing tools to help Florida growers cultivate and manage pests on industrial hemp, or publishing award-winning laboratory experimental research to assess consumers’ preferences for environmentally-friendly horticultural production practices, MREC faculty are always working on research that enhances and improves Florida's horticulture industry and the citizens that its serves.
Dr. Jianjun Chen
Professor
407-814-6161
jjchen@ufl.edu
Area of focus: Plant physiology in protected agriculture
Dr. Seunghyun Choi
Assistant Professor
407-410-6924
choi.s@ufl.edu
Area of focus: Urban horticulture
Dr. Chris Marble
Associate Professor
407-410-6960
marblesc@ufl.edu
Area of focus: Nursery and landscape weed management
