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Contacts for Plant Protection and Plant Production information

Plant Protection

Services       

Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
Amy Ziems

Department of Plant Pathology
402-472-2559
aziems2@unl.edu

Insect Management

John Campbell
Entomologist, Livestock
West Central REC
308-696-6702
jcampbell@unl.edu

Tom Hunt
Entomologist, Field Crops
Haskell Ag Lab, Northeast REC
402-584-3863
thunt2@unl.edu

Bob Wright
Entomologist, Field Crops
Department of Entomology
402-472-2128
rwright2@unl.edu

Plant Diseases

Loren Giesler
Plant Pathologist, Soybeans
Department of Plant Pathology
402-472-2559
lgiesler1@unl.edu

Bob Harveson
Plant Pathologist, Sugar beets
Panhandle REC
308-632-1239
rharveson2@unl.edu

Tamra Jackson
Plant Pathologist, Corn and Sorghum
Department of Plant Pathology
402-472-2559
tjackson3@unl.edu

Stephen Wegulo
Plant Pathologist, Wheat
Department of Plant Pathology
402-472-8735
swegulo2@unl.edu

Weed Management

Mark Bernards
Weeds Specialist, Irrigated Crops
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-1534
mbernards2@unl.edu

Stevan Knezevic
Integrated Weed Management Specialist
Haskell Ag Lab, Northeast REC
402-584-3808
sknezevic2@unl.edu

Lowell Sandell
Weed Science Educator
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-1547
lsandell2@unl.edu

Bob Wilson
Weeds Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-632-1263
rwilson2@unl.edu

Pesticide Education

Clyde Ogg
Extension Pesticide Educator
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-9546
cogg1@unl.edu

Erin Bauer
Extension Assistant
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-9548
ebauer2@unl.edu

Leah Sandall
Extension Assistant
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-9566
lsandall5@unl.edu

Contributing Departments / School
(UNL East Campus, Lincoln)

Agronomy and Horticulture
Mark Lagrimini, Department Head
Plant Science 279, 68583-0910
Phone: 402-472-2811
Fax: 402-472-7904
Web: agronomy.unl.edu

Biological Systems Engineering
Ron Yoder, Department Head
223 L.W. Chase Hall, 68583-0726
Phone: 402-472-1413
Fax: 402-472-6338
Web: bse.unl.edu

Entomology
Gary Brewer, Department Head
202 Entomology Hall, 68583-0816
Phone: 402-472-2123
Fax: 402-472-4687
Web: entomology.unl.edu

High Plains Regional Climate Center
Ken Hubbard, Director
246 L.W. Chase Hall, 68583-0728
Phone: 402-472-6706
Fax: 402-472-8763
Web: hprcc.unl.edu

Plant Pathology
James Steadman, Department Head
406 Plant Science, 68583-0722
Phone: 402-472-2858
Fax: 402-472-2853
Web: plantpath.unl.edu

School of Natural Resources
Don Wilhite, Director
912 Hardin Hall
Phone: 402-472-3471
Fax: 402-472-3610
Web: snr.unl.edu

Research and Extension Centers (REC)

Northeast REC
601 East Benjamin Avenue, Suite 104
Norfolk, NE 68701-0812
Phone: 402-370-4000
Fax: 402-470-4010
Web: nerec.unl.edu

Haskell Ag Lab
(Northeast REC)
57905 866 Road
Concord, NE 68728-2828
Phone: 402-584-2261
Fax: 402-584-3859
Web: nerec.unl.edu/haskell.htm

Panhandle REC
4702 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939
Phone: 308-632-1230
Fax: 308-632-1365
Web: panhandle.unl.edu

Southeast REC
211 Mussehl Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0714
Phone: 402-472-3674
Fax: 402-472-3858
Web: southeast.unl.edu

West Central REC
461 W. University Drive
North Platte, NE 69101-7756
Phone: 308-696-6740
Fax: 308-632-3823
Web: westcentral.unl.edu
 

Plant Production

Crop Production 

Bruce Anderson
Forage Specialist
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-6237
banderson1@unl.edu 

Bob Klein
Western Nebraska Crops Specialist
West Central REC
308-696-6740
rklein1@unl.edu 

Bruce Anderson
Forage Specialist
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-6237
banderson1@unl.edu  

Alexander Pavlista
Crop Physiologist / Potato Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-632-1262
apavlista1@unl.edu

Teshome Regassa
Extension Educator, Crop Variety Testing
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-2811
tregassa2@unl.edu

Dipak Santra
Alternative Crops Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-632-1244
dsantra2@unl.edu

Elizabeth Sarno
Organic Farming Systems Coordinator
Haskell Ag Lab, Northeast REC
402-584-3856
esarno2@unl.edu

Carlos Urrea
Dry Bean Breeding Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-632-0556
currea2@unl.edu

Soils and Nutrient Management

Gary Hergert
Nutrient Management and Soil Quality Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-632-1372
ghergert1@unl.edu

Richard Ferguson
Soils Specialist
Agronomy and Horticulture
402-472-1144
rferguson1@unl.edu

Charles Shapiro
Soils Specialist
Haskell Ag Lab, Northeast REC
402-584-3803
cshapiro1@unl.edu

Charles Wortmann
Nutrient Management Specialist
Southeast REC, Lincoln
402-472-2909
cwortman2@unl.edu

Irrigation

Suat Irmak
Water Resources Engineer
Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-4865
sirmak2@unl.edu

William Kranz
Irrigation Specialist
Haskell Ag Lab, Northeast REC
402-584-3857
wkranz1@unl.edu

Simon von Donk
Irrigation Resources Specialist
Panhandle REC
308-696-6709
svandonk2@unl.edu

C. Dean Yonts
Irrigation Engineer
Panhandle REC
402-632-1246
cyonts@unlnotes.unl.edu

Derrel Martin
Irrigation and Water Resources Engineer
Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-1586
dmartin2@unlnotes.unl.edu

Engineering

Tom Franti
Surface Water Management Engineer
Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-9872
tfranti1@unl.edu

John Hay
Extension Educator, Energy, Biofuels
Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-0408
jhay2@unl.edu

Paul Jasa
Engineer, No-Till Systems
Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-6715
pjasa1@unl.edu

Dave Shelton
Agricultural Engineer
Haskell Ag Lab
Northeast REC
402-584-3849
dshelton2@unl.edu

John Smith
Machinery Systems Engineer
Panhandle REC
308-632-1247
jsmith5@unl.edu

Precision Agriculture

Viacheslav Adamchuk
Precision Agriculture Engineering
Biological Systems Engineer
402-472-8431
vadamchuk2@unl.edu

Climate

Al Dutcher
State Climatologist
High Plains Regional Climate Center
402-472-5206
adutcher1@unl.edu 

Agricultural Economics / Markets

Paul Burgener
Ag Economics Research Analyst
Panhandle REC
308-632-1241
pburgener2@unl.edu

Doug Jose
Farm Management Specialist
Agronomy & Horticulture
402-472-1749

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