DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREA
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes

SPECIFIC RESEARCH FOCUS
Soil Fertility, including soil test calibration and correlation, sustainable soil management practices; Plant Nutrition, including crop nutrient requirements, fertilizer management, and; Water Quality, including urban and agricultural best management practices

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Maynard, D. N., and G. J. Hochmuth. 2007. Knotts Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 5th ed. Wiley Interscience. J. Wiley and Sons, New York, NY. 619 pp.

Treadwell, D. D., G. J. Hochmuth, R. C. Hochmuth, E. H. Simonne, L. L. Davis, W. A. Laughlin, Y. Li, T.,Olczyk, R. K. Sprenkel, and L. S. Osborne. 2007. Nutrient management in organic greenhouse herb production: Where are we now? HortTechnology 17:461-466. (A “top-ten” HortTech publication).

Hochmuth, G., D. Cantliffe, C. Chandler, C. Stanley, E. Bish, E. Waldo, D. Legard, and J. Duval. 2006. Containerized strawberry transplants reduce establishment-period water use and enhance early growth and flowering compared with bare-root plants. HortTechnology 16:46-54.

Hochmuth, G., D. Cantliffe, C. Chandler, C. Stanley, E. Bish, E. Waldo, D. Legard, and J. Duval. 2006. Fruiting responses and economics of containerized and bare-root strawberry transplants established with different irrigation methods. HortTechnology 16:205-210.

Hochmuth, G., J. Brecht, and M. Bassett. 2006. Fresh-Market carrot yield and quality responses to K fertilization of a sandy soil validated by mehlich-1 soil test. HortTechnology 16:270-276.

Hanlon, E., G. Hochmuth, T. O’Breza, and M. Chaplin. 2005. Phosphorus nutrition of vegetable crops and fruits. IN: J. T. Sims and A. N. Sharpley (eds.). Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment. The Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, Wisc.

Soundy, P., D. J. Cantliffe, G. J. Hochmuth and P. J. Stoffella. 2005. Management of nitrogen and irrigation in lettuce transplant production affects transplant root and shoot development and subsequent crop yields. HortScience 40:607-610.

Chaverria, Cesario Jasso, G. Hochmuth, R. Hochmuth, and S. Sargent. 2005. Fruit yield, size, and color responses of two greenhouse cucumber types to nitrogen fertilization in perlite soilless culture. HortTechnology 15:565-571.

Hochmuth, G. J., and D. N. Maynard. 2003. Part 5. Nutritional disorders. P. 59-60. IN: K. Pernezny, P. Roberts, J. Murphy, and N. Goldberg (eds.) Compendium of Pepper Diseases. APS Press. The Amer. Phytopath. Soc. St. Paul, MN.

Hochmuth, G. J. 2003. Progress in mineral nutrition and nutrient management for vegetable crops in the last 25 years. HortScience. 38(5):999-1003.

Hochmuth, G. J., P. Weingartner, C. Hutchinson, A. Tilton, and D. Jessemen. 2002. Potato yield and tuber quality did not respond to phosphorus fertilization of soils testing high in phosphorus content. HortTechnology 12:420-423.


CONTACT INFORMATION
Soil and Water Science Department, 106 Newell Hall, PO Box 110510, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 392.1803 x 318, (352) 392.3399 fax
(352) 283.9133 cell
email: hoch@ufl.edu
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