Paul Nelson, North Carolina State University
Dr. Paul V. Nelson earned the B.S., M. S., and Ph.D. degrees in horticulture at the University of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania State University, and Cornell University, respectively. He serves as a professor of horticulture at North Carolina State University with assignments for teaching plant nutrition along with research in soils and nutrition of greenhouse crops. Current research includes a.) establishment of a system for controlling root substrate pH and b.) identification of the signals causing sudden pH decline of substrate by crops, and c.) identification of symptoms and critical foliar analysis standards for nutrient disorders of several greenhouse crops. Paul is the author of the textbook, Greenhouse Operation and Management, now in its sixth edition, as well as an author to over 300 scientific and professional papers. He has been elected a Fellow of the Amer. Soc. for Hort. Sci. and has received the G. B. Gunlogson Medal from the Amer. Hort. Soc. for research, the Outstanding Graduate Educator Award from the Amer.
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Dr. Paul V. Nelson earned the B.S., M. S., and Ph.D. degrees in horticulture at the University of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania State University, and Cornell University, respectively. He serves as a professor of horticulture at North Carolina State University with assignments for teaching plant nutrition along with research in soils and nutrition of greenhouse crops. Current research includes a.) establishment of a system for controlling root substrate pH and b.) identification of the signals causing sudden pH decline of substrate by crops, and c.) identification of symptoms and critical foliar analysis standards for nutrient disorders of several greenhouse crops. Paul is the author of the textbook, Greenhouse Operation and Management, now in its sixth edition, as well as an author to over 300 scientific and professional papers. He has been elected a Fellow of the Amer. Soc. for Hort. Sci. and has received the G. B. Gunlogson Medal from the Amer. Hort. Soc. for research, the Outstanding Graduate Educator Award from the Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., the award for Outstanding Ornamental Publication in the ASHS journals for 2002, the Outstanding Extension Publication Award from the Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.-southern region, the Alex Laurie Award from the Ohio Florists' Assoc. for outstanding publication on two occasions, the distinguished achievement award of merit from Gamma Sigma Delta honor society, the Alex Laurie award from the Soc. of Amer. Florists, The Amer. Soc. for Hort. Sci. award for outstanding extension publication, The Research Friend of Extension award from the NC Coop Ext Serv in 2002 and again in 2003, the H. Marc Cathey Award.
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North Carolina State University
