Peg is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science in the floriculture program. She has her BS from Ohio State (1970) and her MS and PhD from Clemson University (1988 and 1992, respectively. She joined the faculty at OSU in 1994. During most of that time her primary responsibility has been teaching undergraduates. The classes she teaches include Indoor Gardening (an interiorscape course), Greenhouse Crop Production, Techniques in Bedding Plant production (a hands-on spring bedding plant production class), The Floriculture Industry (a 1 credit, 2 day field trip to floriculture greenhouses and support industries), and Issues in Horticulture and Crop Science - the senior capstone course required of all students in horticulture and crop science majors. Starting this fall she also will teach a graduate course preparing graduate student teaching assistants to teach in Horticulture and Crop Science classes. Her research interests lie in finding ways to control the environment to manipulate plant growth.
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Peg is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science in the floriculture program. She has her BS from Ohio State (1970) and her MS and PhD from Clemson University (1988 and 1992, respectively. She joined the faculty at OSU in 1994. During most of that time her primary responsibility has been teaching undergraduates. The classes she teaches include Indoor Gardening (an interiorscape course), Greenhouse Crop Production, Techniques in Bedding Plant production (a hands-on spring bedding plant production class), The Floriculture Industry (a 1 credit, 2 day field trip to floriculture greenhouses and support industries), and Issues in Horticulture and Crop Science - the senior capstone course required of all students in horticulture and crop science majors. Starting this fall she also will teach a graduate course preparing graduate student teaching assistants to teach in Horticulture and Crop Science classes. Her research interests lie in finding ways to control the environment to manipulate plant growth. She is a lifelong floriculturist and a 4th generation member of her family to be in some aspect of greenhouse production. Prior to graduate school she was a grower and propagator for Yoder Brothers for 15 years at their OH, CA, and SC facilities.
