Liza DeGenring is a Field Specialist in Fruit and Vegetable Production, in the UNH Cooperative Extension Food and Agriculture Program. Liza works directly with vegetable, tree fruit, and small fruit commercial farmers in New Hampshire on issues such as integrated pest and disease management, soil fertility, and cover cropping.
Liza is trained in applied plant pathology and crop protection and has specialized experience with the use of bioproducts for suppression of plant diseases in a wide range of horticultural crops and cropping systems.
Liza received her B.S. in Environmental Geoscience from Boston College, and her M.S. and PhD in Agricultural Science from UNH.
Some of Liza's publications include:
https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-22-1628-RE Inhibition of Botrytis cinerea Growth and Suppression of Gray Mold on Petunia Leaves Using Chitosan
https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060707 Integration of Chitosan and Biopesticides to Suppress Pre-Harvest Diseases of Apple
https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-22-0119-R The Effect of Tomato Cultivar on Pythium Root Rot and Efficacy of Biopesticides
https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-01-23-0010-SC The Effect of Propagation Substrate on Pythium Root Rot Severity and the Efficacy of Biopesticides
Selected Publications
DeGenring, L. M., Peter, K., & Poleatewich, A. M. (2024). Postharvest chitosan sprays reduce bitter rot and blue mold on apple fruit.. Plant Dis. doi:10.1094/PDIS-07-24-1367-RE
DeGenring, L., Peter, K., & Poleatewich, A. (2023). Integration of Chitosan and Biopesticides to Suppress Pre-Harvest Diseases of Apple. Horticulturae, 9(6), 707. doi:10.3390/horticulturae9060707
DeGenring, L., Dickson, R., & Poleatewich, A. (2023). Inhibition of Botrytis cinerea Growth and Suppression of Gray Mold on Petunia Leaves Using Chitosan.. Plant Dis, 107(3), 840-848. doi:10.1094/PDIS-07-22-1628-RE
