Desmond Layne

State Program Team Leader - Horticulture
Associate Professor of Pomology
Extension Tree Fruit Specialist

Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy in Horticulture - Michigan State University, 1992
Master of Science in Horticulture - Michigan State University, 1989
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), 1986

Research interest:
Pomology; fruit tree physiology and integrated crop management with a primary emphasis on peach; minor fruit crops (pawpaw).

Publications:
Layne, D.R. and D. Bassi (Eds.). 2008. The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International Press, Wallingford, U.K. 848 pp. (due September, 2008)

Pomper, K.W. and D.R. Layne. 2008. Asimina triloba: Pawpaw. In: J. Janick and R.E. Paull (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts. CABI Publishing, UK. pp. 62-68.

Okie, W.R. and D.R. Layne. 2008. Scarletprince and Julyprince peaches. HortScience 43(5):1603-1605.

Okie, W.R. and D.R. Layne. 2008. Early Augustprince and Augustprince peaches. HortScience 43(5):1600-1602.

Pomper, K.W., S.B. Crabtree, D.R. Layne, and R.N. Peterson. 2008. Flowering and fruiting characteristics of eight pawpaw [Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal] selections in Kentucky. J. Amer. Pom. Sci. 62(3):89-97.

Schnabel, G., D.R. Layne, and I. Holb. 2007. Micronized and non-micronized sulfur sprays control peach scab equally well with negligible impacts on fruit quality. Annals of Applied Biology. 150:131-139.

Cox, K., D.R. Layne, R. Scorza, and G. Schnabel. 2006. Gastrodia anti-fungal protein (GAFP) from the orchid Gastrodia elata confers broad-spectrum root disease tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Planta 224:1373-1383.

Websites:
http://www.clemson.edu/hort/Peach/index.php

Additional Information: 165 Poole Agricultural Center, Box 340319