James H. Blake Director Home & Garden Information Center, Adjunct Associate Professor, Plant Pathology & Physiology, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture OFFICE: 135 Old Cherry Road ADDRESS: Home & Garden Information Center, 135 Old Cherry Road, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0123 TELEPHONE: 864-656-7513 FAX: 864-656-0276 E-MAIL: jblake@clemson.edu

Qualifications

Ed.D. (Career & Technology Education/Plant Pathology), 2004, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

M.S. (Plant Pathology) 1984, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

B.S. (Plant and Soil Science), Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

Director of the Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center: The Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center delivers information to the residents of South Carolina via a toll-free phone call through an interactive voice response (IVR) system. The system contains nearly 600 recorded messages, available 24 hours a day, and 600 fact sheets on landscaping, gardening, plant health, food safety and preservation, household pests, and other information involving the home, yard, and garden.

1-888-656-9988 (SC residents only) http://hgic.clemson.edu

Selected Publications

1. Blake, J. H. and Dalhouse, D., editors. 2007. 2008 Lawn & Garden Calendar. PSA 5. Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
2. Blake, J. H. 2004. Defining Priorities for Improving the Quality and Quantity of Educational Services Provided by the Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center. Doctoral Dissertation, Clemson University. 141 pp.
3. Blake, J. H., Polomski, R. F., Gorsuch, C. S., and Hoyle, E. H. 2002. The Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center: An Information Delivery System for South Carolina Residents. Proceedings of the Urban Agriculture Symposium: Emerging Opportunities in Science, Education, and Policy. pg. 173.
4. Zehnder, Geoff, Hope, Hill, Hoyle, Libby, and Blake, J. H. 2002. An Assessment of Consumer Preferences for IPM- and Organically-Grown Produce. Journal of Extension Vol. 41, No. 2.
5. Williamson, Margaret R. and Blake, James H. 2001. Mountain Laurel Diseases. Pages 242-246 in: Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
6. Williamson, Margaret R., Blake, James H. and Simone, Gary W. 2001. Wax Myrtle (Bayberry) Diseases. Pages 369-372 in: Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
7. Jeffers, S. N., Blake, J. H., Culin, J. and Gorsuch, C. S. 2001. Diseases and Insect & Mite Pests of Ornamental Crops, Chapter 8 in South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association (SCNLA) Certification Manual. 12 pp.
8. Polomski, R. F., Blake, J. H., Gorsuch, C. S. and Hoyle, E. H. 2001. The Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center: A “24/7" Approach to Delivering Information to South Carolina Residents. HortScience 36(3):478.
9. Williamson, M. R., Blake, J. H., Jeffers, S. N., and Lewis, S. A. 2000. First reports of Aphelenchoides fragariae on royal fern and on hosta and other hosts in South Carolina. Plant Disease 84:593.
10. Dickerson, O. J., Blake, J. H., and Lewis, S. A. 2000. Nematode Guidelines for South Carolina. EC 703. Cooperative Extension Service, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 36 pp.
11. Kluepfel, M., Scott, J. M., Blake, J. H., and Gorsuch, C.S. 2000. Boxwood Problems. HGIC 2052. Cooperative Extension Service, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 4 pp.
12. Williamson, M. R. and Blake, J. H. 1999. First report of the teleomorph of an Oidium sp. causing powdery mildew on flowering dogwood in South Carolina. Plant Dis. 83:200.
13. Blake, J. H., Mueller, J. D., and Lewis, S. A. 1994. Diseases of kenaf in South Carolina. Plant Dis. 78:102.
14. Martin, S. B., Blake, J. H., and Goss, G. B. 1994. Suppression of fairy rings in turf with flutolanil. (Abstr.). Phytopathology 84:1065.
15. Blake, J. H. 1993. Distribution of Xylella fastidiosa in oak, maple, and sycamore in South Carolina. Plant Dis. 77:1262.