NAME Juan C. Díaz-Pérez TITLE Associate Professor DEPARTMENT Faculty of Horticulture PHONE 229-391-6861 FAX 229-386-7415 ADDRESS Department of Horticulture UGA-Tifton Campus Tifton, GA 31793-0748 EMAIL jcdiaz@uga.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., Plant Physiology, University of California at Davis M.S., Plant Physiology, University of California at Davis B.S., Agriculture, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural practices of vegetable crops. Plasticulture, sustainable/organic production of vegetables, and crop-environmental interactions.

Juan Díaz-Pérez

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Dr. Juan C. Díaz-Pérez is Associate Professor at the Horticulture Department. He has worked in research, outreach, and teaching related to vegetable production and physiology for over 10 years.

His research areas include vegetable crop production (conventional as well as sustainable/organic practices), plasticulture, and crop-environmental interactions. He has authored or coauthored 40 peer reviewed journal articles, 3 books, 5 book chapters, 19 proceedings, and 53 abstracts.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., R. Gitaitis, and B. Mandal. 2007. Effects of plastic mulches on root zone temperature and on the manifestation of tomato spotted wilt symptoms and yield of tomato. Scientia Horticulturae 114:90-95.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., M.D. Muy-Rangel, A. Gaytán-Mascorro. 2007. Fruit size and stage of ripeness affect postharvest water loss in bell pepper fruit (Capsicum annuum L.). J. Sci. Food Agric. 87: 68-73.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., S.C. Phatak, D. Guidings, D. Bertrand, and H.A. Mills. 2005. Root zone temperature, plant growth, and fruit yield of tomatillo as affected by plastic film mulch. HortScience 40: 1312-1319.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., W.M. Randle, G.B. Ronald, W. Walcott, D. Giddings, D. Bertrand, H.F. Sanders, and R.D. Gitaitis. 2004. Effects of mulch and irrigation system on sweet onion: I. Bolting, plant growth, and bulb yield and quality. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129:218-224.

Gitaitis, R.D., R.R. Walcott, H.F. Sanders, L. Zolobowska, and J.C. Díaz-Pérez. 2004. Effects of mulch and irrigation system on sweet onion: II. The epidemiology of center rot. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129:225-230.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., K.D. Batal, D. Granberry, D. Bertrand, D. Giddings, and H. Pappu. 2003. Growth and yield of tomato on plastic film mulches as affected by tomato spotted wilt virus. HortScience 38:395-399.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., A.C. Purvis, and J.T. Paulk. 2003. Bolting, yield, and bulb decay of sweet onion as affected by nitrogen fertilization. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128:144-149.

Díaz-Pérez, J.C., and K.D. Batal. 2002. Colored plastic film mulches affect tomato growth and yield via changes in root zone temperature. J. Amer. Sci. Hort. Sci. 127:127-136.

Granberry, D.M., W.T. Kelley, D.B. Langston, K.S. Rucker, and J.C. Díaz-Pérez. 2001. Testing compost value on pepper plants. BioCycle 42(10):60-62.