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Contact Information
Mailing Address
Rutgers University
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology
Foran Hall/ Cook Campus
59 Dudley Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
wulster@aesop.rutgers.edu
Campus Location
Office: Room 170 Foran Hall, 732-932-9711 x122
Lab: Room 179 Foran Hall, 732-932-9711 x128
Research Interests
My primary research interest is in the modification of crop growth and development using chemical and environment methods. Current research interests are directed toward two main areas: 1) factors affecting the efficiency of roots of container growth ornamental crops in the acquisition of nitrate; and 2) the use of cultural and chemical practices to modify plant growth to achieve new marketing opportunities for greenhouse producers in New Jersey. The first research area is directed toward clarifying how environmental, chemical, and cultural manipulations impact the acquisition of nitrate by ornamental crops with the long term objective to reduce nitrogen fertilizer application without reducing crop quality and productivity. An understanding of nutrient use efficiency will become increasingly important as ground and surface water pollution becomes a major issue at the state and federal level, and rational alternatives are needed to improve fertilizer practices in the ornamentals industry. The second research area is intended to provide New Jersey greenhouse producers with some novel commodities by modifying the growth habit of heretofore unsuitable crops for container production, using environmental manipulations and/or plant regulation (PGR) compounds.
Publications
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Rutgers Affiliations
Dr. Wulster joined the department in 1981 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1994