Robert Harveson
Professor, Panhandle Research and Extension Center Plant Pathology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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4502 Ave I
Scottsbluff NE 69361-4939 - Phone
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3086321239
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rharveson2@unl.edu
Dr. Bob Harveson is an Extension Plant Pathologist at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, NE. His current appointment involves 50% research and 50% extension, with statewide programming responsibility for specialty crop diseases. His research program focuses on the etiology and applied management of root rot diseases of sugar beets, bacterial diseases of dry beans, and sunflower diseases utilizing the integration of biological, cultural, chemical, and predictive methods. He has conducted additional projects involving several new pulse crops (chickpeas, cowpeas, dry yellow peas, mungbeans, and lintels) as well as potatoes, corn, chicory, and wheat.
Education
- PhD, Plant Pathology, University of Florida, 1999
- MS, Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University, 1989
- BS, Plant/Soil Science, Tarleton State University, 1985
- BA, History, Trinity University, 1983