Meet the Team
Learn more about the SweetARMOR team below!
 Dr. Craig Yencho Project Director, North Carolina State University Sweetpotato Breeding yencho@ncsu.edu |  Dr. Adrienne Gorny Co-PD, NCSU Nematode Management agorny@ncsu.edu |  Dr. Katie Jennings Principal Investigator, NCSU Weed Management katie_jennings@ncsu.edu 919-740-4500 |
 Dr. Jonathan Schultheis PI, NCSU Cultural Management Practices jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu |  Dr. Michael Kudenov PI, NCSU Imaging Analysis and Remote Sensing mwkudeno@ncsu.edu |  Dr. Daniel Tregeagle PI, NCSU Economic Analysis tregeagle@ncsu.edu |
 Dr. Bode Olukolu PI, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Genomics and Bioinformatics bolukolu@utk.edu |  Dr. Tristan Watson PI, Louisiana State University Nematode Management twatson@agcenter.lsu.edu |  Dr. Tara Smith PI, LSU Sweetpotato Production and Pest Management tsmith@agcenter.lsu.edu |
 Dr. Don La Bonte PI, LSU Sweetpotato Breeding dlabonte@agcenter.lsu.edu |  Dr. Arthur Villordon PI, LSU Sweetpotato Production avillordon@agcenter.lsu.edu |  Dr. Imana Power PI, LSU Diseases of Sweetpotato ipower@agcenter.lsu.edu |
 Dr. Niranjan Baisakh PI, LSU Plant Abiotic Stress and Genomics nbaisakh@agcenter.lsu.edu |  Dr. Phillip Wadl PI, USDA ARS Genetics phillip.wadl@usda.gov |  Dr. William Rutter PI, USDA ARS Nematology william.rutter@usda.gov |
 Dr. Mark Shankle PI, Mississippi State University Crop Row Production mark.shankle@msstate.edu |  Dr. Lorin Harvey PI, MSU Agronomy lh1853@msstate.edu |  Dr. Scott Stoddard PI, University of California Cooperative Extension Soil Fertility and Soil Conservation csstoddard@ucanr.edu |
Meet the Advisory Board
 Kay Rentzel Executive Director US Sweet Potato Council |  Michelle Grainger Executive Director NC Sweet Potato Commission |  Rene Simon Executive Director LA Sweet Potato Commission |
 Caleb Englert President MS Sweet Potato Council - Grower |  Jamie Earp Vice President MS Sweet Potato Council – Grower & Packer |  Matt Garber Garber Farms Grower & Packer |
 Todd O’Neal Black Gold Farms Grower |  Hunter Fife Lamb Weston Manager Ag Operations; Frozen foods | Jim Jones Jones Family Farms Seed producer |
 Josh Barnes Barnes Farming FarmPak Grower & Packer; Seed producer | Darren Barfield Quail H Farms President of SP Council of CA, Shed Manager, Grower & Packer | Kim LeQuire Kornegay Family Farms & Produce Grower & Packer |
 Jennifer Corbin Senior Project Manager – Clemson based USDA NIFA SCRI Nematode grant | Bob Weimer Weimer Farms Grower | Jerry Lee McCalls Farms Director of Agriculture - Product Procurement Canning & Frozen foods |