Stephen Reiners

Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

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Stephen Reiners
Associate Professor
Department of Horticultural Sciences

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E-Mail: sr43@cornell.edu

PhD 1987 Ohio State University, Horticulture
MS 1983 Rutgers University, Horticulture
BS 1980 Rutgers University, Plant Science

Division of Effort
Research - 20%
Extension - 80%

Program Overview

Research and extension efforts are designed to maintain and enhance the profitability and sustainability of New York vegetable farmers both for the short and long term. My short term projects are designed to provide growers with the best cultural methods to grow crops, i.e., fertility management; irrigation; optimizing plant populations; and variety selection. Long term projects include fine tuning cover crop use to maximize nutrient recycling; improving fertilizer recommendations; determining how variety selection and fertility practices affect crop nutrition; and food safety issues as it relates to production practices (manure, compost, irrigation).

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Links to Recent and Current Projects

The Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo

The Cornell Vegetable Guidelines

Professional Experience

2/00 - Present	Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456
6/94 - 2/00	Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456
4/94 - 6/94	Associate Professor, Department of Extension Specialists/Department of Plant Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
7/88 - 4/94	Assistant Professor, Department of Extension Specialists/Department of Plant Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Professional Activities

Professional Societies
American Society of Horticultural Sciences
NE American Society of Horticultural Science
American Society of Agronomy
Peer reviewer for Journal, HortScience, HortTechnology
Member vegetable working group
Epsilon Sigma Phi
NE-124 Cooperative Regional Project, Genetic Manipulation of Sweet Corn Quality and Stress Resistance
Sigma Xi

Membership in Commercial/Trade Organization, Public Service
1995 -	NYS Vegetable Growers Association Co-chair of annual conference
1995	USDA-NRCS National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis Oversight Committee
1988	Mid-Atlantic Vegetable Workers chair of 1989 annual meeting
1988 - 94	New Jersey Vegetable Growers Association Co-chair of annual conference Scholarship committee Tomato committee
1988 - 94	Northeast Organic Farmers Association of NJ Co-chair of annual meeting, 1992 - 1994 Certification board advisor, 1989, 1992

University and College Committees

Cornell
2004-	Search Committee Member PMEP Coordinator
2004-	Search Committee Member CCE Ag Coordinator
2004-Present	Search Committee Member – Cornell Vegetable Team (Western NY)
2001-Present	Vegetable Program Work Team, Co-Chair
2002-Present	NYS Seed Lab faculty Advisory Committee
2002 – 2004	Chair’s advisory committee
2001 - present	CALS Outreach and Policy Committee
1995-Present	IPM Research and Development Proposal Review Committee
1995-Present	IPM Implementation and Demonstration Proposal Review Committee
1995 - Present	Station Whale Watch Committee, member
1996 - Present	Station Vegetable Land Assignment Coordinator
2002	Food Science Pilot Plant Advisory Committee
1998-2002	Station Library Committee, member
1998-2001	Vegetable Statewide Program Committee, Vice-Chair
2001	Station Vision/Mission Committee, member
2000	Search Committee Member - Faculty position in Entomology (Geneva)
2001-02	Search Committee Member - Faculty position in Plant Pathology (Geneva)
1996 -	Joint Departmental Ad hoc Communications Committee
1995 -	Vegetable Farm land assignments coordinator

New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 630 West North Street, Geneva, New York 14456
Telephone: 315.787.2011

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