Dr. Andy Wyenandt is the Extension Specialist in vegetable pathology for the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. Wyenandt joined Rutgers University in the spring of 2004 after completing a Ph.D. in plant pathology from Ohio State University. Dr. Wyenandt’s research has focused fungicide resistance management in cucurbit crops, and the effects of production systems and phytophthora-tolerance on the development of skin separation or ‘silvering’ in bell pepper fruit with Dr. Wesley Kline.

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Dr. Andy Wyenandt
Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center
121 Northville Road
Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302

Dr. Wesley Kline is an Agricultural Agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County.  He is responsible for the commercial vegetable and herb production programs in the county.  His research and extension activities are based on growers’ needs in integrated pest management, cultural practices and post harvest handling.  Areas of emphasis the last five years have been on food safety, cultural systems related to phytophthora blight of pepper and tomato production systems.  Before joining Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Dr. Kline worked in Central America with the United States Agency for International Development and the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research.  He received his B.A. from Salem College, Salem, West Virginia and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in the Vegetable Crops Department. 

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Dr. Wesley L. Kline
Cumberland County Agricultural Agent
Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
291 Morton Ave.
Millville, NJ 08332-9776