North Florida Research and Education Center
155 Research Road
Quincy, FL 32351-5677
Phone: (850) 875-7122
Fax: (850) 875-7188
Email: pcand@ufl.edu

Pete Andersen

Research/Extension, Deciduous Fruits
Professor of Horticultural Sciences

Education: 
         B.S. Biology , Florida State University

Appointment:

80% Research

20% Extension

Teaches: Plant-insect and plant-disease interactions, cultural practices that maximize agricultural sustainability, food chemistry.

Research Interests: Agricultural sustainability, food chemistry, and influence of plant chemistry on plant-insect, plant disease and plant-disease interactions.  Current emphasis has been an xylem fluid chemistry mediation of the xylophages, Homlodisca coagulata and Xylella fastidiosa.

Extension: Deciduous fruit variety development , culture and management.