Preston K. Andrews
Associate Professor
(WSU faculty member since 1990)
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Areas of Interest
- Pomology and the biology of fruit crops
- Environmental (photooxidative) stress physiology
- Sustainable and organic production of perennial fruit crops
- Health benefits of fruit consumption
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Horticulture, Washington State University
- M.S., Horticulture, Washington State University
- B.Sc., Crop Science, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Work and International Experiences
- Visiting Scientist, Institute of Grasslands & Environmental Research, Wales; Rothamsted Research, England, 1998-1999
- Research Fellow, Department of Horticultural Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1988-1990
- Research Scientist, Campbell Institute for Research & Technology, 1984-1987
Honors and Awards
- Symposium organizer, Living Soil, Food Quality, and the Future of Food, and presenter, Fruits and Vegetables: Responses to Soil Management, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL, 2009.
- Invited Speaker, Understanding and Nourishing the Roots of Food Quality Symposium, American Association for the Advancement of Science, St. Louis, MO, 2006
- Classic Papers, Food and the Future, Nature 2002
Current & Recent Graduate Students
- Eliane Thaines Bodah, Ph.D. student
- Amy Snively-Martinez, (M.S.) Ph.D. student
- Carolina Torres, Ph.D. (Pace International)
- Gregory Peck, M.S. (Cornell University)
- Ricardo Diaz, M.S. (Pace International)
Collaborators
- Charles Benbrook, Chief Scientist, The Organic Center
- Neal M. Davies, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
- Patricia Freitag Ericsson, Assistant Professor of English
- Markus Lange, Assistant Professor of Plant Biochemistry
- John P. Reganold, Regents Professor of Soil Science
Currently Teaching
- Hort 310, Pomology
- Hort 421/521, Fruit Crops Management
- Hort 503/Engl 597, Rhetorics of Sustainability
Selected Publications
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Vega-Villa, K.R., C.M. Remsberg CM, Y. Ohgami, J.A. Yáñez, J.K. Takemoto, P.K. Andrews, and N.M. Davies NM. 2009. Stereospecific high-performance liquid chromatography of taxifolin, applications in pharmacokinetics, and determination in tu fu ling (Rhizoma smilacis glabrae) and apple (Malus x domestica). Biomedical Chromatography 23: 638-646.
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Yáñez J.A., C.M. Remsberg, N.D. Miranda, K.R. Vega-Villa, P.K. Andrews, and N.M. Davies. 2008. Pharmacokinetics of selected chiral flavonoids: Hesperetin, naringenin, and eriodictyol in rats and their disposition in fruit juices. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition 29(2): 63-82.
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Yáñez, J.A., P.K. Andrews, and N.M. Davies. 2007. Methods of analysis and separation of chiral flavonoids. Journal of Chromatography B 848: 159-181.
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Chong, S.T. and P.K. Andrews. 2006. The relationship of dwarfing and IAA oxidase activity in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) rootstocks. J. Tropical Agriculture & Food Science 34: 211-217.
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Torres, C.A. and P.K. Andrews. 2006. Developmental changes in antioxidant metabolites, enzymes, and pigments in fruit exocarp of four tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes: b-carotene, high pigment-1, ripening inibitor, and ‘Rutgers.’ Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 44: 806-818.
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Torres, C.A., P.K. Andrews, and N.M. Davies. 2006. Physiological and biochemical responses of fruit exocarp of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) to natural photooxidative conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1933-1947.
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Peck, G.M., P.K. Andrews, J.P. Reganold, and J.K. Fellman. 2006. Apple orchard productivity and fruit quality under organic, conventional, and integrated management. HortScience 41: 99-107.
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Torres, C.A., N.M. Davies, J.A. Yañez, and P.K. Andrews. 2005. Disposition of selected flavonoids in fruit tissues of various tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry 53: 9536-9543.
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Andrews, P.K., D.A. Fahy, and C.H. Foyer. 2004. Relationships between fruit exocarp antioxidants in the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) high pigment-1 mutant during development. Physiologia Plantarum 120: 519-528.
- Reganold, J.P., J.D. Glover, P.K. Andrews, and H.R. Hinman. 2001. Sustainability of three apple production systems. Nature 410: 926-930.
Office: Johnson Hall 155E
Phone: 509.335.3603
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