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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 

• 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 

• Amy Snively-Martinez, M.S. candidate

• 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

Classes Currently Taught

• Pomology (Hort 310/311)

• Fruit Crops Management (Hort 421/521)

• Rhetorics of Sustainability (Hort 503/Engl 597)

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Selected Publications

• Methods of analysis and separation of chiral flavonoids
  Yáñez JA, Andrews PK, Davies NM. Journal of Chromatography B 848: 159-181, 2007

• The relationship of dwarfing and IAA oxidase activity in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) rootstocks
  Chong ST, Andrews PK. J Tropical Agriculture & Food Science 34: 211-217, 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’
  Torres CA, Andrews PK. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 44: 806-818, 2006

• Physiological and biochemical responses of fruit exocarp of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) to natural photooxidative conditions
  Torres CA, Andrews PK, Davies NM. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1933-1947, 2006

• Apple orchard productivity and fruit quality under organic, conventional, and integrated management.
  Peck GM, Andrews PK, Reganold JP, Fellman JK. HortScience 41: 99-107, 2006

• Disposition of selected flavonoids in fruit tissues of various tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes.
  Torres CA, Davies NM, Yañez JA, Andrews PK. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry 53: 9536-9543, 2005

• Relationships between fruit exocarp antioxidants in the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) high pigement-1 mutant during development.
  Andrews PK, Fahy DA, Foyer CH. Physiologia Plantarum 120: 519-528, 2004

• The relationship of dwarfing and root anatomy in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) rootstocks
  Chong ST, Andrews PK. Journal of Tropical Agriculture & Food Science 31: 19-24, 2003

• A cost and return analysis of conventional vs. integrated vs. organic apple production systems
  Glover J, Hinman H, Reganold J, Andrews P. Research Bulletin XB10401, 2001. Washington State Univ Cooperative Extension, Pullman

• Sustainability of three apple production systems
  Reganold JP, Glover JG, Andrews PK, Hinman HR. Nature 410: 926-930, 2001

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