College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

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 

Honors and Awards

Current & Recent Graduate Students

Collaborators 

Currently Teaching


Selected Publications

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Dr. Preston Andrews

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Phone: 509.335.3603
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