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Peter J. Stoffella, Ph.D.
IRREC Associate Center Director
Professor of Horticulture
Department of Horticultural Sciences
| Expertise: | Vegetable Crops, Organic Amendments, Water Quality |
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| Contact Information: |
2199 South Rock Road Fort Pierce, Florida 34945-3138 (772) 468-3922 ext. 106 or 128 pjs@ufl.edu |
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| Appointment: | 20% Administration, 80% Research | |
| Education: |
Ph.D., 1980, Vegetable Crops, Cornell University M.S., 1977, Horticulture, Kansas State University B.S., 1976, Horticulture, Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture |
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| Details: | Part of the IRREC community since 1980, Peter Stoffella is an active member of many committees and organizations. Among his horticultural research interests, he established a research program on developing optimum compost utilization practices in commercial horticultural cropping systems. Specifically, Dr. Stoffella has interests in composts of biological weed controls, composts as peat substitutes for media used in transplant production systems, and composts as partial inorganic nutrient substitutes in field grown vegetable crop production systems. Recently, he developed a cooperative research program on utilization of compost in a vegetable cropping system as a mechanism of reducing nutrient leaching into ground water. | |
| Selected Publications: |
Zhang, M. K., Z. L. He, P. J. Stoffella, D. V. Calvert, X. Yang. P. L. Sime. 2003. Concentrations and solubility of heavy metals in muck sediments from the St. Lucie Estuary, USA. Environmental Geology 44:1-7. Zhang, M., Z. He, D. V. Calvert, P. J. Stoffella, X Yang. 2003. Surface runoff losses of copper and zinc in sandy soils. J. Environmental Quality 32:909-915. Zhang, M., Z. L. He, D. V. Calvert, P. J. Stoffella, X. E. Yang, and Y. C. Li. 2003. Phosphorus and heavy metal attachment and release in sandy soil aggregate fractions. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 67: 1158-1167. He, Z. L., D. V. Calvert, A. K. Alva, Y. C. Li, P. J. Stoffella, and D. J. Bank. 2003. Nitrogen transformation and ammonia volatilization from biosolids and compost applied to calcareous soil. Compost Science and Utilization 11 (1):81-88. Zhang, M. K., Z. L. He, P. J. Stoffella, and D. V. Calvert. 2002. Use of muck sediment to immobilize phosphorus in Florida sandy soils. Soil Science 167(11):759-770. Zhang, M. K., Z. L. He, D. V. Calvert, P. J. Stoffella, Y. C. Li, and E. A. Lamb. 2002. Release potential of phosphorus in Florida sandy soils in relation to phosphorus fractions and adsorption capacity. J. Environmental Science and Health Part A 37(5):793-809. Zhang, M., Z. L. He, D. V. Calvert, P. J. Stoffella, and X Yang. 2002. Effects of the St. Lucie Estuary muck sediment application of metal solubility and pH of sandy soils-laboratory observation. Soil Science 167(6):377-389 Yang, X. E., X. X. Long, W. Z. Ni., Z. Q. Ye. Z. L. He. P. J. Stoffella, and D. V. Calvert. 2002. Assessing copper thresholds for phytotoxicity and potential dietary toxicity in several vegetable crops. J. Environmental Science and Health 37B(6): 625-635. Wilson, S. B., P. J. Stoffella, and D. A. Graetz. 2002. Development of compost-based media for containerized perennials. Scientia Horticulturae.93:311-320. Stoffella, P.J. and B.A. Kahn. (Eds.). 2001. Compost Utilization in Horticultural Cropping Systems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
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