Dr. Mary M. Peet

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Southern Region SARE: Grafting rootstocks onto heirloom and locally adapted tomato selections to confer resistance to root-know nematode and other soilborne diseases and to increase nutrient uptake efficiency in an intensive farming system for market gardeners, $193,000, 2006 to 2009.
Small and Part-time Farmers Program: Training Opportunities in High Tunnel Production of Tomatoes and Salad Mixes: Workshop, Web-based information and DE module, $5,144, 2006 to 2006.
Southern Region IPM Center: Development of a Pest Management Strategic Plan for Greenhouse Tomato Production Systems in the Southern United States, $25,313, 2006 to 2007.
SR-SARE Graduate Student Projects: Optimizing substrates, composts and fertilizer additions for organic transplant production, $10,000, 2004 to 2006.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Stakeholders Workshop to discuss support of Horticultural Science by USDA Competitive Programs, $5,000, 2004 to 2006.
GoldenLEAF: Use of tobacco transplant houses and other types of greenhouses for production of alternative crops, $70,000, 2002 to 2004.
NCSU Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center: Ambient Temperature Anaerobic Digester and Greenhouse for Swine Waste Treatment and Bioresource Recovery at Barham Farm, $436,000, 2001 to 2003.
NC Pork Council: Using a Greenhouse Tomato Crop to Recover Bio-resources from Swine Waste: System Improvements, $27,325, 2000 to 2002.

• Firon. N., Shaked, R., Peet, M.M, Pharr, D.M Zamski, E., Rosenfeld, K., Althan, L. and E. Pressman (2006) Pollen grains of heat tolerant tomato cultivars retain higher carbohydrate concentration under heat stress conditions, Scientia Horticulturae, 109, 212-217
• Peet, M. M. (2006) Plant physiological and production practices under controlled environment greenhouse systems, International Symposium on greenhouses, environmental controls and in-house mechanization for crop production in the tropics and sub-tropics., International Society of Horticultural Science, Brussels, Belgium, Acta Horticulturae 710, 79-88 pages
• Peet, M. M. (2005) Greenhouse Production, Tomato, Oxford, England, CABI, ISBN=0851993966 (bookchapter)
• Peet, M. M. (2005) Irrigation and Fertilization, Tomato, Oxford, England, CABI, 171-198 pages, ISBN=0851993966 (bookchapter)
• Harlow, C.D., Peet, M.M and E.S. Larrea (2005) Modifying fruit quality in greenhouse tomato cultivars with NaCl additions, 32nd National Agricultural Plastics Congress, The American Society for Plasticulture, State College, PA, 58-62 pages
• Cheng, J, Shearin, T. E., Peet, M.M, Willits, D.H., Utilization of Treated Swine Wastewater for Greenhouse Tomato Production, Water Science & Technology, 50, :77-82, 2004
• Rippy, JFM, Peet MM, Louws, FJ, Nelson PV, Orr, DB, Sorensen, KA, Plant Development and Harvest Yields of Greenhouse Tomatoes in Six Organic Growing Systems, HortScience, 39, 223-229, 2004
• Sato S, Peet MM, Gardner, RG, Altered Flower Development Patterns in Nine Tomato Cultivars Under Moderately Elevated Temperature, Scientia Horticulturae, 101, 95-101, 2004
• Peet, M.M, C.D. Harlow and E.S. Larrea (2004) Fruit Quality And Yield in Five Small-Fruited Greenhouse Tomato Cultivars Under High Fertilization Regime, Acta Horticulturae 659. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate: Production, Pest Management and Global Competition, International Society of Horticultural Science, 811-818 pages
• Peet, M. M., J.M. Rippy, P.V. Nelson and G.L Catignani (2004) Organic production of greenhouse tomatoes utilizing the bag system and soluble organic fertilizers, Acta Horticulturae 659. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate: Production, Pest Management and Global Competition, ISHS, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 707-719 pages
• Ponce, K.H., Peet, M.M., Harlow, C.D., Cheng, J. and D.H. Willits (2004) Assessment of swine waste bioremediation using greenhouse tomatoes, Acta Horticulturae 633. XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Protected Cultivation 2002: In Search of Structures, Systems and Plant Materials for Sustainable Greenhouse Production, ISHS, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 415-423 pages
• Sato S, Peet MM, Thomas JF, Determining critical pre- and post-anthesis periods and physiological processes in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. exposed to moderately elevated temperatures, Journal of Experimental Botany, 53(371), 1187-95, May 2002
• Pressman, E, Peet MM, Pharr, DM, The Effect of Heat Stress on Tomato Pollen Characteristics Is Associated With Changes in Carbohydrate Content in the Developing Anthers, Annals of Botany, 90, 1-6, 2002
• Willits, D.H. and M.M Peet., Measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence as a heat stress indicator in tomato: Laboratory and greenhouse comparisons, Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 126(2), 188-194, 2001
• Suguru S., M. M. Peet, and R.G. Gardner, Formation of parthenocarpic fruit, undeveloped flowers and aborted flowers in tomato under moderately elevated temperatures, Scientia Horticulturae, 90(3-4), 243-254, 2001
• Aloni, B. Peet, M. Pharr, M. and L. Karni, The effect of high temperature and high atmospheric CO2 on carbohydrate changes in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) pollen in relation to its germination, Physiologia Plantarum, 112, 505-512, 2001
• 14. Willits, D.H. and M.M. Peet., Intermittent application of water to an externally mounted, greenhouse shade cloth to modify cooling performance, Transactions of the ASAE, 43(5), 1247-1252, September 2000
• Sato, S., M.M. Peet, and J.F. Thomas., Physiological factors limit fruit set of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) under chronic high temperature stress, Plant, Cell and Environment, 23, 719-726, 2000
• Peet, M. M., Greenhouse Crop Stress Management, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May, 1997. (refereed Category) Ed. A.P. Papadopoulos. Acta Horticulturae, 481, 643-654, 1999
• Peet, M. M, Developing, Converting and Maintaining Information-Rich Resources on the World Wide Web, HortTechnology, 8, 307-312, 1998
• Sato S, Peet MM, Effects of Moderately Elevated Temperature Stress on the Timing of Pollen Release and Its Germination in Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.), J. of Hort. Science & Biotechnology, 30, 23-28, 2005
• Sato, S., M. M. Peet and R.G. Gardner (2001) Formation of parthenocarpic fruit, undeveloped flowers and aborted flowers in tomato under moderately elevated temperatures, Scientia Horticulturae, 90 (3-4), 243-254