Dr. Mike Parker

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Horticulture Specialist and Associate Professor (Tree Fruits / Pecans)

• Dr. Mike Parker's profile and contact information
• Comprehensive Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in North Carolina
• NC Peach Portal:  Peach Growers Information - Research-based information specific to North Carolina peach production from the Departments of Horticultural Science, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Biological, and Agricultural Engineering or the State Climate Office
• NC State Horticulture Information Leaflets

Publications

• Index of Extension Tree Fruit Publications
• NC Production Guide for Smaller Orchard Plantings
• Apples
  • Apple Portal
  • High-Density Apple Orchard Management
  • Southeastern Apple Pest Management Guide
• Peaches
  • Peach Portal
  • Southeastern Peach, Nectarine & Plum Pest Management & Culture Guide
• Pears
• Pecans
  • Growing Pecans in North Carolina
• Persimmons
• Training and Pruning Fruit Trees in North Carolina
• Kentucky State University Pawpaw page
• Voles in Horticultural Plantings
• Growing Fruit Trees in Childcare Center Production Gardens (LF-007-13)

Educational Videos

• Planting A Peach Tree
• Pruning a Young Peach Tree
• Pruning a 2-Year-old Peach Tree

Magazines/Journals

• The GoodFruit Grower
• American/Western Fruit Grower
• The Fruit Growers News
• The Pecan Grower
• Pecan South

List Serves

• Apple Crop:  Type “subscribe" in the Subject line and send an email message TO:  apple-crop@orchard.uvm.edu

Books/References

• Diseases of Tree Fruits in the East. Alan Jones and Turner Sutton. Published by Michigan State University, Extension NCR 45.
• Temperate–Zone Pomology: Physiology and Culture, Melvin Neil Westwood, Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR
• ASHS resources – Hort Science and HortTechnology
• Journal of the American Pomological Society
• Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide
• Southeastern Pecan Growers’ Handbook