Allen V. Barker Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences Office: 202 Bowditch Hall Phone: 413.545.4733 Email: barker@pssci.umass.edu

Education:
B.S., 1958, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
M.S., 1959, Ph.D., 1962, Cornell University

Honors & Awards:
ASHS Marion Meadows Award; ASHS Environmental Research Award; College Teaching Awards (one 4-year and one Stockbridge)

University and Professional Service and Outreach:
Head, Plant and Soil Sciences, 1977-1985
Member, Agroecology Extension Program (Leader Waste Management Team) Research Interests: Plant nutrition; environmental stresses on plants; uses of agricultural, industrial, and municipal wastes and by-products in plant nutrition and soil fertility

Selected Publications:

Barker, A.V. 1997. Composition and uses of composts. p. 140-142. In J.E. Rechcigl (ed.) Uses of by-products and wastes in agriculture. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

Barker, A.V. 1997. Hydroponics for herb production. Herb Spice Medic. Plant Digest 13(3&4):1-9.

O'Brien, T.A., and A.V. Barker. 1997. Evaluating composts to produce wildflowers on plastic. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 122:445-451.

O'Brien, T.A., and A.V. Barker. 1996. Evaluation of ammonium and soluble salts on grass sod production in compost. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:57-85.

O'Brien, T.A., and A.V. Barker. 1995. Evaluation of field-applied composts for production of sod crops. Compost Sci. Util. 3(3):53-65.

Barker, A.V. 1995. Laboratory experiment to assess plant responses to environmental stresses. J. Nat. Resour. Life. Sci. Educ. 24:145-149.

Daliparthy, J., A.V. Barker, and S.S. Mondal. 1994. Potassium interactions with other nutrients: A review focusing on the tropics. J. Plant Nutr.17:1859-1886.