ORNAMENTALS

Mike A. Schnelle - Ornamentals Professor and Extension Ornamentals/Floriculture Specialist Ph.D. - Colorado State University, 1989; M.S. - Kansas State University, 1986; B.S. Agriculture, Honors Program Graduate, Kansas State University, 1984  OBGA Conservator of Woody Ornamentals & Assistant Conservator of Herbaceous Ornamentals Address: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department, 360 AG Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078-6027 Phone: 405-744-7361 Fax: 405-744-9709 email: mike.schnelle@okstate.edu

Extension Activities: 100% extension appointment. Mike works primarily with the Oklahoma nursery greenhouse industries such as Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association and Oklahoma Greeenhouse Growers' Association. His assistance consists of telephone consultations, formation of fact sheets and circulars, on-site visitations and numerous extension-based workshops throughout the year. He conducts many special projects including greenhouse and urban IPM, plant material conferences and specialty cut flower, poinsettia trials and other plant material demonstration plots. Mike also works with and assists peripheral groups/allied professionals such as landscape architects, urban foresters, arborists, landscapers and other green professionals. Mike assists with consumer horticultural programs via fact sheets and statewide master gardener training sessions.

Schnelle serves on boards and advisory committees for groups such as the Oklahoma Urban and Community Forestry Council, Cimarron Correctional Vo-Tech Facility Advisory Board, etc.  Schnelle also works closely with extension educators in all 77 counties.  Mike has served on their state committee (Oklahoma Association of Extension Agriculture Educators) as junior and senior director twice as well as being active with the group in other capacities.

Mike also has an interest in international horticulture. Schnelle has lectured and consulted at the University of Chihuahua, Mexico in 2004 on water quality in the nursery and landscape.  Mike also served as a faculty mentor for visiting Mexican scientists from Durango, Mexico, 2004-2005. Schnelle was invited to lecture on U.S. native plants to the Japanese Nurserymen Association's annual summer 2003 meeting in Tokyo, Japan.  In 2006, Schnelle worked in Baku, Azerbaijan and has on-going consulting activities with university faculty as well as Azerbaijan Peace Corps workers regarding projects in alternative agricultural crops for ornamental purposes. Mike taught a greenhouse production short course in Atrek, Turkmenistan in 2007 as well as working on a tree decline problem in Libya also in 2007. Schnelle is offering a study abroad experience for Oklahoma growers/retailers in Puebla, Mexico in September 2008.

Schnelle is active regionally and nationally via SR-ASHS and ASHS where he has served as chair of the national nursery working group as well as serving on the extension advisory council for the society.

Mike received general training in all horticultural crops although his greatest expertise is in woody and herbaceous ornamentals. His work is regularly published in NM PRO and American Nurseryman.  Lastly, Schnelle received classroom training from Kansas State University and has experience working in the field of horticultural therapy.  Mike has worked with physically challenged populations as well as clientele in a mental health facility.  He continues this interest via regularly scheduled horticultural therapy workshops.

Mike received a SR-ASHS publication award in 2006 for E-972, Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs and Vines (CD). Schnelle was named Outstanding State Specialist in 1998 by the Oklahoma Association of Extension Agricultural Educators.  In 1995, Mike was awarded the John E. Hutchinson Young Extension Professional award by the Southern Region American Society of Horticultural Science (SR-ASHS).  Schnelle has been recognized by other agencies for his extension publications with six regional awards by the SR-ASHS and two national publication awards by ASHS.   Additionally his work has been honored by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Council and National Environmental Awards Council.  Mike received the Charles N. Shepardson Graduate Student Teaching Award in 1989, by Colorado State University, based on his interest in teaching herbaceous and woody plant material courses.

Mike has served on various graduate committees as well as advising Steve Owens, M.Ag. and Cody White, M.S. in Environmental Sciences

Most Recent Invited Lecture:
Native Plant Materials, Western Nursery and Landscape Association Winter Conference, January 2008.

Most Recent Refereed Publication:
Kelsey, Kathleen D., Michael A. Schnelle and Patricia Bolin.  2005.  Increasing Educational Impact: A Multi-Method Model for Evaluating Extension Workshops.  Journal of Extension 43(3): Article 3FEA4.

Most Recent Extension Publication:
Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs and Vines in Oklahoma, OSU E-972.  Authors of this publication received an Extension Communication Award from the Southern Region American Society of Horticultural Science in February 2006.

Pesticide Use and Safety in the Nursery and Greenhouse. Translated to Spanish, 2007.

Most Recent Trade Publication:
Schnelle, M.A. 2008. Two Trees Offer Heat Tolerance. NM PRO 24(2):85-87

Schnelle M.A. 2007. Mahonia trifoliata. NM PRO 23(6):6

Most Recent Workshop:
Tree Care, November 7, 2007

Associate Professor Ph.D. & M.S. - Cornell University OSUBG Assistant Conservator of Woody Ornamentals and Oklahoma Proven Marketing Coordinator Address: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department, 360 AG Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078-6027 Phone: 405-744-6593 email: lou.anella@okstate.edu  More information on Anella

Teaching Activities: 100% teaching appointment. Lou teaches 6 courses for the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.  HORT 2212 - Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, HORT 2313 - Landscape Plants I, HORT 4713 - Public Garden Management are the fall courses taught while HORT 2112 - Indoor Plants and Interior Plantscaping, HORT 2413 - Landscape Plants II, and HORT 4773 - Applied Landscape Planning are taught in the spring.

Recent Publications:

Anella, L.B., 2006.  Oklahoma Proven Selections: Roots and Branches. Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association. March 2006.

Anella, L.B. 2004. Evaluation of 48 Rose Cultivars for Low Maintenance Gardens in Oklahoma. HortScience 39(4):756.

Anella, L.B. 2004. Kentucky Coffee Tree Offers Durable Beauty. Oklahoma Gardener. February, 2004:43.

Anella, L.B., M.A. Schnelle, and D.M. Maronek. 2001. Oklahoma Proven: A plant evaluation and marketing program. HortTechnology, 11:381-384.

Anella, L.B. 2000. Salvia: An old standby and promising newcomer. HortTechnology, 10:800-805.

Anella, L.B., and T.H. Whitlow. 2000. Photosynthetic response to flooding of Acer rubrum seedlings from wet and dry sites. American Midland Naturalist, 143:330-341.

Anella, L.B. 2000. Debunking Native Myths. American Nurseryman, 192(4):39-44.

Anella, L.B., and T.H. Whitlow. 1999. Response of Acer rubrum L. (red maple) genotypes and cultivars to soil anaerobiosis. Acta Horticulturae. 496:393-399.

Anella, L.B., and T.H. Whitlow. 1999. Flood-tolerance ranking of red and freeman maple cultivars.  Journal of Arboriculture, 25:31-36.

Janet C. Cole - Ornamental Horticulture  Professor, Ornamental Horticulture Director, Landscape Contracting Ph.D. -  Texas A&M University, M.S. - Kansas State University Address: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department, 360 Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078- 6027 Phone: 405-744-5770 email: janet.cole@okstate.edu

• HORT 3084,  Plant Propagation - propagation of plants by seeds and by vegetative methods such as cuttings, grafting and budding, layering, and tissue culture.
• HORT 3013, Business and Practice of Arboriculture - care of trees and shrubs in landscape settings. Business management practices are also discussed.
• HORT 3543,  Nursery Production and Management - cultural practices involved in field and container production of trees or shrubs for sale. Business management practices are also introduced.

Research Activities:  Dr. Cole's research addresses the following issues:

• Plant water relations (drought stress in ornamental plants).
• Plant nutrition (balancing nutrient application with plant use to reduce environmental impacts from nutrient release).
• Propagation of difficult to root species with proven performance in Oklahoma's challenging growing environment.
• Plant disease control (cultural and chemical methods of controlling anthracnose on Euonymus fortunei).

Dr. Cole has received several teaching awards including the following:

• 2005 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teacher Fellow
• 2004 Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring, OSU, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 2004 Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award, American Society for Horticultural Science
• 2000 Regent's distinguished Teaching Award, OSU
• 2000 L.C Chadwick Award, American Nursery and Landscape Association
• 1999 L.M. Ware Distinguished Teaching Award, Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science.

Recent publications: (For copies of publications, please email Dr. Cole.)
Boyer, C.R., J.C. Cole, and K.E. Conway. 2007. Effectiveness of copper sulfate pentahydrate, mancozeb, and hydrogen dioxide in controlling anthracnose on wintercreeper euonymus.  J. Environ. Hort. 25:21-26.

Schupbach-Ningen, S.L., J.C. Cole, J.T. Cole, and K.E. Conway. 2006. Chlorothalonil, trifloxystrobin, and mancozeb decrease anthracnose symptoms on three cultivars of wintercreeper euonymus. HortTechnology 16:211-215.

Cole, J.T., J.C. Cole, and K.E. Conway. 2005. Effectiveness of selected fungicides applied with or without surfactant in controlling anthracnose on three cultivars of Euonymus fortunei. J. Applied Hort. 7:16-19.

Ningen, S.S., J.C. Cole, M.W. Smith, D.E. Dunn, and K.E. Conway. 2005. Increased shade intensity and afternoon irrigation decrease anthracnose severity on three Euonymus fortunei cultivars. HortScience 40:111-113.

Alsup, C. M., J.C. Cole and P.L. Claypool. 2004. Stem cuttings of Caddo sugar maple trees differ in rooting potential. Acta Hort. 630:263-231.

Ningen, S.S., J.C. Cole and K.E. Conway. 2004. Cultivar and night temperature affect severity of anthracnose on Euonymus fortunei. HortScience 39:230-231.

Alsup, C., M. Cole, and L. Claypool. 2003. Timing and IBA application affect rooting of Acer saccharum Marsh. stem tip cuttings. Prop. Ornamental Plants 3:42-46.

Frost, M.D., J.C. Cole and J.M. Dole.  2003.  Fertilizer Source Affects Iron, Manganese, and Zinc Leaching, Nutrient Distribution, and Geranium Growth.  J. Plant Nutr.26:315-330.

 Bosma, T.L., J.C. Cole, K.E. Conway and J.M. Dole.  2002.  Solid matrix priming hastens Canterbury bells seed germination.  HortTechnology 12:268-270.

 Frost, M.D., J.C. Cole, J.M. Dole and N.T. Basta.  2002.  Media constituents, micronutrient fertilizer source and Ca applications influence Fe, Mn, and Zn leaching.  J. Plant Nutr. 25:315-326.

 Cole, J.C. and D.E. Dunn.  2002.  Expanded polystyrene as a substitute for perlite in rooting substrate.  J. Environ. Hort. 20:7-10.

Graduate Students and Dissertation Titles:
Katie Fine, M.S. Candidate, Current Graduate Student - ":Use of cottonseed and canola meal as a soil conditioner in landscape plantings."

Cheryl Boyer, M.S. Candidate, Graduated May 2005 - "Nursery Production of Euonymus fortunei: Chemical and Cultural Practices for Controlling Anthracnose"

Stephanie Schupbach, M.S. Candidate, Graduated May 2003 - "Chemical and Cultural Controls of Anthracnose on Euonymus fortunei"

Clydette Alsup, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduated May 2001 - "Vegetative Propagation and Anatomy of Root Initiation in Acer saccharum 'Caddo' Stem Cuttings"

James T. Cole, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduated July 1999 - "Five Perennial Ornamental Grasses' Growth Response to Shade, Water, Efficiency, and Preemergence Herbicide Tolerance"
 

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