Wheeler G. Foshee

EDUCATION

• B.S. Auburn University
• M.S. Mississippi State University
• Ph.D. Auburn University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2022-Present: Professor
• 2008-2022: Associate Professor
• 2003–2008: Assistant Professor
• 1995–2003: Pesticide Education Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology Department, Auburn University.
• 1991–1995: Extension Associate, Department of Entomology, Auburn University.

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2022: Faculty Advisor Award – Region 4 Excellence in Advising, NACADA.
• 2021: Educator Award. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
• 2021: Outstanding Faculty. College of Agriculture.
• 2020: Auburn University Alumni Undergraduate Outstanding Teaching Award.
• 2015: Dwight and Ruth Ann Bond Endowed Professorship Award.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Horticultural Science
• Weed Science Society
• Southern Region – Weed Science Society

Responsibilities include vegetable production systems, pecan pest management, vegetable and fruit pest management.

• HORT 4000 – Pesticide Management in Horticulture (Fall)
• HORT 5130/6130 – Sustainable Vegetable Crop Production (Spring; Summer)
• HORT 2030 – Vegetable Production (Fall, Spring, Summer)
• HORT 5120/6120 – Small Fruit and Pecan Culture (Spring), Co-teacher

• Foshee W.G. Historic agricultural sciences major returns with significant impact. 2021. NACTA Journal 65:58-61.
• Foshee W.G., T.A. Monday, E.K. Blythe and G. Wehtje. Response of Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) to Preemergence Herbicides and Nonionic Surfactants Applied Through Drip Irrigation Under Low-Density Polyethylene Mulch. International Journal of Weed Science and Technology. Vol. 3 (1), pp. 077-083, March, 2020.
• Hand, L.C., W.G. Foshee III, T.A. Monday and J.L. Sibley. 2018. Long-term Weed Control for Landscape Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Trees. J. Environ. Hort. 36(2)82-85. June 2018.
• Hand, L.C., W.G. Foshee III, T.A. Monday, D.E. Wells, and D.P. Delaney. 2018. Preemergence Herbicides Applied Pre- and Postcrimp in a Rye Cover Crop System for Control of Escape Weeds in Watermelon. HortTechnology 28: 117-120.
• Pek, Z, L. Helyes, G. Gyulai, WG Foshee, HG Daood, J. Lau, S Vinogradov, A. Bittsanszky, W. Goff, and L. Waters, Jr. 2016. Molecular profiling – fruit carotenoids components of six American heirloom tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum). J. Forensic Biomed, Vol 7(2).