About Me
Dr. Kerik Cox manages a program of tree fruit and berry research and extension at Cornell AgriTech, New York State’s Agricultural Experiment Station. Principal research efforts include antimicrobial resistance (fungicides and antibiotics), and applied disease management with a focus on apple, stone fruit, strawberries. Extension efforts focus on pesticide education, disease forecasting, and applied disease management with emphasis on covered production in small fruit. Teaching efforts include undergraduate and graduate level Plant Pathology and IPM courses as well as leadership on student learning committees. Since the establishment of his program, Dr Cox has been conducting antimicrobial resistance and invasive pathogen surveys in New York and the Northeastern United States.
