Larry E. Schrader
Horticulturist/Scientist
(WSU faculty member since 1989)
Areas of Interest
- Fruit finish physiology
- Fruit-skin disorders induced on apples by excess heat and solar radiation
- Sweet cherry cracking
For more information, go to Dr. Schrader's website.
Educational Background
- Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. Kansas State University
Work Experience
- 1989-1994
Dean, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, Washington State University - 1984-89
Professor & Head, Dept of Agronomy, Univ. of Illinois - 1980-81
Chief Scientist, USDA Competitive Grants Program, Washington, DC - 1976-84
Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison - 1972-76
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison - 1969-72
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison - 1967-69
Biochemist/Captain U.S. Army Med. Res. & Nutrition Lab, Denver, CO
Honors and Awards
- Elected Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (1978)
- Elected Fellow, Crop Science Society of America (1985)
- Elected Fellow, Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Science (1986)
- Distinguished Service Award--Agriculture, Kansas State Univ. (1987)
- Elected President-Elect, American Society of Plant Physiologists (1986); served as President (1987-88) and Past President (1988-89)
Graduate Students
- David Felicetti completed Ph.D. in 2007
Selected Publications
- Schrader, L. E., Zhang, J., and Duplaga, W. K. 2001. Two types of sunburn in apple caused by high fruit surface (peel) temperature. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2001-1004-01-RS.
- Schrader, L.E., Sun, J., Felicetti, D., Seo, J-H., Jedlow, L., Zhang. J. 2003. Stress-Induced Disorders: Effects on Apple Fruit Quality. Proc. 99th Wash. State Hort. Assoc. Meetings. p. 116-119.
- Schrader, L.E., Zhang, J., Sun, J. 2003. Environmental Stresses that Cause Sunburn of Apple. Acta Hort 618:397-405.
- Schrader, L.E., Sun, J., Zhang, J., Seo, J-H., Jedlow, L., Felicetti, D. 2004. Fruit Skin Disorders of Apples. Proc. 100th Wash. State Hort. Assoc. Meetings.
- Schrader, L.E., Sun, J., Zhang, J., Felicetti, D. 2005. Stress Management in Tree Fruit Production. Proc. 101st Annual Meeting, Wash. State Hort. Assoc.
- Schrader, Larry, Sun, Jianshe. 2005. Causes and Suppression of Cherry Cracking. Proc. 101st Annual Meeting, Wash. State Hort. Assoc., pp. 115-118.
- Schrader, L.E., Kammereck, R. Use of Clay and Lipid Formulations to Protect Horticultural Crops from Sunburn and Insect Damage. U.S. Patent no. 6,857,224 issued Feb. 22, 2005.
- Schrader, L. E. Compositions and Methods for Suppressing Cracking and Water Loss from Cherries. U.S. Patent No. 7,222,445 issued May 29, 2007
- Felicetti, D.A., Schrader, L.E.. 2008. Changes in Pigment Concentrations Associated with the Degree of Sunburn Browning of 'Fuji' Apple. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133(1):27-34.
