Dr. Pemberton's area of research is in nursery and floriculture crop production and physiology. His research has an emphasis on field production of rose plants including work on propagation and irrigation practices, production systems, weed and disease control, and postharvest care and shipping. He is working with a group of scientists on improving disease resistance in roses. He is also studying the effects of production environment on and the involvement of ethylene in postproduction shipping and decorative life problems with potted roses. In addition, bedding plant pack and garden trials are performed each spring and fall featuring new varieties available for production in the bedding plant industry. Various problems with bedding plant production and utilization are addressed. New crop development includes field and low-input structure cut flower production.
- Ph.D. in Floriculture, University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 1983
- B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture, Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States) 1978
Academic Articles31
- Vafaie, E. K., Pemberton, H. B., Gu, M., Kerns, D., Eubanks, M. D., & Heinz, K. M. (2021). Adding a Natural Enemy to Respond to Pest Immigration and Delayed Natural Enemy Releases in Augmentative Biological Control.. Environmental Entomology. 50(3), 561-570.
- Vafaie, E. K., Pemberton, H. B., Gu, M., Kerns, D., Eubanks, M. D., & Heinz, K. M. (2021). Using Multiple Natural Enemies to Manage Sweetpotato Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Commercial Poinsettia (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) Production. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 12(1), 18-.
- Vafaie, E. K., Pemberton, H. B., Gu, M., Kerns, D., Eubanks, M. D., & Heinz, K. M. (2020). Whitefly Abundance on Rooted Poinsettia Cuttings and Finished Poinsettias. Horttechnology. 30(4), 486-491.
- Vafaie, E. K., Pemberton, H. B., Gu, M., Kerns, D., Eubanks, M. D., & Heinz, K. M. (2020). A comparison of repetitive releases of single or multiple natural enemy species on the suppression of Bemisia tabaci infesting poinsettias. Biological Control. 151, 104407-104407.
- Pemberton, H. B., Byrne, D. H., Roberson, W. R., & Black, A. (2019). Categorization of garden roses for field growth response to black spot disease. 1232(1232), 233-239.
Books1
- Byrne, D. H., Pemberton, H. B., Holeman, D. J., Debener, T., Waliczek, T. M., & Palma, M. A. (2019). Survey of the rose community: desired rose traits and research issues. International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
Conference Papers38
- Hopkins, K., Arnold, M. A., Hall, C. R., Pemberton, H. B., & Palma, M. A. (2020). Pretreatment Techniques for Seed Propagation in Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooten & Standl. Hortscience. 55(9), S417-S417.
- Pemberton, H. B., & Karlik, J. F. (2015). A Recent History of Changing Trends in USA Garden Rose Plant Sales, Types, and Production Methods. Acta Horticulturae. 1064(1064), 223-234.
- Greyvenstein, O., Starman, T., Byrne, D. H., Pemberton, H. B., & Niu, G. (2015). Mean Daily Maximum Temperature for 8-14 Days before Harvest as a Good Predictor of Change in Garden Rose Flower Dry Weight. Acta Horticulturae. 1064(1064), 67-72.
- Pemberton, H. B., & Roberson, W. R. (2014). Evaluation of a Predetermined Fungicide Rotation for Control of Impatiens Downy Mildew in a Texas Landscape. Hortscience. 49(9), S340-S340.
- King, A. R., Arnold, M. A., Hall, C. R., Pemberton, H. B., Palma, M. A., & Carver, S. T. (2014). Influence of Provenance on Acute Drought Tolerance of Four Native Texas Groundcover Species. Hortscience. 49(9), S225-S226.
- Shupert, David Andrew (2006-10). Inheritance of flower, stem, leaf, and disease traits in three diploid interspecific rose populations. (Master's Thesis)
