Christy Hoepting

Christy Hoepting is a vegetable specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Cornell Vegetable Program in Western New York, a position she has held since 2001. She conducts on-farm applied research projects and demonstrations, and educational programming in onions, cabbage, broccoli, and garlic. She has a B.Sc.(1997) degree in environmental toxicology and an M.Sc.(2001) in plant pathology and applied entomology from the University of Guelph. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Extension and Outreach.

Areas of interest

• Muck onion production with an emphasis on weed management using herbicide programs, and control of Stemphylium leaf blight featuring fungicide resistance management
• USDA Stop the Rot Project, featuring control of bacterial bulb rot in onion
• Onion Research-Scouting Program and “Muck Donut Hour” Outreach Activity featuring grower adoption of IPM practices 
• USDA Eastern Broccoli project and large-scale evaluation of varieties for heat tolerance 
• Management of Alternaria leaf spot and head rot in broccoli with emphasis on fungicide resistance
• Practical solutions for managing swede midge in brassica crops with emphasis on small-scale organic farms
• Herbicide program development for improved weed control in cabbage
• Garlic research in post-harvest practices, weed control with herbicides, and nitrogen fertility