Teresa Rusinek is a regional vegetable specialist with the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program. In this role she serves vegetable growers across an 18-county region with a primary focus in the Hudson Valley Region. Her responsibilities include providing on-farm consultations to growers in the region on production issues in field and protected agriculture. Teresa primarily focuses her extension efforts on vegetable production, including:
- Integrated pest management
- Biocontrols/biorationals
- Horticulture
- Greenhouse management
She is also involved with multiple applied research projects, mainly in pest management.