Departmental Position: Professor of Horticulture

Status: Professional

Workgroup: UDSA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit

Personal Profile
Phil Simon researches the genetics and biochemistry of culinary and nutritive factors in carrots, onions and cucumbers. He is also interested in terpenoid and sugar genetics, plant cell culture, and genetic transformation. He Coordinates the Umbelliferae Improvement Newsletter, an annual non-peer reviewed report covering a very wide range of topics, primarily more applied, although covering everything from production to molecular markers.