Edward Sikora has a 100% Extension appointment with responsibilities for soybeans, vegetables, tree fruit, small fruit, and pecans in both commercial and home garden production. His program emphasis is directed at developing, evaluating, demonstrating, and implementing integrated pest management (IPM) practices in commercial production systems. In recent years, his program has focused on monitoring and management of soybean rust, a relatively new disease of soybeans in Alabama. Dr. Sikora is coordinator of the National Sentinel Plot Monitoring Program for Early Detection of Soybean Rust in the United States.
