Owen Gwathmey

Associate Professor of Crop Physiology

Department of Plant Sciences

The University of Tennessee

West TN Research and Education Center

2506     601 Airways Blvd.

Jackson, TN 38301

Phone: (731) 425-4749                                              

Fax: (731) 425-4760

Email: cogwathmey@utk.edu

Dr. Gwathmey received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Riverside in 1991; Botany (Plant Physiology).

Dr. Gwathmey specializes in the adaptation, ecology, and management of field crops. He leads the Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Project in West Tennessee. This project conducts research on the environmental physiology and agronomy of cotton to help improve the efficiency, profitability, and sustainability of crop production in Tennessee.