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Randy Beaudry

Randy Beaudry

Professor of Horticulture

An expert in modified atmosphere packaging, controlled-atmosphere storage, non-destructive quality assessment, and flavor analysis.

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Area of Expertise

Storing Apples Horticulture Harvesting Preserving

Biography

Michigan is poised to have another bumper crop of apples. Randy Beaudry, MSU horticulturist, is available to discuss the complete forecast as well as ways that Michigan growers can help maximize their profits during this bountiful season.

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Education

University of Georgia: Ph.D.,

University of Georgia: M.S.,

The Ohio State University: B.S.,

Selected Press

MSU receives $3.2 million grant to fund research on stevia plants

The State News | 2017-12-08

Warner’s team consists of 10 investigators from four universities. Collaborators at MSU include Sungeun Cho, assistant professor for the department of food science and human nutrition; Bridget Behe, professor at the department of horticulture; Randy Beaudry professor at the department of horticulture; and Kevin Childs assistant at the department of plant biology. [...]

MSU Lands $3.2m Grant to Improve Stevia Taste, U.S. Production

MSU Today | 2017-11-15

Additional MSU scientists working on the project include Kevin Childs, Randy Beaudry, Sungeun Cho and Bridget Behe. Researchers at North Carolina State University, Alabama A&M University and Fort Valley State University also are part of the study. [...]

Honeycrisp sports race toward red

Good Fruit Grower | 2017-06-27

That earlier harvesting is better for storage, said Randy Beaudry, Ph.D., a professor at Michigan State University’s Department of Horticulture. “Sometimes we have to wait just a little too long for that color development to take place, so even though I think of Honeycrisp as a bicolor apple, the redder fruits let us get it off the tree in better shape.” [...]

Safeguarding Honeycrisp from storage disorders

Good Fruit Grower | 2017-01-25

“He had never seen anything like it before,” recalled Randolph “Randy” Beaudry, the professor in the Michigan State University Department of Horticulture who received the call. [...]