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Meet the Forestry Faculty

Michael A. Gold, Ph.D.

• Phone: 573-884-1448
• E-mail: GoldM@missouri.edu
• Address: 203 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building

Education

• Ph.D. 1984, Michigan State University

Research

• Marketing research on nontraditional products to enhance market development of agroforestry products; chestnut orchard production and market research directed to development of chestnut (mainly Chinese cultivars - Castanea mollissima) as a viable horticultural crop for Missouri producers.

Teaching

• FOR 4385/7385 Agroforestry: Theory, Practice and Adoption

Selected Publications

• Aguilar, F.X., M.M. Cernusca, and M.A. Gold. 2009.
  A preliminary assessment of consumer preferences for chestnuts (Castanea spp.) using conjoint analysis.  HortTechnology 19(1): 216-223.
• Cernusca, M.M., M.A. Gold and L.D. Godsey. 2008.
  Influencing consumer awareness through the Missouri chestnut roast. Journal of Extension 46(6).  Published online. 8 p.  www.joe.org/joe/2008december/rb7p.shtml
• Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2008.
  A competitive market analysis of the U.S. shiitake mushroom marketplace. HortTechnology 18(3): 489-499.
• Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2006.
  Competitive Market Analysis: Chestnut Producers. HortTechnology 16(2): 360-369.
• Gold, M.A., L.D. Godsey and M.M. Cernusca. 2005.
  Competitive market analysis of Eastern red cedar. Forest Products Journal 55(12): 58-65.
• Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2005.
  Update on Consumers' Preferences for Chestnuts. HortTechnology 15(4):904-906.
• Kabrick, J.M., D.C. Dey, J.W. Van Sambeek, M. Wallendorf, and M.A. Gold. 2005.
  Soil properties and growth of swamp white oak and pin oak on bedded soils in the lower Missouri River floodplain. Forest Ecology and Management 204:315-327.
• Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2004.
  Comparing consumer preferences for chestnuts with eastern black walnuts and pecans. HortTechnology 14(4):583-589.
• Gold, M.A., L.D. Godsey and S.J. Josiah. 2004.
  Markets and Marketing Strategy for Agroforestry Specialty Products in North America. Agroforestry Systems 61:371-382.
• Grossman, B.C., M.A. Gold and D.C. Dey. 2003.
  Floodplain restoration of hard mast species for wildlife in Missouri: precocious flowering in Quercus. Agroforestry Systems 59:3-10.