Education
Professional Experience
honors and awards
Professional Affiliations
Member of Teaching and Education Technologies Committee
Member of Membership Committee (2016-2020)
Appointed to ASHS Financial Committee and ASHS Board (2018-2024)
Chair, Extension Communications Award Committee (2018)
Research Activities
Cultivar Evaluation for Performance and Adaptability of Vegetable Crops in Alabama
Development of Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for Commercial Vegetable Producers
Evaluation of Specialty Crops such as Industrial Hemp and Hops for Production Potential in Alabama
Extension Activities
Statewide responsibilities for Commercial Vegetable Production in fields, high tunnels, and greenhouses
Development of Curriculum for Conventional and Organic Vegetable Growers
On-farm Demonstrations of Specialty Crops, Technologies, and Processes to Improve Commercial Vegetable Production
Senior Editor for “Commercial Vegetable Crops Handbook for the Southeastern US”
Recent or Select Publications
- Newberry, E. A., Bhandari, R. , Minsavage, G.V., Timilsina, S. , Jibrin, M., Kemble, J., Sikora, E., Jones, J.B. , and Potnis, N. Recently emerged and diverse lineages of Xanthomonas perforans have independently evolved through plasmid acquisition and homologous recombination originating from multiple Xanthomonas species. bioRxiv DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/681619.
- Holmes, S.C., D.E. Wells, J.M. Pickens, and J.M. Kemble. Selection of heat tolerant lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars grown in deep water culture and their marketability. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 50; DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae5030050.
- Vinson III, E.L., E.D. Coneva, J.M. Kemble, F.M. Woods, J. Sibley, P.M. Perkins-Veazie, E.G. Fonsah, and J.R. Kessler. 2018. Predication of flower emergence and evaluation of cropping potential in selected banana cultivars (Musa sp.) cultivated in subtropical conditions of coastal Alabama. HortScience 53(11):1634-1639.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2018. 2019 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. MeisterMedia Worldwide, Willoughby, Ohio.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2018. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Farm Journal Media. Rosemont, IL.
- Vinson III, E.L., E.D. Coneva, J.M. Kemble, F.M. Woods, J. Sibley, P.M. Perkins-Veazie, and E.G. Fonsah. 2017. Phenological parameter responses gauge banana fruit production potential in the coastal region of Alabama, USA. Acta Hortic. 1178, 61-66 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1178.11
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2016. 2017 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Farm Journal Media. Rosemont, IL.
- Mulvaney, M.J., C.W. Woods, J.M. Kemble, K.S. Balkcom, and D.A. Shannon. 2016. No-till with high biomass cover crops and invasive legume mulches increased total carbon after three years of collar rotation. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2016.1236766.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2015. 2016 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Vance Publishing Corp., Lincolnshire IL.
- Ogles, C.Z, J.M. Kemble, A.N. Wright, and E.A. Guertal. 2015. Evaluation of an Organic Nitrogen Source in a Yellow Squash-Collard Rotation. HortScience 50(1):51-58.
- Vinson, E.L., E.D. Coneva, J.M. Kemble, F.M. Woods, E.G. Fonsah. P. M. Perkins-Veazie and J. Sibley. 2015. Investigations on phenological responses to determine banana fruit production potential in the coastal region of Alabama, USA. J. American Pomological Society 69(3): 167-167.
- Vinson, E.L., E.D. Coneva, J.M. Kemble, F.M. Woods, E.G. Fonsah. P. M. Perkins-Veazie and J. Sibley. 2015. Investigations on phenological responses to determine banana fruit production potential in the coastal region of Alabama, USA. J. American Pomological Society 69(3): 167-167.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2014. 2015 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Vance Publishing Corp., Lincolnshire IL.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2013. 2014 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Vance Publishing Corp., Lincolnshire IL.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2012. 2013 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Vance Publishing Corp., Lincolnshire IL.
- Kemble, J.M. (Senior Ed.), I.M. Meadows, K.M. Jennings, and J.F. Walgenbach (Eds.). 2011. 2012 Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US. Vance Publishing Corp., Lincolnshire IL.
- Vinson III, Edgar L., F.M. Woods, J.M. Kemble, P. Perkins-Veazie, A. Davis, and J. R. Kessler. 2010. Use of external indicators to predict maturity of mini-watermelon fruit. HortScience 45 (7) 1034-1037.