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  • Lyle Craker, Ph.D.

Professor, Medicinal Plant Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Dr. Lyle Craker has been a researcher in the field of medicinal plants for over 30 years. With a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota, he is Founding and past Editor of the Journal of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants, founding and current Executive Editor of the Journal of Medicinally Active Plants, past chairman of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Section on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, organizer of the Herb, Spice, & Medicinal Plant Working Group within the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), and an organizing member of International Council on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants. He is an advisory board member of the American Botanical Council and serves on the board of the AHPA Foundation for Education and Research on Botanicals.

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