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Chieri Kubota is a leading authority in controlled environment agriculture and specialty crop production, with a career dedicated to advancing horticultural technologies for sustainability and food security. Her research spans three key areas: vegetable grafting, precision plant sensing, and the economic analysis of high-tech greenhouse systems. Kubota’s seminal 2008 review on vegetable grafting, cited over 280 times, documented the history and adoption of this soilborne-disease management technique in North America, establishing her as a foundational voice in the field. She further developed scenario-based cost models for grafting nurseries, providing growers with critical tools for investment decisions. In controlled environments, Kubota pioneered the use of machine vision to detect lettuce calcium deficiency, a 2010 paper with over 100 citations that demonstrated how computed plant features can automate stress diagnosis. Her comprehensive 2019 analysis of the U.S. strawberry industry, cited nearly 150 times, identified regional challenges and opportunities, guiding national research and policy. Through this blend of physiological insight, engineering innovation, and economic rigor, Kubota has shaped modern approaches to high-value crop production, making her work essential reading for students and researchers in horticulture and agricultural engineering.