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Texas AgriLife Extension names vegetable specialist to assist commercial operations

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College Station, Texas
October 29, 2008

Dr. Joseph G. Masabni has been named vegetable specialist for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.

"We are pleased that we were able to successfully recruit an individual with highly relevant experience and qualifications for this position. Dr. Masabni's background fits very well with the needs of the department and industry," said Dr. Tim Davis, head of horticultural sciences at Texas A&M University.

He will hold a joint position as assistant professor in the department and work with vegetable growers statewide.
Masabni most recently was associate Extension professor of horticulture at the University of Kentucky where he developed educational programs to improve the profitability of fruit and vegetable industries in that state.
"I worked with apple, peach, grape, bramble, pecan, tomato, pepper, pumpkin, sweet sorghum and sweet corn, to name a few," Masabni said.

His position fills that of Dr. Frank Daniello, AgriLife Extension vegetable production specialist who retired in 2007.
"We are very excited to have Joe Masabni within the Extension horticulture unit," said Dr. Doug Welsh, AgriLife Extension horticulture program leader. "Joe brings tremendous expertise in vegetable production, as well as educational technologies to deliver high-quality programs to producers in the $450 million Texas vegetable industry."

In Kentucky, Masabni also conducted research as part of a multi-region project to evaluate pome and stone fruit rootstocks. He also did field and greenhouse experiments on orchard floor management in tree fruits, small fruits and vegetable crops. Prior to that, he was a research assistant for the horticulture department at Michigan State University.

Masabni earned a bachelor’s degree in soil and crop sciences in 1985, a master’s in fruit production in 1989, and a doctorate in weed science in 1998, all from Michigan State University.

He is active in the American Society of Horticultural Science-Southern Region and the North Central Weed Science Society.

 

 

 

 

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