Faculty in Horticultural Sciences
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B. Gregory Cobb Associate Professor gregcobb@tamu.edu |
Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Electron Microscopy, Viticulture and Enology |
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Fred T. Davies Professor f-davies@tamu.edu |
Ornamental crop physiology, mycorrhizal enhancement of plant abiotic stress resistance, low-pressure controlled production environments for NASA, integrated pest management (IPM), tissue culture acclimatization, plant propagation systems. |
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Kendal Hirschi Associate Professor kendalh@bcm.tmc.edu |
Molecular genetic analyses of plant ion transport. |
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Stephen King Associate Professor srking@tamu.edu |
Plant breeding, genetics and biotechnology |
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Patrica Klein Associate Professor pklein@tamu.edu |
Molecular Biology |
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Hisashi Koiwa Assistant Professor koiwa@neo.tamu.edu |
Abiotic stress; Molecular genetics of osmotic stress response; Arabidopsis thaliana. |
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Leonardo Lombardinia Assistant Professor l-lombardini@tamu.edu |
Physiology of pecan |
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Edward McWilliams Professor e-mcwilliams@tamu.edu |
Disease resistance, rooting control, cold hardiness, and postharvest changes of rose and other ornamental plant production in east Texas. |
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H. Brent Pemberton Associate Professor b-pemberton@tamu.edu |
Disease resistance, rooting control, cold hardiness, and postharvest changes of rose and other ornamental plant production in east Texas. |
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Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierson Associate Professor eapierson@tamu.edu |
Microbe-microbe, microbe-plant, or microbe-insect interactions in plant-associated or insect-associated biofilm communities |
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Astrid Volder Assistant Professor a-volder@tamu.edu |
Landscape ecology and climate change. Effects of changes in rainfall pattern and climate warming on the growth, physiology and interactions of plants. |








