Tim Davis

Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Dallas

Resident Director of Dallas Center
Professor of Environmental Horticulture
Head, Department of Horticultural Sciences (College Station)

Research Emphasis: Ornamental Horticulture

Ph.D. Horticulture/Plant Physiology, Oregon State University
M.S. Horticulture/Plant Physiology, Oregon State University
B.S. Horticulture, Brigham Young University

Administration - Research

Primary Research Emphasis:

Biology related to propagation, adaptability, and utility of Texas landscape plants. Primary responsibility is to provide leadership and oversee research projects at Texas A&M Dallas, including horticulture, turfgrass, small grains, forage crops, plant pathology, entomology and soils. Determine techniques for improving germination, emergence, and establishment of Texas bluebonnets. Development of Big Bend bluebonnet into a cut flower crop. Study the physiology of adventitious root formation, organogenesis plant stress tolerance, plant tissue culture, and plant growth regulation.

Experience:

Resident Director, Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, Dallas, 1996- Present. Professor of Environmental Horticulture, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1995- Present. Associate Professor of ornamental horticulture, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1989-1995. Associate Professor of Horticulture, Brigham Young University, 1987-1989. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Brigham Young University, 1982-1987. Graduate research assistant, USDA Ornamental Plants Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon, 1978-1982.

Honors and Awards:

President, Plan Growth Regulator Society of America, 1996-1997. Secretary-Treasurer, American Society for Horticultural Science, Western Region, 1986-1989. President-elect, American Society for Horticultural Science, Western Region, 1989-1990. President, American Society for Horticultural Science, Western Region, 1990-1991. Associate Editor, HortScience, 1992. Associate Editor Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 1992-1995. Chairperson, Organizing Committee, First International Symposium on the Biology of Adventitions Root Formation, Dallas, 1993. Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, Second International Symposium on the Biology of Root Formation, Jerusalem, 1996. Secretary, Plant Growth Regulator Society of America, 1992-1993. Vice President, Plan Growth Regulator Society of America, 1994-1995. 1990 Unit Award for Superior Service. Texas Agricultural Extension Service. 1990 Deputy Chancellor's Award of Excellence.

List of Publications