Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Webmaster of the Horticultural Sciences Department Website

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843
Email: dan-lineberger@tamu.edu
Phone: 979-845-5278
Fax: 979-845-0627

Dan Lineberger received his B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture from North Carolina State University in 1971. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell University in 1974 and 1978, respectively. Dr. Lineberger was Head of Horticultural Sciences from 1990 to 1994 and has been a member of the graduate faculty at Texas A&M University since 1990.

Dr. Lineberger’s area of research is information technology and Web-based communication. He created Aggie Horticulture, the Web server for the Texas A&M Horticulture Program, in early 1994, and served as its Webmaster until 2008. Under his leadership, Aggie Horticulture evolved from a single Web site to over 20 Web sites on a network of servers, including static Web pages, interactive databases, search robots, and streaming video servers.

In addition to its function as an archive of horticultural information, the Aggie Horticulture program includes Web-based survey research on a variety of topics including quality of life issues, Web-based applications for horticultural industries, and the development of techniques and technology for Web-based horticultural instruction. Dr. Lineberger assumed responsibility for the departmental Websitehortsciences.tamu.edu in 2008 when it evolved out of Aggie Horticulture because of a mandated change in the University and agency branding strategies.

Dr. Lineberger teaches Web-based courses in information technology for horticulture (HORT 605), HORT 225, Horticulture Learning Community, and HORT 481, Senior Seminar.

“The field of horticulture is in the midst of a period of rapid and continuous change. Much of this change was brought about by the development of the World Wide Web. The Web has revolutionized the way the land grant system extends information to growers, it has accelerated the rate of scientific information exchange, and it will totally change the way teachers teach and students learn. Graduate students must include Web technology as part of their preparation for a profession in horticultural science.”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lineberger, R. Daniel. 1996. Technology for the Rapid Exchange of Scientific Information via the Internet. Acta Horticulturae 434:407-412.

Lineberger, R. Daniel. 1996. Scientific Information Exchange on the World Wide Web. Chronica Hort. 35:17-18.

Lineberger, R. D. 1998. Integrating the Web into Existing Extension and Educational Technology. HortTechnology 8:313-315.

Waliczek, T., J. C. Bradley, R. D. Lineberger, and J. M. Zajicek. 1999. Using a Web-based Survey to Research the Benefits of Children Gardening. HortTechnology 10:71-76.

Dooley, K. E., B. S. Patil, and R. D. Lineberger. 2000. Use of Distance Learning Technology to Teach a Multidisciplinary Course: Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables. Jour. of Southern Agric. Education Research 50:167-173.

Nolte, B. A., R. D. Lineberger, D. W. Reed, and M. E. Rumpho. 2000. Rapid Micro-Assay of Camptothecin in Camptotheca acuminata. Planta Med. 66:1-3.

Lineberger, R. D., and J. Parsons. 2000. Access and Accountability – Tracking and Reporting Web Site Usage Data. Proceedings of the National Extension Technology Conference, May 20 – 24, College Station, TX.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/netc2000/

MacAlpine, C., D. Lineberger, J. Parsons, M. Arnold, S. George, W. Mackay, C. McKenney, T. Davis, and G. Grant. 2001. Texas Superstar.com – Web-based Promotion of a Plant Trialing Program (pdf format poster). HortScience 36(3):476 Poster #482.

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