Daniel Leskovar

Daniel Leskovar
Professor, Vegetable Stress Physiology
Texas AgriLife Research
Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center
Department of Horticultural Sciences
E-mail: d-leskovar@tamu.edu

Education
Ph. D.
M.S.
Agr. Eng.
Graduate		 Vegetable Crops/Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville,1991
Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, 1986
Horticulture, Universidad del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina, 1977
Training. Vegetable Crops, University of Wageningen, Holland,1983
Employment
1977/1984
1986/1990
1991/1996
1997/2003
2004 -
2006 -		 Assistant Professor, Horticulture, Univ. del Comahue, Argentina
Research Assistant, Transplant Physiology, University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Vegetable Physiology, Texas A&M University
Associate Professor, Vegetable Physiology, Texas A&M University
Professor, Vegetable Stress Physiology, Texas A&M University
Assistant Director–Outreach. Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center
Awards and Honors
1983 Dutch Government Fellowship for graduate training in vegetable crops, Holland; 1984 Fulbright Fellowship for M.S. degree program at UC Davis; 1985 Pacific Seed Association Annual Award, California; 1986 Chiles Fellowship, Oregon; 1990 John Carew Scholarship, Michigan; 1990 Gamma Delta Sigma – Honorary Agricultural Society; 1990 Best Paper Award, Florida State Hort. Society; 1995 Brazil-Dutch Fellowship for Research/Extension review; 2006 Fellowship for US-India Knowledge Initiative in Water Conservation, USDA sponsored program; 2007 Vice Chancellor Award in Excellence for Research – Texas A&M System; 2008 Texas Environmental Excellence Award for the Rio Grande Basin Initiative (Team Award).
Professional Activities
1993 Co-Chair Seedling Establishment Working Group (WG); 1994 Chair Seedling Establishment WG; 1995 & 2001 Vegetable Publication Award Committee ASHS; Secretary (2004), Vice-Chair (2005), and Chair (2006) of W-1168 Multi-State Regional Project : ‘Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Seed Quality and Performance’; 2006 Member of the Scientific Committee Artichoke Symposium, Murcia, Spain; 2006. Co-Convener IHC S-13 Symposium ‘Seedling Production and Technology’, Seoul, Korea; 2006, Convener 4th ISHS Symposium on Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment, San Antonio, Texas; 2007 Chair ISHS V01 Working Group on Crop Establishment, Seed and Transplant Technology (SEST); 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee VII ISHS Artichoke Symposium, Brittany, France; 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee V ISHS SEST Symposium, Murcia, Spain.
Journal Editor
2004-present. Associate Editor: Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, U.K.
2008. Editor ACTA Horticulturae, 4th ISHS Symposium on Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops. Texas, USA
2008. Associate Editor ACTA Horticulturae ISHS, IHC 2006, Symposium on Seed Enhancement and Seeding Production Technology. Seoul, Korea

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