Vegetable Extension Specialist
221 Hort Forestry Science Bldg
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2134
Phone: 979-845-8562 FAX: 979-845-8906
E-mail: jmasabni@ag.tamu.edu

PhD, Michigan State University, ‘Herbicide resistance in common purslane’
MS, Michigan State University, ‘Chemical and hand thinning of apple’
BS, Michigan State University, in Crop and Soil Sciences

Responsibilities are to develop Extension programs and provide educational opportunities to improve the profitability of the vegetable industry in Texas. The Extension program addresses the continued education of Extension agents and producers through workshops, training sessions, and print or electronic publications.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
T. Robinson, D. Wolfe, Masabni, J., R. Andersen, A. Azarenko, J. Freer, G. Reighard, P. Hirst, D. Hayden, and B. McCluskey. 2010. Performance of Plum Rootstocks with ‘Stanley’, ‘Valor’, ‘Veeblue’, and ‘Santa Rosa’ as the Scions in the 1991 NC-140 Multi-State Plum Trial. Journal of American Pomological Society. (in press)

Autio, W., T. Robinson, W. Cowgill, C. Hampson, M. Kushad, G. Lang, J. Masabni, D. Miller, R. Parra Quezada, and C. Rom. 2009. Performance of ‘Gala’ apple trees on supporter 4 and different strains of B.9, M.9, and M.26 rootstocks as part of the 2002 NC-140 apple rootstock trial. Acta Hort. 11 pp. (in press)

Autio, W., T. Robinson, J. Cline, R. Crassweller, C. Embree, E. Hoover, G. Lang, J. Masabni, M. Parker, G. Reighard and M. Warmund. 2009. Performance of several semidwarfing rootstocks with ‘Fuji’ and ‘McIntosh’ as scion cultivars in the 1999 NC-140 semidwarf apple rootstock trials. Acta Hort. 11 pp. (in press)

Autio, W., T. Robinson, J. Cline, R. Crassweller, C. Embree, E. Hoover, G. Lang, J. Masabni, M. Parker, G. Reighard, and M. Warmund. 2009. Performance of several dwarfing rootstocks with ‘Fuji’ and ‘McIntosh’ as scion cultivars in the 1999 NC-140 dwarf apple rootstock trials. Acta Hort. 11 pp. (in press)

Pomper, K., S. Crabtree, D. Layne, R. Peterson, J. Masabni, and D. Wolfe. 2008. The Kentucky Pawpaw Regional Variety Trial. Journal of American Pomological Society 62(2):58-69. Winner of the 2008 Shepard Award for the best research paper of the year

Autio, W., T. Robinson, W. Cowgill, C. Hampson, M. Kushad, J. Masabni, D. Miller, R. Quezada, R. Perry, and C. Rom. 2007. Performance of Gala apple trees on strains of B.9, M.9, and M.26 and new Cornell-Geneva, Morioka, and Pillnitz rootstocks: Early results from the 2002 NC-140 Apple Rootstock Trial. Compact Fruit Tree (in press)

Masabni, J., and J. Arboleya. 2007. Improving Halosulfuron Performance in Transplanted Plasticulture Tomato with Trifluralin and Oxyfluorfen Tank Mixes. International Journal of Vegetable Science. 13(4):71-84

Masabni, J., R. Andersen, A. Azarenko, G. Brown, J. Freer, D. Hayden, P. Hirst, W. Lay, B. McCluskey, R. Perry, T. Robinson, G. Tehrani, and D. Wolfe. 2007. Performance of Plum Rootstocks with ‘Stanley’, ‘Valor’, and ‘Veeblue’ as the Scion in the 1990 NC-140 Multi-Site Plum Trial. Journal of American Pomological Society. 61(4):196-207