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Directory Profile for Russell Wallace
- Professor & Extension Specialist Emeritus
- Office:
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Lubbock
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- (806) 723-8433
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Plant Protection, California State University, Fresno
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Vegetable Crops, Cornell University
- Ph.D. Vegetable Crops, Cornell University
Areas of Expertise
- Strawberries
- Vegetables
Professional Summary
Russell Wallace, Ph.D., served as a professor and AgriLife Extension vegetable specialist in the Department of Horticultural Sciences. He was located at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Center in Lubbock. Wallace received his B.S. in Plant Protection from California State University at Fresno in 1985. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Vegetable Crops from Cornell University in 1987 and 1993, respectively. Dr. Wallace currently serves as the Extension Vegetable Specialist for the Texas High Plains and Panhandle regions.
Wallace’s area of research included vegetable weed and pest control, variety heat tolerance, and vegetable and strawberry production using high tunnels for season extension and adverse climate protection. Dr. Wallace worked closely with commercial growers and commodity groups to improve crop production, and assisted with teaching Master Gardener courses and conferences around the region and state. In 2007 he was presented the John E. Hutchinson Extension Award for Young Professionals by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS). He served on many committees for the Weed Science Society of American and ASHS.