Plant Pathology & Plant Biotechnology and Organic Farming, Biodynamics

Biography

Dr.Dariusz Malinowski has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and postdoctoral studies from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. He is the Professor of Forage Agronomy at Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Vernon. He has published more than 60 papers in scientific journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Acta Agrobotanica, Crop Science, and Crop, Forage and Turgrass Management journals. His research focuses on adaptation of forage crops to drought stress and management of forages in semi-arid environments, and breeding of winter-hardy hibiscus.

Research Interest

1)Develop and evaluate productive cool-season perennial grasses that withstand summer conditions in the Texas Rolling Plains. 2)Identify and improve annual medics for use in summer-dormant tall fescue pastures.