Russell Wallace, Ph.D., wrote the book on Texas strawberry production.
When it comes to the newly updated 132-page guide for Texas strawberry production, Wallace, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, Lubbock, would be the first to mention the long list of contributors. Growers across the state, research colleagues, and AgriLife Extension county agents all made significant contributions to the science behind the book.
But it was the time, effort, miles, and sometimes money Wallace invested that kept statewide strawberry research moving forward.
After 22-and-a-half years in horticulture science and outreach, Wallace is retiring, but he's leaving Texas A&M AgriLife at an opportune time for the agency and him personally. He's retiring to spend more time with family, including 10 grandchildren; and he's completed the "Commercial Strawberry Field Production in Texas" guide, which has been his own "baby" of sorts for the past several years.
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