Larry Stein

Associate Professor and Extension Horticulturist
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
TAMUS Research and Extension Center, Uvalde, TX 78802-1849

Phone: 830-278-9151, Ext. 134 FAX: 830/278-4008

E-mail: larrystein@tamu.edu

Larry Stein received his B.S. in horticulture with emphasis on fruits and nuts from Texas A&M University in 1979. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in horticulture from Texas A&M University in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

Dr. Stein can serve on Graduate Advisory Committees by Special Appointment.

Dr. Stein's emphasis has been on production horticulture working with pecans, fruits, grapes and vegetable crops. He has done a lot of work on variety screening both in fruits and vegetables. Some of his work has focused on using drip irrigation to not only conserve water, but to improve fruit quality and production. He is currently doing a lot of work on crop load management of pecans via trunk shaking.

Larry is a contributing editor to PLANTanswers, a plant question/answer forum on the World Wide Web.

Selected publications:

McEachern, George Ray and Larry A. Stein. 1997. Texas Pecan Handbook. Texas Agricultural Extension Service, College Station.

Stein, Larry A. and George Ray McEachern. 1991. Table grapes: A potential alternative crop, Bulletin B-5013. Texas Agricultural Extension Service, College Station.

Stein, Larry A., Calvin G. Lyons and John A. Lipe. 1987. Home fruit production - Stone Fruit. Bulletin B-1581, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, College Station.

Stein, L.A. 1994. Reducing tree stress, p. 14-17. In: 1994 Texas Apple Growers Conference Proceedings. Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Kerrville.

Stein, Larry A., George Ray McEachern and J. Benton Storey. 1989. Summer and fall moisture stress and irrigation scheduling influence pecan growth and production. HortScience 24(4): 607-611.

Stein, Larry A. and J. Benton Storey. 1986. Influence of adjuvants on foliar absorption of nitrogen and phosphorus by soybeans. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. III(6): 829-832.