 Michael A. Arnold
Professor Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-2133 Phone: 979-845-1499 Fax: 979-845-0627 E-mail: ma-arnold@tamu.edu Mike Arnold received his B.S. degrees in Business Administration and Landscape Horticulture from The Ohio State University in 1983 and 1984, respectively, and his M.S. in Landscape Horticulture in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in Horticulture at the North Carolina State University in 1990. Dr. Arnold was on the Graduate Faculty of Tennessee Technological University from 1990 to 1992. Since January 1993, Dr. Arnold is a Member of the Graduate Faculty of Texas A&M University, and can serve as a Chair, Co-Chair or Member of Graduate Student Advising Committees. Dr. Arnold's research is mission oriented whole plant physiology. Most of his laboratory's work is directed at bridging the gap from the nursery producer to the landscaping professional or home consumer of landscape plants. Current areas of investigation include; understanding genotypic and environmental interactions during transplant establishment of container-grown trees, identifying impacts of container production practices on subsequent landscape plant establishment, evaluating alternative nursery technologies for use in more sustainable production systems, and tackling production challenges for introduction of new landscape species. Accomplishment of projects is facilitated by extensive integration with several cooperative programs creating a true multi-disciplinary approach to problems. Examples include the development of the Nursery/Floral Crops Research and Education Facility and their work with water management in nursery facilities. These projects include cooperators from Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Forestry, as well as other research and extension faculty in Horticultural Sciences. "My approach to graduate students is to encourage team approaches to problem solving. Students are responsible for their individual research projects, but are asked to participate in group projects both within the lab group and with cooperating groups. The ability to accomplish individual goals while prospering in a group setting will be fundamental to success in both the business and academic communities of the future. Involvement with extension activities helps students to see the relevance of their research to real world situations and exposure to conventional and non-conventional teaching opportunities improves communication skills. Graduate school is hard work but should also be a time for personal and professional growth." SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Arnold, M.A. 1998. Landscape Plants for Texas and Adjacent States. Stipes Publ. Co., Ltd., Champaign, IL. In press. Arnold, M.A., L.J. Shoemake and M.W. Goyne. 1998. Seed selection and nursery production practices impact root regeneration and tree establishment. In: The landscape below Ground II: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Tree Root Development in Urban Soils. Intl. Soc. Arboriculture. In press. Shoemake, L.J. and M.A. Arnold. 1997. Half-sib family selection improves container nursery and post-transplant landscape performance of sycamore. J. Environ. Hort. 15:126-130. Lesikar, B.J., A.L. Kenimer, M.A. Arnold, B.C. Bauer, M.W. Goyne, D.C. Wilkerson and H.J. Lang. 1997. Nursery runoff collection and treatment systems. Presented at the International Summer Meeting of the Amer. Soc. Agric. Engineers, Minneapolis, MN. Paper No. 975002. p. 16. Arnold, M.A. 1996. Mechanical correction and chemical avoidance of circling roots differentially affect post-transplant root regeneration and field establishment of container-grown Shumard oak. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121:258-263. Arnold, M.A. and D.F. Welsh. 1995. Effects of planting hole configuration and soil type on transplant establishment of container-grown live oak. J. Arboriculture 21:213-218. Arnold, M.A., R.D. Lineberger, and D.K. Struve. 1994. Influence of copper compounds on in vitro rooting of birch microcuttings. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119:74-79. Arnold, M.A. and W.E. Davis. 1994. Advantages of using selected seed sources of sycamore and sweetgum for field nursery production and transplant establishment. J. Environ. Hort. 12(4):190-192. |