George Ray McEachern

Professor and Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2134

Phone: 979-845-8559 FAX: 979-845-8906

E-mail: g-mceachern@tamu.edu

George Ray McEachern received his B.S. and M.S. in Horticulture from Louisiana State University in 1967 and 1969, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Horticulture from Texas A&M University in 1973. Dr. McEachern 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 Advisory Committees. He has been a Member since March 1979.

Dr. McEachern's areas of research include commercial orchard management, chemical weed control, propagation, intensive orchard establishment, variety and rootstock evaluation and fruit quality evaluation.

"First and foremost is that students learn and graduate; they should provide honesty, hard work, imagination, cooperativeness, team work, commitment to schedule, and ability to complete projects. I will give them opportunities and support."

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Texas Pecan Orchard Management Handbook. 1997. G. R. McEachern (ed). TAMU Copy Center. College Station, TX. 326 pages.

Texas Vineyard Guide. 1982. TAEX Bulletin 1424. G.R. McEachern et.al.

Growing Grapes in Texas. 1982. TAEX Bulletin 1425. G.R. McEachern and L.A. Stein.

"An analysis of several climatic temperature variables dealing with olive reproduction." 1983. J.O. Denney and G.R. McEachern. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 108(4):578-581. (1983).

"Trunk injected Ethephon as a potential harvest aid mechanism for pecans." 1986. L.A. Stein, F.R. McEachern, J.B. Storey. HortScience. 21(1):73-74.