Vineyard & Orchard Consultant 

Jim was an associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences and has a 100% Extension appointment with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension. He worked closely with small fruit, tree fruit and grape growers across Texas to solve the problems of the commercial fruit industry. Through formal educational programming, onsite visitations, phone and email contacts, he assisted growers with cultural practice problems including fruit nutrition, pruning and crop-load management, orchard/vineyard ground cover management and disease and insect control. He was also involved in several applied research projects on Pierce’s disease, grape fungal trunk diseases and the impact of auxinic herbicides on grapevines. Jim currently works as a vineyard and orchard consultant with Perennial Crop Solutions.