Field Specialist - Horticulture
Patrick O'Malley
4265 Oakcrest Hill Rd., SE
Iowa City, IA 52246
Voice 319-337-2145
Fax 319-337-7864
E-mail omall@iastate.edu
Counties Served: Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Bremer, Fayette, Clayton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Muscatine, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren, Lee
Areas of Expertise:
Primary areas of expertise: commercial fruits and vegetables. Secondary areas
of expertise: ornamental horticulture including greenhouse and nursery crops,
and turfgrass
Frequent Clients:
CEEDs, OAs, Master Gardener volunteers, and commercial horticulture clients
including full-time and part-time, established and prospective owners, managers,
and employees of horticulture businesses including vegetable farms, tree
farms, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses, garden centers, golf courses, lawn
care companies, public grounds, and sports turf.
Joined ISU Extension:
August 1994
Extension Positions/Other Experience:
Field Specialist/Commercial Horticulture, Iowa State University Extension,
1994 to present. Instructor & Coordinator of Horticulture, Iowa Lakes
Community College, Emmetsburg, Iowa, 1993-1994. Research Assistant University
of Hawaii Horticulture Department, 1985-1992. Assistant Horticulturist, Cedar
Rapids, IA, 1981-1984.
Education:
Ph.D., Horticulture, University of Hawaii, 1992.
M.S., Horticulture, University of Hawaii, 1988.
B.S., Horticulture, Iowa State University, 1981.
Awards/Honors/Publications:ARCS (Achievement Reward for College Scientists) 1989, 1991; Honorary Organizations: Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta.
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