"agricultural research... in Weslaco... honor... professional peers could bestow upon... Yin-Tung Wang... named Fellow... by the American Society for Horticultural Science. ... Wang is a horticulturist at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. ... Yin-Tung Wang... native of Taiwan, has been a horticulturist at the Texas A&M research facilities at Weslaco since 1984... since 1990 he has focused on potted orchids and the development of modern production systems...
Dan Lineberger, a professor of horticulture at Texas A&M University... said Wang's work has helped make potted orchids one of the hottest-selling ornamental commodities in the world. "As a result of... Wang's exemplary work, he's taken orchids from the realm of specialty crop to commodity crop," Lineberger said. "He has developed fertilization protocols and addressed cultural requirements for post-harvest handling to maximize sales and customer satisfaction. ..." Wang has written more than 70 refereed publications and many articles for the industry and popular press... Wang has been active in the American Orchid Society and was recently elected executive secretary of the International Commercial Orchid Growers Organization." article URL : http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/Apr1307a.htm photo : [caption : "Yin-Tung Wang, left, describes the growth pattern of a Nobile dendrobium orchid."] http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/photos/Apr1307a.jpg ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
