Horticulture Innovators
We started the ‘Horticulture Innovators’ podcast series to highlight the societal, economic, and research impact of horticulture and spread awareness about the amazing opportunities that exist to further the mission of sustainability, wellness, and food security. Please share these stories and join our humble efforts so that we can engage and prepare the next generation of horticulture professionals to sustain these amazing industries and keep our farmers economically competitive.
Podcasting since 2025 • 10 episodes
Horticulture Innovators
Latest Episodes
S3: Episode 3: Ockert Greyvenstein - Plant Breeding Leads the World
Ockert Greyvenstein joined Ball Horticultural Company, in 2014 as plant breeder with PanAmericanSeed. A transplant from South Africa, he came to the US for graduate school, first earning his master's at Cornell, followed by a Ph.D. in plant...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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S3: Episode 2: Brad Abrameit - Tissue Culture is the Future
Brad Abrameit is a 1994 and 1996 graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.S. and M.S. in Horticulture. He is the President at Magnolia Gardens Nursery. Brad leads all functions of the container(165 acres) and tissue culture division (20 ac...
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Season 3
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S3: Episode 1: Jim Antwerp - The Ways of Nursery
Jim Antwerp is a 1990 graduate of Texas A& M University with a B.S. in Horticulture with a study emphasis in horticulture of Wholesale Nursery Management and Production and a study emphasis outside horticulture in Business. Having a horticu...
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Season 3
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Special Feature! Future Innovators: Mason Marshall & Trishia Nguyen
Ph.D. student Mason Marshall and undergraduate student Trishia Nguyen discuss what influenced their decision to pursue Horticulture as well as what they wish to accomplish in the future in the field of horticulture.Mason Marshall is a P...
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S2: Episode 3: Arun Sharma - Keeping tomatoes fresh
Prof. Arun Sharma received his Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India, in 1987 after carrying out work on the regulation of nitrate assimilation by phytochrome in the laboratory of Prof. Sudhir Sopory. H...
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Season 2
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