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Horticulturist Dale Lindgren

Dale Lindgren
Professor
Horticulture Specialist

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 West Central Research and Extension Center
402 West State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101
(308) 696-6706
(308) 696-6780
dlindgren1@unl.edu

Extension Program Areas:

  • Plan, prepare, and deliver meaningful and pertinent information to clientele audiences including, but not limited to, the Extension Educators, commercial firms, growers involved with horticulture crops, and home gardeners.

Research Areas of Interest:

  • Acquire, breed, select, test, and subsequently propagate/distribute wildflowers/native plant species as a part of the emphasis on sustainable landscape and ornamental horticulture systems.
  • Cooperative projects on dry edible beans and miscellaneous crops.

Selected Publications:

  • Lindgren, D. T., Schaaf, D., Anderson, D., & Fitzgerald, J. (2008). Classification of abnormal flowers in the Genus Penstemon. Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society 67:32-37 
  • Lindgren, D. T. (2008). Penstemon in Chihuahua, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society 67:7-26. 
  • Lindgren, D. T., Todd, K., & Wegulo, S. (2008). Clematis. NebGuide G1861, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Cooperative Extension. 
  • Lindgren, D. T., & Schaaf, D. (2007). Penstemon: A summary of interspecific crosses. HortScience 42(3):494-498.
  • Yuen, G. C., Jochum, C. C., & Lindgren, D. T. (2007). Evaluation of the antibiotic HSAF from Lysobacter Enzymogenes C3 for Bean Rust Control, (2005 & 2006). Plant Disease Management Reports 1:162.
  • Lindgren, D. T. (2007). List and description of named cultivars in the Genus Penstemon (2006). Extension Circular 1255.
  • Lindgren, D. T. (2006). Clematis (Chapter 29). Flower Breeding and Genetics. Ed. N. Anderson. Springer, AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Lindgren, D. T., & Schaaf, D. M. (2005). Survival and growth of Wildflowers with Buffalo Grass or Blue Grama Grass. HortScience 40(6):1787-1789 (JSN 14490). 
  • Lindgren, D. T., & Schaaf, D. M. (2004). Lithospermum incisum 'Paunee' Germplasm. HortScience 39(5):1153-1154.
  • Lindgren, D. T., & Wilde, E. (2003). Growing Penstemon: Species, Cultivars and Hybrids. InfinityPublishing.com. 151 pages.
  • Lindgren, D. T., & Schaaf, D. M. (2003). Dalea purpurea ‘Stephanie.’ HortScience 38(2):311-312.
  • Lindgren, D. T., Schaaf, D. M., & Locklear, J. (2003). Dalea villosa ‘Sandhills Satin.’ HortScience 38(2): 313-314.
  • Miklas, P. N., Coyne, D. P., Grafton, K. F., Mutlu, N., Reiser, J., Lindgren, D. T., & Singh, S. P. (2003). A major QTL for common bacterial blight resistance derived from the common bean, great northern, landrace cultivar Montana No. 5. Euphytica 131:137-146.
  • Todd, K. W., & Lindgren, D. T. (2003) Perennials in Water-wise Landscapes. NebGuide G1214, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Cooperative Extension.
  • Lindgren, D. T., Todd, K., & Giesler, L. (2002). Geraniums (Pelargonium). NebGuide G74-190-A, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Cooperative Extension.
  • Lindgren, D. T. (2002). Nebraska Roots. American Nurseryman. 195:44-52

Honors and Awards:

  • The Glenn Viehmeyer Award “For Developing Penstemon Hybrids of Merit.” - American Penstemon Society, (2005)
  • Honorary Membership Award - Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association, (2004)
  • Certificate of Appreciation - NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, (2004)
  • Nebraska Statewide Arboretum President's Citation, (2001)
  • Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year - "Husker Red" Penstemon, (1996)
  • Distinguished Service Award - Nebraska Nursery and Landscape Association, (1996)
  • University of Nebraska IANR Team Effort Award, (1996)

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1976
  • M. S., Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1975
  • B. S., Horticulture and Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1969

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