CURRICULUM VITAE


 

 

Dariusz Piotr Malinowski

Assistant Professor

Forage Crop Systems

Texas AgriLife Research

P.O.Box 1658

Vernon, TX 76385

 

Phone: 940 552 9941 x 240

Fax: 940 553 4657

Email: d-malinowski@tamu.edu


Education

1995 Doctor of Natural Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich.
1989 M.Sc. and Engineer in Horticulture, Agricultural University (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland.

Professional and Academic Experiences

2001 - present  Assistant Professor (Forage Program), Texas A&M University, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Vernon, TX
1998 - 2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Forages), Texas A&M University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Vernon, TX.
1996 - 1998  Visiting Scientist (Forages), USDA-ARS, Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center, Beaver, WV.
1992 - 1995 Research Assistant (Ph.D.: Grassland Management and Forage Crop Physiology), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich.
1989 - 1991 Research Assistant (Mineral Nutrition of Crop Plants and Soil Management), Agriculture University (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland.

Professional Memberships

American Forage and Grassland Council

American Society of Agronomy

Crop science Society of America

Southwestern Wheat Research and Education Consortium

Texas Pasture Forage Workers


Professional Interests

Agronomic and ecological implications of Neotyphodium/cool-season grass associations

Management of grassland systems in semi-dry environments

Adaptations of forage plants to biotic and abiotic stresses


Editorial Boards

Forage and Grazinglands - Associate Editor (2005-2007)


Grants and Gifts

2005 Malinowski, D.P. Evaluation of Cool-Season Grass Breeding Lines. AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $3,980. PI.
2005 Malinowski, D.P., J.C. Rudd, and W.E. Pinchak. Determining Physiological and Morphological Bases for Selecting Dual-Purpose Wheat Production Systems. Texas Wheat Producers Board. $4000. PI.
2005 Malinowski, D.P., J. Kigel, and W.E. Pinchak. Role of Obligatory Summer dormancy in Cool-Season Perennial Grasses for Improved Semiarid Grasslands Ecosystems. Texas-Israel Exchange Fund/BARD. Texas $50,000; Israel $50,000. PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P., J. Kigel, and W.E. Pinchak. Role of Obligatory Summer dormancy in Cool-Season Perennial Grasses for Improved Semiarid Grasslands Ecosystems. Texas-Israel Exchange Fund/BARD. Texas $50,000; Israel $50,000. PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P. and J. C. Rudd. Determining Physiological and Morphological Bases for Selecting Dual-Purpose Wheat Production Systems. Texas Wheat Producers Board. $5,900. PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P. Annual Legume Screening. AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $6,315. PI.
2004 Evers, G., and D.P. Malinowski. Effects of Temperature and Soil Moisture on Summer Dormancy in Contrasting Tall Fescue Types. AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $6,800. Co-PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P. Evaluation of Prairiegrass (Bromus sp.). AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $843. PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P. Forage Cereals Testing. AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $1,685. PI.
2004 Malinowski, D.P. Summer-Dormant Tall Fescue Screening. AgResearch (USA) Ltd. $1,685. PI.
2003 Pinchak, W.E., Gill, R.J., Min, B.R., Sij, J.W., and D.P. Malinowski. Mitigating Wheat Pasture Bloat Impacts on the Texas Stocker Cattle Industry. Texas Beef Workers. $52,300. Co-PI.
2003 Malinowski, D.P. and J. Rudd. Determining Physiological and Morphological Bases for Selecting Dual-Purpose Wheat Production Systems. Texas Wheat Producers Board. $2,000. PI.
2002 Malinowski, D.P. and W.E. Pinchak. Development of Grazing Sustainable Forages for the Rolling Plains. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; $15,000. PI.
2001 Pinchak, W.E. and D.P. Malinowski. Development of Grazing Sustainable Forages for the Rolling Plains. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, $15,000. Co-PI.
2000 AgResearch (USA) Limited: Adaptation and Persistence of Tall Fescue Forage Cultivars; $1,200/3 years; PI.

Awards

2006 Merit Award. American Forage and Grassland Council Conference, March 10-14, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

1998

American Forage and Grassland Council Conference, Outstanding Young Scientist Program. March 8-10, 1998. Indianapolis, IN. (4th place).

Consulting Services

2004 - present Japanese Research Project on Neotyphodium spp. Grass Endophytes. Coordinator: Dr. Suguru Saiga, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan.

Publication List

Peer Reviewed Papers

2006 Malinowski, D.P. and D.P. Belesky. Ecological importance of Neotyphodium spp. grass endophytes in agroecosystems. Grasslands Science 52:1-14.
2005 Malinowski, D.P., Zuo, H., Kramp, B.A., Muir, J.P., and W. E. Pinchak. Obligatory Summer-Dormant Cool-Season Perennial Grasses for Semiarid Environments of the Southern Great Plains. Agron. J. 97:147-154.
2005 Muir, J.P., Reed, R.L., and D.P. Malinowski. Forage and seed of Strophostyles species as affected by location and harvest height. Native Plant J. 6 (2):123-130.
2004 Hopkins, A.A., Malinowski, D.P., Zhang, H., and D.W. Walker. Russian wildrye seedlings are sensitive to acidic soil. Crop Sci. 44:2187-2192.
2004 Malinowski, D.P., Zuo, H., Belesky, D.P., and G.A. Alloush. Evidence for copper binding by extracellular root exudates of tall fescue but not perennial ryegrass infected with Neotyphodium spp. endophytes. Plant and Soil 267:1-12.
2003 Malinowski, D.P., Hopkins, A.A., Pinchak, W.E., Sij, J.W., and R.J. Ansley. Productivity and survival of defoliated wheatgrasses in the Rolling Plains of Texas. Agron. J. 95:614-626.
2001 Malinowski, D.P., Pinchak, W.E., Baughman, T.A., and G.D. Antilley. Effects of herbicide and liquid nitrogen fertilizer application on the establishment of wheatgrass pastures in the Texas Rolling Plains. Texas J. Agr. Nat. Resources. 14:58-67.
2000 Malinowski, D.P. and D.P. Belesky. Adaptations of endophyte-infected cool-season grasses to environmental stresses: Mechanisms of drought and mineral stress tolerance. Crop Sci. 40:923-940.
1999 Malinowski, D.P., and D.P. Belesky. Neotyphodium coenophialum-endophyte infection affects the ability of tall fescue to use sparingly available phosphorus. J. Plant Nutr. 22:835-853.
1999 Malinowski, D.P., and D.P. Belesky. Tall fescue aluminum tolerance is affected by Neotyphodium coenophialum endophyte. J. Plant Nutr. 22:1335-1349.
1999 Malinowski D.P., Belesky D.P., and J.M Fedders. Endophyte infection may affect the competitive ability of tall fescue grown with red clover. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 183:91-101.
1999 Malinowski, D.P., Brauer, D.K., and D.P. Belesky. The endophyte Neotyphodium coenophialum affects root morphology of tall fescue grown under phosphorus deficiency. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 183:53-60.
1998 Malinowski D.P., Alloush G.A., and D.P. Belesky. Evidence for chemical changes on the root surface of tall fescue in response to infection with the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium coenophialum. Plant and Soil 205:1-12.
1998 Malinowski D.P., Belesky D.P., and J.M. Fedders. Photosynthesis of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) germplasms with contrasting leaf size. Photosynthetica 35:419-427.
1998 Malinowski D.P., Belesky D.P., Hill N.S., Baligar V.C., and J.M. Fedders. Influence of phosphorus on the growth and ergot alkaloid content of Neotyphodium coenophialum- infected tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.). Plant and Soil 198:53-61.
1997 Malinowski D., Leuchtmann A., Schmidt D., and J. Nösberger J. Growth and water status in meadow fescue is affected by Neotyphodium and Phialophora species endophytes. Agron. J. 89:673-678.
1997 Malinowski D., Leuchtmann A., Schmidt D., and J. Nösberger. Symbiosis with Neotyphodium uncinatum endophyte may increase the competitive ability of meadow fescue. Agronomy J. 89:833-839.

 

Book Chapters

2005 Malinowski, D.P., Belesky D.P., and G.C. Lewis. Abiotic stresses in endophytic grasses. pp. 187-199. In C.A. Roberts et al. Neotyphodium in Cool-Season Grasses. Blackwell Publishing Professional, Ames, IA, USA.
2000 Belesky D.P., and D.P. Malinowski. Morphological plasticity and chemical adaptations of Neotyphodium-infected tall fescue. p. 455-484. In J.F. White, Jr. and C.W. Bacon (eds.) Microbial Endophytes. Marcel Dekker, New York.
1997 Malinowski, D.P., Belesky, D.P., Baligar, V.C., and J.M. Fedders. Involvement of Neotyphodium coenophialum in phosphorus uptake by tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.). p. 183-185. In C.W. Bacon and N.S. Hill (eds.) Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions. New York: Plenum Press.

 

Conference and Symposium Proceedings/Abstracts

2006 Kramp, B.A., Malinowski, D.P., Zuo, H., Pinchak, W.E. and T.J. Butler. Alfalfa forage production under reduced irrigation in semiarid environments of the Texas Rolling Plains. p. 188-192. In W. Alison et al. (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 10-14 March 2006. San Antonio, TX.
2006 Malinowski, D.P. and D.P. Belesky. Ecological Importance of Neotyphodium spp. Grass Endophytes in Agroecosystems - Implications for Future Research. In Proc. Satellite Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Grassland Science "Neotyphodium endophytes: Hidden nature of the symbiotic fungi, impact on grassland ecosystem and grass/animal production". 28 March 2006, Tsukuba, Japan
2006 Malinowski, D.P, Kramp, B.A., Kigel, J. and W.E. Pinchak. Mechanisms of summer dormancy in cool-season perennial grasses. p. 124-128. In W. Alison et al. (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 10-14 March 2006. San Antonio, TX.
2006 Malinowski, D.P., Kramp, B.A., Min, B.R., Baker, J., Pinchak, W.E. and J.C. Rudd Physiological and morphological traits for selection of dual-use wheat with improved forage production. p. 129-133. In W. Alison et al. (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 10-14 March 2006. San Antonio, TX.
2006 Sij, J.W., Pinchak, W.E., Bevers, S.J., Malinowski, D.P., Gill, R.J., Baughman, T.A., and D.L. Robinson. Benefits of fertilization to beef production from forage wheat. p. 83-88. In Proc. Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference, 7-8 March 2006. Denver, CO.
2005 Malinowski, D.P., Kramp, B.A., Zuo, H., and W.E. Pinchak. Obligatory summer-dormant cool-season perennial grasses for semiarid environments of the southern Great Plains - Research update. p. 76-80. In K. Cassida (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 11-15 June 2005. Bloomington, IL.
2005 2005 Pinchak, W.E., Min, B.R., Malinowski, D.P., Sij, J.W., Gill, R.J., Puchala, R, and R.A. Anderson. Re-evaluation of the frothy bloat complex in cattle grazing winter wheat in the Southern Plains: Evolution of a new integrated research paradigm. p. 36. In Proc. 2005 Conference on Gastrointestinal Function, April 11-13. Chicago, IL.
2004 Malinowski, D.P., and H. Zuo. Cool-season perennial grasses with obligatory summer dormancy for semi-arid environments of the southern Great Plains. p. 366-370. In K. Cassida (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 12-16 June 2004. Roanoke, VA.
2004 Robinson, D.L., Sij, J.W., Pinchak, W.E., Gill, R.J., Beavers, S.J., Malinowski, D.P., and T.A. Baughman. Phosphorus fertilizer effects on forage, beef, and grain production from winter wheat. pp. 88-93. In L. Murphy (ed) Proc. 2004 Fluid Forum. Fluid Fertilizer Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ. February 22-24, 2004.
2004 Robinson, D.L., Sij, J.W., Pinchak, W.E., Gill, R.J., Beavers, S.J., Malinowski, D.P., and T.A. Baughman. Phosphorus fertilizer effects on forage, beef, and grain production from winter wheat. pp. 110-116. In A.J. Schlegel (ed) Proc. Great Plains Soil Fertility Conf. Denver, CO. March 2-3, 2004.
2003 Malinowski, D.P., Zuo, H., Belesky, D.P., Ruckle, J.M., Alloush, G.A., and A.E. Stratton. Do Neotyphodium-endophytes affect copper acquisition by cool-season grasses? Agronomy Abstracts ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. November 2-6, 2003.
2003 Malinowski, D.P., Zuo, H., Muir, J.P., Pinchak, W.E., and A.E. Stratton. Obligatory summer-dormant, cool-season perennial grasses are drought resistant in semi-arid environments of the Texas Rolling Plains. p. 192- 196. In K. Cassida (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 26-30 April 2003, Lafayette, LA.
2003 Sij, J.W., Olson, B.L.S., Ott, J.P., Malinowski, D.P., Baughman, T.A. Tolerance of three wheatgrasses to sulfosulfuron herbicide. Agronomy Abstracts ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. November 2-6, 2003.
2002 Hopkins, A.A., Malinowski, D., Walker, D.W., and H. Zuo. Susceptibility of Russian wildrye to acidic soil/aluminum toxicity. Agronomy Abstracts ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. November 10-14, 2002.
2002 Muir, J.P., Reed, R., and D. Malinowski. Seed and forage production of Strophostyles leiosperma and S. helvula harvested at 3 heights. Agronomy Abstracts ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. November 10-14, 2002.
2000 Cassida, K.A., Malinowski, D., Pinchak, W.E., Ocumpaugh, W.R., and G.R. Smith. Annual legumes as reseeding components of pastures in North Central Texas. p. 115-119. In Proceedings of the American Forage and Grassland Council Conference, 16-19 July 2000. Madison, WI, USA.
2000 Malinowski, D.P., Pinchak, W.E., Sij, J.W., Hopkins A.A., and J.R. Ansley. Management of cool-season grasses affects soil temperature and plant survival during summer drought in the Rolling Plains of Texas. p. 225-229. In M. Phillips (ed) Proc. American Forage and Grasslands Council Conference, 16-19 July 2000, Madison, WI.
1998 Belesky, D.P., Malinowski, D.P., Gaborcik, N., and J.M. Fedders. Some morphological and physiological considerations regarding the competitiveness of white clover (Trifolium repens L.). p. 215-218. Proceedings 17th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, 18-21 May, Debrecen, Hungary.
1998 Malinowski, D.P., Belesky, D.P., Brauer, D.K., and G.A. Alloush. Modification of rhizosphere activity of tall fescue by the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium coenophialum and consequences for mineral uptake. p.176-180. In Proceedings of the 1998 American Forage and Grassland Council Conference, 8-10 March 1998, Indianapolis, IN.
1997 Malinowski, D.P., Belesky, D.P., Baligar, V.C., and J.M. Fedders. Involvement of fungal endophyte in phosphorus uptake by tall fescue. p. 261-264. In Proceedings of the 1997 American Forage and Grassland Council Conference, 13-15 April, 1997, Fort Worth, TX.
1995 Malinowski, D., Nösberger, J., Messerli, M., Stadelmann, F., and M. Zimmermann. Endophytische Pilze Verbessern Trockenheitstoleranz und Konkurrenzkraft von Wisenschwingel (Festuca pratensis Huds.) (Endophytes improve drought tolerance and the competitive ability of meadow fescue). Swiss Society of Agronomy (SGPW/SSA) Bulletin 4:26.
1993 Carlen, C., Nösberger, J., Gügler, B., Zimmermann, M., and D. Malinowski. Reaktion der Ertragsbildung von Wiesenschwingel auf die Spross- und Wurzelkonkurrenz von Knaulgras (Influence of root and shoot competition with orchardgrass on yield of meadow fescue). Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Grünland und Futterbau in der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbau-wissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Grünland, p. 103-108.
1993 Carlen, C., Nösberger, J., Gügler, B., Zimmermann, M., and D. Malinowski. Relative Bedeutung und saisonale Veränderung der Spross- und Wurzelkonkurrenz zwischen Wiesenschwingel (Festuca pratensis Huds.) und Knaulgras (Dactylis glomerata L.) (The relative importance and seasonal changes in shoot and root competitive ability of meadow fescue and orchardgrass). Swiss Society of Agronomy (SGPW/SSA) Bulletin 1:8.
1993 Gügler, B., Nösberger, J., Carlen, C., Zimmermann, M., and D. Malinowski. Reaktion von Wiesenschwingel auf die Bewirtschaftung und die Konkurrenz von Knaulgras (Influence of management and competition from orchardgrass on meadow fescue). Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Grünland und Futterbau in der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Grünland, 96-102.
1993 Zimmermann M., Nösberger J., Gügler B., Carlen C., and D. Malinowski. Bedeutung der Bestockung für die langfristige Erhaltung und den Ertrag von Wiesenschwingel (Festuca pratensis Huds.) in unterschiedlich bewirtschafteten Naturwiesen. (The importance of tillering for the persistence and yield of meadow fescue in natural grasslands under different management systems). Swiss Society of Agronomy (SGPW/SSA) Bulletin 1:44.

 

Non-Peer, Editor-Reviewed Articles

2004 Robinson, D., Sij, J., Pinchak, W., Gill, R., Malinowski, D., Baughman, T., and S. Bevers. Phosphorus fertilizer bumps forage and beef production. Fluid Journal. Vol. 12, No. 2, Issue 45:8-10.
2004 Robinson, D.L., Pinchak, W.E., Sij, J.W., Gill, R.J., Malinowski, D.P., and T.A. Baughman. Phosphorus fertilizer impacts forage, beef, and grain production from wheat. Better Crops with Plant Food, 88(3):8-11.
2001 Baughman, T., Malinowski, D., and J. Reed. Research and Extension Forage Report. Vernon Center Technical Report #2002-05
1995 Messerli M., Nösberger J., Malinowski D., Stadelmann F., and Zimmermann M. Wurzelläuse Mitverantwortlich für das Verschwinden von Wiesenschwingel (Festuca pratensis) aus Naturwiesen? (Are root aphids responsible for disappearing of meadow fescue from natural meadows?). Swiss Society of Agronomy (SGPW/SSA) Bulletin 4:27.
1992 Malinowski, D., and J.R. Starck. Influence of changes in potassium and calcium levels and the ratio of these elements in the nutrient solution on the growth and yield of paprika cultivated in mineral wool. Annals of Warsaw Agricultural University, Horticulture 16:15-24.
1992 Oswiecimski W., Malinowski D., Przeradzka M., and Galecki K. Greenhouse tomato cultivation in Polish mineral wool as compared with growth on peat substrate. Annals of Warsaw Agricultural University, Horticulture 16:25-32.

Invited Presentations

National and International Level

2006 Ecological importance of Neotyphodium spp. grass endophytes in agroecosystems – Implications for future research. Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Japan 
2004 1) Drought tolerance in endophyte-infected cool-season grasses: Osmotic regulation or protection from oxidative stress?; 2) Mechanisms of mineral acquisition in endophyte-infected cool-season grasses. Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan. 
2004 Abiotic Stresses in Endophytic Grasses. 5th International Symposium on Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions, Fayetteville, AR

Regional, State, and Local Level

2005 Management of Grasslands Flecha tall fescue. Flecha Field Day, Iowa Park, TX.
2005 Persistence of Grasslands Flecha tall fescue in north Texas. Flecha Field Day, Memphis, TX.
2005 Rolling and High Plains Alfalfa Production Seminar. Clarendon, TX
2004 Forages for the Texas Rolling Plains. Texas Pasture and Forage Work Group, Uvalde, TX.
2004 Integrated Forage Systems. Big Country Wheat Conference, Abilene, TX.
2004 Integrated Forage Systems for the Rolling Plains. AgriPro Wheat, Vernon, TX.
2004 Update on Summer-Dormant Cool-Season Perennial Grass Research in Texas. Texas Plant Protection Conference, College Station, TX.
2003 Can We Improve the Persistence of Perennial Cool-Season Grasses in Semi-Arid Environments of the Texas Rolling Plains. Texas Seed Trade Association, Dallas, TX.
2003 Dual-Purpose Wheat and Cool-Season Perennial Grasses: Integrated vs. Traditional Grazing Systems. Southwestern Wheat Research and Education Consortium (SWREC), Vernon, TX.
2001 2001 Karnal Bunt in Texas Wheat - A Need for Complementary Forages for Dual-Purpose Wheat in the Texas Rolling Plains. County Farmers Meeting, Haskell, TX.
2001 2001 Pasture Management Systems for the Texas Rolling Plains. Crop Physiology Working Group, Austin, TX.
2001 2001 Pasture Management Systems for the Texas Rolling Plains. Texas Pasture and Forage Work Group, Stephenville, TX.

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