The Fabian Garcia center supports greenhouse, orchard and crop research. The center also contains a botanical garden and turf demonstration plots, which are used to screen new plant materials and to teach classes on landscaping, ornamental design and maintenance. The garden and demonstration plots are open to the public.
Pioneering New Mexico State University chile breeder Fabian Garcia has been inducted into the American Society for Horticultural Science Hall of Fame. During a five-decade career at NMSU. Garcia developed the first variety with a dependable pod size and heat level, laying the foundation for the state's $400 million chile pepper industry.
At right is one of the earliest drawings of experimental chile peppers developed at New Mexico State University around the turn of the last century. All New Mexican type chile peppers grown today owe their genetic base to one of those new pod varieties, known as New Mexico 9.
Featured items
- Information for Researchers
- Turfgrass
- 2008 Chile Field Day
- Gazebo for Rent
- Fabian Garcia Research Center Progress Reports
Contact information
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3Ley
Las Cruces, N.M. 88003-8003
Phone: 575-646-2729
Fax: 575-646-6247
Email:
fgarcia@nmsu.edu