Quintin Lee Holdeman

Quintin Lee Holdeman 1921-2003 Nematologist, Plant Pathologist QUINTIN LEE HOLDEMAN was born in Crowley, Louisiana on November 12, 1921. He graduated from Crowley High School in 1938, and Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, in 1942 (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) where he ran on the track team. He was a Sargeant in the US Army Air Forces in the Second War, serving as a radio telegrapher from July 1942 to November 1945, with two years of service in West Africa. After military service, received a Ph.D. in plant pathology, conferred by Louisiana State University in 1950. As an agricultural scientist in the fields of plant pathology and plant nematology, he worked at the Pee Dee Experiment Station, Florence, S.C., United Fruit Co. in Latin America, Coffee Institute in El Salvador, and California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, Calif. He retired in December 1986 to reside in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He is regarded as a pioneer in the field of nematology and was listed in "American Men and Women of Science."

Parts I and II below are older versions. The newer versions will be posted when available - JTH (07/04/04).

PERSIMMONS FOR LOUISIANA'S CHILDREN - YOUNG AND OLD

• Part I, Understanding the American Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana L.

  This is the first part of a compilation of information gathered on the persimmon, and concentrates on the American persimmon, D. virginiana. The information has been gathered from published literature, from personal communication with researchers, authors, hobbists, and from personal experience.

  
  

• Part II, Understanding the Oriental Persimmon, Diospyros kaki L.

  This part is concerned primarily with the Oriental persimmon, D. kaki. It includes the ecology, descriptions and cultivars groupings, uses and cultivation, propagation, diseases and pests.

  
  

• Part III, Annotated Checklist of Insects and Other Zoological Problems of Persimmons, Diospyros kaki and D. virginiana

  There is a dirth of information about some of the pests and disease problems that have been noted on Oriental and American persimmons, and that which is available is usually minimal or fragmentary and widely scattered. The objective of this part is to assemble the fragments of information into an annoted checklist of persimmons problems in the United States, and to include notes on the significant foreign pests and problems that could be of interest to us.

  
  

• Part IV, Diseases and Other Problems of Persimmons

  Unfortunately this part was never finished. Quintin said that this would be difficult to research. However, some bits and pieces have been already included in the earlier parts of this compilation.