Department Updates

Latest crop improvement technology coming to Texas A&M AgriLife

December 14th, 2017

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Charlie Johnson, 979-862-3287, [email protected]. Michael Thomson, 979-845-7526, [email protected] Molina, 979-458-1410, [email protected] Molina, 979-458-1410, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research is investing in the future of rapid crop design with improved traits through the deployment of two new labs and a half-million dollar seed grant program to jump-start… Read More →

Fritjof Capra to present Kavli Science at Carnegie

November 21st, 2017

Advancing Leadership in Science & Technology MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Lynda West, Project ManagerMonday, 13 November 2017Council of Scientific Society Presidents254-776-3550, Ext. [email protected] Best-Selling Author of The Tao of Physics, Fritjof Capra, to speak at Carnegie Washington, D.C. – Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., best-selling author whose work includes The Tao of Physics, will present the Fred Kavli… Read More →

Genetic discovery another tool in battle against wheat pests

November 17th, 2017

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Shuyu Liu, 806-677-5600, [email protected] AMARILLO – Greenbug and Hessian fly infestations can significantly reduce wheat yield and quality in Texas and worldwide. Breeding for resistance to these two pests using marker-assisted selection just got a new tool from a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study. Because genetics is the most… Read More →

Students Win with PulCe Muffins

November 16th, 2017

By: Beth Ann Luedeker Contact: Dr. Joseph Awika  [email protected]  979-845-2985 Shreeya Ravisankar and Tadesse Teferra, both doctoral students under Dr. Joseph Awika, and with Celeste Totten, an undergraduate in food science, have been working for many months to create a new breakfast muffin. Last month their efforts were rewarded.At the American Association of Cereal Chemists… Read More →

Cold brew coffee phenomenon producing possible turfgrass fertilizer

November 16th, 2017

By: Kay Ledbetter Contact: Ben Wherley – [email protected]   979-845-1591 From the coffee maker to the lawn, investigators in a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study are scattering spent coffee grounds on turf plots to see if the beverage leftovers can give the grass a jolt like the drink does for its consumer. Dr. Ben Wherley,… Read More →

Soil Judging teams wins at Regionals

November 16th, 2017

By: Beth Ann Luedeker Contact: Sarah Vaughan: [email protected]  Dr. Cristine Morgan: [email protected]    979-845-3603 The Texas A&M University Soil Judging team came out on top at the Region 4 competition in San Marcos last month, and earned a spot in the national competition to be held at the University of Tennessee at Martin next March.Three members… Read More →

Weather delayed cool-season forage planting

November 6th, 2017

OVERTON – Warm temperatures and dry conditions have pushed planting of cool-season forage plantings past the normal, prime window for many East Texas producers, according to Texas A&M AgriLife experts. Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist, Overton, said producers ideally wanted to plant winter pastures between late-September and mid-October. But roller… Read More →

Ibrahim, Smith named Fellows by Crop Sciences Society of America

October 30th, 2017

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, [email protected]. Gerald Smith, 903-834-6191, [email protected] TAMPA, Florida – Two Texas A&M AgriLife Research professors were honored for their professional achievements with the title of Fellow by the Crop Sciences Society of America Oct. 23 in Tampa, Florida. The two honored were Dr. Amir Ibrahim, wheat breeder in… Read More →

Mixer at ASA

October 23rd, 2017

Forensic Soil Science class teaches students about crime scene analysis

October 23rd, 2017

Story and Photos By: Beth Ann Luedeker Contact: Dr. Jacqui Aitkenhead-Peterson,  [email protected] Scattered bones found outside the Heep Center this month, were quickly surrounded with crime scene tape to prevent disturbance of the evidence. The “crime scene” was part of an ongoing investigation in the Forensic Soil Science class taught by Dr. Jacqui Aitkenhead-Peterson.Forensic Soil… Read More →