March 3rd, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Larry Redmon, 979-845-4826, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION –The next Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Ranch Management University will be April 4-8, said Dr. Larry Redmon, Texas A&M University soil and crop sciences associate department head and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program leader, in College Station. The Ranch Management University… Read More →
March 1st, 2016
Nearly 100 people gathered at the Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station February 26 to celebrate the long and prosperous career of Dr. Frank Hons. Current and former colleagues, family and friends were in attendance. Many shared stories and memories of Dr. Hons. All but three years of Dr. Hons 44-year career were spent… Read More →
February 26th, 2016
More than one hundred fifty people attended the 2nd Annual Plant Breeding Symposium held February 18, in the MSC Bethancourt Ballroom on the Texas A&M University campus. An additional eighty-five participated via the webinar. According to Ammani Kyanam, one of the graduate students coordinating this year’s event, the webinar participants tuned in from four different… Read More →
February 25th, 2016
AgriLife Research breeder expects releases within five years Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – There’s growing interest in hybrid wheat and Dr. Amir Ibrahim, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat breeder in College Station, believes the time is right to make it available. Ibrahim has been working toward… Read More →
February 3rd, 2016
Soil&Crop Sciences graduate students will host the second annual Texas A&M Plant Breeding Symposium on Thursday, February 18, 2016. The one-day research conference is open to the public and will take place in the Memorial Student Center Bethancourt Grand Ballrooms, Room 2300 CDE, on the College Station, Texas campus. The program will begin at 8:00… Read More →
February 3rd, 2016
The Department of Soil and Crop Sciences is hosting a retirement dinner for Dr. Frank Hons in celebration of his long, prosperous career here at Texas A&M and the impact his research has made worldwide. February 26, 2016Pebble Creek Country Club6:30 p.m. Buy your tickets here.
February 2nd, 2016
Black-eyed pea varieties improved in AgriLife Research breeding program Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. B.B. Singh, 979-845-3041, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Everyone who ate their “good luck” black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day helped kick off the celebration of 2016 as the “International Year of Pulses,” according to a Texas A&M University visiting professor…. Read More →
January 19th, 2016
Soil&Crop Sciences graduate students will host the second annual Texas A&M Plant Breeding Symposium on Thursday, February 18, 2016. The one-day research conference is open to the public and will take place in the Memorial Student Center Bethancourt Grand Ballrooms, Room 2300 CDE, on the College Station, Texas campus. The program will begin at 8:00… Read More →
January 19th, 2016
Faculty and staff gathered January 12 for the annual meeting, awards presentation and reception. Longevity awards were presented to two professors. Dr. James Heilman was recognized for his thirty-five years of service. Dr. Lloyd Rooney was not present at the meeting, but received recognition of fifty years of service from Dr. Baltensperger the following day…. Read More →
October 13th, 2015
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, [email protected] AMARILLO – Acetolactate synthase inhibiting herbicides have been used to control grass weeds in crop production such as corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat, but only recently has this technology been available in grain sorghum, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist said. Better known… Read More →
