Seminar Videos

Fall 2019

• James Griffin, Ph.D. student in Plant Breeding: Impacts on coton yield and fiber quality from multiple pickings compared to traditional single pass harvest systems – October 09, 2019       Video
• Holly Lane, Master’s student in Plant Breeding: Simulating trade-offs between high-throughput and high-accuracy in a plant breeding program – October 09, 2019       Video
• Garrett Flores, Master’s student in Agronomy: Evaluating the suitability of spent coffee grounds for turfgrass systems – October 16, 2019       Video
• G. Cody Bagnall, Ph.D. student in Biological and Agricultural Engineering: A field deployable magnetic resonance imaging rhizotron for enhancing root growth function – November 6, 2019       Video
• William Bowling, Master’s student in Agronomy: Long-term management dynamics of sand-capped fairways – November 6, 2019       Video
• Brianna Cheek, sophomore Plant and Environmental Soil Science student: Undergraduate internship – Wallace Carver Fellowship – November 20, 2019     &nbdsp; Video
• Nick Frisbee, senior Plant and Environmental Soil Science student: Undergraduate internship – A summer with Bayer CropScience in Hawaii – November 20, 2019       Video
• Jessica John, senior Plant and Environmental Soil Science student: Undergraduate internship – Yellowstone Forever – November 20, 2019       Video
• Regan Lindsey, senior Plant and Environmental Soil Science student: Undergraduate research – Developing mobile XRF sensors for estimation of grain qualities – November 20, 2019       Video
• Cynthia Sias, Master’s student in Agronomy: Understanding interspecific hybridization between Sorghum bicolor and its weedy congener, Sorghum halepense – October 23, 2019       Video

Spring 2019

• Dr. Jake Mowrer, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences Assistant Professor and AgriLife Extension Specialist – Soil Nutrient & Water Resource Management: Assessing corn root response to liquid phosphorous fertilizer using ImageJ – January 23, 2019       Video
• Dianna Bagnall, Ph.D. student in Soil Science: Investigating drivers of no-till adoption in Texas Blackland Prairies- February 6, 2019       Video
• Richard Bruton, Ph.D. student in Plant Breeding: “The Development of low-cost 3-D phenotyping tool and its application in cassava (Manihot esculenta)” – February 13, 2019       Video
• Yu-Ya Liang, Ph.D. student in Plant Breeding: “Toward the characterization of qSub8.1 for prolonged submergence tolerance in rice” – February 27, 2019       Video
• Dr. Curtis Adams, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences Assistant Professor: “Rolling Plains Cropping Systems and Physiology: Legumes, Organic Wheat, Phenotyping” – March 20, 2019       Video
• Blake Young, Master’s student in Agronomy: “Integrated management of Johnsongrass in grain sorghum” – April 3, 2019       Video
• Gregory Rouze, Ph.D. student in Soil Science: “Estimation of cotton evapotranspiration using unmanned aerial vehicles” – April 10, 2019       Video
• Winnie Wu, Master’s student in Plant Breeding: “High-throughput phenotyping that improves the efficiency of a cotton plant breeding system” – April 10, 2019   &nbp;   Video
• Jared Goldman, Master’s student in Molecular and Environmental Plant Science, and Education: “Scaffolding: Promotion of critical thinking in agriculutral education” – April 17, 2019       Video
• Gulten Girgin, Master’s student in Plant Breeding: Dalea Multiflora for forage yield, nutritive value, and seed production as influenced by pH” – April 17, 2019       Video
• Spring 2019 Group Photo

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Fall 2017

• Evaluation of a chemical male gametocide in sorghum under field conditions – Nicholas Boerman – Ph.D. student in MEPS – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences – 11-16-17  Video
• Using GPR for Crop Root Mesuration – Alfredo Delgado, Ph.D. student in MEPS – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences – 09-20-17   Video
• Coffee transcriptomics and cup quality under environmental stress – Fabien Echeverria-Beirute, Ph.D. student in PLBR – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences – 11-16-17  Video
• Mapping surface soil moisture in skeletal soils using a COSMOS rover – Candice Medina, MS student in SOSC – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences 12-1-17  Video
• Small Grains & Oilseed Extension Outreach: Meeting the current and future needs of Texas Producers – Dr. Clark Neely, AgriLife Small Grains and Oilseeds Extension Specialist, Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University.   Video
• Characterization of drought tolerance traits in corn and sorghum – Rahul Raman – MS student, AGRO – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences – 11-1-17  Video
• Evaluation of leaf protein content, extraction and purification in Napiergrass – Runshi Xie – MS student in PLBR – Department of Soil & Crop Sciences – 11-16-17  Video

Spring 2017

• Selective Genotyping to Improve Soybean for Increased Productivity on Specific Soil Types – Matthew D. Rhine, Ph.D student, Plant Breeding – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 04/16/2017. Video
• Structural Pest Control Apprentice Training – Don L. Renchie, Ph.D. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – 03/30/2017. Video
• Field Testing Agronomist – Monsanto Breeding Division with Corn, Cotton, and Wheat Trials to include Internship Experience – Manuel Michel, M.S. Grad Student – Plant Breeding, DISTANCE EDUCATION; – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/29/2017. Video
• Industrial Hemp in Kentucky – Dr. D.W. Williams, Professor of Agronomy, UK Department of Plant and SoilSciences – 3/27/2017. Video
• Long Term Selection In Hybrid Sorghum Breeding Programs – Brian K. Pfeiffer, Ph.D. Grad Student – Plant Breeding – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/22/2017. Video
• Remotely Estimating the Influence of Epicuticular Wax on Plant Health and Water Content Using Bloom and Bloomless Sorghum Genotypes – Salma Bibi, M.S. Grad Student – MEPS – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/01/2017. Video
• Cassava: The Drought, War and Famine Crop that is Changing the World – Dr. Hernán Ceballos, Lead Cassava Breeder, International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT Cali, Colombia 1/25/2017. Video

Fall 2016

• Simulations of Long-term Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Bioenergy Sorghum Production Systems – Yong Wang, PhD Grad Student, SOSC 10/19/2016. Video
• Two New Amino Acid Exporters Involved in Amino Acid Transport in Arabidopsis Seeds – Julien Besnard, PhD Grad Student, MEPS 09/28/2016. Video
• Twenty Years of Research on Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Pest Management – Dr. Chenhai Ynag, Agricultural Engineer – College Station, TX, USDA, ARS, SPARC and AATRU – 09/21/2016. Video
• The Heterogeneity Component of the Biochar Story – Dr. Omar R. Harvey, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University – 09/14/2016. Video

Spring 2016

• Development of Multiplex and Simplex Platforms for SNP-based Introgression of A2D1 Germplasm into Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) – Ammani N. Kyanam, M.S. Grad Student – Plant Breeding; Cover Crops and Intercropping Impacts on Soil Water Dynamics in Monoculture Wheat Systems – Partson Mubvumba, Ph.D. Grad Student – Soil Science – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/23/2016. Video
• Review of the Plant Uptake and Active Transport of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Christopher Dermody, M.S. Grad Student – Soil Science; REVIEW -“Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, its classification and breeding for resistance in cotton” – Mariana Resende Machado, M.S. Grad Student – Plant Breeding – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/09/2016. Video
• Comparison of Two Tillage Practices on a Semi-arid Rotational Cropping System – Matthew Bean, M.S. Grad Student – Agronomy; Cowpea as a Multifunctional Legume in a Texas Double Cropping System – Melanie Aiosa, M.S. Grad Student – Agronomy – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 03/02/2016. Video
• Soil Respiration – Revelation or Mystery? – Dr. Alan Franzluebbers, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina – 02/26/2016. Video
• Comparison of Two Tillage Practices on a Semi-arid Rotational Cropping System – Matthew Bean, M.S. Grad Student – Agronomy, TAMU; Cowpea as a Multifunctional Legume in a Texas Double Cropping System – Melanie Aiosa, M.S. Grad Student – Agronomy – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences – 02/26/2016. Video
• Soil Respiration – Revelation or Mystery? – Dr. Alan Franzluebbers, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina – 02/26/2016. Video
• Molecular Mapping of Drought Tolerance Genes in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) – Laura Masor, Ph.D. Grad Student – MEPS – Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, TAMU; Validating SNPs Controlling Maize Grain Yield and Plant Height in Texas Hybrid Testcrosses – Yuanyuan Chen, Ph.D. Grad Student – Plant Breeding – Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, TAMU; – 02/24/2016. Video
• Effect of Drought on Browse from Three Oak Species – Caitlyn Cooper, Ph.D. Grad Student – Agronomy – Dept. Soil & Crop Sciences, TAMU; Improving Texas Wine Quality – Aaron Corsi, Ph.D. Grad Student – Horticulture – Dept. of Horticulture, TAMU; – 02/17/2016. Video
• A Line by Tester Analysis on Chromosome Substitution Lines for Introgression of Novel Traits from G. Barbadense into G. Hirsutum – Drutdaman S. Bhangu, M.S. Grad Student – Plant Breeding – Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, TAMU – 02/10/2016. Video
• Got Height: Remote Sensing of Canopy Height and Applications in Agriculture and Natural Resources – Dr. Sorin Popescu, Professor – Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Management, TAMU – 02/03/2016. Video

Fall 2015

• The Impact of Soil Applied Potassium on Cotton Yield and Quality in the Texas Blackland and Coastal Plain Production Regions – Chase Vasbinder, M.S. Grad Student – Agronomy; Genome Wide Association Study of Height and Flowering Time Loci within the Four Parent Maize Population – Steven L. Anderson II – M.S. Grad Student – Plant Breeding – 12/02/2015. Video
• Phenotypic Performance and Genetic Mapping for Yield, Yield Components and Wsm2 in Wheat – Silvano A. Ocheya, Ph.D. Grad Student, Plant Breeding – 11/11/2015. Video
• Screening TAM Germplasm and Environments for Hybrid Wheat Potential – Brandon J. Gerrish, M.S. Grad Student, Plant Breeding; Surface Energy Flux Patterns from a Biophysical Model of Vertically Heterogeneous Soils – Jonathan W. Gross, M.S. Grad Student, Soil Science, Soil and Crop Sciences; – 11/4/2015. Video
• Ecophysiology of Cropping Systems: An Experience in Southwest Texas – Dr. Xuejun Dong, Assistant Professor – Crop Physiology, Soil and Crop Sciences – 10/21/2015. Video
• Advancing Cropping Systems in Texas – Dr. Ronnie Schnell, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Soil and Crop Sciences – 10/14/2015. Video
• Identification of Microsatellite Markers (SSRs) for Robust Fiber Length QTL in Gossypium spp – Kari Hugie, Ph.D. Grad Student, Plant Breeding Soil&Crop Sciences Department – 09/30/2015. Video
• “Biogeochemical Processes of Himalayan Landscape” – Dr. Maya P. Bhatt, TAMU Faculty Coordinator – 09/23/2015. Video
• Study Abroad Presentations:  Elba Maldonado – China; Kimberlyn Pace – Uganda; Kayla Howard – Panama – Dr. Steve Hague, University of North Texas – Denton, TX – 09/09/2015. Video

Spring 2015

• Determining How the Physiological and Genomic Interaction Between Wax and Staygreen Affects Yield and Water Use in Sorghum Bicolor under Drought, Heat, and Stress – Henry Awika, Ph.D. Graduate Student – Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 04/22/2015. Video
• Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil Using Phenolic-Exuding Horticultural Plants – Alexandria Igwe, Ph.D. Graduate Student – Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 04/22/2015. Video
• Exploiting Genetic Potential of Synthetic Derived Wheat Lines to Increase Hard Red Winter Wheat Yields in the U.S. Great Plains – Bharath K. Reddy, Ph.D. Graduate Student – Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 04/15/2015. Video
• Seed Priming Mitigates Heat and Drought Stress during Establishment in Pearl Millet x Napiergrass Hybrids – Anthony Watson，Ph.D. Graduate Student – Plant Breeding, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 04/08/2015. Video
• Biochar Effects on Soil Properties and Bermudagrass Growth – Eric Nystrom, M.S. Graduate Student – Soil Science, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 04/08/2015. Video
• An Integrative Approach Toward Identifying Resistance to Cotton Fleahopper (Pseudatomoscelis seriatus) in Upland Cotton – Laura Ann McLoud, Ph.D. Graduate Student – Plant Breeding, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 03/25/2015. Video
• Phytotoxicity of Multiple Herbicide Groups on the Establishment of Pearl Millet x Napiergrass Hybrids – Greg Wilson, M.S. Graduate Student – Agronomy, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 03/25/2015. Video
• Quantifying the effects of water deficit stress timing on cotton growth and yield under rain-sheltered controlled conditions – Henrique Da Ros Carvalho, M.S. Graduate Student – Agronomy, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 03/11/2015. Video
• Floral and Yield Screening for Potential Candidates of a Hybrid Wheat Program – Jordanna Tadlock, M.S. Graduate Student – Plant Breeding, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 03/11/2015. Video
• A Biomechanical Approach to Select for Lodging Resistance in Sweet Sorghum bicolor Cultivars for Biofuels – Francisco E. Gomez, M.S. Graduate Student – Plant Breeding, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 02/15/2015. Video
• Molecular Characterization of the Texas Maize Breeding Program – Schuyler Smith, M.S. Graduate Student – Plant Breeding, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 02/15/2015. Video
• The Phosphorus Conundrum in Lake Erie:When “Negligible” Losses Lead to Public Health Issues – Dr. Douglas Smith, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS Temple, TX – 02/18/2015. Video
• Efforts to Improve the Sustainability of Turfgrass Systems – Dr. Ben Wherley, Assistant Professor, College Station, TX – Dept. Soil and Crop Sciences, TAMU – 02/11/2015. Video
• How to shoot a silver bullet: The agronomics of controlling cotton root rot in cotton and alfalfa with flutriafol fungicide – Dr. David Drake, Assistant Professor and Extension Agronomist, San Angelo, TX – Dept. Soil and Crop Sciences, TAMU – 02/04/2015. Video
• Perennial Grass Breeding: Disruptive Opportunities – Dr. Russell Jessup, Assistant Professor – Dept. Soil and Crop Sciences, TAMU – 01/28/2015. Video, PPT

Fall 2014

• Post-graduation Industrial Experiences – Dr. Jatara (Jay) Wise, Environmental Scientist – Biodomain Shell Chemical LP Houston, TX – 09/10/2014.
• Saving and Sharing Legendary Genetics: Biological and Cultural Diversity of Native Seeds – Mr. Bill Neiman, Native American Seed Junction, TX – 09/17/2014.
• Plant Foods for Human Health: Improving Crops to Support the Needs of 9.5 Billion Consumers – Dr. Michael A. Grusak, Research Plant Physiologist, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine – 10/01/2014.
• Achievements and future prospects of cotton breeding in India – Vishal Saitwal, PhD student, Soil & Crop Sciences Department, TAMU – 10/22/2014.