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Dirk B. Hays
- Professor, Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco
Cereal Grain Development Genetics & Technology - Office:
- Weslaco
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 979-458-0032
- Graduate Education
- Ph.D., University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1997
Areas of Expertise
- Cereal grain developmental genetics
Professional Summary
Research
My research focuses on nutritional, food product, and a/biotic stress plant breeding in wheat, sorghum, cowpea, cassava and high biomass energy crop using high throughput remote sensing, biochemical, physiological, and genetic based methods. I currently teach an upper-level undergraduate course in Crop Stress Management (SCSC 402) and a graduate course in Physiology of Plants (MEPS 601) each fall semester.
Support Staff and Students:
Tyler Adams | Nyarko Aygei | Yusuf Afaolabi Agbona | Iliyana Dobreva | Ilse Barrios Perez | Rachel Rivero | Yaojie Zheng | Homa Zarghami