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      • Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus
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      • Determine the effects of WSMV on root development and water use efficiency of infected wheat
      • Measure the effects of planting date on yield loss due to WSMV
      • Create a statistical model to predict wheat streak severity along a diseases gradient in relation to yield and water use efficiency
      • The Zebra Chip Project
      • To create methods for detection of wheat curl mite populations within native grasslands and CRP pastures
      • Zebra Chip Project Continued
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      • To determine differences in host/vector transmissibility of WSMV and TriMV
      • To compare diseases severity and yield losses due to single and multiple infections of WSMV and TriMV
    • Qingwu Xue, Ph.D.
      • Gautam Pradhan, Ph.D.
      • Kirk E. Jessup

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  • Upcoming Events

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      1. 8:00 am Food Manager Certification Training – Claude
      2. 9:00 am Spring Crops Ag Day
    2. May
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      1. 8:00 am Gun Run to benefit Armstrong County 4-H Shoot Sports Club
    3. Jun
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      1. 8:00 am Food Manager Training
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    • AgriLife Extension offers new hurricane preparedness materials
      May 21AgriLife Extension offers new hurricane preparedness materials

      Agency helping Texans access various emergency preparation, recovery resources COLLEGE STATION – In conjunction with the state’s Hurricane Preparedness Week this month, as well as other preparedness efforts, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is making Texans aware of its many disaster and emergency-related materials. “With hurricane season approaching, AgriLife Extension is again reminding Texas [...]

    • New AgriLife Extension state turf specialist hired
      May 21New AgriLife Extension state turf specialist hired

      Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Casey Reynolds, casey_reynolds@icloud.com  Dr. Travis Miller, 979-845-4808, td-miller@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Casey Reynolds has been named the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service state turf specialist and will begin July 1, according to Dr. Travis Miller, Texas A&M University soil and crop sciences associate department head in [...]

    • Texas crop, weather for May 21, 2013
      May 21Texas crop, weather for May 21, 2013

      Another droughty summer forecast for West Texas Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Though recent storms promised to reset the drought button for a large part of East Texas, the western half of the state will likely see below-normal precipitation from now through August, according to a Texas A&M University climatologist. “We are [...]

    • 76-year-old Annual Wool and Mohair Show, other youth competitions set for June 18-20 in Sonora
      May 2176-year-old Annual Wool and Mohair Show, other youth competitions set for June 18-20 in Sonora

      Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Pascual Hernandez, 325-387-3101, p-hernandez@tamu.edu SONORA –The Annual Wool and Mohair Show, now in its 76th year, will again be held in conjunction with the National 4-H Wool Judging and FFA Wool Judging contests.   These contests join a host of other ranch-related youth competitions set for June 18-20 in [...]

    • Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan update meetings set June 4-5
      May 20Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan update meetings set June 4-5

      Public input sought at Pecos, Imperial, Iraan and Ozona meeting sites Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Lucas Gregory, 979-845-7869, lfgregory@ag.tamu.edu PECOS – Landowners in the Pecos River watershed are invited to participate in discussions on Pecos River water quality and updates to the Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan during a series of upcoming meetings. [...]

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