Grain and vegetable crops are produced in the Texas High Plains and face old and new disease problems. Extension programs include agent training, coordination with grower/producers groups, plant disease fact sheets, as well as plant disease control and management options based on field trials and experiments. Applied research involves characterizing plant pathogens and the diseases they cause in order to implement management practices. The plant diagnostic lab component determines causal agents of diseased plants in a timely and efficient manner so that management options can be implemented as soon as possible.
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- Texas 4-H prepares departing member through connections and life skillsMar 18
Kyler Wendt confidently moves to his next chapter Kyler Wendt, a Texas 4-H Youth Development Program member from Brazos County, watched his older sister spend many successful years in Texas 4-H and couldn’t wait until it was his turn. Now completing his Texas 4-H career, Wendt hopes to prove to others that the network he... Read More → The post Texas 4-H prepares departing member through connections and life skills appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Spring highways see increase in cold-blooded commutersMar 18
Texas A&M AgriLife experts share reasons for turtle sightings along roadways, ways to help Forget the chicken — have you ever wondered why the turtle crossed the road? Throughout the warm days of spring and early summer, drivers across Texas will likely encounter an intrepid turtle attempting to cross one of the many lanes crisscrossing... Read More → The post Spring highways see increase in cold-blooded commuters appeared first on AgriLife Today.
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- Buser named Endowed Chair in Cotton EngineeringMar 18
Faculty position to bolster Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering engagement with industry Michael Buser, Ph.D., is far from retirement, but he feels his career has brought him full circle. Buser was recently appointed the Endowed Chair in Cotton Engineering, Ginning and Mechanization for the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in the Texas A&M... Read More → The post Buser named Endowed Chair in Cotton Engineering appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Sharing the sensational side of food scienceMar 15
Junior food science major fosters curiosity in the field and serves her community Originally from the suburbs of New Orleans, Alisha Patterson always enjoyed cooking and baking, but she found her first real taste for food science through the National FFA Organization’s Agriscience Fair. Could people taste the difference between white and brown eggs? Had... Read More → The post Sharing the sensational side of food science appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Texas 4-H prepares departing member through connections and life skills