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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
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Small Grain Aphid Management and Ecology

  • Reducing plant abiotic and biotic stress: Drought and attacks of greenbugs, corn leaf aphids and virus disease in dryland sorghum
  • Airborne Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing for Russian Wheat Aphid Infestations
  • Using digital image analysis and spectral reflectance data to quantify damage by greenbug (Hemitera: Aphididae) in winter wheat
  • Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Induced Resistance to Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphidiae) Herbivory in Preconditioned Resistant and Susceptible Near Isogenic Plants of Wheat
  • Spectral Sensing of Aphid Density (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Density Using Field Spectrometry and Radiometry
  • 27 IPM Case Studies: Sorghum
  • Corn Leaf Aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, as a Key to Greenbug, Schizaphis graminum, Biological Control in Grain Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor G. J. Michels Jr. 1 and J. H. Matis
  • Corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a key to greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Hemiptera: Aphididae), biological control in grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor
  • Hyperspectral Field Spectrometry for Estimating Greenbug (Homoptera : Aphididae) Damage in Wheat
  • Reflectance characteristics of Russian wheat aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) stress and abundance in winter wheat
  • A New Ecological Model for Insect Population Size with Local Collapse
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  • AgriLife Today

    • Feral Hog management program set Aug. 25 in Seguin
      Aug 12Feral Hog management program set Aug. 25 in Seguin

      Focus on impact to watersheds, hog control The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership will offer a free feral hog management event Aug. 25 in Seguin. Event partners are the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board. The event will be from 9 a.m.... Read More → The post Feral Hog management program set Aug. 25 in Seguin appeared first on AgriLife Today.

    • Hemphill County Mini Ag Conference to be Sept. 12 in Canadian
      Aug 12Hemphill County Mini Ag Conference to be Sept. 12 in Canadian

      Drought management highlights annual event The Hemphill County Mini Ag Conference will be hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office on Sept. 12 at the Hemphill County Exhibition Center, Sand Sage Room, 10865 Exhibition Road, Canadian. The program will be from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration is $25, and lunch is included. Those planning to attend... Read More → The post Hemphill County Mini Ag Conference to be Sept. 12 in Canadian appeared first on AgriLife Today.

    • Beef cattle series to cover pasture management on Aug. 25 in San Antonio
      Aug 11Beef cattle series to cover pasture management on Aug. 25 in San Antonio

      Forage and soil sampling, testing among session topics The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service 2022 Bexar County Beef Cattle Series continues Aug. 25 in San Antonio with a discussion focused on pasture management and understanding forage and soil testing. The event will be held from 3-5 p.m. at the AgriLife Extension office in Bexar County, 3355 Cherry... Read More → The post Beef cattle series to cover pasture management on Aug. 25 in San Antonio appeared first on AgriLife Today.

    • Texas Master Gardener symposium set Sept. 10 in San Angelo
      Aug 11Texas Master Gardener symposium set Sept. 10 in San Angelo

      Registration open for annual Concho Valley event through Sept. 7 The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Master Gardeners will present the Concho Valley Master Gardener Annual Fall Landscaping Symposium on Sept. 10 in San Angelo. The program will convene from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., with onsite check-in starting at 8 a.m. The symposium will be held... Read More → The post Texas Master Gardener symposium set Sept. 10 in San Angelo appeared first on AgriLife Today.

    • McKinley recognized with award for distinguished service
      Aug 11McKinley recognized with award for distinguished service

      American Institute of Floral Designers honors professor as Fellow William “Bill” McKinley has been recognized by the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Floral Designers, AIFD, with the organization’s Award of Distinguished Service. McKinley is an instructional associate professor and director and Endowed Chair of the Benz School of Floral Design in the... Read More → The post McKinley recognized with award for distinguished service appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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