Dec 23, 2024 · The four-year, $7 million project, “Through the Grapevine: Developing Vitis x MuscadiniaWide Hybrids for Enhanced Disease Resistance and Quality,” is funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute Food and Agriculture grant. The research involves the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the University of Arkansas, the University of Georgia and several other ...

Dec 30, 2024 · First image: Coffee beans are raked to dry during a Texas A&M University Global Engagement trip on Jan. 3 in Costa Rica. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife); Second image: Kranthi Mandadi, Ph.D., professor in the Texas A&M Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant molecular biologist, inspects potato plants in growth chambers at the Texas A&M AgriLife ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are working on a new research project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllid insects — particularly the zebra chip disease, which has impacted potato production for decades.. Funded by a $682,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, …

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Dec 2, 2024 · Mandadi, a professor in the Texas A&M Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and researcher at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco, has dedicated a decade to studying citrus greening.In the past few years, he and his collaborators have found new potential treatments for citrus greening, offering hope to the producers and consumers alike.

Jul 24, 2020 · A new set of visual representations by the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, NRI, shows the breadth and diversity of the state’s working lands for agricultural production as well as the statewide support provided by Texas A&M AgriLife. “The Texas A&M AgriLife Support Network is a descriptor of a collective effort that brings advancements to Texas agriculture and all Texans,” said ...

Dec 2, 2024 · Texas A&M AgriLife celebrates Borlaug, who is often referred to as the “Father of the Green Revolution,” on the anniversary of his receiving the Nobel Prize on Dec. 10, 1970, for his lifelong work toward food production globally.. Borlaug was a Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the namesake of The Norman ...

Sep 10, 2024 · Season-to-season factors continue to keep Texas pecan production from reaching previous yield benchmarks, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.. Monte Nesbitt, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulture specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, said pecan trees typically produce good to heavy crops followed by a light to very light crop ...

Nov 22, 2024 · Texas A&M AgriLife, the Texas A&M Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and the science agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, co-hosted the 2024 Forum on AI Applications to USDA Science.. A forum of leading researchers who use artificial intelligence in agricultural, natural resource management and life sciences converged on the Texas A&M University campus in ...

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