COLLEGE STATION The Texas A&M University horticulture student club has been “awarded in spades,” according to the group’s advisor, Dr. Dan Lineberger, horticulture professor. The group earned numerous top honors at the national Association of Collegiate Branches contest which met in conjunction with the American Society for Horticultural Science in Scottsdale, Ariz. The group [...]
DALLAS — Texas A&M University alumni are finalizing plans for the 10th annual Texas A&M Invitational golf tournament on Sept. 10. Founded in 1998, the tournament supports research, education and scholarships in the turfgrass program of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M. Proceeds will be added to the Texas Turfgrass Research, [...]
UVALDE U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show that California produces almost all of the nation’s commercial artichokes. But a team of agricultural researchers is working to change that, said Dr. Daniel Leskovar, a vegetable physiologist with Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. “We’re looking at the viability of artichokes as a new crop to enhance Texas [...]
Audio Script COLLEGE STATION The domestic demand for wine is so great that Texas could produce twice as many wine grapes as it does and sell far more wine, said a Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association official. “Filling this consumer demand provides a significant economic opportunity for those in the Texas wine [...]
FREDERICKSBURG - The newly opened Texas Pierce’s Disease Research and Extension Program facility in Fredericksburg may yield solutions for mitigating the single-greatest threat to the Texas wine industry, experts said. The 3,200-square-foot facility, which opened June 14, is operated by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension, both entities of the Texas A&M University [...]
FREDERICKSBURG – The newly opened Texas Pierce’s Disease Research and Extension Program facility in Fredericksburg may yield solutions for mitigating the single-greatest threat to the Texas wine industry, experts said. The 3,200-square-foot facility, which opened June 14, is operated by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension, both entities of the Texas A&M University [...]
OVERTON – On June 28, nursery growers, greenhouse managers and gardening enthusiasts can view field tests of flowering bedding plant varieties at the annual Overton Horticultural Field Day. “We have over 800 varieties this year and that includes 180 varieties in the container trials,” said Dr. Brent Pemberton, horticulturist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. [...]
New Pierces Disease Research Facility Will Open in Fredericksburg June 14 Background: According to the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association, the Texas wine industry has an economic impact of about $1 billion. There is an estimated 3,700 acres of family-owned vineyard land throughout the state, according to the association. Pierce’s disease, caused by a [...]
MARBLE FALLS A collaborative effort between a federal and state agency, several universities, and Texas and California grape producers is addressing the greatest threat to the Texas wine industry. On May 21, more than 40 scientists, viticulture experts, wine-grape growers and winery owners met at Texas Tech University at Highland Lakes in Marble Falls [...]
COLLEGE STATION Dr. Charlie Hall has been named holder of the Ellen and Jim Ellison Chair in International Floriculture at Texas A&M University’s department of horticultural sciences. Hall, who for the past five years has been professor of agricultural economics at the University of Tennessee, previously was a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist. The international [...]
