Uvalde center, producer team up to prove artichokes a viable alternative crop for Lone Star State VIDEO: Artichokes find place in the ‘heart’ of Texas BROWNSVILLE — It was cool and overcast during the recent harvest of a 12-acre field of artichokes being grown by MO Produce LLC in Rancho Viejo, near Brownsville. As the [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Fred Davies, a Texas A&M University horticulturist, will spend the 2013-2014 school year as a Jefferson Science Fellow assisting the U.S. government with foreign policy. Davies begins his 12-month fellowship in mid-August working in food security and international agriculture at the U.S. Department of State and [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Pascual Hernandez, 325-387-3101, p-hernandez@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – Applications are now being accepted for the West Texas Youth Veterinary Science Workshop, slated for June 2-6 at the Tom Green County 4-H Center in San Angelo. The camp-style workshop is open to all Texas youth, but because enrollment is limited [...]
Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Courtney Coufal, 979-845-1542, cacoufal@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Jason Gill has joined the faculty in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University. Gill will conduct research on the biology and application of bacteriophages, a group of viruses that preys exclusively on bacteria. “We are pleased to welcome [...]
AgriLife Research to lead multi-university effort Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Pablo Pinedo, 806-677-5600, ppinedo@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Fertility in dairy cattle is normally considered a result of multiple environmental factors, but more recently, scientists have determined there may be a greater genetic connection than once thought, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Enzymes in cells normally perform only one job, but a new study by a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist might figure out how to recruit enzymes for other jobs to benefit medical fields and industry. “We know that enzymes usually have one biological function in a cell, but many are capable of [...]
Students also gain recognition during society’s Nashville, TN meet Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Michael Masser, 979-845-6295, mmasser@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Michael Masser, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist, professor and department head for wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University, and several students in the department were honored during [...]
Dr. Vijay Singh’s work encompasses many phases of irrigation design and erosion control Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Vijay P. Singh, professor and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering with the department of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, has been appointed as [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jianbang Gan, 979-862-4392, j-gan@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The forestry program within Texas A&M University’s ecosystem science and management department is getting a closer look – one that should help graduates find jobs, according to Dr. Jianbang Gan, a professor in forest management and economics. Gan, who is serving [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bradford Wilcox, 979-458-1899, BWilcox@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Bradford Wilcox, a Texas A&M University department of ecosystem science and management professor, will spend the next year in Ecuador as the recipient of a Fulbright award. “On behalf of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, I am pleased [...]
