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National research leaders converge at Texas A&M for AI forum
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 ...
Wallace’s legacy: Reviving Texas strawberry production
Sep 25, 2024 · Russell Wallace, Ph.D., wrote the book on Texas strawberry production. When it comes to the newly updated 132-page guide for Texas strawberry production, Wallace, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, Lubbock, would be the first to mention the long list of contributors.Growers across the state, research colleagues and ...
Texas A&M AgriLife reimagines Norman E. Borlaug Building
Oct 24, 2024 · A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 24 officially opened an 85,355-square-foot facility on the Texas A&M University campus to advance the research and teaching on nutrition, food insecurity, precision nutrition and responsive agriculture.. The building honors the legacy of Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D., who is often called the “Father of the Green Revolution.”
Texas A&M AgriLife Research leading effort to develop more high …
Oct 3, 2024 · Awarded an $8.4 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA-NIFA, AgriLife Research will spearhead a groundbreaking four-year multi-institution collaborative project to develop resilient, high-quality tomato varieties.. The project, “Climate Resilient High-Quality Tomato Varieties for Sustainable Production,” will be led by Bhimu ...
Soil moisture conditions expected to worsen across state
Oct 1, 2024 · Juan Anciso, Ph.D., professor and AgriLife Extension vegetable specialist in the Department of Horticultural Sciences based in Weslaco, said the rain should also help fall vegetable planting in South Texas, which is underway with cabbage and some leafy greens.
AgriLife Research-led Cotton Belt sustainability effort underway
Nov 21, 2024 · AgriLife Research weed science and cropping systems agronomist Muthukumar “Muthu” Bagavathiannan, Ph.D., is leading a $10 million grant project to transform cotton production into a more sustainable system in the southern U.S. Bagavathiannan is the Billie Turner Professor of Agronomy in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.. He said the goal of the new multistate project is ...
AgriLife Research names new cotton breeder in Lubbock
Nov 8, 2024 · Kelly started working at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock in 2003 as a graduate student, and she completed her postdoctoral work there in 2010. She has been an assistant research scientist, associate research scientist and research scientist since 2012. As an assistant professor of cotton breeding, she will continue many of the projects she has managed over the ...
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