AgriLife
New AgriLife Research germplasm, irrigation management make a difference in corn production
Thomas Marek, AgriLife Research irrigation engineer and superintendent of the North Plains Research Field near Etter, walked through fields of corn this year…
Potato trials and research provide grower information
Miller, a potato breeder with Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University department of horticultural sciences in College Station, has breeding trials…
AgriLife Research ‘genetically fingerprinting’ E. coli from Lampasas and Leon watersheds
The Lampasas and Leon Rivers watersheds have been listed as impaired by the state due to high counts of E. coli and other bacteria taken in the late 1990s, but…
Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop
“It's a huge, untapped source of fuel, food, feed, pharmaceuticals and even pollution-busters,” said Dr. Carlos Fernandez, a crop physiologist at the Texas…
Cool-season grasses more profitable than warm-season grasses
Access to swine effluent or waste water can help a producer grow more grass. But a Texas AgriLife Researcher says the grass is “greener” economically if it is…
Unique lab seeks drought-tolerant traits in cotton, other plants
“We want to better understand those traits that control water use in plants so we can transfer that information to breeders and geneticists to more quickly…