What is citrus greening — and why is it so hard to stop?
Nov 14, 2024 · Citrus greening, or Huanglongbing, caused by a fastidious bacterium called Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, inflicts approximately $3 billion in annual losses in agriculture.The disease is difficult to detect early, as symptoms like mottled leaves and irregularly shaped fruits may not appear until years after the initial infection.
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Texas A&M AgriLife celebrates the Borlaug legacy
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 ...
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 ...
Real Texas Christmas trees boost state’s economy
Dec 4, 2024 · A 2022 Texas A&M Forest Service economic study revealed that the Texas Christmas tree industry generated economic impacts amounting to more than $714 million, including direct, indirect and induced impacts, while supporting nearly 6,000 jobs.. Of the $714 million in total impacts, the industry had a direct economic impact of $397 million, employing 3,896 people with a payroll of more than $97 ...
Hope for the citrus industry - AgriLife Today
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.
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 ...
Breakthrough could revolutionize future of tick control
Nov 27, 2024 · A recently published study by Jason Tidwell, a part-time graduate student in the Texas A&M College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Department of Entomology and full-time microbiologist with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit at Edinburg, lays the foundation for potential new control methods against cattle fever ticks, the vectors of pathogens causing ...
Backyard Chicken seminar series starting Oct. 21 - AgriLife Today
Oct 4, 2024 · Both virtual workshops are part of the Backyard Chicken seminar series presented by AgriLife Extension and the Texas A&M Department of Poultry Science, which includes weekly seminars on various topics.. Each workshop is comprised of four modules, with one module being covered each day in a one-hour session from 11 a.m. to noon.
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 ...