WESLACO — Scientists at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco say the fungus that ruined most of this year’s melon crop probably won’t return. Not with the vengeance it had this year, anyway. The culprit, responsible for an economic loss of up to $66 million and some 2,000 jobs, is gummy…
BUSHLAND When a farmer looks at a clump of good Panhandle soil, what’s in the dirt isn’t readily evident to the eye, says Dr. Charles Rush, pathologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station here. For Rush, the action starts at the molecular level where particulate matter and life forms include the pathogens which cause disease….
COLLEGE STATION — Researchers at Texas A&M and in New York have found a key to protecting plants from rice blast, the major disease affecting rice worldwide. “This work represents a new approach to fighting rice blast,” said Dr. Daniel Ebbole, assistant professor of plant pathology and microbiology at Texas A&M University and a researcher…
COLLEGE STATION — A new and potentially devastating grain sorghum disease in the United States has both long- and short-term ramifications equally critical to the industry. At issue is how to protect this year’s crop from the spread of sorghum ergot (ERR-got), which swept across the entire South American continent in less than two years,…
COLLEGE STATION — The pathway in legumes — such as soybeans and alfalfa — that controls the formation of nitrogen-packed nodules on roots has been identified by researchers at Texas A&M University. The finding, reported in today’s issue of Science magazine, could help scientists better understand how to manipulate the growth of such unique plant…
COLLEGE STATION — Recent and impending ice storms across Texas could increase the spread of oak wilt disease in Texas trees, plant pathologists at Texas A&M University warn. “Significant damage in the way of broken limbs and branches have resulted from recent ice storms,” said Dr. David Appel, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station plant pathologist. “This…
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COLLEGE STATION — Aflatoxin research at Texas A&M University is showing promise in solving this age-old problem. A biotechnological approach may be the answer that researchers have been looking for, according to Dr. Nancy Keller, plant pathologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Aflatoxin is a fungus that infects corn, cotton, peanuts and other crops….
