WESLACO — The South Texas Onion Committee, a federal marketing order in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas that regulates and promotes the area’s onion production, recently funded several research projects to be carried out by the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. The committee raises funds for promotion and research…
COLLEGE STATION — Before conclusions can be drawn in any research project, a scientist has to get to the root of things. For Dr. Fred Davies, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station horticulturist, that’s fairly literal. Davies studies fungi that partner with plant roots to help them become more efficient. His work has taken on such international…
SAN ANTONIO — Trends in garden design, backyard habitat and heirloom vegetables will be among the topics of the 1999 International Master Gardener Conference Aug. 19-22 here. The event, which expects to draw 1,000 Master Gardeners to the conference and another 2,000 garden enthusiasts to the trade show, will begin with a reception at the…
COLLEGE STATION — Spinach is expected to be a stronger crop, in terms of quality and economic impact, when scientists in Texas and Arkansas get through flexing their research muscles. A joint effort by the two states beginning with the fall planted crop aims at knocking a sizeable hole in the fresh market through niche…
COLLEGE STATION — Whether cubed and stirred into a dressing as salad, chipped and slathered with dip, or baked and topped with eater’s choice, the potato is likely to show up at Independence Day celebrations across the nation this weekend. Be they red (“new”), white (chipping) varieties, or bakers (Russets), the potato is adored by…
WESLACO — “I don’t think people in general realize what growers go through to put food on all our tables,” said Lynn Brandenberger, a vegetable specialist at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Weslaco. “Once you understand plant diseases and how quickly they can kill a crop without warning, you gain a…
OVERTON — Nursery growers, greenhouse managers, landscapers and Mster Gardeners can see the latest trials of more than 300 bedding plant, rose and other perennial varieties at the East Texas Bedding Plant and Garden Trials June 16. Held at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Overton, the trials are designed for…
COLLEGE STATION – Fred T. Davies Jr., professor of horticulture and of molecular and environmental plant sciences at Texas A&M University, has received two top fellowships — a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 75th annual competition and a Senior Fulbright Fellowship. Davies is a horticulturist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment…
EDITORS: This story is embargoed until Wednesday, May 19, 1999 AUSTIN — People who love gardening and who share that love to the betterment of their communities were lauded Wednesday in a special ceremony of the 76th Texas Legislature. The Texas House of Representatives presented a resolution to Master Gardener program officials and volunteers during…
EL PASO — Pecan growers and farm hands will have an opportunity to learn various aspects of pecan orchard management and how to scout for pecan pests during the Pecan Short Course and Insect Management Workshop May 20-21. The Thursday session will run from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is scheduled for the Texas…
