YOAKUM — Fungus in soils can cause peanut diseases that trim as much as $40 million off the Texas crop, but growers now have a new tool to fight the common ailments. “Field studies with Moncut at two to four pounds per acre reduced Southern blight disease pressure up to 83 percent when compared to…
COLLEGE STATION — When it comes to disarming disease causing agents in the body, potatoes pack a punch more powerful than many other vegetables. New research has found that while vegetables such as bell pepper, onions and carrots remain valuable dietary sources of disease-preventing antioxidants, potatoes rank near the top of that category. “We were…
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Sam D. Cotner has been named head of the horticulture department at Texas A&M University. Cotner formerly was associate head and Extension program leader in the department. Throughout his career, Cotner, a native of Edinburg, has focused on vegetable production, working with both commercial and home growers. He has authored numerous…
WESLACO — Salsa and picante makers will vie for the hot title of World Champion at the second biennial championship taste-off here May 31-June 2. The contest, which supports pepper breeding and educational efforts of Dr. Ben Villalon at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, will be held in conjunction with the 10th Texas Pepper Foundation…
Contact: Dr. Leonard Pike, (979) 845-5715, l-pike@tamu.eduCOLLEGE STATION — People who aren’t Texas A&M Aggies may think the idea of a maroon carrot is just another Aggie joke. But it’s not. The maroon carrot being developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station horticulturist Dr. Leonard Pike actually is extremely healthy and tastes good. “We’ve selected maroon…
COLLEGE STATION — A maroon carrot first developed as a novelty for the school colors at Texas A&M University but later found to have superior health attributes has been named “Beta Sweet” in a contest that drew entries from across the country. “Beta Sweet has a pretty good ring to it. This carrot is a…
COLLEGE STATION — Vegetable research at Texas A&M is putting down new roots with medical and industry scientists seeking to make veggies more healthful and nutritious. Since the university formed a Vegetable Improvement Center in July 1992, more than 20 researchers — including three who are working on cancer or heart disease prevention — and…
EL PASO – Move over, yellow rose, the way to a Texas heart may soon be a bouquet of long-stemmed bluebonnets. These Texas-sized beauties, developed by researchers at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in El Paso and Dallas, are expected to fill a void in the floral market. “In the cut-flower market, there’s a real…
Dr. Leonard Pike, director of the Vegetable Improvement Center at Texas A&M University, has been named Man of the Year in Service to Southwest Agriculture by Progressive Farmer magazine. The honor, which appears in the February edition of the magazine, notes that Pike’s development of the famous, ultrasweet 1015 onion “will pale in comparison with…
