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Brewing Food Security: Transforming Food Waste Into Sustainable Nutrition

As a food scientist, Reza Ovissipour, Ph.D., knows that one industry’s waste can be another’s solution to feeding a growing population — once you perfect the fermentation process.
11-Feb-2025 8:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research Aims for Better Control of Widespread Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have received two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation to develop better control and understanding of tomato spotted wilt virus, one of the top 10 most economically...
14-Jan-2025 6:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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First-of-its-kind Project to Improve Muscadine Grapes

Texas A&M AgriLife will collaborate in a first-of-its-kind project to propagate new seedless muscadine grape varieties to benefit grape growers in Texas and beyond.
23-Dec-2024 6:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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AgriLife Research Leads Collaboration to Address Zebra Chip Disease

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are working on a new research project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllid insects — particularly the zebra chip disease, which has impacted potato production for decades.
16-Dec-2024 7:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Preempting African Swine Fever in Texas with Research

As feral hog populations increase in Texas and the U.S., they create desirable conditions for disease-carrying ticks and increase the risk for an outbreak of African swine fever virus, ASFV.
10-Dec-2024 6:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Controlling Infectious Disease Between Wildlife and Livestock on Shared Rangeland

Sapna Chitlapilly Dass, Ph.D., assistant professor in microbial ecology and microbiome interactions, Department of Animal Science, is studying the ongoing threat of emerging pathogens that can necessitate prompt deployment of medical countermeasures...
9-Dec-2024 4:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Future of Tick Control

Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks.
27-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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AgriLife Research-led Cotton Belt Sustainability Effort Underway

AgriLife Research weed science and cropping systems agronomist Muthukumar “Muthu” Bagavathiannan, Ph.D., is leading a $10 million grant project to transform cotton production into a more sustainable system in the southern U.S. Bagavathiannan is...
27-Nov-2024 10:15 AM EST Add to Favorites


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What Is Citrus Greening — and Why Is It So Hard to Stop?

Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing, is a plant disease that has decimated citrus production in the U.S., particularly in Florida, California and Texas, the top three citrus-producing states. It affects almost all citrus species, including...
18-Nov-2024 10:45 AM EST

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Department of Food Science and Technology researcher explores agrifood system solutions

Reza Ovissipour, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Food Science and Technology, is actively contributing to solutions for the crucial food-related...
11-Dec-2023 3:05 AM EST

Tips for setting, reaching financial goals

Everyone has financial dreams for the future — from buying a home or taking a luxury vacation to paying for a child’s college education — but fulfilling those dreams takes money.
4-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT

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Five common money management mistakes

Many people gain their expertise in money management by trial and error. However, carefully monitoring your finances and giving them proper consideration can help avoid some common financial missteps, according to two Texas A&M University financial...
2-Aug-2023 2:35 PM EDT

Can you get salmonella from your backyard chickens?

For those with backyard poultry, like chickens or ducks, a Texas A&M AgriLife expert encourages taking precautions against salmonella exposure as cases spike across the U.S.
24-Aug-2021 3:05 PM EDT

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Economist: Marketing Plans Can Help Central Texas Farmers Capitalize on Grain Markets

The impacts of potential trade tariffs on crops such as soybeans would send ripple effects through other agricultural commodities, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.
15-May-2018 4:50 PM EDT

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research to Lead Project to Enhance Spinach Production, Safety

Texas A&M AgriLife research will collaborate with the Texas Department of Agriculture and the University of California at Davis on a project to help agricultural producers and consumers through improving nitrogen use efficiency and food safety in...
15-May-2018 4:40 PM EDT

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