display Latest news from Texas A&M AgriLife on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/brewing-food-security-transforming-food-waste-into-sustainable-nutrition/?sc=rsin /articles/brewing-food-security-transforming-food-waste-into-sustainable-nutrition/?sc=rsin Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:15:34 EST 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. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/texas-am-agrilife-research-aims-for-better-control-of-widespread-tomato-spotted-wilt-virus/?sc=rsin /articles/texas-am-agrilife-research-aims-for-better-control-of-widespread-tomato-spotted-wilt-virus/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:45:13 EST 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 important plant viruses in the world. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/first-of-its-kind-project-to-improve-muscadine-grapes/?sc=rsin /articles/first-of-its-kind-project-to-improve-muscadine-grapes/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:05 EST 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. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/agrilife-research-leads-collaboration-to-address-zebra-chip-disease/?sc=rsin /articles/agrilife-research-leads-collaboration-to-address-zebra-chip-disease/?sc=rsin Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:10:17 EST 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. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/preempting-african-swine-fever-in-texas-with-research/?sc=rsin /articles/preempting-african-swine-fever-in-texas-with-research/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:20:10 EST 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. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/controlling-infectious-disease-between-wildlife-and-livestock-on-shared-rangeland/?sc=rsin /articles/controlling-infectious-disease-between-wildlife-and-livestock-on-shared-rangeland/?sc=rsin Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:50:03 EST 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 for life-saving interventions. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/breakthrough-could-revolutionize-future-of-tick-control/?sc=rsin /articles/breakthrough-could-revolutionize-future-of-tick-control/?sc=rsin Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:28 EST 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. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/agrilife-research-led-cotton-belt-sustainability-effort-underway/?sc=rsin /articles/agrilife-research-led-cotton-belt-sustainability-effort-underway/?sc=rsin Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:15:56 EST 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 the Billie Turner Professor of Agronomy in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/what-is-citrus-greening-and-why-is-it-so-hard-to-stop/?sc=rsin /articles/what-is-citrus-greening-and-why-is-it-so-hard-to-stop/?sc=rsin Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:29 EST 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 orange, grapefruit, lemon and lime trees. It has caused reduced yields, financial losses for producers and higher citrus prices for consumers. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/discovery-of-a-protein-s-key-role-in-rna-processes-could-improve-disease-treatment-in-humans-and-plants/?sc=rsin /articles/discovery-of-a-protein-s-key-role-in-rna-processes-could-improve-disease-treatment-in-humans-and-plants/?sc=rsin Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:40:07 EST Texas A&M AgriLife researchers uncovered a promising target for controlling gene expression and other cellular processes, which could lead to advancements in crop resilience and our understanding of certain human diseases. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/how-fear-fuels-fight-or-flight/?sc=rsin /articles/how-fear-fuels-fight-or-flight/?sc=rsin Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:20:36 EST Vishal Gohil, Ph.D., professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, said fear triggers the adrenal gland to release adrenaline, a hormone that targets specific organs to help you react quickly. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/texas-am-agrilife-home-to-world-s-top-animal-science-researchers-according-to-research-com/?sc=rsin /articles/texas-am-agrilife-home-to-world-s-top-animal-science-researchers-according-to-research-com/?sc=rsin Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:05:45 EST Texas A&M AgriLife home to world's top animal science researchers, according to Research.com Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/texas-am-agrilife-researchers-identify-novel-approach-to-minimize-nitrogen-loss-in-crops/?sc=rsin /articles/texas-am-agrilife-researchers-identify-novel-approach-to-minimize-nitrogen-loss-in-crops/?sc=rsin Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:05:32 EST A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team is working to find crop varieties, starting with sorghum, that will minimize that escaped nitrogen, thus reducing input costs for farmers and greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/researchers-resolve-old-mystery-of-how-phages-disarm-pathogenic-bacteria/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-resolve-old-mystery-of-how-phages-disarm-pathogenic-bacteria/?sc=rsin Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:05:14 EST New study details long-sought mechanisms and structures Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/importance-of-irrigation-water-to-lower-rio-grande-valley-agriculture-highlighted-in-new-report/?sc=rsin /articles/importance-of-irrigation-water-to-lower-rio-grande-valley-agriculture-highlighted-in-new-report/?sc=rsin Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:05:30 EST The economic impact of the complete lack of irrigation water for crop production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 2024 would be an estimated $495.8 million in direct revenue loss, according to a recent report by the Center for North American Studies, CNAS. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/from-moon-dust-to-moon-soil/?sc=rsin /articles/from-moon-dust-to-moon-soil/?sc=rsin Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:05:49 EST Texas A&M graduate student grows chickpeas in amended moondust. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/texas-am-agrilife-expands-controlled-environment-horticulture-initiatives/?sc=rsin /articles/texas-am-agrilife-expands-controlled-environment-horticulture-initiatives/?sc=rsin Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:00:26 EST Horticultural research remains at epicenter of growing field. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/center-for-advanced-research-in-forensic-science-enters-phase-ii/?sc=rsin /articles/center-for-advanced-research-in-forensic-science-enters-phase-ii/?sc=rsin Mon, 22 Jan 2024 08:05:27 EST Texas A&M is collaborating with center-lead Florida International University and Sam Houston State University within the nation's only forensic science Industry-University Cooperative Research Center. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/texas-am-agrilife-research-study-may-lead-to-novel-obesity-treatment/?sc=rsin /articles/texas-am-agrilife-research-study-may-lead-to-novel-obesity-treatment/?sc=rsin Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:05:33 EST New study provides insights on role of 'hunger hormone' receptor in obesity-realted chronic inflammation. Texas A&M AgriLife /articles/answering-the-cattle-nutrition-protein-question/?sc=rsin /articles/answering-the-cattle-nutrition-protein-question/?sc=rsin Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:05:53 EST Knowing exactly how beef cattle utilize protein is important to answering many nutrition questions producers and industry nutritionists pose to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists like Jason Smith, Ph.D., Amarillo. Texas A&M AgriLife