First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Emi,Kimura,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,"Extension focus includes cultivar testing, nutrient management, soil fertility, cover crops, cropping systems, alternative crops, efficient irrigation, site-specific management, weed and brush control, and rangeland management. My goal as an Extension Agronomist is to provide sustainable and economically sound agronomic practices to producers in the Rolling Plains of Texas through a collaborated effort with regional and state Extension Specialists and Research Scientists within Texas A&M system, as well as external collaborations across the states and nations.",Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n059fd535
Seth,Murray,Professor,"Dr. Murray's research interests focus on improving the productivity, sustainability (economic and environmental) and quality of agricultural production through scientific research and development; mostly in maize (corn). The approaches used to conduct this research include 1) high-throughput field phenotyping (UAVs/drones, ground vehicles, NIRS), 2) molecular quantitative genetic discovery (including QTL mapping, GWAS), 3) statistical modeling and novel analysis methods (including big data and metanalysis), 4) development of new breeding and genetics approaches (including use of computer simulations), and ultimately 5) applied maize (corn) field breeding (classical and molecular). Primary traits of interest for discovering genetic variation and improving in maize for are yield, southern adaptation, stress (aflatoxin resistance, drought tolerance), plant height, composition (colored grain, high grain antioxidants, low phosphorus), and perennialism. Graduate student training is deeply embedded in all of my research.",Eugene Butler Endowed Chair||Professor,College of Agriculture and Life Sciences||Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n06b68456
Glen,Ritchie,Associate Professor,"My areas of expertise are: Plant water relations, within-plant cotton spatial yield mapping and distribution, near-remote sensing and high throughput field phenotyping, and cotton carbon partitioning in response to abiotic stress.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n086f4333
Timothy,Herrman,Professor State Chemist and Director,"As a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and member of the Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology and Food Science graduate faculty, I direct a graduate education and outreach program and conduct research in regulatory science. I also serves as the State Chemist and Director of the Office of the Texas State Chemist (OTSC). In my dual role of educator and regulator, I work with students, faculty, university administrators, state and federal regulators, legislators, and manufacturers, distributors, and consumers of feed and fertilizer. A focus of my research and outreach activities involves public-private partnerships to manage mycotoxin risk through co-regulation. This effort is supported through an ISO accredited aflatoxin proficiency testing program delivered to over 200 labs in 62 countries - operating as APTECA.",Professor State Chemist and Director,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0a2c2300
Lee,Tarpley,Professor,"The objectives of my research are: (1) discover knowledge of plant physiological processes pivotal to how a crop plant operates in producing the product of yield; (2) develop near-term technologies to minimize the effects of specific environmental factors on crop productivity; (3) develop near-term strategies to directly improve crop productivity/profitability; and (4) develop strategies for measuring novel characteristics that can be used to assist crop genetic improvement.
As a plant physiologist working with crops, I have dual, interdependent, obligations - one towards discovering and applying knowledge of how the crop plant and plant populations function and interact with the environment for the agronomic and genetic improvement of crop production at all scales - global to regional, the other towards 'troubleshooting' and improving specific production systems in the region (rice is the major crop where I am located) as part of an interdisciplinary team. Through discovery and application of knowledge of the physiology of crop plants, my research positively impacts the economics and sustainability of crop production, both locally and globally.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Beaumont Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0ac818b0
Youjun,Deng,Associate Professor,"The research focus of soil clay mineralogy group is to reveal molecular mechanisms of 1) reactions of soil/ clay minerals with natural and synthetic organic, inorganic, and biological compounds with environmental and industrial importance, e.g., mycotoxins, emerging organic contaminants, organoclays, modification of clay minerals; and 2) soil/clay mineral transformation under various natural and anthropogenic conditions, e.g., agriculture, forest, desert, wetland, polar region, and Mars soils, at nuclear waste storage sites and repositories, mine tailing and dump sites. We are also adapting and developing advanced spectroscopic and microscopic methods and molecular modeling for soil/clay mineralogy studies.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0c13cfe6
Larry,Redmon,Professor and Extension Specialist,"As the Soil and Crop Sciences Extension Unit administrator my responsibilities include working with the department head and Extension Associate Director for State Operations to implement strategic initiatives for Extension statewide. I lead the unit through planning and coordination of Extension outreach across the state, and in developing the unit annual budget. I conduct annual performance reviews of Extension faculty, reporting on behalf of the unit and other administrative needs as necessary.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0c15fe72
Dirk,Hays,Professor,"My research focuses on nutritional, food product, and a/biotic stress plant breeding in wheat, sorghum, cowpea, cassava and high biomass energy crop using high throughput remote sensing, biochemical, physiological, and genetic based methods.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0fbb76dc
Jamie,Foster,Associate Professor,"My overall goal is the improvement of economic and environmental sustainability through the use of alternative practices, specifically the integration of legumes or agricultural co-products, into agricultural systems. Experiments are designed to evaluate alternatives which will improve the resource use efficiency of water, nutrients, and other management inputs while maintaining crop or livestock productivity. Alternative practices include novel forages or crops, agronomic management, soil amendments, or tillage. Primary focus is on warm-season legumes and their inclusion into warm-season based cropping systems and pastures for crop and livestock production and biofuels in the southern United States. Co-products, including microalgae, macroalgae, and other bioenergy waste, have great potential as soil amendments and animal feeds which enhance resource use efficiency. Improvement of sustainability and resource use efficiency are cross-cutting issues which are international in scope.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Corpus Christi Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n14b0b3a6
Wayne,Keeling,Professor,"Palmer amaranth biotypes resistant to glyphosate were first identified in 2011 and found in an increasing number of cotton fields in 2015. Weed management studies evaluating residual herbicides as part of a total weed management system were identified. These systems have been communicated at grower meetings, popular press articles, videos, and other reports.
New technologies including Bollgard II XtendFlex (glyphosate/dicamba/glufosinate tolerant) and Enlist (2,4-D tolerant) cotton lines were evaluated for crop tolerance and weed efficacy. These represent promising tools for managing problem weeds as well as glyphosate- resistant Palmer amaranth. Improved control of many problem annual and perennial weeds was achieved in these systems compared to glyphosate alone.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n15874f24
Reagan,Noland,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n195cae44
Felipe,Aburto,Assistant Professor,"In my research, I explore landscape-scale processes, human-soil interactions, and biogeochemical controls on soil mineral weathering, elemental cycling, and soil development. I emphasize pedological mechanisms and soil functions that support vital ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, nutrient and water cycling, and interactions among soils, microbes, vegetation, and hydrology at different scales.
In my research program, I study the underpinning pedological mechanisms that control soil formation, like mineral weathering and secondary mineral formation and biogeochemical supporting processes that define ecosystem productivity and resilience. I believe an enhanced understanding of these mechanisms in natural and managed environments will allow the prediction of temporal, horizontal, and vertical distribution and changes of soil properties and functions and derived services at the landscape scale.
In my previous research, I looked at soil development and weathering patterns in different environmental settings using traditional chronosequences and climosequences approaches. I also studied the effect of human disturbances, including agriculture and forest use intensification, grazing, fire, erosion, etc., on intrinsic soil properties linked to soil functions. I also direct and collaborate in applied research projects that look at the rate and state of recovery of inherent soil properties (e.g., mineralogy), microbial and fauna diversity, and C and nutrient cycling after restoration or reforestation with native vegetation.",Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1e3c38dc
Amir,Ibrahim,Professor,,Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2089199d
Gerald,Smith,Professor,"I am responsible for conducting a forage legume improvement program for Texas. The primary emphasis of this program is the development of reliable, productive, pest resistant forage legumes that complement existing forage-animal production systems or allow development of new systems. This research includes: forage legume germplasm collection and evaluation; crossing and population development; pest resistance screening; selection for various traits, including seed production, maturity, and ecoregion adaptation. Cultivar development, ranging from initial selections to licensing and PVP applications, is a large component of this program.",Regents Fellow||Professor||Professor,The Texas A&M University System||Soil and Crop Sciences||Overton Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2b773ab1
Scott,Nolte,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,"My goal is to provide statewide leadership in effective, profitable and sustainable integrated weed management in row crops, pastures, home lawns, golf courses and sports fields in Texas. Timely dissemination of information based on my knowledge and finding from applied research, in concert with the work of colleagues in this and other disciplines, allows Texans to make informed weed management choices.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2db8f3a2
Chase,Straw,Assistant Professor,"My primary research interest focuses on precision turfgrass management, which involves interdisciplinary approaches aimed at understanding the spatial and temporal variability of turfgrass systems in order to develop practical strategies for reducing management inputs and improving the overall user experience. My program also conducts general turfgrass management and physiology research that addresses issues for turfgrass management professionals and industry stakeholders.",Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3d8d2d05
Rodante,Tabien,Associate Professor,"My program focuses on the development of conventional inbred rice varieties for Texas producers using the conventional and molecular breeding tools that enhance cultivar release. Higher grainyield both in the main and ratoon crop, improved biotic and abiotic resistance and excellent grain quality are the priority traits for incorporation into the new varieties. Gene discovery for stress tolerance such as disease, herbicide, cold, flooding and drought through mass screening to identify new donors, and gene mapping to locate the gene(s) is a major part of the program.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Beaumont Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3e90fd03
Muthukumar,Bagavathiannan,Associate Professor,"My research interests fall within the broader area of Weed Science and Agronomy, with particular emphasis on weed ecology and management. The threat of herbicide resistance is immense in broad-acre systems, leading to loss of effective herbicide options, increased herbicide use and unintended impacts on the broader environment. To this effect, the prime goal of my research program is to understand the evolutionary biology and dynamics of herbicide resistance in weed communities and develop integrated pest management (IPM) solutions encompassing chemical and non-chemical tactics to prevent/effectively manage herbicide resistance. I particularly use simulation modeling tools to answer some of the fundamental research questions surrounding herbicide resistance evolution and guide management decision-making. My research takes an inter-disciplinary approach in addressing knowledge gaps (problem-centric rather than discipline-centric) by integrating tools and knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. I actively collaborate with eminent research groups within and outside the United States.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n40b31913
Steven,Hague,Professor,"My research emphasis is to create cotton cultivars and germplasm with high-yield potential, excellent drought tolerance and resistance to insects endemic to Texas. I make active use of a wide array of cotton germplasm including exotic upland and interspecific lines. My cotton testing region includes Central and South Texas, as well as the Rolling Plains.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4328568f
Ronnie,Schnell,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,"My program provides statewide leadership for sorghum, corn and bioenergy cropping systems. My program conducts dozens of applied research trials statewide and disseminates information to growers through numerous producer meetings, crops tours and Extension publications. My research focuses on precision agriculture, nutrient management, management of emerging pest and crop rotations. I also provide leadership for the State Grain Sorghum and Corn Hybrid Testing Program.",Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n43f96d17
Rebecca,Grubbs,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,"My research interests focus primarily on environmental turfgrass science through precision turfgrass management and the evaluation of practices to improve resource-use efficiency in turfgrass systems. I also conduct qualitative research intended to study and improve communication pathways between researchers and end-users.
I strive to provide outreach and education tools that serve the needs of the growing Texas turfgrass industry and its many components (golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns, sod production, and parks/rec). My efforts go toward identifying and demonstrating best management practices to turfgrass producers and managers in order to help them meet their respective goals in a way that is efficient and sustainable.",Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4548ae24
Christina,Segars,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n46938421
Jackie,Rudd,Professor,"I am the project leader of the hard winter wheat breeding program for the High Plains and Rolling Plains of Texas. Responsibilities include management of the cultivar development project, graduate student training, and conducting research relevant to wheat genetic improvement. My current research interests are breeding for water use efficiency, introgression of forage and grain yield traits from synthetic hexaploid wheat, high throughput phenotyping for biomass production, marker assisted breeding for biotic and abiotic stress resistance, and enhanced bread-making quality.","Professor||Project Leader, Wheat Breeding Program",Soil and Crop Sciences||Amarillo Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n48d095ec
Calvin,Trostle,Professor and Extension Specialist,"I provide extension education/applied research support primarily to the Texas High Plains region and secondarily across Texas for grain sorghum, sunflower, peanuts, wheat/small grains, guar, alfalfa, winter canola, summer annual forages, castor, and sesame. I conduct additional programming in dryland reduced tillage systems, cover cropping, soil fertility/soil testing, and Rhizobium/Bradiyrhizobium inoculants for legumes. I also serve as extension state specialist for sunflower. Annually I conduct 50-60 producer Extension programs, over 30 print media interviews, at least 80 radio interviews (regularly scheduled on five stations) and I contribute to three newsletters on at least a monthly basis. I collaborate or initiate annual county agent Extension trainings on 2 or more topics.",Professor and Extension Specialist||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n50b538e2
Katie,Lewis,Assistant Professor,The goal is to establish a nationally recognized Soil Chemistry and Fertility Program based on innovative research and competitive graduate student training. This program conducts research aimed at determining more practical soil fertilization and management strategies that will maintain or enhance the value and quality of soils and optimize nutrient use efficiency all while ensuring the longevity of farming operations. Graduate training is a major component of the research and education within this program.,Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n53f5796e
Jorge,Da Silva,Professor,"Using cutting-edge technologies in molecular biology and plant genetics, my Sugarcane Breeding program at Texas A&M AgriLife Research has developed energy cane cultivars with high biomass yield, in partnership with Chevron Technologies Venture and BP Biofuels, that can be grown in a wider region of Texas and the United States, specifically designed for use in the production of bio-fuels. This program has also optimized efficient capabilities for scaling up production of feedstock planting stock. In addition, applying Next-Generation DNA sequencing techniques my program has identified and isolated genes controlling stress resistance, such as cold, which could prevent losses to the $3.8 billion US sugar industry and is developing DNA markers to tag important genes controlling cell wall composition and disease resistance.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Weslaco Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n54ad9a43
Mark,Burow,Professor,"Goals of the program are, in collaboration with peanut breeding programs in College Station and Stephenville to
(1) release new cultivars for Texas growers, incorporating:
high yield
improved edible seed quality -early maturity, high oleic oil
resistance to water deficit, heat, and salt stress
resistance to disease and pests, especially leafspot, nematodes, and Sclerotinia blight
(2) Participate in the International Peanut Genome Initiative, and use genomics technology in cultivar
development
(3) Participate in international collaborations with scientists, especially in Ghana and Burkina Faso
through a Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab/ USAID project",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n57d1bc41
Nithya,Rajan,Associate Professor,"My current research areas include crop ecophysiology, agroecology and water management of agricultural crops. My research integrates measurements by a variety of techniques such as remote sensing, simulation modeling, soil and boundary layer flux (CO2, water vapor, and greenhouse gases) measurements. It involves scaling up point measurements to the field and landscape scales using modeling and geospatial data. It also includes the development of decision support tools for irrigation management. My other research interests include large scale agroecosystem studies addressing issues such as land use change, water sustainability, and climate change.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5b7f123a
Katherine,Carson,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5e4bbeb2
Sam,Feagley,Professor and Extension Specialist,,Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n60ac3349
Kevin,Mcinnes,Professor,I am Professor of Soil and Environmental Physics and a licensed Professional Geoscientist. My research focuses on mass and energy transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.,Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n64b6b31f
Jane,Dever,Professor,"Research focus includes developing new and differentiated germplasm with enabling technology, and screening exotic germplasm collections for native traits to be used in breeding cotton. Breeding targets include improved fiber quality, drought tolerance, nematode resistance, disease tolerance to Verticillium dahliae, Theilaviopsis basicola, and Xanthamonas (bacterial blight) and yield component stability in high fiber quality lines. Fiber quality research includes not only improvement of heritable physical fiber properties, but also enhanced utilization facilitated by positive genetic/agronomic/processing interactions. Incorporating native traits into cultivars through classical breeding for organic production and preserving genetic resources in a recombinant DNA environment is a primary goal of the breeding program.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n68ed4a06
Wenwei,Xu,Professor,,Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6ca3757d
Jason,Mowrer,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,"Extension: Providing leadership and education in the areas of soil fertility and in water resource stewardship. Increasing awareness and adoption of sustainable management practices for soil nutrients and water resources in agricultural and urban environments through outreach and demonstration. Improvement of impaired surface water resources.
Research: Investigating the effect of soil fertility practices on water-capture and water-use efficiency in row crop, forage, and vegetable production systems. Refining our understanding of tillage, residue, and fertility management to achieve goals in sustainability and profitability for Texas food and fiber producers.",Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6df61e02
Endang,Septiningsih,Associate Professor,"My current research focus is plant genetics, genomics, and gene editing, with an emphasis on rice and several other crops. This covers various traits, including abiotic and biotic stresses, grain quality, yield and important agronomic traits that are important to Texas and the rest of the world. Different sources of genetic donors, including exotic germplasm will be used to increase the diversity of research material. Local, national and international research collaborations will be pursued to accelerate progress for crop improvement and broaden the research impacts.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n74b30548
Michael,Thomson,Professor,"My research expertise is in plant molecular breeding with an emphasis on rice genetics and genomics, international agriculture, and developing CRISPR-based gene editing approaches for efficient gene validation and trait development. My primary objective is to apply new genetics discoveries to rice improvement to help Texas producers and rice farmers around the world produce higher yields of superior quality rice in an environmentally sustainable manner. I am also leading the AgriLife Research Crop Genome Editing Lab to optimize high-throughput gene editing across a number of diverse crop species.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n74c30954
Tony,Provin,Professor and Extension Specialist,"My Extension and research program focuses on testing methodologies for the evaluation of water, plant and soils as related to agronomic and environmental considerations. Additionally, the program focuses on the collection of samples prior to analyses and the development of fertilizer, amendments or other cultural practice recommendations to improve both economic and environmental productivity of the landscape. The center piece of my program revolves around the Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory, the outreach Extension components of nutrient management and water quality, and utilization of advanced instrumentation for analytical analyses of agricultural samples.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n782f070d
Jacqueline,Aitkenhead,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on carbon and nutrient dynamics in urban and rural soil, runoff and surface water. I am a PI on the Scotts Company/Texas A & M (24 plot) runoff research facility where I have examined runoff carbon and nutrient concentrations and exports from warm-season turfgrass under fertilization, wetting agent and deficit irrigation treatments. Other work has investigated extractable soil nutrients in Texas and Ghana under tillage and cropping treatments; and iron and zinc for sorghum in Mali. The investigation of carbon and nutrients released from decomposing mammals (mainly humans) with a view to estimating post-mortem interval is a relatively new field; decomposing mammals introduce another source of carbon and nutrients into the soil environment which is under researched. To expand soil science in forensics, soil has been used in training of human remains detection dogs in terms of odor and texture. An expansion of this forensic research is the development of use of UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy with statistical models for trace soil evidence for a) determining percent similarity of soils and b) post-mortem interval prediction.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7ad239ab
Briana,Wyatt,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7bb0579f
Ambika,Chandra,Associate Professor,"My primary responsibility and research interest is breeding (applied and molecular) and cultivar development of warm- and cool-season turfgrass species for use in home lawns, athletic fields and golf courses. This involves adopting holistic systems approach towards cultivar development, marketing and commercialization through industry collaborations; working interactively in the interdisciplinary areas of turfgrass science including turfgrass genomics, physiology, entomology, pathology, soils and socio-economics; developing high-throughput greenhouse/growth chamber phenotyping procedures to efficiently evaluate large breeding (and mapping) populations for important traits of interest including a wide range of biotic and abiotic stress tolerances. My interests also include graduate student education and training of tomorrow's plant breeders and turfgrass professionals capable of leading a successful career in academia and/or the turfgrass industry.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Dallas Research and Extension Center||Texas A&M AgriLife Research,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7be9df6a
Fugen,Dou,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on improving nutrient management in agro-ecosystems using an integrated approach of laboratory analysis, field trial, and modeling to maintain and improve natural resource management. Improving nitrogen use efficiency and determining its interactions with environmental and management factors are the primary goal of my research program. Also, soil carbon sequestration is another important aspect of my research.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Beaumont Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n81808a7d
Benjamin,Mcknight,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n81d9f038
Francis,Rouquette,Professor,"Primary aspects of this plant-animal interface research program includes simultaneous quantifying of forage persistence and sustainability with animal responses to stocking strategies and grazing intensities. Component research areas include forage germplasm evaluations for team-released varieties; assessment of soil nutrient status under long-term nutrient cycling with fertilizer-stocking regimens; cow-calf and stocker performance on bermudagrass, small grains, ryegrass, and clover; and lifetime animal performance attributes from birth-to-pasture-to-feedlot-carcass with database archival on BeefSys.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Overton Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n82f8d1bd
Kevin,Heflin,Extension Program Specialist I,,"Extension Program Specialist, Agronomy||Extension Program Specialist I",Soil and Crop Sciences||Amarillo Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n871feb5c
A. Peyton,Smith,"Assistant Professor, Soil Carbon Dynamics","My research focuses on how physical, biological and chemical processes interact at fine scales (soil aggregate or pore scale) to alter the flow of carbon and nutrients at larger scales (field or landscape scale). I am especially interested in how global change (land use- and climate change) and extreme weather (droughts, floods) alters the soil microbiome and their role in fundamental biogeochemical processes, such as nutrient and soil carbon cycling in both natural and agro-ecosystems. Microorganisms largely determine the fate of organic carbon in soils, as they are the agents controlling the majority of decomposition processes and organic matter transformations. Equally as important, the soil matrix (i.e. the 3D arrangement of particles and pores), ultimately governs those processes and interactions. As such, research in my lab couples organic matter and microbiome characterization with soil physical properties to better understand how molecular, microbial and moisture properties interact with their physical environment to control the stabilization and destabilization of soil carbon.",Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n883b4ac3
Hongbin,Zhang,Professor,"My research is focused on genomics and systems biology in crop plants, particularly development of genomic and systems biological knowledge and new or advanced technologies for enhanced crop research and breeding. These include re-establishing of the molecular basis and mechanisms of genetics and biology; cloning and characterization of genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling traits of agronomic importance; deciphering of the molecular mechanisms of biological phenomena or traits of importance such as quantitative genetics, epigenetics, crop yield, crop quality, heterosis and plant polyploidization; and development of molecular toolkits and associated pipelines for next-generation enhanced crop breeding such as gene-based breeding and crop production such as molecular precision agriculture.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8ad1df35
Qingwu,Xue,Professor,"Develop a competitive and extramurally funded research program in the area of crop water use, water use efficiency, and abiotic and biotic stress resistance in major field crops in the Texas High Plains. The overall goal of my research program is to provide selection tools for breeders and geneticists and management tools for agronomists and producers, through better understanding the physiological mechanisms of crop performance under stress conditions. The major research focuses include understanding physiological and molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance, identifying plant traits conferring to stress tolerance, understanding the interactions of abiotic and biotic stresses, evaluating and developing field phenotyping tools, and developing management strategies under stress conditions. Advise graduate student research.",Professor||Professor||Adjunct Professor,"Soil and Crop Sciences||Texas A&M AgriLife Research||West Texas A&M University - (Canyon, Texas, United States)",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8c76b901
Jourdan,Bell,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,"My Extension and Research efforts focus on agronomic management to improve crop production and profitability on the Texas High Plains. Extension activities include assisting County Extension Agents with demonstration trials as well as compiling and presenting results for regional producers through trial reports and county programs. Research activities target varietal selection as well as changing agronomic practices in sorghum (grain and forage), wheat, cotton, and corn systems on the Texas High Plains as a result of declining regional groundwater levels. I also evaluate herbicide efficacy in corn and sorghum production with a special emphasis on herbicide residual effects and rotational restrictions. Specific research activities target water stress in dryland and irrigated corn and sorghum production; and optimization of fermentation time of forage sorghums to improve varietal selection and nutritive qualities of ensiled forage sorghums.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist||Agronomist,Soil and Crop Sciences||Amarillo Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8cad1e0b
Mark,Matocha,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8ddd9109
Jaroy,Moore,Agrilife Center Director,,Agrilife Center Director||Agrilife Center Director,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n909ff132
Edward,Runge,Program Director,"Research on Forecasting Corn Yield in 11 Midwestern States from 2001 to 2006. Fund support from National Agricultural Statistics Service-USDA for 2002 and 2003. The reason we can use our models over such wide area is because they incorporate the soil factor - Plant Available Stored Soil Moisture. Also completing research on Amelioration of ""slick spots"" in Illinois as part of Study Leave.",Program Director,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n921286d0
Julie,Howe,Associate Professor,The main focus of my research program is to better understand the impact of soil management practices on the fate and transformations of nutrients and carbon in the soil and water. My goal is improve nutrient cycling and carbon storage in soils through better land management that is economically viable and environmentally responsible. Understanding transformations of nutrients and carbon in an agroecosystem is an important aspect of the research goal.,Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n990ca0e2
Benjamin,Wherley,Professor,"My research program addresses basic and applied research issues related to turfgrass management, physiology, and ecology. Research focuses on developing sustainable approaches new technologies for irrigation, nutrient management, and construction practices for golf course, sod production, and lawn systems. My program collaborates with faculty across a variety of disciplines to address problems of interest to turf industry stakeholders.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n99974e55
Carlos,Fernandez,Associate Professor,"General focus on farming systems research involving agronomic research, crop management, and applications of precision farming technologies to field crops in the lower Coastal Bend region of Texas. More recent specific research focus include development of Web-based decision support system for crop managers (weather station network, simulation models), drought tolerance in cotton and sugarcane, and physiological responses of microalgae to environmental production factors (light, temperature, and supply of nutrients and CO2), remote sensing of crops for high-throughput phenotyping and field diagnosing of plant growth and development.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Corpus Christi Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9acaebc4
Keerti,Rathore,Professor,"My current research interests are in the genetic improvement of important dicot (cotton and tomato) and monocot (rice and sorghum) crops. Protocols for efficient delivery of genes, optimal expression of transgenes, and rapid recovery of transgenic cotton, rice, and sorghum plants have been established in my laboratory. These procedures are being used to conduct both basic and applied research pertaining to crop improvement. Projects include regeneration from cell & tissue cultures, use of new reporter and selectable marker genes to understand and improve the transformation process, promoter analysis, enhancement of disease resistance in plants, conferring draught tolerance to crop plants, conferring insect resistance to crop plants, improving nutritional quality of seeds, and production of recombinant antibodies and vaccines in plants.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9b4a2655
Brendan,Kelly,Research Assistant Professor,My research is focused on developing research tools and protocols needed for the quantification and utilization of distributional characteristics of cotton fiber quality. These advancements will provide researchers with a better understanding of cotton fiber as an industrial raw material. My research also facilitates the development of germplasm that exhibits improved spinning performance along with spun yarn quality.,Research Assistant Professor||Research Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na2084bc4
James,Heilman,Professor,"My research is focused on water use, greenhouse gas emission, and energy exchange in managed and unmanaged ecosystem, with an emphasis on plant-environment interactions, and plant-water relations. Research has been conducted in wheat, cotton, sorghum, soybean, rice, vineyards, coastal marshes, grasslands, savannas, and forests. I am the PI for FLUXNET sites in a grassland and a forest on the Edwards Plateau in central Texas, part of a global network of eddy flux tower installations for monitoring carbon, water, and energy exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na326c502
Joshua,Mcginty,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,"I provide leadership for Extension programming and applied research in field crops and forages for the Texas Gulf Coast and Lower Rio Grande Valley. These production regions contain approximately 625,000, 900,000, and 350,000 acres of cotton, grain sorghum, and corn, respectively, and a diversity of other row and forage crops. I serve in a coordinating role with scientists at the Corpus Christi AgriLife Research and Extension Center, scientists across the state, county Extension agents, and Regional Program Leaders in developing and implementing educational programs and applied research with particular emphasis on dryland or limited irrigation cropping systems. Research and education programs emphasize weed management, crop variety testing and selection, nutrient management, site-specific management, and other crop management technologies.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na82c285b
Paul,DeLaune,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on protecting water resources while maintaining agricultural production goals in semi-arid cropping systems. Research topics include evaluating tillage and water management strategies and crop rotation options in various cropping systems to improve nutrient and water use efficiencies, carbon and nutrient cycling, crop yields, and subsequent soil water storage. Working directly with producers and private and/or government agencies is crucial to identifying applied research goals and transferring results to engaged stakeholders.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Vernon Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na9d82ad0
Kevin,Bronson,Research Professor Emeritus,,Research Professor Emeritus,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb0938cb0
Russell,Jessup,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on conventional, cytogenetic, and genomic strategies towards development of improved perennial grasses as biorefinery platforms for biofuels, turfgrasses, forage, ornamentals, phytoremediators and renewable bio-based products. This includes developing molecular tools to assist marker-assisted breeding programs for value-added traits such as: net primary productivity, carbon sequestration, perenniality, photoperiodism, hybrid sterility, and apomixis. Feedstocks are further selected for resource use efficiency, stress tolerance, and novel seeded-yet-sterile hybrid systems.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb4158114
Joseph,Awika,Professor,"Dr. Awika's broad interest is in developing technologies that maximize the ability of food to protect humans against chronic disease. His research focuses on the chemistry behind the behavior and properties of specific micro (polyphenols) and macro (starch and proteins) food constituents derived from grains. The interactions of the starch and proteins with the polyphenols, and how these interactions affect the rheological and biologically relevant properties of the molecules are of interest. How the structure of the polyphenols can be used to predict and manipulate their chemical behavior and function in food systems, as well as predict their interactions relevant inflammatory response in biological models is a major area of focus.
Dr. Awika's research involves multidisciplinary and international collaborations with geneticists, nutritional biochemists, agronomists, plant breeders, among others, from around the world.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Nutrition,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb760602b
Anil Kumar,Somenahally Chandr,Assistant Professor,"My research focus is microbe-soil-plant interactions, studying the rhizosphere dynamics to improve the economic and environmental benefits of soil resources. Projects are in progress to identify soil management techniques for improving biodiversity of plant beneficial microbes in soils, increase soil carbon capture and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I apply biogeochemical analysis and systems biology tools to measure soil microbial networks and their influence on biogeocycles. Other areas of interest include bioremediation of heavy metal contamination and acid soil management.",Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Overton Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbc4a917f
Dariusz,Malinowski,Professor,,Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Vernon Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbf063191
Murilo,Maeda,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc09264c5
Peter,Dotray,Professor,"Determine effective, profitable, and sustainable weed management systems in cotton and crops grown in rotation with cotton on the Texas Southern High Plains. Best management practices are critical for effective and sustainable crop production in light of the development of herbicide resistant weeds. Rotational crops including corn, sorghum, peanut, and sesame help to break up crop/weed associations and allow the use of a diversity of mechanical, cultural, biological, and chemical practices. Weed biology and ecology is essential to better understand weeds in these production systems.",Professor||Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||Lubbock Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc40acf7a
Vanessa,Olson,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Mission is to affect a true change in the efficiency of forage production and utilization in Texas. By emphasizing the integrated use of proven methods and technologies, assist our state's forage producers to improve yields, stand persistence, and input use efficiency, decrease the threat to our environment, and increase profitability. Approach is to share my knowledge and findings from applied research, in concert with the work of colleagues in this and other disciplines.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc6c79c03
William,Rooney,Professor,"The long-range goal of my sorghum improvement program is to enhance the productivity and profitability of grain, forage and bioenergy sorghum production systems. The sorghum breeding program is used as a mechanism to develop and release sorghum germplasm to meet this goal. In addition to the release of improved sorghum genotypes, research in the program emphasizes the genetic and molecular genetic inheritance of disease resistance, grain quality and agronomic productivity and adaptability. The research provides opportunities for graduate student training in fundamental and applied aspects of plant improvement. Specific research interests include the development of sorghum germplasm for bioenergy (both sweet and biomass), grain and forage Instruct SCSC 642 annually each fall semester.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc74bd61f
David,Baltensperger,Professor and Head,"Dr. Baltensperger provides leadership and administration for a large comprehensive program of research, teaching and extension in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences . The department is widely recognized for its quality, size, and diversity of subject matter areas. Nationally and internationally recognized research programs are conducted by Soil and Crop Sciences Faculty in such disciplines as plant breeding and genetics, biotechnology, crop physiology, agronomy, forage and turfgrass management, cereal chemistry, soil science, weed science, and environmental soil, water and crop science.",Professor and Head,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc8c78390
Sakiko,Okumoto,Associate Professor,"The overall goal of my research is to understand how nitrogen (N), quantitatively the most important nutrient in crops, is managed in plants. Specifically, my research aims at how amino acids, one of the main forms of organic N in plant body, is transported. In order to study such mechanisms in detail, we have developed protein-based, fluorescent sensors that allow us to track amino acids in live cells. We utilize these sensors to discover novel molecular mechanisms that are involved in the regulation of amino acids. We are currently interrogating the processes in which amino acid exporters are involved in, using various genetic resources such as T-DNA insertion mutants and gene editing tools. We are also interested in developing novel sensors for other biologically important molecules.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc97dd3d8
Wayne,Smith,Professor and Associate Department Head,"Research duties include development of superior germplasm/cultivars which will enhance the productivity, improve the product quality, and/or decrease production costs associate with cotton production in Texas. Primary research sites in Texas are College Station, Weslaco, Corpus Christi, Thrall, and Chillicothe, as well as colleagues at Lubbock. Primary geographical areas of responsibilities are central and south Texas with secondary goals aimed at all cotton producing areas of Texas and the United States.",Professor and Associate Department Head,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncd375f9a
Shuyu,Liu,Professor,"Genetic and genomic studies of important traits of wheat in the US Great Plains. Traits include drought and heat tolerance, resistance to diseases (leaf, stem and stripe rust, wheat streak mosaic virus), and arthropods (greenbug, Russian wheat aphid, hessian fly, and wheat curl mite) as well as good end-use quality. Both traditional and molecular breeding techniques are used to develop germplasm lines with one or more target traits. Genomic techniques include gene/QTL mapping, molecular marker identification, validation and utilization, high throughput KASP SNP screening, and gene cloning. Gene functional analysis will be used to understand and improve those target traits.
1. Genetic mapping and genomics studies of QTL for yield, yield components under dry and irrigated conditions, and other traits in adapted cultivars; Study drought tolerance through transcriptomics of water stressed wheat plants.
2. Developing germplasm lines with multiple favorable alleles with drought tolerance, insect and wheat streak mosaic virus resistances using high throughput and diagnostic KASP SNP.
3. Cloning of greenbug resistance gene, identification of candidate genes through molecular techniques.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd1249c47
Terry,Gentry,Professor,"My research focuses on the development and use of molecular technologies to enhance the detection and remediation of environmental contamination. This includes the detection and identification of microbial pathogens from animal, human, and natural sources and also the characterization of microbial populations and communities contributing to applied remediation processes such as the bioremediation of organic and metal contaminants.",Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd695d1d9
Murthy,Ganjegunte Keshava,Professor,"My research program specializes in water resources and salinity management. Current projects include developing alternative water sources (industrial and urban wastewater, saline groundwater and graywater) for beneficial uses including irrigation, evaluation of electromagnetic induction (EMI) for rapid assessment of salinity at a high spatial resolution, on-farm water conservation, and soil salinity management. To date his program has trained 4 technicians and 22 part-time undergraduate students. His program has established strong collaborations with local growers, water managers and fellow researchers within and outside West Texas region as well as international institution.",Professor||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences||El Paso Research and Extension Center||El Paso Research and Extension Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndaeab096
Diane,Boellstorff,Professor and Extension Specialist,"My primary areas of focus are developing educational outreach and applied research programs involving water resource management, including water conservation, water quality and aquatic ecosystems, watershed protection planning, and groundwater and private water well protection. Investigations concern identifying, evaluating and mitigating bacteria and nutrient loading to streams. Outreach includes developing and delivering educational programs involving supporting source water protection for residents using drinking water wells and facilitating community-driven watershed planning efforts. Program areas are aquatic ecosystems; drinking water and public health; water and wastewater treatment; and water quality and watershed protection.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndbb341dd
Aart,Verhoef,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndea550a0
Scott,Finlayson,Associate Professor,"The main focus of my research program is investigating the roles of environmental signals as conditioners of plant growth and development, and discovering the mechanisms through which they work. Current research interests include defining the pathways and mechanisms associated with the regulation of branch development by light signals (and other signals), using both crop and model species. I also have a broad interest in how phytohormones participate in the regulation of growth and development and stress responses.",Associate Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne6245565
Richard,White,Professor,My research program focuses on the development of information to understand mechanisms of stress resistance in perennial grasses that are used for turf and conservation purposes. The primary focus of the program is to develop fundamental information for an understanding of mechanisms of drought and temperature resistance in perennial grasses. My research program also contributes to applied programs in irrigation water management and conservation and results in the refinement of management strategies that reduce cultural inputs required to maintain turfgrass areas.,Professor,Soil and Crop Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfdfa78de
Craig,Nessler,Professor,,Adjunct Professor||Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Soil and Crop Sciences||Horticultural Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfe5a2ef4
David,Stelly,Professor,"My scientific research, graduate and post-graduate programs employs multi-disciplinary approaches to conduct and study use of naturally occurring germplasm for crop improvement. Elements of the research include wild-species germplasm introgression, chromosome substitution, reproductive and ploidy manipulations, conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization, genetic analysis, DNA marker and assay (SNP) development, marker assisted selection, reproductive cytology and genetics, and various types of genome mapping, sequencing, and their integration for genome sequencing and assembly. Most of my research aims to enhance the germplasm, knowledge, science and technologies for genetic improvement Upland cotton, e.g., economic yield and sustainability; some, however, is devoted to sorghum and peanut, especially wide hybridization and germplasm utilization.",Professor||Chair,Soil and Crop Sciences||Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfec36db0