Browsing Colleges and Schools by Department "Soil and Crop Sciences"
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(2013-04-30)One of the many ways to address health, obesity and hunger issues is genetic bio-fortification, a strategy of breeding or transforming staple crops with micronutrients and vitamins. This dissertation details efforts to ...
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(2023-05-04)Fusarium oxysporum is a cross-kingdom pathogen that causes notorious diseases with the most diverse host range, including plants, animals, and humans. Different isolates in F. oxysporum species complex (FOSC) were defined ...
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(2023-06-06)For sorghum to continue to remain a competitive crop, continual increases in yield need to be made. However, other traits such as abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress tolerance, and most recently herbicide tolerance ...
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(2023-06-06)For sorghum to continue to remain a competitive crop, continual increases in yield need to be made. However, other traits such as abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress tolerance, and most recently herbicide tolerance ...
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(2023-04-21)Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Vasinfectum race 4 (FOV4) is a vascular disease identified in multiple cotton producing areas in the United States. Host plant resistance (HPR) is currently the most effective control measure ...
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(2021-08-25)Fusarium oxysporum vasinfectum- race 4 (FOV4) was identified in California cotton production in the 1990’s. The discovery of FOV4 in El Paso County prompted researchers to evaluate resistance to it in upland cotton varieties. ...
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(2014-04-09)Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is a major food legume across Sub- Saharan West Africa where its leaves, pods and seeds are consumed as food and its residues are fed to livestock as protein rich fodder. However, soils ...
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(2012-07-16)Maize production is limited agronomically by the availability of water and nutrients during the growing season. Of these two limiting factors, water availability is predicted to increase in importance as climate change ...
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(2010-07-14)A billion tons per year of genetically modified corn residues are soil incorporated having both direct and indirect effects on the belowground environment, soil carbon (C) sequestration, and nutrient cycling. If Bt genetic ...
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(2021-04-30)Conservation management practices such as no-till (NT) and double cropping or cover cropping are vital to food and soil security. Texas is one of the largest wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producers in the U.S., and typical ...
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(2017-07-26)Biofuels produced from non-food lignocellulosic feedstocks have the potential to replace a significant percentage of fossil fuels via high yield potential and suitability for cultivation on marginal lands. Commercialization ...
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(2014-12-11)Two tree species, Plateau live oak (Quercus fusiformis) and Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei) survive and thrive in a dense woodland on thin soil overlying massive limestone formations in the Texas Hill Country with recurrent ...
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(2013-06-13)Enhanced interest in biofuel production has renewed interest in bioenergy crop production within the United States. Agriculture’s role in biofuel production is critical because it has the potential to supply renewable ...
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(2017-05-05)The Southern Great Plains has potential to produce bioenergy crops on a large scale. However, the potential environmental impact of large scale production of bioenergy crops on carbon, evapotranspiration (ET) and energy ...
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(2009-05-15)Four sorghum cultivars (white, sumac, high tannin and black) differing in kernel characteristics were evaluated for cooking quality using whole, cracked and decorticated kernels. Whole grain had longer minimum cooking time ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Greater knowledge of the short- and long-term effects of biomass production practices on soil biological and chemical properties is needed to determine influences on sustainable land management. Soil samples under switchgrass ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The reversible process of histone acetylation and deacetylation is an important mechanism of epigenetic regulation in the control of gene expression and chromatin structure. In general, histone acetylation is related to ...
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(2009-05-15)This study focused on characterizing and determining the inheritance pattern of very high tillering and dwarf traits of a rice mutant. To characterize the new mutant, field phenotyping studies, and response of two mutant ...
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(2018-07-26)In order to meet the needs of a growing population, rice production must be doubled by 2050 in comparison to 2005 production levels. However, rice production faces many challenges including rising temperatures, drought, ...
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(2009-05-15)Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell, 2n=6x=42, AABBDD) is subjected to significant yield losses by the endemic leaf rust pathogen, Puccinia triticina (Roberge ex Desmaz. F. sp. tritici). Breeding for resistance to this ...