Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

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The thirteen Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Centers are part of The Texas A&M University System.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is the state's premier research agency in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences. Its research spans numerous scientific disciplines and is international in scope.

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Ecuador: IX Congreso Ecuatoriano de la papa virtual en Junio
March 09, 2021

Ecuador: IX Congreso Ecuatoriano de la papa virtual en Junio

Del 30 de junio al 1 de julio se realizará de manera virtual el IX Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa, organizado por la Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) y la empresa AGNLATAM S.A.
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Texas A&M potato breeding trials offer Reds, Russets, Babies and Bakers
July 29, 2018

Texas A&M potato breeding trials offer Reds, Russets, Babies and Bakers

Earlier this month Texas A&M held its annual Potato Field Day where it presented a range of new potato varieties.
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Early maturing potato cultivars identified successfully using ground-penetrating radar by Texas A&M Agrilife
August 17, 2017

Early maturing potato cultivars can be identified using ground-penetrating radar, finds Texas A&M Agrilife

Dirk Hays,Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant geneticist: “With Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), we can image the size of the tubers and get a correlation to the actual physical size of the potato without harvesting them. Potatoes are a dream for Ground Penetrating Radar.”
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Variety screening reveals potatoes with resistance to zebrachip disease
April 23, 2017

Variety screening reveals potatoes with resistance to zebrachip disease

The Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant pathology team intentionally infected potato plants with psyllids positive with the bacterium that causes zebra chip disease, in order to identify promising germplasm in the battle against the disease plaguing the US potato industry for the past 15 years.
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