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The hot, dry, and windy conditions of the High Plains can carry herbicides miles from the application site, and for perennial species such as grapes, this potential volatility and drift exposure may affect plant productivity and yield for many years. Researchers from the TTU Department of Plant and Soil Science are hoping to help...
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October 17, 2022
Norman Hopper, a longtime professor and administrator with Texas Tech's Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, will be inducted into the Department of Plant & Soil Science Hall of Fame on Friday, October 21 in the Bayer Plant Science West Building Atrium...
October 04, 2022
TTU researchers are taking the lead in one of the largest projects ever funded by the United Sorghum Checkoff Program. According to PSS's Krishna Jagadish, the trans-disciplinary project team will be "integrating agronomy, crop physiology, breeding, machine learning and crop and climate modeling"...
September 21, 2022
"This year Davis College is hosting a Graduate Student Poster Competition for the first time college-wide," said Christy Bratcher, Davis College Associate Dean for Research. "This is a good internal networking event, and we will have judges that are industry, government and alumni from the Lubbock area."
September 16, 2022
The 30,000-square-foot facility, located across the street from The Rawls Course, is equipped with the latest automated technology and represents the first cotton classing facility located on the campus of an institution of higher education...
September 15, 2022
Krishna Jagadish, a nationally recognized crop physiologist and Texas Tech's new Thornton Distinguished Chair and Professor of Forage Science, is directing a revamped “Irrigation Management Seminar Series” in the Department of Plant & Soil Science...
August 11, 2022
Sukhbir Singh received third place honors in this year's American Society for Horticultural Science Early Career Competition, which recognizes members for outstanding contributions to horticultural science within five years of service...
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