Featured Story
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...
Read more
August 09, 2022
Using some traits from native and wild plants, researchers are combining corn breeding and entomology expertise to tackle some of U.S. corn production’s major issues. The project is based on PSS Professor Wenwei Xu’s more than 10 years of efforts in crossing corn with gamma grass, which provides native insect and disease resistance...
August 08, 2022
A look at today's turbulent agricultural economic outlook, national agriculture policy trends and upcoming weather patterns, along with a review of next year's supply costs, are in the spotlight as part of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation's 17th Annual Field Day...
July 28, 2022
Members of Texas Tech's Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources' Dr. Bill Bennett Student Success Center are set to host their annual Ag Fest on September 1 at the Department of Animal & Food Sciences' Livestock Arena...
July 27, 2022
Joey Young and Glen Ritchie offer advice on how best to use water resources in times of drought...
July 22, 2022
With the help of Horticulture Lecturer Vikram Baliga and his student assistants, they built the hydroponic system inside the Free Clinic, a clinic run by TTUHSC medical students and physicians located within Lubbock Impact, a non-profit organization...
July 11, 2022
Texas Tech's Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute will host the Texas International Cotton School in early August. The High Plains program features classes, lectures, tours and hands-on interaction in all phases of cotton production, harvesting, ginning, classing, testing, preparation and processing...
The PSS Newsroom is a space for celebrating achievements, exploring research, and keeping up with what's happening in the Plant & Soil Science Department.
If you have a story you would like to see featured, don't hesitate to get in touch: