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Research in PSS

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

The Department of Plant & Soil Science at TTU is a student-focused and research-intense department, offering a range of opportunities for exploration at the cutting edge of academic and functional research. PSS faculty, staff, and students conduct research from the level of plant genomics to large-scale ecosystem interactions and post-production processes.

Check out our department's researchers below to see how we are tackling the many questions surrounding the complex web of relationships between people, plants, soil, and the environment.

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Plant Genetics & Breeding

Mark Burow | Molecular Genetics

Benildo de los Reyes | Genomics

Luis Herrera-Estrella | Genomics

Madhusudhana Janga | Transformation

Yinping Jiao | Genomics

Degao Liu | Transformation

Damar Lopez-Arredondo | Genomics

Gunvant Patil | Transformation

Rosalyn Shim | Breeding

Son Tran | Genomics

Wenwei Xu | Corn Breeding

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Agronomy & Plant Physiology

Wenxuan Guo | Agricultural Microclimatology

Krishna Jagadish | Forages

Haydee Laza | Crop Physiology

Irish Pabuayon | Crop Physiology

Glen Ritchie | Crop Physiology

Impa Somayanda | Crop Physiology

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Horticulture & Turf Science

Russ Plowman | Ornamental Horticulture & Floral Design

Jyotsna Sharma | Plant Ecology & Conservation

Catherine Simpson | Sustainable & Urban Horticulture

Sukhbir Singh | Vegetable Production

Joey Young | Turfgrass

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Viticulture & Enology

Mariam Berdeja | Viticulture

Thayne Montague | Viticulture & Horticulture

Maureen Qualia | Enology

Kirk Williams | Viticulture

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Crop Protection

Peter Dotray | Weed Science

Scott Longing | Entomology

Rupinder Saini | Weed Science

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Fiber & Biopolymer Science

Noureddine Abidi | Biopolymer Research

Eric Hequet | Cotton Fiber Phenomics

Brendan Kelly | Cotton Fiber Phenomics

Kalavathy Rajan | Biopolymers

Julia Shamshina | Biopolymers

 

Plant and Soil Science Research

Soil Science

Sanjit Deb | Soil Physics

Daniel Hirmas | Pedology & Mineralogy

Katie Lewis | Soil Fertility

Matthew Siebecker | Environmental Soil Chemistry

Lindsey Slaughter | Soil Microbial Ecology & Biochemistry

 

Latest Research News

PSS researchers partnering on multi-university, $26 million NSF-funded project
The project's aim is to bridge engineering, biology, and agricultural fields to revolutionize and explore alternative natural rubber production from domestically grown crops. Catherine Simpson is a co-PI and will be joined in her work by Sukhbir Singh and Haydee Laza...
Guo lab holds precision agriculture workshop
Cutting edge agriculture featuring UAV Remote Sensing, EC Mapping, RTK Automatic Guidance and Data Processing, along with oral and poster presentations, were part of a Precision Agriculture Workshop at the Plant & Soil Science Building and the Quaker Research Farm...
Noureddine Abidi joins prestigious 2024 Class of NAI Senior Members
Noureddine Abidi, the Davis College's Associate Dean for Research, has been honored as a Class of 2024 Senior Member by the National Academy of Inventors Senior Member Advisory Committee and Board of Directors...
PSS researchers among ‘most highly cited’ in the world for 2023
Two prominent scientists from the Department of Plant & Soil Science joined a small fraction of highly cited global researchers who've demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field of research...
Davis College awarded $4.9M to explore boundaries of climate smart crops
A new study led by Texas Tech University agricultural scientists presents a unique opportunity to derive low-cost proxies for greenhouse gas emissions and establish targeted climate smart commodities to strengthen the economic and environmental sustainability on the Texas High Plains...

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