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- PublicationFor produce farmers, complying with higher food-safety standards costs less than they would lose as the result of a foodborne illness outbreak. This publication discusses the effects of major outbreaks...
- PublicationA critical part of growing vegetables is determining how much water to give them. By irrigating properly, you can reduce your labor, fertilizer needs, water runoff, and soil erosion while...
- PublicationTopics include climate, soil, varieties, rootstock selection, pruning and training, irrigation, fertilization, weed control, diseases, insects, and harvest. (9 pages)...
- PublicationThis publication explains how to grow sugar snap peas. Topics include recommended varieties for Texas, soil preparation, planting, fertilizing, watering, disease control, and harvesting. (2 Pages)...
- PublicationThe ginger plant (Zingiber officinale) is grown for its aromatic, pungent, and spicy rhizomes, which are often referred to as ginger roots. The main active components in ginger are gingerols,...
- PublicationThis publication explains how to grow native pecans commercially. Discussed are appropriate soils, site preparation, cultivation, management and harvest operations, and pest control. (5 pages)...
- PublicationThere are a multitude of diseases that affect alfalfa worldwide-many of which are capable of causing substantial losses. However, very few of those diseases occur or cause significant loss in...
- LabThe Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility is a part of the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University in College Station. It is the home of the Ed Vargo...
- ProgramTexas A&M AgriLife Foundation Seed serves as the liaison between Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant breeding programs and companies interested in licensing plant varieties. Foundation Seed produces and markets genetically...
- PublicationCrown gall is a bacterial disease that can be devastating for roses. This publication explains how the bacterium causes galls on roses, how to recognize disease symptoms, what environmental factors...