Agriculture
Without adding nitrates: New process could substitute amino acid to cure jerky, bacon and other meats
USDA is funding a Texas A&M-led effort to search for an alternative curing system
Farming the cosmos: NASA-funded study investigates effects of space radiation on plants during interplanetary travel
Texas A&M-led team will focus on oxidation status, telomere length dynamics and genome stability
War of the roses: How to save an industry with plants that resist two common-but-devastating diseases
Rose rosette disease hampers U.S. production; black spot disease damages field-grown roses globally
Awards presented at Texas A&M postdoctoral research symposium
Sixth annual event marks National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Rust never sleeps: New approach can predict outbreaks of corn disease
AgriLife team publishes findings in Scientific Reports
Online system helps veterinarians track outbreaks and symptoms
USDA provides funding to develop and launch website and app
Faster food: Medical breakthrough could improve global beef production
USDA-NIFA provides federal funding for four-year project
Calorie counts: For some consumers, labels serve as invitations to indulge
Putting calorie counts on display for consumers can have unintended consequences, new study discovers
AgriLife achieves stable transformation in industrial hemp
Farmers can look forward to a future in which their industrial hemp crops have optimal phenotypic and trait characteristics