Texas A&M Sorghum Breeding

01/27/2020

The register is now OPEN! Apply and secure a complimentary T-shirt!

The register link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIQG7YZlzO-j-OdAxyYcNkFx8CEBQFxxZKnLt5Dis-Dz5qwg/viewform

01/21/2020

12/09/2019

If you are a graduate student that is looking for opportunities to share your work, apply to attend the 6th annual Plant Breeding Symposium at Texas A&M University

12/05/2019

to the time (Circa Nov 2015) when Dr. Rooney became a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America! Whoop!

12/02/2019

Happy Birthday Daniel Crozier 🥳🎂🥳!

12/02/2019

Tetraploid johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.] is a sexually-compatible weedy relative of diploid sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. To determine the extent of interspecific hybridization between male sterile grain sorghum and johnsongrass and the ploidy of their progeny, cytoplasmic (CM...

11/20/2019

Dr. Morgan and her team are helping farmers and the public understand the importance of soil health. No-till farming, or growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage, is a soil health-promoting technique that allows farmers to grow crops and improve water quality and quantity at the sam...

11/14/2019

The students at Sorghumville had a successful year at the 2019 CSSA Annual Meeting where they had two of the four participating students placed in the graduate student poster competition held within the C01 division of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Both Jales and Daniel competed in one of largest national poster sessions in the years, that included over 80 posters. Congratulations on their awesome work 👏👏🥳🥳!!

Congratulations to the other participants as well! There were some awesome posters this year.

11/13/2019

Lauren Fedenia will be presenting her poster on QTL analysis for black sorghum in a biparental mapping population between 2:30 - 4:30pm at the CSSA 2019 annual meeting at San Antonio

11/13/2019

Nikhil Patil presented his poster yesterday on our collaborative work with Drs Patricia Klein and Bob Klein, where he is looking at a introgession populations, screening for novel traits from diverse germplasm.

Congratulations Nikhil!!

11/12/2019

Last up is Daniel Crozier, who is presenting data on predicting heterosis using genetic similarity assessments made through GBS.

Stop by poster 1510, in exhibit hall 1 to ask him an questions!

11/12/2019

Next up is graduate student Ammani Kyanam, who is sharing her work on Analysis of use and effects of application of gametocide, TFMSA in a sorghum.

Stop by poster 1509 between 4-6pm in the exhibit hall 1, the if you have questions for her