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ARS Home Plains Area Lubbock, Texas Cropping Systems Research Laboratory Docs CSRL Field Day 2023







2019 CSRL Field Day Videosheadline bar /ARSUserFiles/30960500/CSRL Banner.jpg 2019 Field Day Videos (Please click on the pic or title of the talk to view the video)
 **Dr. Alejandro Rooney** "Opening Remarks and Introduction." Dr. Rooney is the director of the Cropping Systems Research Lab. Before joining ARS, he held an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Mississippi State University.  He completed postdoctoral studies at Penn State University and received a Ph.D. in Genetics from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Cincinnati.
 **Dr. Paxton Payton** "Research Activities of the Plant Stress & Germplasm Development Unit." Dr. Payton’s research focuses on understanding the physiological and genetic mechanisms of crop responses to environmental stress, specifically drought and high temperatures. His primary research is on stabilizing yield and quality in rainfed cotton production systems and irrigation scheduling and improved peanut germplasm for low input systems.
 **Dr. Robert Lascano** "Research Activities of the Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research Unit." Dr. Lascano is a Soil Scientist and Research Leader of the (WEWC) Research Unit at Lubbock. Dr. Lascano has evaluated conservation measures to make better use of rain by reducing runoff and investigated irrigation scheduling techniques under deficit conditions using a landscape-scale model that simulates the water, energy and carbon balance of irrigated fields.
 **Dr. John Wanjura** "Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit:   Current Research and Technology Transfer Activities." John Wanjura graduated from Texas A&M University with degrees in Agricultural Systems Management –BS (2002), Agricultural Engineering – BS and MS (2005), and Agricultural Engineering – Ph.D. (2008). John’s research program is focused on developing new technologies for cotton harvesting and ginning which help to reduce production costs, improve fiber quality, and improve producer profitability.  He also leads the air pollution engineering research program at ARS in Lubbock, which serves to design improved particulate abatement technologies and develop accurate emissions data for agricultural operations.
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 **Dr. Rand Broadway** "Livestock Issues Research Unit: pasture to plate food safety." Dr. Broadway was born & raised in the Mississippi Delta with a B.S. & M.S. from Mississippi State Univ. & Ph.D. from TTU. His current program focuses on non-pharmaceutical supplements to mitigate the negative effects of diseases such as salmonellosis and Bovine Respiratory Disease.  Simultaneously his research aims to identify pathogen colonization, migration, & translocation patterns to enhance food safety, growth, & carcass performance.
 
 **Dr. Chad Hayes** "Sorghum breeding program." Dr. Hayes is a research geneticist with interest in the development of cold & drought tolerant sorghum germplasm, the development of high yielding grain sorghum hybrids adapted to TX and KS, & the utilization of diverse & exotic germplasm in a breeding program. Chad has distributed over 100 breeding lines to the sorghum industry, with many lines performing well with multiple seed companies.Most recently, Chad has a B.S from TTU & his M.S. & Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
 **Dr. Zhanguo Xin** "Sorghum Mutants." Zhanguo Xin graduated with BS from the Beijing Agricultural University and obtained Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on mutational analysis of agronomic traits in sorghum to understand the mechanisms of development, adaptation to abiotic stresses, and grain yield formation
 **Jacob Sanchez** "Sorghum temperature tolerance." Jake is a graduate student working toward his Ph.D. in Crop Science at Texas Tech. As a technician working under Dr. Yves Emendack his research in grain sorghum involves investigating the molecular and physiological mechanisms of cold resilience during the panicle initiation stage.The study makes use of a diverse comparative panel of accessions that represent the genetics present in commercial hybrids, USDA hybrids, public inbreds, and USDA inbreds with introgressions from Chinese and Ethiopian backgrounds.
 **Dr. John Wanjura** "Preservation of Cotton Fiber Quality: In-season management and harvesting decisions." John Wanjura graduated from Texas A&M University with degrees in Agricultural Systems Management –BS (2002), Agricultural Engineering – BS and MS (2005), and Agricultural Engineering – Ph.D. (2008). John’s research program is focused on developing new technologies for cotton harvesting and ginning which help to reduce production costs, improve fiber quality, and improve producer profitability.  He also leads the air pollution engineering research program at ARS in Lubbock, which serves to design improved particulate abatement technologies and develop accurate emissions data for agricultural operations.
 **Will Dodge** "Photogrammetric Growth and Yield Analysis of Rainfed Cotton." Will is a grad  student studying plant breeding through the distance plant breeding PhD program at Texas A&M University. He received BS and MS degrees in crop science from Texas Tech University in 2017 and 2019. The majority of his research has been focused on high-volume data collection and analysis in both agricultural research and production environments. His current work centers around utilizing contemporary UAS hardware and open source software technologies to develop new tools and best-practices for collecting crop growth data at high-volume and low-cost.
 **Dr. Mauricio Ulloa** "Fusarium wilt race 4 (FOV4) and Germplasm Development Stress Research Update." Dr. Ulloa is developing/integrating approaches to develop and accelerate the selection of superior or improved cotton lines through conventional breeding and genomics with better stress/drought tolerance and disease resistance (such as Fusarium wilt race 4 – FOV4), and yield and fiber quality. His M.S. (1990) & PhD. (1993) Degrees are from New Mexico State University.
 **Dr. John Stout** "Wind Tunnel Demonstration." Dr. Stout is a Physical Scientist in the WEWC Research Unit. Present research is directed toward an improved understanding of wind erosion, air quality, and groundwater quality with an emphasis on basic physical processes.As the region's economy becomes increasingly dependent on rainfall, knowledge of various aspects of precipitation, in its many forms, becomes increasingly important.


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