MEPS Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences

 

Faculty in Soil and Crop Sciences

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Current Research
Byron Burson

 

Byron Burson
Reasearch Plant Geneticist USDA-ARS
b-burson@tamu.edu

 

Cytogenetics, reproductive biology and Crop Germplasm Research (USDA/ARS).

Tom Cothren

 

Tom Cothren
Professor
JCothren@ag.tamu.edu

 

Crop Production / Physiology

Harry Cralle

 

Harry Cralle
Associate Professor
hcralle@tamu.edu

 

Crop Sciences

Scott A. Finlayson

 

Scott A. Finlayson
Assistant Professor
sfinlayson@tamu.edu

 

Mechanisms of megagametogenesis (with emphasis on apomixes), and the control of plant development by environmental cues.

Dirk B. Hays

 

Dirk B. Hays
Assistant Professor
dbhays@ag.tamu.edu

 

Developing a better understanding of the mechanisms that regulate seed development and associated end-use quality in wheat, related cereals, and model Brassicaceae.

 

Jim Heilman
Professor
JHeilman@ag.tamu.edu

 

Environmental Physics

Jim R. Kiniry

 

Jim R. Kiniry
Research Agronomist, Natural Resources Systems Research
jkiniry@spa.ars.usda.gov

 

Research related to crop modeling for use in agricultural management models.

William A. Payne

William A. Payne
Associate Professor
w-payne@tamu.edu

 

Water Use Efficiency, Crop Stress Physiology, Soil & Crop Modeling, International Agriculture, etc.

Giovanni Piccinni

 

Giovanni Piccinni
Assistant Professor
g-piccinni@tamu.edu

 

Modeling plant growth to identify optimum threshold of irrigation frequency.

 

Keerti Rathore
Assistant Professor, TAES
rathore@tamu.edu

 

Crop Transformation

Scott A. Senseman

 

Scott A. Senseman
Associate Professor
s-senseman@tamu.edu

 

Weed science; pesticide fete and transport.

David M. Stelly

 

David M. Stelly
Professor
stelly@tamu.edu

 

Plant cytogenetics, cyto-genomics, germplasm introgression, reproductive genetics and apomixis, especially cotton and its relatives.

Lee Tarpley

 

Lee Tarpley
Assistant ProfessorM
ltarpley@tamu.edu

 

Plant Physiology

Terry J. Gentry

 

Terry J. Gentry
Assistant Professor of Soil & Aquatic Microbiology
tgentry@ag.tamu.edu

 

Soil & Aquatic Microbiology

Donald M. Vietor

 

Donald M. Vietor
Professor
dvietor@tamu.edu

 

Developing and evaluating systems for cycling and conserving nutrients in livestock and municipal biosolids through production and transplanting of turfgrass sod.

 

Richard White
Associate Professor
RWhite@ag.tamu.edu

 

Turfgrass

Hongbin Zhang

 

Hongbin Zhang
Associate Professor
hbz7049@tamu.edu

 

Conduct research in genomics and molecular genetics of crop plants and develop integrated genomic tools for enhanced and continued crop genetic improvement and variety breeding.

 
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