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These presentations are examples of the research being conducted throughout the Southern Plains area to solve problems that affect our daily lives.  The goal of the presentations is to provide the public and our stakeholders with an inside look at the contributions our scientists are making and/or have made.

 

To view the available presentations, click on the links in the subject fields.  The presentation will be shown using Windows Media Player.  If you have trouble viewing the presentations, it might be necessary for you to download and install the Windows Media Player DIVX codec for free from http://www.divx.com/en/downloads/postdownload/divx/winWhen the installation prompts you to “choose the components” to install make sure you only select “DIVX Codec”.

 

Speaker/Title

Subject

Nolan Clark, Agricultural Engineer

Wind Farming in the Southern Plains – Status, Growth, and Future.

 

Michael Grusak, Plant Physiologist

Strategies to Improve the Nutritional Value of Crop Plants: Golden Rice as a Platform for Micronutrient Enhancements.

 

Ed Fredrickson, Rangeland Management Specialist

 

Desert Ecology

Marty Riche, Fish Biologist

Feeding Fish to Feed the Planet.

 

Anna McClung, Research Geneticist

Use of genomics to sustain rice production – the cereal grain that feeds the world.

 

Jurgen Garbrecht, Hydraulic Engineer

Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Integrating Capricious Climate, Agricultural Planning, and Resource Conservation.

 

Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Soil Scientist

Impacts of Alternative Management for Cotton Production on Soil Microbial Community Size, Structure and Diversity, and Soil Functioning.

 

Greg Hanson, Hydraulic Engineer

 

Dam Erosion

W.A. ‘Bill’ Phillips, Animal Scientist

Opportunities and Challenges for Forage Based Beef Production Systems.

 

Robert Schwartz, Soil Scientist

 

Elucidating soil hydrological processes with accurate water content sensing at high temporal resolution: a key to optimizing the use of limited water. 

 

Doug Burrin, Animal Physiologist

 

No Title

 

Derek Whitelock, Agricultural Engineer

 

Adventures in Cotton Gin Stack Sampling.

 

John Goolsby, Entomologist

Biological control of Arundo donax; an invasive, water-using weed of the Rio Grande Basin.

 


   
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