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  • Can ‘Reading’ Leaves Lead To More Drought-Tolerant Crops?

    Researchers are hoping information from this study will also help them identify wheat varieties more resistant to wheat rust, as shown here. (Texas A&M AgriLife/Kay Ledbetter) By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University AgriLife Looking at leaves to peer into the future might seem the stuff of superstition,…

  • AgriLife Partners With Tunisia To Improve Soil Management

    Dr. Amir Ibrahim, AgriLife Research wheat breeder, College Station, stands in a durum wheat field not far from the Mediterranean Sea. Ibrahim is leading a partnership between Texas A&M and Tunisian researchers. By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University AgriLife Improving the livelihood of small-acreage landholders is the goal of recent…