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The cowpea or black-eyed pea, as it is more commonly known, is a New Year's tradition for good luck. But disease and particularly aphids, which can wreck a crop within a few a days, are especially bad luck for the cowpea, according to scientists. Several new lines of cowpeas with genes that are aphid-resistant and less susceptible to disease are currently being tested by researchers with Texas AgriLife and other Texas A&M System entities."The cowpea has been an important and popular...
Bronson Burgoon of Texas A&M beat Arkansas' Andrew Landry Saturday to give the Aggies their first NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Andrea Pavan beat David Lingmerth 7 & 6 and John Hurley beat Ethan Tracy 6 & 4 to get the first two points for Texas A&M. Arkansas then had a 3 & 1 victory by Jason Cuthbertson over Matt Van Zandt and a 3 & 2 win by Jamie Marshall over Texas A&M's Conrad Shindler. That left the final match to determine the title. Burgoon had a...
Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie is suing the school for $6 million, alleging breach of contract, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Wednesday. Gillispie left Texas A&M in 2007 and agreed to a seven-year deal to coach the Kentucky basketball team. He was fired after just two years on the job. The newspaper reported his lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleges both breach of contract and fraud. The newspaper also said Gillispie never signed...
Monsanto Donates State-of-the-Art Marker Technology to Public Database LUBBOCK, Texas, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas AgriLife Research, a part of the Texas A&M System, announced it has received the largest private donation of cotton technology from one of the world's leading agriculture companies, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON). The donation, which includes about 4,000 cotton molecular markers and associated information, will be offered to the public domain through the...
Briann January's 22 points and five assists Sunday led Arizona State to an 84-69 win over Texas A&M at the NCAA Women's Trenton (N.J.) Region semifinals. The sixth-seeded Lady Sun Devils shot 66.7 percent from the field on the way to a 42-37 edge at the break, and then shot 57.7 percent in a 42-32 second half. A&M closed to 68-65 on two free throws by Takia Starks with 7:12 left, but ASU ran out of gas during its comeback. Arizona State faces top-seeded Connecticut Tuesday in the...
Monsanto Collaborates with Texas AgriLife Research and Texas A&M, Honors World's Pre-Eminent Rice and Wheat Researchers Global Research Program to Ignite Further Public Sector Research in Important Crops ST. LOUIS, March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced a $10 million grant to establish Monsanto's Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program, which will help identify and support young scientists interested in improving research and production...
A stunning 43-point effort from Mike Singletary Wednesday rallied Texas Tech to an 88-83 win over Texas A&M in the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Texas Tech, which has only a 14-18 record, trailed by 19 at halftime and then scored 59 points in the second period to shock the Aggies. The outcome will leave Texas A&M (23-9) having to sweat Sunday's announcement of the at-large teams in the NCAA Tournament. Singletary hit 14-of-21 shots from the field and 12-of-14 from the line. He...
Donald Sloan led five Texas A&M players in double figures with 16 points Saturday in the unranked Aggies' 96-86 upset of 12th-ranked Missouri. Josh Carter and B.J. Holmes scored 13 points each, and Bryan Davis and Nathan Walkup scored 12 points apiece for Texas A&M (23-8, 9-7 Big 12), which ran off six straight wins to end the regular season. DeMarre Carroll scored 18 points, Zaire Taylor had 17 and Matt Lawrence 16 for Missouri (25-6, 12-4), which finished the regular season with...
Facility Uses RFID-Powered Software Application to Demonstrate Construction Materials Track-and-Trace for South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), a Texas A&M engineering organization, has installed InSync's Yard Management Software Application in its university laboratory. Texas A&M was approached by South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant in Bay City, Texas, who has shown particular...
Brothers Blake and Taylor Griffin led a late Oklahoma rally Wednesday that lifted the second-ranked Sooners to a 77-71 victory over Texas A&M. Oklahoma overcame a nine-point deficit in the late going and held the Aggies scoreless for a four-minute stretch. Taylor Griffin put the Sooners in front for good with 41 seconds to play on a layup and added two free throws with 25 seconds to play for a four-point advantage. Blake Griffin scored 16 points and had 14 rebounds. Taylor Griffin had 13...
