by William Cahalin | May 3, 2013 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University initiative established through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in 2011 to promote interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the nation’s food system has achieved “institute” status. The Auburn University Food Systems...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2013 | Animal Sciences, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Five Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty have been appointed or reappointed to professorships, and several faculty and students in the college have earned high honors for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2012-13 academic year....
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 29, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
by JAMIE CREAMER Alabama is home to the most diverse freshwater mussel population in all of North America, with 180 known species dwelling or having once dwelled in the state’s rivers and streams. But in recent decades, their numbers have plummeted as a result of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 1, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Scientists investigating what makes bedbugs tick by JAMIE CREAMER The first thing that Zach DeVries does when he opens the door to a new hotel room is to put his luggage in the bathtub. “I’m not being paranoid,” DeVries says. “I’m being cautious.” It is a caution...
by William Cahalin | Mar 15, 2013 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Joseph Eakes, the Jimmy and Chris Pursell Professor of Horticulture, has been named the 2013 Professional Landcare Network, or PLANET, Academic Excellence Foundation Outstanding Educator of the Year. The award, which goes to a professor who dedicates his...
by William Cahalin | Mar 5, 2013 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure...
by William Cahalin | Mar 4, 2013 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University–patented kiwifruit varieties are now on the market, offering home gardeners across central and south Alabama a new and refreshing fruit possibility and the region’s produce farmers a promising high-value specialty crop. Included among...
