Standing up to Roundup®

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 12, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Taking Root in Alabama Fields by NATHAN KELLY It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Alabama agriculture: another weed added to the list of aggressive, undesirable weeds that can hold their own against the broad-spectrum herbicide...

Senior spends summer studying mega-sharks

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 10, 2014 | Animal Sciences, Student Spotlight

Riley Shugg’s was an unusual summer study-abroad experience for an animal sciences major intent on becoming a large-animal veterinarian and surgeon. In fact, it was an unusual study-abroad experience, period—unless you consider getting up close and personal with great...

Eakes appointed interim horticulture department head

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 8, 2014 | Horticulture

AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University horticulture professor Joe Eakes has been named interim head of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. Eakes assumed the role Sept. 5 and will serve in the position until a new...

Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 3, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture

by NATHAN KELLY A 100-vine research vineyard that Elina Coneva established at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Chilton Research and Extension Center four years ago has the Auburn University horticulture associate professor feeling good about the future of...

Recipe file: Jordan Moseley's Conecuh® bites

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized

New Man on Development Team Scores Big with Stellar Tailgate Recipe Behind every irresistible culinary sensation lies a list of irresistible ingredients. Such is the case with Conecuh Bites, the signature game-day dish of veteran Auburn tailgater and new College of...

Say what? Auburn scientists say fish speak up when things get noisy

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...

Fadamiro named assistant dean and director of global programs

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 21, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology

AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University alumni professor and researcher Henry Fadamiro has been named assistant dean and director of global programs in the College of Agriculture, effective Sept. 1, Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. “Agriculture knows no geographical...