CAHS agriculture major Michelle Mbia received first prize for her poster presentation in 2015Twenty-five PVAMU students mentored by Cooperative Agriculture Research Center (CARC) Researchers submitted abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium to be held November 3-4 on campus.

Submissions covered topics related to gene expressions and early embryo development in goats. Another submission focused on how to quantify the fat globule sizes in goat and bovine milk.  Four submissions focus on predicting crop water management under current and future climate changes across Texas; projection of climate extremes in the Brazos watershed; the relationship between weather factors and crop yield; and the influence of rain on water and energy balances. Other student research included: gene marker discovery and the origin of sweet potatoes; fatty acid composition of virgin coconut oil (cocos nucifera l) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gcms); response of greenhouse grown Egyptian spinach to three fertilizer rates; evaluating okra varieties for small acreage production; disease control in organic strawberries; and phyla dulcis: shikimic acid herb.

CARC’s Research Scientists support PVAMU students as part of their own research activities addressing the needs of limited resource communities. During last year’s symposium hosted by Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, PVAMU’s agriculture major Michelle Mbia took first place in the Poster Presentation Agriculture Discipline area.

Dr. Ali Fares

 

Ali Fares, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Director, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center
alfares@pvamu.edu
(936) 261-5019