AgriLife Today

Breakthrough gives researchers a powerful tool to speed development of tomato spotted wilt virus-resistant fruit and peppers.

Texas wine grape growers wrap up an early, weather-battered 2026 harvest. The results were not all bad.

New Texas Agriculture Alert System to send notifications on new pest and disease cases, quarantines, and more.

Do your tomato leaves or fruit appear damaged? Learn more about what it means and what to do.

Reports from Texas citrus groves show a heavy crop, but smaller fruit.

Field reports confirm favorable weather conditions, including consistent summer rains, have helped drive this year’s pumpkin harvest in Texas.

Scientists are working on a new project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllids — particularly the zebra chip disease, a pain for potato growers.

Federal grants to help researchers wrangle tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a vector-borne disease of tomatoes, peppers, and scores of other plants.

Texas A&M AgriLife team takes lead in four year, $7 million project to improve muscadine grapes for fresh market and winemaking.

Field reports indicate most growers around the state reported outstanding quality and above-average yields from harvests that started earlier than normal.

Local researchers confirm regions with persistent disease presence are seeing increased diagnoses.

Multi-state project aims to develop cultivars resistant to five common spinach diseases.

Learn how indoor farming research initiatives and collaboration are expanding in the Lone Star State.

USDA-NIFA-funded project totaling more than $5 million will address multiple aspects of successful short-day onion production.

Latest research from Texas A&M provides foundational evidence for biochar as a soil health enhancement amendment. Learn how.

Extension field reports indicate harsh weather conditions have caused pumpkin production yields in Texas this year to be down as much as 40%.

Learn more about a new biological technology that develops and multiplies disease-resistant citrus plants using “hairy roots.”

Researchers confirm the heat wave during June in Texas produced eight “all-time” temperature and heat index records.

Watching watermelons. Texas A&M horticulturists report on what they are seeing in the field so far.

Some areas of the Lonestar State are reporting good fruit sets despite drought, while other areas are reporting late freeze damage.