Southern Plains Area : Southern Plains Area Scientific Presentations

These presentations are examples of the research being conducted throughout the Southern Plains area to solve problems that affect our daily lives. The goal of the presentations is to provide the public and our stakeholders with an inside look at the contributions our scientists are making and/or have made.

To view the available presentations, click on the links in the subject fields. The presentation will be shown using Windows Media Player. If you have trouble viewing the presentations, it might be necessary for you to download and install the Windows Media Player DIVX codec for free from http://www.divx.com/en/downloads/postdownload/divx/win. When the installation prompts you to “choose the components” to install make sure you only select “DIVX Codec”.

Speaker/Title	Subject

Michael Grusak, Plant Physiologist	Strategies to Improve the Nutritional Value of Crop Plants: Golden Rice as a Platform for Micronutrient Enhancements.
Ed Fredrickson, Rangeland Management Specialist	Desert Ecology
Marty Riche, Fish Biologist	Feeding Fish to Feed the Planet.
Anna McClung, Research Geneticist	Use of genomics to sustain rice production – the cereal grain that feeds the world.
Jurgen Garbrecht, Hydraulic Engineer	Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Integrating Capricious Climate, Agricultural Planning, and Resource Conservation.
Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Soil Scientist	Impacts of Alternative Management for Cotton Production on Soil Microbial Community Size, Structure and Diversity, and Soil Functioning.
Greg Hanson, Hydraulic Engineer	Dam Erosion
W.A. ‘Bill’ Phillips, Animal Scientist	Opportunities and Challenges for Forage Based Beef Production Systems.
Robert Schwartz, Soil Scientist	Elucidating soil hydrological processes with accurate water content sensing at high temporal resolution: a key to optimizing the use of limited water.
Margaret Bogle	Adapting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for the Lower Mississippi Delta
Andy Cole, Research Animal Scientist	Going "Green" in the Feedlot: Belches, Burps and Beer.
Steve Rawles, Research Physiologist	How do you optimize fish diets with less than optimal ingredients?
Greg Holt, Agriculture Engineer	Can Polystyrene molded packaging really be replaced by mushrooms and cotton byproducts?
Yulin Jia, Research Plant Pathologist	Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms of Rice Blast Resistance
Debbe Thompson, Nutritionist	"Food, Fun & Fitness Internet Program for Girls"