Oil spills such as the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico incident of 2010 are a threat to the ecosystem. In addition to the pollution caused due to the oil, synthetic sorbents are a hazard to the environment. Synthetic ...

Cotton is the leading agricultural crop in the Texas High Plains. Cotton producers have experienced steady to declining cotton prices coupled with increasing input costs resulting in tightening profit margins. Many new ...

A Ginning Industry Assessment was sent to active cotton gins in 16 counties on the Texas Southern High Plains in order to analyze the current structure and determine the optimal. There were 28 gins, out of 76, who returned ...

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The Texas High Plains continues to plant a large number of hectares to Roundup Ready cotton varieties because effective control of a wide range of annual and perennial weeds is achieved with glyphosate. The current Roundup ...

Texas Southern High Plains cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) producers lose yield to weeds each year. Crop losses caused by weeds are a direct result of competition with weeds for light, water, and mineral nutrients, as well ...

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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) has long been the most profitable crop on the Texas High Plains, but with depleting Ogallala Aquifer levels, water-efficient, alternative crops have never had a stronger presence. Proceeding ...