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James C. ReadTexas Agricultural Experiment StationProfessor
Ph.D., Genetics and Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University Plant Breeding and Genetics of Grasses - Research |
Project leader for genetics and breeding of forage and turf grasses specializing in the development of cool season perennial forage and turf grasses for north central Texas. Major breeding emphasis is on Texas bluegrass and Texas bluegrass x Kentucky bluegrass hybrids. Other breeding activities involve Kentucky bluegrass, Tall fescue and switchgrass. From this program Reveille hybrid bluegrass has been released and Syn 1 Texas bluegrass is in the process of being released. Other activities involve the evaluation of new forages and turfgrasses for their performance in North central Texas. Evaluate switchgrass biomass as an alternate fuel.
Professor of forage and turfgrass breeding and genetics. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1999- present. Associate Professor of forage crop breeding and management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1981 - 1999. Assistant Professor of forage crop breeding and management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1974 to 1981. Research geneticist for genetics and cytology of sugar beets, USDA-ARS, Salinas, California, 1971 to 1974. Graduate student, Soil and Crop Sciences Department, Texas A&M University, research and teaching assistant, NDEA Fellowship, 1966 to 1971.
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Sigma Xi. Who's Who in America. More than $645,000 in research grants and contracts since 1987. Merit Award from American Forage and Grass Land Council. Member, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, American Forage and Grassland Council, and TX Forage and Grassland Council.
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James C Read
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