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Water and Soil Salinity Management and Plant Salinity Tolerance and Management

• Salt Tolerance of Herbaceous Perennials and Groundcovers (*)
• Growing Leafy Greens in a Hydroponic System (*)
• Indoor Vertical Farming for High-Value Leafy Greens and Herbs (*)
• Pomegranate as an Alternative Crop for West Texas (*)
• Impact of Nanoparticles on Food Crop Growth and Potential Health Hazard (*)
• Drought Tolerance and Minimum Water Use of Landscape Plants (*)
• Soil Salinity Assessment Using Electromagnetic Induction (*)
• Evaluation of Sulfur Burner for Salinity Management in Irrigated Cotton Fields (*)
• Soil Salinity Management Using Synthetic Organic Polymer
• Evaluation of Salt Tolerance of Chile Peppers
• Evaluation of Salt Tolerance of Garden Roses
• Evaluation of Salt Tolerance of Bedding Plants
• Determining Water Use and Crop Coefficient of Landscape Plants
• Sustainable Practices in Ornamental Crop Production Systems
• Rio Grande Salinity Management: Preliminary Economic Impact Assessment
• Salinity Impacts on Pecan Trees
• Managing Pecan Orchards Under Water Quality Constraints
• Pecan Rootstock Selection for Saline Areas
• Established the Guidelines for Landscape Uses of Reclaimed or Saline Water
• Soil Suitability for Development and Maintenance of Urban Turf Areas

Aquifer Water Use, Geological Assessment and Management

• Evaluate Performance of Infiltration Basins in El Paso (*)
• Linking Hydrological Models for Watershed Management (*)
• United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment (*)
• A Hydro-Econometric Analysis of Producer Water Use and Aquifer Hydrology in the Texas High Plains

Bioenergy Crop Production and Use of Alternative Water Supplies

• Alternative Water Sources for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture (*)
• Beneficial Effects of Cellulosic Bioenergy Crops on Soil Salinity (*)
• Field Evaluation of Bioenergy Crops Performance on Saline Soils under Arid Conditions (*)
• Evaluation of Salt and Water Stress Tolerance of Oil Seed Crops

Hydrological Modeling, Analysis, Monitoring and Geographic Information Systems

• Impacts of Creosotebush Control on Rainfall Infiltration and Forage Production in the Rio Grande Basin
• Hydrological Assessment of Salinity in the Pecos River
• Development of RiverWare Model of the Rio Grande Flow for Flood Control and Water Operations Planning
• Coordinated Water Resources Databases & GIS for Watershed Management
• Installation of Rio Grande Project Area Monitoring Network
• Fate of Salvaging Water with Saltcedar Control on the Pecos River
• Alternate Water Source and Route Benefit Ascarate Park
• Salinity Simulation of the Rio Grande Above Amistad
• Identification of Salt Sources Entering the Pecos River

Irrigation Efficiency and Water Delivery Improvements and Use of Reclaimed Water

• ET Tower Provides Information for Water Conservation (*)
• Evaluation of Irrigation Efficiency Strategies for Far West Texas (*)
• On-Farm Irrigation Scheduling Tools to Improve Water Use Efficiency (*)
• Irrigation Water Use Efficiency and Salinity in Pecan Fields under Different Irrigation Methods (*)
• Developing Alternative Waters to Diversify Crops and Water Portfolio in the Rio Grand Basin (*)
• TAMU and NMSU Scientists Help Irrigation Districts in Water Conservation
• Use of Reclaimed Effluent and Salty Groundwater for Cotton Production
• Water Conservation Through Reuse of Graywater
• Beneficial Uses of Reject Water from Electric Cooling Towers

Water Quality and Environmental Microbiology

• Salinity and Sodicity Assessment by EMI at Chamizal Memorial
• Nutrients Recovery from Belt Press Filtrate Wastewater
• Protecting Our Water: Tracking Sources of Bacterial Contamination
• Genotyping Cryptosporidium Recovered From Water Regulatory Slides
• Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water
• Pathogens in Rio Grande River Water
• Molecular Detection of Infectious Viruses in Water
• Human Health Risks from Contaminants in Reclaimed Juarez Wastewater
• Solutes and Viruses in Soil Subirrigated with Reclaimed Wastewater

Natural Resource Economics and Policy Research

• Defensive Investment in Municipal Water Hardness Reduction (*)
• Regional Economic Model for Drought, Energy Policy, and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in Texas (*)
• Weather Variability and Energy Production: The Effect of Drought on Electricity Prices (*)
• Drought and Oil Production: The Effect of Drought on Non-Conventional Oil Production