TAMU Rose Breeding Program

Texas A&M Rose Breeding and Genetics Program in the Department of Horticultural Sciences 🌹🧬

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

We are excited to share that Haramrit Gill will defend her thesis entitled "The Game of Colors in Roses: QTL, Transcriptomic and Pigment Analysis of the Flower Color Transition Phenotypes in Autotetraploid Rose Populations"! We are so proud of all her hard work!

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Last week, we were pruning and this week we started planting! The weather slowed us down a little bit, but thanks to our great team, we’ve made a lot of progress! Thank you to all the staff and students who came out to help. 🌹
Photo by Jeekin Lau.

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

It’s pruning season! Over the last two weeks, we have been pruning our roses and getting ready to plant new ones. It’s a lot of hard work, so thank you to everyone who came out to help! 🌹

[Texas A&M Horticultural Sciences @tamuhort]

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[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Dr. Jeekin Lau led a presentation entitled "The genetic structure of roses used at Texas A&M University and genomic selection of key traits" at the @polyploidtools meeting in California last month! You can watch the full presentation at the link below.
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[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

We had the pleasure of visiting with Nate and Tess Fisher last Friday! Nate and Tess run Garden Roses LLC which propagates their own root roses of about 100 cultivars with most being Old English Roses developed by the David Austin breeding program.

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Here's one of our graduate students, Haramrit Gill, presenting her research on rose color transition at the Tools for Polyploids meeting a few weeks ago in San Diego, CA! She did a great job. 👍🌹 You can read her abstract here: https://t.co/Qhx3ntjqjf

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

The Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham is hosting a FREE educational event next Saturday, the 27th! Come learn all the basics of taking care of roses from 10-11:30 am. 🌹

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Dr. Byrne was interviewed by Better Homes and Gardens to discuss why rose rosette disease is such a problem and what you can do to protect your garden. Read the full article at the link below! 🌹
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[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Last week, we laid out new beds and dug trenches for a new irrigation system. Thank you to our new student workers, Caleb and David, for their hard work!
📷Photos by Jennifer Minor.

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Last week, we had our first meeting for the @SustainableRRD project! We heard great presentations on everyone's research and we are so happy we had such a successful turnout. 🌹

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

This week, we are headed to Tennessee to host a meeting for our latest project, Sustainable Roses (@SustainableRRD)! Give them a follow and check out their website below! https://t.co/wotFbUHGvU

[Tools for Polyploids @polyploidtools]

Last year, Tessa Hochhaus from @TAMU_roses presented a poster on her research on rose rosette disease resistance at our workshop. You can present a poster too! Visit the link below to submit an abstract before November 27th. https://t.co/cyc0gCwbiF

[Texas A&M Horticultural Sciences @tamuhort]

The Sustainable Agriculture Student Association (SASA) is dedicated to creating a space for students to experience, explore, share, and learn about the wonderful world of sustainable agriculture. #TAMUHORT

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[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Dr. Byrne will be speaking at the Antique Rose Emporium's Fall Festival of Roses on Saturday, November 4th! If you are interested in attending or would like more information, you can visit their website at the link below. 🌹https://t.co/So8ST3bIqX

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

It’s propagation season again! Thank you to all our staff and students who have come out and worked with us. It’s a big job, so we appreciate all the help!

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

Check out our factsheets and other resources on RRD to learn what to look for and how our projects are working towards developing sustainable roses! Follow @SustainableRRD to get updates about our new project. https://t.co/lC9zeeJV9d

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[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

.@AgriLife just published an article about our postdoctoral research scientist, Dr. Cris Taniguti! She discussed her work on polyploid genetic analysis and the software, VIEWPoly, which she developed! https://t.co/dS1vw6DxIx

[TAMU Rose Breeding Program @TAMU_roses]

We hope everyone had a great first week of the fall semester! We're so happy to see everyone back on campus. 👍🏼 #tamu27