植物育种哲学博士-玉米和高粱

德克萨斯州的农民每年在200万英亩的土地上生产超过2亿蒲式耳的玉米。德克萨斯州的玉米用于饲料，食品和工业产品，每年为德克萨斯州的农业经济贡献超过12亿美元。在全国范围内，玉米是最大的经济作物，每年收获的玉米达8500万英亩，产量为7至90亿蒲式耳。由于耐热和耐旱，谷物高粱在整个德克萨斯州的农作物种植系统中起着至关重要的作用。在得克萨斯州，该农作物每年的种植面积约为300万英亩，年平均产量为1.3亿蒲式耳。除了在得克萨斯州作为谷物作物的重要性外，它还作为草料，干草和青贮饲料非常重要。
Texas farmers produce more than 200 million bushels of corn on 2.0 million acres every year. Texas corn, which is used in feeds, foods, and industrial products, contributes annually more than 1.2 billion dollars to Texas agriculture economy. Nation wide, corn is the largest cash crop with 85 million acres of corn harvested each year producing 7 to 9 billion bushels.<br><br>Because of its heat and drought tolerance, grain sorghum plays a critical role in agronomic cropping systems throughout the state of Texas. In Texas, the crop is grown on approximately three million acres each year with annual production averaging 130 million bushels. In addition to its importance in Texas as a grain crop, it is also very important as a forage, hay and silage crop.