Xue has demonstrated that infrared thermometers, thermal imaging and spectral reflectance data can be used to characterize genotypic variation in wheat and corn, the nomination stated. He and his students have been evaluating remote-sensing tools at both ground and aerial levels to characterize wheat and corn genotypes for drought tolerance. His recent research on high throughput field phenotyping has been highly significant for researchers and producers. Charles Schwartz, Texas A&M Board of Regents chair, left, and Elaine Mendoza, vice chair, right, made the presentation. Qingwu Xue (center), Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop stress physiologist in Amarillo, was honored with the Texas A&M Regents Fellow Service Award. He utilizes new and improved cultivars/species, best management practices and cropping systems to reach these goals. Xue strives to understand physiological mechanisms for improved abiotic stress tolerance, to identify plant traits conferring stress tolerance, to develop phenotyping tools for screening stress tolerance, all with water-use efficiency in mind, his nomination stated. With research focused on crop physiology, abiotic stress, drought tolerance and water management strategies for corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton, potato and, more recently, vegetables, his primary objective is to improve yield, water use, water-use efficiency and stress resistance/tolerance in major crops in the Texas High Plains. βI would like to thank all my collaborators, technical staff, postdocs and students for making this happening.β βIt is a great honor to receive such a prestigious award,β Xue said. The Texas A&M University System established the Regents Fellow Service Awards to honor service, extension and research professional who have provided exemplary professional service to society that has created large and lasting benefits to Texas and beyond. Qingwu Xue, Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop stress physiologist in Amarillo, was honored with the Texas A&M Regents Fellow Service Award recently in College Station.
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