College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
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Department of Entomology [771]
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Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) [30]
A resource in agricultural and environmental biotechnology -
School of Animal Sciences [479]
The School of Animal Sciences merged Dairy Science and Animal and Poultry Science in 2022. -
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences [1294]
SPES merges three departments: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science. -
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station [357]
VAES faculty are located at 11 Agricultural Research and Extension Centers and three colleges at Virginia Tech
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CALS Global [15]
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College Publications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) [27]
Newsletters, annual reports, and other CALS publications -
Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS) [67]
FAEIS compiles nationwide higher education data for the life, food, veterinary, human, natural resource, and agricultural sciences. Managed by Virginia Tech since 2002. -
Online Master of Agricultural and Life Sciences [227]
This collection is a repository of student final projects for the Online Master of Agricultural and Life Sciences program. -
Workshop on AI and Cyberbiosecurity for Water and Agriculture (ACWA 2022) [1]
ACWA (/ˈäkwə,ˈakwə/), September 30, 2022, Hampton, VA
Recent Submissions
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Clipping Heifer Hair Coats Can Briefly Reduce Fescue Toxicosis Symptoms
(Virginia Tech, 2022-11-10)A substantial challenge for many beef cattle producers is developing beef heifers into mature, productive cows in a timely and profitable manner. At the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SVAREC), ... -
Natural and Engineered Sex Ratio Distortion in Insects
(Frontiers, 2022-06-15)Insects have evolved highly diverse genetic sex-determination mechanisms and a relatively balanced male to female sex ratio is generally expected. However, selection may shift the optimal sex ratio while meiotic drive and ... -
Phylogenetic review of the millipede genus Cherokia Chamberlin, 1949 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2022-06-20)The millipede genus Cherokia Chamberlin, 1949 is a monospecific taxon, with the type species Cherokia georgiana (Bollman, 1889). The last revision of the genus was made by Hoffman (1960) where he established three subspecies. ... -
Shiga Toxin Subtypes, Serogroups, Phylogroups, RAPD Genotypic Diversity, and Select Virulence Markers of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli Strains from Goats in Mid-Atlantic US
(MDPI, 2022-09-15)Understanding Shiga toxin subtypes in E. coli from reservoir hosts may give insight into their significance as human pathogens. The data also serve as an epidemiological tool for source tracking. We characterized ... -
Eco-Leadership, Complexity Science, and 21st Century Organizations: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
(Routledge, 2018-01-19)Throughout the 20th century, the traditional approach to leadership was based on “machine metaphors and machine-like assumptions” (Allen et al, 1999, p. 67; Rost, 1997). Leadership was seen as derived from position, vested ... -
Elements of an Undergraduate Agricultural Leadership Program: A Delphi Study
(Journal of Leadership Education, 2013-12-01)Programs in agricultural leadership are continuing to enjoy success in institutions around the country. To this point, there has been a lack of research conducted to (a) identify objectives for these programs, (b) identify ... -
Drugs and Biodiversity Loss: Narcotraffic-Linked Landscape Change in Guatemala
(IntechOpen, 2022-10-13)Characteristic of the Anthropocene, human impacts have resulted in worldwide losses in forested land cover, which can directly and indirectly drive biodiversity loss. The global illicit drug trade is one source of deforestation ... -
Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria
(Wiley, 2022)Background: There is growing evidence that an addictive-eating phenotype may exist. There is significant debate regarding whether highly processed foods (HPFs; foods with refined carbohydrates and/or added fats) are ... -
Gut Microbiota, Leaky Gut, and Autoimmune Diseases
(Frontiers, 2022-06-27)With the rising prevalence of autoimmune diseases, the role of the environment, specifically the gut microbiota, in disease development has grown to be a major area of study. Recent advances show a relationship and possible ... -
Conference Schedule and Proceedings of the 2022 KAI Symposium
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RNA-Sequencing Reveals Upregulation and a Beneficial Role of Autophagy in Myoblast Differentiation and Fusion
(MDPI, 2022-11-10)Myoblast differentiation is a complex process whereby the mononuclear muscle precursor cells myoblasts express skeletal-muscle-specific genes and fuse with each other to form multinucleated myotubes. The objective of this ... -
High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping (HTPP) in Resource-Constrained Research Programs: A Working Example in Ghana
(MDPI, 2022-11-04)In this paper, we present a procedure for implementing field-based high-throughput plant phenotyping (HTPP) that can be used in resource-constrained research programs. The procedure relies on opensource tools with the only ... -
Seed Germination Ecology of Chenopodium album and Chenopodium murale
(MDPI, 2022-11-01)Chenopodium album L. and Chenopodium murale L. are two principal weed species, causing substantial damage to numerous winter crops across the globe. For sustainable and resource-efficient management strategies, ... -
Warm Blood Meal Increases Digestion Rate and Milk Protein Production to Maximize Reproductive Output for the Tsetse Fly, Glossina morsitans
(MDPI, 2022-10-31)The ingestion of blood represents a significant burden that immediately increases water, oxidative, and thermal stress, but provides a significant nutrient source to generate resources necessary for the development of ... -
Ion-Dependent Conformational Plasticity of Telomeric G-Hairpins and G-Quadruplexes
(American Chemical Society, 2022-07-12)Telomeric DNA is guanine-rich and can adopt structures such as G-quadruplexes (GQs) and G-hairpins. Telomeric GQs influence genome stability and telomerase activity, making understanding of enzyme-GQ interactions and ... -
Dynamics of Small Non-coding RNA Profiles and the Intestinal Microbiome of High and Low Weight Chickens
(Frontiers, 2022-06-30)The host and its symbiotic bacteria form a biological entity, holobiont, in which they share a dynamic connection characterized by symbiosis, co-metabolism, and coevolution. However, how these collaborative relationships ... -
Honors Residential College (HRC) Faculty Principal 2014-15 Year-End Report
(2015-06-17)The Faculty principal for the Honors Residential College (HRC) serves as the intellectual leader of the college, working collaboratively with the residence life live-in staff, University Honors staff, and supporting faculty ... -
Honors Residential College 2015-16 Year-End Report
(2016-06-01)The Faculty principal for the Honors Residential College (HRC) serves as the intellectual leader of the college, working collaboratively with the residence life live-in staff, University Honors staff, and supporting faculty ... -
Honors Residential Commons 2016-17 Year-End Report
(2017-07-16)The Faculty Principal for the Honors Residential Commons (HRC) serves as the intellectual leader of the building, working collaboratively with the residence life live-in staff, Honors College staff, and supporting faculty ... -
Leaderful Practice: Moving Beyond the Hero Leader
(2022-10-27)Workshop for Farm Credit of Virginias, Knowledge Center, Launching Leaders Summit. Today’s challenges require leadership that is more collective and collaborative than many conventional models of leadership. This interactive ...
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