August 2021 - 8

Researchers get $450,000 to study pepper production
By Carlos Andres Lopez
New Mexico State University
A research team from the College
of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences (ACES) at New
Mexico State University (NMSU) is
working in partnership with colleagues
from Texas A&M AgriLife Research to
study issues affecting pepper production
in the Southwest.
The collaboration between the College
of ACES and Texas A&M AgriLife
Research recently received a $914,000
grant from the USDA Specialty Crop
Multi-State Program through the
Texas Department of Agriculture.
Soum Sanogo, professor of fungal
plant pathology in the Department of
Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed
Science, is leading the NMSU team,
which received a $450,000 grant.
The NMSU research team also
includes Ram Acharya, associate
professor of agricultural economics and
agricultural business, and Willis Fedio,
research associate professor and director
of NMSU Food Safety Lab. Kevin
Crosby, professor of plant breeding and
genetics at Texas A&M University, is
serving as the lead principal investigator
of the project and directing the Texas
A&M AgriLife research team.
" Hot pepper production in New
Mexico, Texas and Arizona is
" Our teams are also
working to develop
cost-of-production budgets
to identify the most
profitable combinations
of cultivar, location and
production. "
− Soum Sanogo,
New Mexico State University
constrained by several factors such
as labor cost and environmental and
biological stresses, including soil-borne
diseases, " Sanogo said.
The goals of the project, Sanogo
said, are to identify high-yielding
pepper varieties that are tolerant to
environmental and biological stresses
and adapted to specific locations, and to
implement strategies to detect, monitor
and control plant pathogens on peppers.
" Additionally, our teams are also
working to develop cost-of-production
budgets to identify the most profitable
combinations of cultivar, location and
production, and to assess the socioeconomic
impacts of improved pepper
production, " Sanogo said.
For more information about the
project, contact Sanogo at 575-640-6484
or ssanogo@nmsu.edu. VGN
Soum Sanogo, professor of fungal plant pathology at New Mexico State University, is
working in partnership with colleagues from Texas A&M AgriLife Research to study issues
affecting pepper production in the Southwest. Photo: New Mexico State University
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