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| 1900-1949 |
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| 1909 |
Beaumont Center established |
| 1914 |
USDA (United States Department of
Agriculture) joined the Beaumont Center |
| 1941 |
TRIA formed and began to produce Foundation
Seed for Texas |
| 1942 |
First Variety for Combine Harvest: Texas Patna |
| 1946 |
TRIA purchased 600 acres of land for rice research |
| 1949 |
Moved to the present location |
| 1950-1969 |
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| 1951 |
First Early Maturing Variety : Century Patna 231 |
| 1960 |
First Hoja Blanca Virus Resistant Variety: Gulfrose |
| 1961 |
First Very Early Maturing Variety: Belle Patna |
| 1961 |
Ratoon Cropping First Commercialized |
| 1961 |
First Grass Herbicide: Propanil |
| 1965 |
First Blast Resistant Variety: Dawn |
| 1967 |
Multiple N Applications Based on Stage of Development |
| 1970-1979 |
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| 1970-1974 |
Zinc Deficiency Control |
| 1971 |
Western Area Research Sites Established |
| 1972 |
Ordram & Propanil for Broad Spectrum Weed Management |
| 1974 |
First Widely Used Fungicide for Blast Control: Benlate |
| 1974 |
Water Quality Studies Initiated |
| 1975 |
Winter Rice Nursery in Puerto Rice Established |
| 1975 |
DD-50 Program for Growth Stage Identification |
| 1975 |
Rice Production Guidelines Initiated |
| 1979 |
Rice Newsletter published as a supplement to Production Guidelines |
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1980-1989
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| 1980-1983 |
Critical Soil Test Levels Established for P&K |
| 1981 |
Critical Oxygen Levels Established for Rice Seedlings |
| 1981 |
First U.S. Semi-Dwarf Lodging Resistant Variety: Bellemont |
| 1983 |
First Sheath Blight Tolerant Variety: Pecos |
| 1983 |
First Semi-Dwarf, High Yielding, High Quality Variety: Lemont |
| 1983 |
Texas Semidwarfs Receive 5% Hurricane Damage, Other Varieties 50% |
| 1984 |
Formation of the Texas Rice Research Foundation Enhances Rice Research Program through check-off funds |
| 1988 |
Revised Economic Thresholds for Rice Stink Bug |
| 1990-present |
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| 1990 |
Texas A&M Expanded and Remodeled the Beaumont Center $3.3 million |
| 1990 |
Water Management to Improve Yield and Reduce Water Use |
| 1990-1995 |
Rice Field Methane Emissions Quantified |
| 1991 |
First in U.S. to Use Chlorophyll Meter for PD Nitrogen |
| 1991 |
Main Crop Stem Carbohydrates Linked to Ratoon Yields |
| 1992 |
DNA Markers Used to Identify Texas Varieties |
| 1992 |
Gibberellic Acid Seed Treatment |
| 1993 |
Reduced Tillage for Rice |
| 1994 |
Revised Economic Injury Levels for Rice Water Weevil |
| 1995 |
Facet Herbicide for Weed Management |
| 1995 |
Blackbird Roost Management |
| 1996 |
First Blast Resistant, Sheath Blight Tolerant Variety: Jefferson |
| 1997 |
Texas A&M and TRIA Upgraded Foundation Seed Processing Plant |
| 1997-1999 |
New Insect Mgmt. Technology - Karate, Icon, Dimilin |
| 1998 |
IPM Program for Chinch Bug Developed |
| 1998 |
Rice IPM Program Developed |
| 2001 |
Began publication of Texas Rice Newsletter |
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