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NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY
INAUGURAL LECTURE CELEBRATION
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
3:00 p.m. - Rudder Theater
Reception following in Faculty Club
Dr. Harry O. Kunkel, Dean Emeritus
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University
“What has it Meant and What it Means to be the Leader in Agriculture and Life Sciences'
Dr. Michael V. Martin
Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Florida - Gainesville
“Will the Land-Grant University be Relevant in the 21“ Century?*
'All Faculty and Students are invited to attend.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 90 th Anniversary Lecture Series
is being held in conjunction with Texas A&M University 's 125 th Anniversary Celebration
and is sponsored in part by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
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Friday, March 22
7:30 PM
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Ever wondered if your
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8A
Thursday, March 21, 2002
SCI|TECH
THE BATTALIOI
Wild salmon discovery
FALL CREEK. Ore. (AP) — The forest is
cloaked in mist, a chilling gray that drifts through
the mossy tangle of limbs. It is barely dawn, but
Ronald Yechout is wide awake, recounting the
day he stumbled across the Fall Creek salmon
massacre.
“Here,” says Yechout, striding across a narrow
bridge. One day in November 1998, Yechout
stopped at Fall Creek while elk-hunting to
admire the annual return of coho salmon from
the ocean. “The river was full of fish, absolutely
crawling with them,” he says.
Yechout (pronounced YEK-
it) was delighted. But then he
heard thunks and thwacks com
ing from the nearby fish hatch
ery. Walking over, he found
hatchery workers with baseball
bats, clubbing thousands of
salmon to death.
What's going on? he asked.
The answer puzzled him, then
outraged him, then launched him
on a crusade that, three years
later, has helped throw the
Northwest's salmon-recovery
effort into turmoil.
Along this creek in the
Oregon woods, scientists tried to
create a salmon that equaled the
wild fish made by nature — and
then, deciding they had failed,
they set about erasing their mis-
Killing salmon to protect salmon? Yechos:
standing by a creek now bereft of fish, thinksfc
is no way to save a species.
In the 1800s, when industrial society arrivedij
the Pacific Northwest, the salmon began to disaf.
pear. Traps and nets intercepted millions of fii
Dams blocked rivers. Log drives scoutti
streambeds clean of fish eggs.
Nobody wished ill for the fish. The fivespea
of Pacific salmon and their cousin, the steelhea;
were a vital part of the economy.
Two paths to salmon survival
Hatcheries have helped stabilize the salmon population and account lor about 25 percent otaly#^
salmon entering the North Pacific But biologists agree that fish produced in the controlled hatdw,
environment cannot substitute for wild salmon
Surviving in the wild
Females deposit their eggs In the
gravel of streambeds where ttiey
are fertilized by males. Only a low
percentage survive predators, floods
or droughts to hatch.
Reared In hatcheries
Hatchery workers harvest and unite egjs
spent) from selected (isti Yields as]
and i
survival rates are often higher, buttfiege«
pool is smaller, with a smaller range of tnc
such as homing instinct or disease resslara
Feeding off a yoll
in the nest but rr
In the hatchery, alevin thrive without Itint
from predators and environmental vanaWa
In this developmental stage, fnl
to feed, avoid predators and pn
themselves with camouflage
Responding to both genetics and
domestication, fry rise to the suifaca
anticipating food when they see a hurrar
As they begin their migration to
the sea, smotts start the
conversion to salt water
conditions
Release usuaty occurs at this stage Unit
wiki fish, hatchery Hah tend not to staggr
their migratione Thus the group imnt
- , vulnerable to environmental threats
Salmon species genen ilty
spend between one and four
years maturing in the ocean
before reluming to their N
native streams to spawn
Hatchery salmon ate not yet uf
sustaining In one study, for eve’i _
100 fish of wild parents, only 16w:
produced by the same nuntwcf
hatchery fish spawning m stem
take with bats.
SOURCE N&tionGt Mann* Fiahmetnz S&rv*c&
GMOs
Continued from page 7A
incorporated into the plant are
injected into Agrobacterium,
which is then added to plant tis
sue. Then the Agrobacterium
integrates the genes into the
DNA of the plant.
The gene gun method is not
as commonly used. A very small
particle of gold is coated with
the beneficial genes. Then the
particles are blasted into plant
tissue, where some attach to
plant DNA and eventually fuse.
Private companies have
spent billions of dollars devel
oping these biotechnologies.
Rathore said these companies
own the rights to these seeds,
which means farmers can only
use genetically modified seeds
for one season; they must buy
new seed every year. This
poses a problem for poorer
countries that cannot afford the
new technology.
But much research is being
done to help developing coun
tries. At A&M, research using
traditional plant breeding
methods and genetic modifica
tion of crops is being carried
out to benefit places like Sub-
Saharan Africa, India and
Pakistan. Students from other
countries are taking knowledge
from A&M back to their home
countries.
Rathore said a project in
Switzerland to genetically
modify rice has the potential
to greatly benefit millions of
people. Swiss researchers
modified genes in rice to
increase levels of beta-
carotene, which produces
vitamin A.
With the rise of biotechnolo
gy and genetically modified
crops, some question whether
traditional methods to improve
crop yields will sustain.
“Traditional methods still
have a big role and will continue
to play a role. Biotechnology
will never replace them,”
Rathore said.
In fact, Norman Borlaug, the
father of the Green Revolun:
and recipient of the Nok
Peace Prize in 1970 fori
efforts to improve agriculture^
India and Pakistan, is a strcs
supporter for biotechnolog
Much of Borlaug's contrite
tions have included plant-bree;
ing methods to product
drought-resistant wheat.
Researchers continue «
improve agriculture throu'i
biotechnology and tradition
plant breeding methods
hope that all people will benefit
Stelly said nature is fullof
good things that have not ken
harnessed, and biotechnolee)
has much to offer. Rathoretaii
consumers who are eduofi
and told about the bene®
would not be afraid of
technology
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as the No. 2 :
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game of the
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was the firs
thought of on
of the deal wo
started focusii
fie was going.
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brought up ir
loom today," A
Stelly said he onceheardai
a biotechnology conference
that “the person who has food
on their plate has many prob
lems. The person who has no
food on their plate has only
one problem.”
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Panelists will discuss how the concept of diversity impacts their occupation, and the diversity
issues challenging Texas A&M. Audience members will also have the opportunity to engage
in a Q&A session with the panelists.
Director of Hillei Foundation, Rabbi Peter Tarlow
Group VP of Diversity & People Development, HEB, Winell Herron
Texas State Representative District 115, Mike Villarreal
Professor of Recreation, Parks, Tourism, and Sports, Dr. David Scott
Director of Admissions, Dr. Frank Ashley
Professor of Speech Communications, Moderator: Dr. Marshall Scott Poole
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