The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Oil and gas drilling are extremely important in Oklahoma and Texas, but there's a challenge in deciding how to handle certain by-products of the process.
Check out our new blog, which highlights the Noble Foundation's journey to Uganda to assist Watoto in advancing their agricultural mission.
Ponds are a vital resource for any agricultural producer or land manager. Our resource provides information to pond managers to achieve management goals.
Michael Udvardi, Ph.D., was recently selected as senior vice president and director of the Plant Biology Division.
The Noble Foundation is holding a photo contest. Winners will earn one of 12 coveted spots in the Noble Foundation's 2014 calendar, plus prizes.

Plant Image Gallery
Since its launch in 1997, the Noble Foundation's popular online Plant Image Gallery has helped thousands to identify plants.

Consultation Program
The Agricultural Division serves a 47-county area within a 100-mile radius of Ardmore. There is no cost to cooperators for our consultation services.

Grantmaking Program
Through its grantmaking program, the Foundation supports community projects and the activities of nonprofit charitable, educational and healthcare organizations.

Ag News and Views: May 2013

Ag News and Views: April 2013

Switchgrass Establishment

The "New Normal" - or Was it?

Ag News and Views: March 2013

Ag News and Views: February 2013

Switchgrass as a Dual-Purpose Grazing and Bioenergy Crop

Ag News and Views: January 2013

Legacy: Winter 2012

Overhead Bulk Feed Bin Calculator

Yesudas, C. R., Bashir, R., Geisler, M. & Lightfoot, D. A. (2013). Identification of germplasm with stacked QTL underlying seed traits in an inbred soybean population from cultivars Essex and Forrest. Molecular Breeding, 31 (3), 693-703 10.1007/s11032-012-9827-3.

Guan, D. G,, Stacey, N. S., Chengwu, L. C., Wen, J. Q., Mysore, K. S., Torres-Jerez, I., Vernie´, T., Tadege, M., Zhou, C., Wang, Z - Y., Udvardi, M. K., Oldroyd, G. & Murray, J. (2013). Rhizobial infection is associated with the development of peripheral vasculature in nodules of Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology, 162, 1 10.1104/pp.113.215111.

Lee, S., Yang, D - S., Sumner, L. W. & Mysore, K. S. (2013). Suppression of plant defense responses by extracellular metabolites from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci in Nicotiana benthamiana. BMC Plant Biology, 13, 65 10.1186/1471-2229-13-65.

Ramegowda, V., Senthil-Kumar, M., Ishiga, T., Kaundal, A., Udayakumar, M. & Mysore, K. S. (2013). Drought stress acclimation imparts tolerance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pseudomonas syringae in Nicotiana benthamiana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14, 9497-9513 10.3390/ijms14059497.

Kering, M. K., Guretzky, J., Interrante, S. M., Butler, T. J., Biermacher, J. T. & Mosali, J. (2013). Timing Affects Switchgrass Production, Forage Nutritive Value, and Nutrient Removal. Crop Science, 53, 1-9 10.2135/cropsci2012.10.0568.