The “Pepper Puff Girls” in action! Tyra, Rhiannon, Navdeep, and Stephanie harvesting root samples for RNA-seq. Transcriptomics will provide more insights into the mechanisms of resistance of #jalapeños to Chile blight. Funding: NMCA New Mexico Chile Association The Chile Pepper Institute Navdeep Kaur

Congratulations to Navdeep Kaur and Dikshya Sapkota, graduating MS Students, for being awarded Outstanding Plant Science students in the NMSU Ag College!!! here’s a LOOKBACK on Navdeep’s grad student journey through NAPB: newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-grad… NAPB Navdeep Kaur

Just published: Study shows the application of genomic prediction approaches in New Mexican chile peppers BMC Madhav Bhatta Karansher Singh Sandhu, Ph.D. (Karan) The Chile Pepper Institute NIFA NMSU AES (Ag Experiment Station). Full story here: bmcgenomdata.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…. Funding- USDA NIFA, Hatch, NM Chile Association

LOOK who visited us at the NMSU Chile Pepper program greenhouse this morning (all the way from the Philippines!)! 🇵🇭 Welcome to the “Land of Enchantment”, Pa, Ma, and Nay! Red or Green?!???! 🌶️ 🫑 🌶️

Fall/Winter 2023 in “colors”: Navdeep’s graduation, pepper 🌶️ 🫑 harvest, Bioinformatics class, Thanksgiving at the park! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 and Happy New Year 🎊 everyone! from the NMSU Pepper Breeding Program

FIRST CALL for Participation: 2024 NM Chile Conference Student poster competition. Register for the 2024 Chile Conference here: cpi.nmsu.edu/programs/past-…. Please share or RT. The Chile Pepper Institute Luis Cifuentes NMSU AES (Ag Experiment Station) NMSU ACES. Travel scholarships from the NMSU Ag Experiment Station.

An exciting POSTDOC opportunity in Vegetable Breeding at the University of Georgia: ugajobsearch.com/postings/354239. Please share or RT.

Come JOIN us! Faculty position in Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Dept of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU NMSU ACES Luis Cifuentes NMSU AES (Ag Experiment Station) nmsugraduateschool NAPB NAPB Graduate Students ASHS. Please share/RT. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assistant…

Currently happening: NM Chile Conference 2024 Student Poster Competition. Interesting research from NMSU students! Go Aggies! #NMCC2024 The Chile Pepper Institute NMSU AES (Ag Experiment Station) NMSU News nmsugraduateschool

Ibrar Khan, PhD Student in the #NMSU Chile Pepper Program, presents his research at the PES seminar. Great job Muhammad Ibrar Khan!

Join our NAPB GSWG webinar this Friday at 10 am CST with Dr. Dennis Lozada. He will discuss developing new Chile pepper varieties, genomic selection, marker-assisted breeding, and high-throughput phenotyping techniques. Sign up now: forms.gle/buxvu4ydToxarx… NAPB

Thank you for this opportunity, NAPB Graduate Students!

How to make the most of your #PostDoc years? (1) Publish; (2) Practice teaching and mentoring; (3) Present at conferences; (4) Prepare for a TT job search. #CareerDevelopment

Ehtisham Khokhar, PhD student in Chile pepper breeding, has been awarded two major awards from the #NMSU PES Department today: (1) Outstanding TA and (2) Outstanding Grad Student Paper Award today! You’re on a roll, Buddy! Ehtisham Khokhar. Congratulations!

Learning from the Expert. Mr. Vince Hernandez, long-time Chile pepper grower, talks about ASTA as an important trait in Capsicum to NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding and Genetics staff and grad students. Ehtisham Khokhar Muhammad Ibrar Khan The Chile Pepper Institute

Navdeep Kaur, NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding and Genetics alumna, just published her MS thesis on Phytophthora capsici resistance today! Congratulations Navdeep Kaur! The Chile Pepper Institute NMSU AES (Ag Experiment Station) BMC

JOINED IRRI 🌾 14 years ago today! Maraming salamat, IRRI!

PhD opportunity at the NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program. Come and be a part of the Aggie Spice Lab! #NMSU #gradschool #Chilepepper. Please share/RT

“Pepper, pepper on the wall, who is the most tasty of them all?”

Join us in the "Land of Enchantment": careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assistant…. Please SHARE or RT.