March 12 to March 18: A "Masked Bandit," Pecan Patience and Green Cells

Spring has sprung in southern Oklahoma. Noble Research Institute researchers have full schedules keeping up with all the springtime activities related to crop and livestock production.

Here's a quick look at what they were up to last week. Follow #everyNoblestory on Instagram and Twitter to see the latest updates.

  1 Sunday, March 12

Spring is in the air.

Spring has sprung here in southern Oklahoma. #plants #everynoblestory #iphoneonly #redbud #natureisbeautiful #oklahoma #southernplains #trees #ardmoreok #iphoneography

A post shared by Mike Trammell (@nobleplantbreeder) on Mar 10, 2017 at 4:55pm PST

  2 Monday, March 13

Crossbreeding produced this "masked bandit" calf.

The masked bandit is out on the prowl today searching for milk! Cross breeding is a big advantage to commercial producers. The benefits associated are, but not limited to; hybrid vigor, increased weaning weights, and not to mention awesome looking offspring! #everynoblestory #beef #cattle #mask #crossbred #hereford #blackangus

A post shared by noble north farms (@noblefoundations_north_farms) on Mar 13, 2017 at 9:52am PDT

  3 Wednesday, March 15

Looking forward to learning more about pecan scab disease and turning that knowledge into solutions for producers.

Waiting for bud break so I can inoculate with Venturia effusa, #pecan scab pathogen #everynoblestory pic.twitter.com/6Fo8TokvBO

— NobleMycologyLab (@NobleFunGuys) March 15, 2017

  4 Wednesday, March 15

Keeping cattle healthy.

Curt Larson, Farm Facility Manager for Oswalt Ranch, reloading an automatic syringe while processing purchased heifers...all @noblefoundation staff that handle and work with cattle are #bqa #certified and trained to the highest #animalwelfare and care standards #allfortheloveofbeefcattle #everynoblestory #agriculture #cattle #knowyourrancher #iphoneonly #iphoneography

A post shared by Austin Miles (@austinmiles2010) on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:20am PDT

  5 Friday, March 17

Plant cells glow green for St. Patrick's Day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day folks. A great day to feature a sampling of different plant cell-types tagged with the #green fluorescent protein #gfp. The stunning architecture of plants that we see in #nature is determined in large part by the diversity of #plantcell shapes. Each day, #research laboratories at the @noblefoundation are illuminating these cells with the green #light of the #jellyfish to gain new knowledge about plant function. #StPatricksDay #plantbiology #everynoblestory #microscope #cellbiology #plantscience #greenlight #greenwithenvy #imageoftheday #confocal #science #fluorescent #cells

A post shared by Noble Cell Imaging (@noble_cell_imaging) on Mar 17, 2017 at 4:46am PDT