Francis M. (Monte) Rouquette, Jr., PAS
Texas A&M Regents Fellow and Professor of Forage Physiology
E-Mail: m-rouquette@tamu.edu
Dr. Rouquette is employed by Texas AgriLife Research and has worked at the Texas Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton since October, 1970. He conducts basic and translational research on nutritive parameters and defoliation regimens of warm-season perennial grasses and cool-season annual grasses and legumes. Currently, his pasture research program represents the longest continuous stocking experiments with improved forages and nutrient cycling in the U. S.
Education:
- BS, Agronomy, Texas A&I University – Kingsville, 1965
- MS, Forage Cropping Systems, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 1967
- PhD, Forage Physiology, Texas A&M University – College Station, 1970
Professional Positions Held:
2000 – present:
TAMU Regents Fellow, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton
Professor, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton
Associate Professor, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton
Assistant Professor, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton
Professional Membership:
- American Society of Agronomy, Fellow
- Crop Science Society of America, Fellow
- Society for Range Management
- American Society of Animal Science
- American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
Selected Publications (click to view publication):
- Birth to Harvest Attributes of Brahman and Brahman-Influenced Steers (A Compilation of Research Results Involving Tropically Adapted Beef Cattle Breeds. Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin. Regional Project S-1013. November 2005.)
- Review: Effects of Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Nutrient Cycling on Stocking Strategies for Cow-Calf and Stocker Programs (Professional Animal Scientist. April 2010. vol. 26, no. 2. 131-141)
- Management Strategies for Cool-Season Annual Pastures and Stocker Cattle
