Jim Muir
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
Tarleton State University
United States of America
Biography
James P. Muir, a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, is Regent’s Professor and Research Scientist with Tarleton and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. He is a grassland ecologist focusing on the plant/animal interface. He has research currently on-going in South Sudan, South Africa, Swaziland, Brazil, and throughout Texas. His students have undertaken research or presented their data in many countries, including Argentina, South Africa and Malaysia. His long-term focus has been legumes, both cultivated and natural, and their myriad roles in pastures, rangeland, prairies and savannahs. Currently his multi-national team is looking at the many facets of legume condensed tannins as they affect plant survival, herbivory, carbon sequestration as well as animal and environment health. He is also interested in domesticating native Texas legume ecotypes for many uses, including prairie restoration and roadside revegetation.
Research Interest
Domesticating native Texas legumes, Legume agronomy, Cellulosic bioenergy feedstock , Condensed tannins in the ruminant ecosystem and Browser nutrition & health Native prairie restoratio
Publications
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Butler TJ,Muir JP (2010) Registration of Rio Rojo wildbean (Strophostyles leiosperma). J. Plant Registrations 4: 103-105.
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Weiss SA, Muir JP, Godfrey RW (2010) Coral vine consumption by Saint Croix hair lambs. Livestock Research for Rural Development. 22: 1-6.
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Noah RL,Muir JP,Brady AJ, Wittie DR, Kattes HD, Pitman DW, Rea GL et al. (2012) Prairie acacia, panicled tick-clover, and herbaceous mimosa herbage, nitrogen and seed yields, and regional adaptation. Agronomy J. 104: 265-270
