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Speeding up the clock: Accelerating fruit breeding through genetic technology
Published on November 4, 2014
Michigan State University plant geneticist Amy Iezzoni is working to speed up fruit breeding by helping breeders take advantage of the wealth of fruit genetic knowledge that has emerged, particularly in the past decade. -
Weathering the climate: Michigan agriculture braces for Mother Nature with help of MSU research
Published on November 3, 2014
Agricultural producers throughout the state have recently had to deal with some of Mother Nature's brutal wrath. Thanks to MSU research, they're helping to be better prepared and equipped to address those challenges. -
MSU researcher named Soil Science Society of America fellow
Published on October 29, 2014
MSU AgBioResearch scientist Alexandra "Sasha" Kravchenko has been named a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). -
MSU partners with Detroit to investigate death scenes
Published on October 29, 2014
MSU is using a U.S. Department of Justice grant to help Detroit death-scene investigators examine changing microbial populations to solve murders. -
MSU researchers receive $7.7 million in specialty crop grants from USDA
Published on October 3, 2014
Three MSU AgBioResearch scientists have netted more than $7.7 million in grants from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry. -
Risky business: MSU researcher to build national microbial risk assessment training program
Published on August 27, 2014
MSU AgBioResearch biosystems engineer Jade Mitchell has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and provide quantitative microbial risk assessment tools, models and training to university researchers around the nation. -
Mr. Potato Prof
Published on August 20, 2014
David Douches, who leads MSU's Potato Breeding and Genetics program, will spend September, and most other months, traveling around Michigan helping Michigan potato growers. -
MSU AgBioResearch: Tackling tough sustainability problems
Published on August 18, 2014
"We're a research institute that's embedded in the university, and we have the opportunity to take advantage of resources of the entire university to meet our mission of producing healthy food and protecting the environment." -
Stayin’ alive: MSU research aims to help biofuel switchgrass survive northern winters
Published on July 29, 2014
MSU plant biologist C. Robin Buell has been awarded $1 million to accelerate genetic breeding programs to improve plant feedstock for the production of biofuels, bio-power and bio-based products.