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Nip it before it gets to the bud – MSU fungi expert works to protect wheat, apples
Published on March 4, 2013
Learn more about Frances Trail, MSU AgBioResearch microbiologist -- a Brooklyn, N.Y. native who is committed to protecting wheat fields and apple orchards from pathogens. -
Profiling plants to identify new high-value substances
Published on February 25, 2013
MSU AgBioResearch scientist A. Daniel Jones is using a mass spectrometer to understand more about high-value chemical compounds. -
New MSU water technology produces outstanding harvests during Midwest drought
Published on February 19, 2013
During last summer's drought in Michigan - the worst in the last half-century - Michigan State University researchers nearly doubled corn production on state test farms using a process that inserts soil water. -
New grant aims to help control deadly dairy cattle disease
Published on February 14, 2013
A Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch animal scientist is among a group of researchers who have received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. -
AgBioResearch scientist brings her passion for entomology to the classroom
Published on February 11, 2013
For the past 16 years, MSU AgBioResearch's Christina DiFonzo has been providing knowledge and expertise to MSU colleagues and growers from around the state. -
Unchecked antibiotic use in animals may affect global human health
Published on February 11, 2013
The increasing production and use of antibiotics is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), effectively reducing antibiotics' ability to fend off diseases in humans and animals. -
MSU biofuels expert makes list of top 100 people in bioenergy
Published on January 29, 2013
Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch scientist Bruce Dale was recently ranked 22th and was the top-ranked academic on BioFuels Digest's2012-13 list of the Top 100 People in Bioenergy. -
Researcher takes aim at dengue fever
Published on January 21, 2013
Research by MSU AgBioResearch entomologist Zhiyong Xi has found that a bacterium can stop dengue viruses from replicating in mosquitoes and could have ramifications with other mosquito-borne diseases. -
Career finds fertile ground in the sciences
Published on January 21, 2013
Vice President of operations credits MSU AgBioResearch and Crop, Soil and Microbial Sciences professor Karen Renner for helping him to excel.