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MSU researcher receives USDA grant to develop improved drainage systems for farms
Published on November 16, 2020
Ehsan Ghane, assistant professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, will lead a three-year, $614,000 USDA grant to implement drainage systems that will improve water quality on farms. -
Michigan’s Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Build a Connected System to Serve Tribal Communities
Published on November 13, 2020
In 2018, NIFA awarded the two-year, $200,000 MILES grant to Bay Mills Community College and MSU Extension to help continue to build a foundation of connection, collaboration and learning between Michigan’s four land grant colleges and universities. -
MSU entomologist identifies potential ‘Achilles’ heel’ for pesticide resistance
Published on October 27, 2020
Fruit fly model lays groundwork for future insecticide resistance management innovations -
MSU receives $2 million USDA grant to improve blueberry pollination
Published on October 21, 2020
Michigan State University has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative to improve blueberry pollination. -
Climate change and its impact on the global food system is topic of upcoming MSU discussion
Published on October 19, 2020
Public encouraged to participate in important virtual conversation -
MSU entomologists join $5.4 million effort to develop sustainable management of spotted wing Drosophila
Published on October 13, 2020
The new grant aims to develop systems-based integrated management programs of the invasive fruit fly spotted wing Drosophila, a major pest of fruit. -
MSU researcher awarded five-year, $2.5 million grant to develop risk assessment training program
Published on October 13, 2020
Jade Mitchell, associate professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, will lead a five-year, $2.5 million NIH grant on increasing knowledge and availability of quantitative microbial risk assessment models. -
MSU entomologist receives grant to study control of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Published on October 12, 2020
Ned Walker, a professor in the MSU Department of Entomology, has received a $100,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine insecticide-treated resting stations that kill mosquitoes carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis. -
MSU scientists earn $1.4 million-plus for plant-based research
Published on October 7, 2020
Project GREEEN reinstates funding for 2020 projects after delay due to COVID-19.