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Pests without borders: Building and investing in a network to assure plant health
Published on July 1, 2020
Ray Hammerschmidt, professor & faculty coordinator of MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics, works to build a national network to detect, diagnose and respond to plant health emergencies. -
Vigilance against the invisible: building molecular tools to identify pathogens
Published on July 1, 2020
Monique Sakalids, assistant professor in the Forestry and Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences departments at MSU, builds molecular tools to help identify exotic and native pathogens that have the potential to cause plant health emergencies. -
Breeding fast cooking beans as a healthy food option
Published on July 1, 2020
MSU Researcher Karen Cichy studies the genetic selection of dry bean seed traits related to consumer acceptance and nutritional quality -
MSU researcher finds new ways to support global crop production
Published on July 1, 2020
Ajit Srivastava develops solar technologies for drip irrigation systems and tractors powered by solar energy to help smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso increase crop production. -
Studying what makes plants sick gives insight into animal and human health
Published on July 1, 2020
Sheng-Yang He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and an MSU University Distinguished Professor -
Studying the effectiveness of conservation drainage practices
Published on July 1, 2020
MSU Extension drainage specialist works with Michigan farmers to balance crop yield with environmental and water protections. -
Combating disease for Michigan’s wheat industry
Published on July 1, 2020
Eric Olson is a member of the Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program at MSU developing wheat varieties -
MSU Innovator of the Year seeks plant improvement
Published on July 1, 2020
Federica Brandizzi, MSU Foundation Professor of plant biology and a member of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab focuses on plant efficiency -
Boosting cold tolerance in fruit crops
Published on July 1, 2020
MSU scientist Guo-Qing Song is working to uncover the molecular basis for cold tolerance in a multitude of agriculturally relevant fruit crops.