Project GREEEN

Featured Research

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  MSU researchers develop low-cost sensors to help farmers irrigate more efficiently, manage diseases

  Published on August 14, 2024
  Scientists have developed a system called LOCOMOS to monitor irrigation efficiency.

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  MSU and MDARD plant labs unite to help Michigan plant industries thrive

  Published on April 3, 2024
  MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics and MDARD’s Plant Pathology Laboratory have collaborated for more than a decade to diagnose plant problems and provide aid to growers.

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  Support from Project GREEEN helps Enviroweather deliver needed information to Michigan growers

  Published on March 27, 2024
  For more than two decades, Enviroweather has provided real-time weather information to help make farming decisions — dealing with pests, plant development and natural resources management.

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  Project GREEEN backs research into new way of breeding potatoes

  Published on March 20, 2024
  Dave Douches, a professor in MSU’s Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, has used Project GREEEN funds to study how to breed potatoes at the diploid level.

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  Controlled-environment agriculture research sees innovation through Project GREEEN

  Published on March 13, 2024
  MSU researchers have used Project GREEEN funding to optimize greenhouse production for more than 25 years.

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  Project GREEEN supports ‘rapid response time’ to fight emerging plant pathogens

  Published on March 6, 2024
  In collaboration with Michigan’s plant industries, MSU scientists use Project GREEEN funds to discover solutions that address arising plant diseases.

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  Project GREEEN advancing research on harmful plant insects

  Published on February 28, 2024
  MSU researchers use Project GREEEN funding to mitigate damage from some of the most destructive insects in Michigan agriculture.

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  Project GREEEN-funded research packs a punch against problematic weeds

  Published on February 21, 2024
  MSU scientists team up with Michigan plant industry groups using Project GREEEN and commodity dollars to combat weeds.

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  Project GREEEN: 25 years of strengthening Michigan plant agriculture

  Published on February 15, 2024
  The program is a partnership among MSU, the Plant Coalition, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.