College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Microbes Provide Solutions to Energy Issues

Published on September 18, 2009
After three years of research, Gemma Reguera has developed a process that can be harnessed to produce clean, cheap electricity and fuel from plant biomass.

Improving Our Understanding of Soil

Published on August 10, 2015
The United Nations has designated 2015 the "International Year of Soils," focusing on challenges surrounding food, energy and the environment. Since 1997, Project GREEEN has been confronting these issues and their impacts on plant agriculture.

Antibiotic resistance | Food

Gemini Bhalsod

On-demand webinars for nursery growers now available

Published on February 26, 2019
The recordings from the 2019 Winter Nursery Conference are available online.

MSU hosts soybean virtual field day

Published on August 17, 2020
Michigan State University Extension and MSU AgBioResearch hosted a virtual soybean field day Wednesday, Aug. 26 from 8 to 10 a.m.

AFRE professor and PSM alum receives CANR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award

Published on February 25, 2020
Dave Weatherspoon to receive 2020 CANR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award at ANR Week.

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 faculty members recognized among the world’s most highly cited researchers

Published on December 13, 2016
Six Michigan State University faculty members have earned a spot on the Thomson Reuters highly cited researchers list for 2016.

On Farm Research: Cover Crop Interseeding and Seeding Rates

Published on March 14, 2020

Dr. Karen Renner, Professor in the MSU Plant, Soils and Microbial Sciences Department and graduate student Aaron Brooker have been conducting research into interseeding cover crops into corn between the V1 and V7 growth stages. Previous years’ research found the use of cover crops does not reduce corn yield, and is an effective strategy to improve soil health and suppress winter annual weeds. Their current work, described in this video, builds on this research and looked at different seeding rates and different cover crop mixtures.