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Graduation celebration to be held May 19 Thursday, April 27, 2023

A graduation celebration will be held May 19 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Goodding Learning Center, 280 Plant Sciences Hall. This reception will honor Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduates, both undergraduate and graduate students, earning degrees in May.

Food and refreshments will be served, followed by an introduction of each graduate and time for family and friends to celebrate and take photos.

Each graduate will receive a small gift from the department.

Graduates, family, friends and department faculty, staff and students are welcome!

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Crops Judging Team competes at national conference Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team includes Will Stalder, (front row, from left), Maggie Walker, Kailey Zielgler, and Daniel Frey, Garrett Kuss, (back row, from left), Logan Nelson, Zach Nienhueser and Don Lee.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team tied for seventh-place overall for the four-year university division at the national 2023 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference hosted by Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California, April 12-15. Thirteen teams from across the country competed in the four-year university division.

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Spring Banquet held to honor achievements of students, faculty, staff Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Students, faculty, staff, emeriti, alumni, industry leaders and guests attend the Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Banquet on April 17 in the Nebraska East Union.

Over 120 students, faculty, staff, emeriti, alumni, industry leaders and guests attended the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Banquet on April 17 in the Nebraska East Union. The crowd celebrated and honored the achievements of students, faculty and staff, past and present.

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Horticulture Club to host spring bedding plant sale Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Senior plant and landscape systems majors Briezy Kroeger, left, and Elaina Madison tend to plants for the spring bedding plant sale in the East Campus greenhouse.

The Horticulture Club will host a spring bedding plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 and 5, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 6 at the Teaching Greenhouse West on East Campus.

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Husker duo part of national push for improved biofuels Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Tom Clemente, Eugene W. Price Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Edgar Cahoon, George Holmes Professor of biochemistry who serves as director of Nebraska’s Center for Plant Science Innovation, have spent more than a decade using biotechnology tools to develop sorghum germplasm that accumulates vegetable oils in the plant’s stems and leaves.

Full story at Nebraska Today

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program announces 2023-24 scholarship recipients Monday, April 10, 2023

The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced the recipients of scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year. The one-time scholarships will be awarded to 84 students, including nine from Agronomy and Horticulture, totaling $184,000 for the ensuing academic year.

Full story at IANR News

Huskers take 4th at national soil judging contest Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Soil Judging Team places fourth overall at the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest hosted by Oklahoma State University on March 31 near Woodward, Oklahoma. Team members are Stephanie Kluthe, (back row, from left) Sean Glasshoff, Mason Rutgers, Johnathan Kelly, Jack Krebs, Will Hernandez (front row, from left), Mason Schumacher, Charlotte Brockman, Julianna Cañedo and Rachel Clarkson.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Soil Judging Team took fourth place overall at the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest held March 26–31 near Woodward, Oklahoma.

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Crops judging team competes, gives back to FFA students Tuesday, April 4, 2023

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team places third overall at the West Texas A&M University Collegiate Crops Contest on March 25 in Canyon, Texas. Team members include Kailey Ziegler (from left), Maggie Walker, Will Stalder, Zach Nienhueser and Logan Nelson.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team has been busy this spring competing in crops judging contests and giving back to Nebraska FFA.

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Slammers rise to the challenge of engaging audience Monday, April 3, 2023

Change is neither good nor bad, said Ryleigh Grove. But it opens opportunities — for plants and people. Ashley Washburn/ORED

It’s OK to be enthusiastic about science — even to approach science communication as performance art, says Jocelyn Bosley. Husker students and their audience embraced that notion Friday afternoon at the Student Research Slam, part of the Student Research Days lineup.

Full story at Office of Research & Economic Development

Nebraska researchers identify genes that help corn adapt to new environments Thursday, March 30, 2023

Guangchao Sun, research scientist (left), and Thomas Hoban, an undergraduate research assistant in the James Schnable lab, collect, measure and process seedling roots under green light. Green light allows Guangchao and Thomas to see what they are doing while not alerting the cells of plant roots that they are out of the soil and exposed to the sun to reduce changes introduced between when the plants are harvested and when gene expression can be measured.

Corn plays a key role in Nebraska’s economy and identity. Yet, this was not always the case. Corn was first domesticated in the tropical latitudes of central Mexico. Over thousands of years, corn learned to thrive in the very different growing conditions found in temperate North America. Corn made a breakthrough in figuring out how to thrive in temperate climates that now enables the crop to play a key role in ensuring both farmer prosperity and food security across six continents.

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