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Agronomy and Horticulture seminar series starts Feb. 3 Thursday, January 26, 2023

The spring Agronomy and Horticulture seminar series begins with “Soybean Response to Micro-rates of Dicamba and 2, 4-D” presented by Nebraska’s Stevan Knezevic on Feb. 3.

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CABBI Team Achieves First Precision Gene Editing in Miscanthus Tuesday, January 24, 2023

HudsonAlpha researcher Kankshita Swaminathan, right, and Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Erik Sacks, CABBI's Deputy Theme Leaders for Feedstock Production, check out a field of miscanthus. HudsonAlpha

For the first time, researchers have successfully demonstrated precision gene editing in miscanthus, a promising perennial crop for sustainable bioenergy production.

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Research Roundup | Jan. 20 Monday, January 23, 2023

A view of the Sandhills near Whitman, Nebraska. Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

Nebraska researchers have found no evidence that a supposed precipitation threshold prevents the establishment of eastern redcedar, as the invasive tree peppers even the most arid tracts of land in the Sandhills sampled in a recent study.

Full story at Nebraska Today

Study IDs gene that may reduce chalkiness of heat-stressed rice Thursday, January 19, 2023

Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

A joint Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture and School of Computing study could inform the development of rice varieties that yield less-chalky grain amid the heat waves of a still-warming planet.

Full story at Nebraska Today

Schnable named Fellow of the German PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence Friday, January 13, 2023

University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s James Schnable, Charles O. Gardner Professor of Agronomy within the Nebraska Food for Health Center, the Center for Plant Science Innovation and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, was named a Fellow of the German PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence, based at the University of Bonn.

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Nebraska scientist looking for gardeners, urban farmers for research project Thursday, January 12, 2023

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher, Sam Wortman, is searching for gardeners and urban farmers to participate in a science project to collect plant and soil data in their own gardens.

Nebraska’s Sam Wortman, associate professor in agronomy and horticulture, is searching for gardeners and urban farmers to participate in a science project to collect plant and soil data in their own gardens. The purpose is to learn more about the benefits of soil health management practices firsthand and provide the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with data to evaluate changes in urban soil health over time.

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Soils School to Feature Soil, Water and Nutrient Management Concepts Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The 2023 Soils School at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln will provide three soil and water, and eight nutrient management CEUs for certified crop advisors.

The 2023 Soils School will be held in-person on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Full story at CropWatch

North Central Weed Science Society names Knezevic Fellow Monday, January 9, 2023

The North Central Weed Science Society awarded its highest honor to Stevan Z. Knezevic, professor of integrated weed management in agronomy and horticulture, naming him a 2022 Fellow of the NCWSS at the society’s 77th annual meeting Dec. 7 in St. Louis.

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Blanco receives no-till agriculture award Thursday, January 5, 2023

University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Humberto Blanco, a professor of soil management and soil physics in agronomy and horticulture, was honored with the Shirley H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture in No-Till Agriculture award by the University of Kentucky on Nov. 18 in Lexington.

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Amundsen to begin Faculty Fellow appointment Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Keenan Amundsen will begin a partial Faculty Fellow appointment with CASNR starting Jan. 3 to June 30, 2023.

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