Doctoral students receive awards for high scholastic merit and research potential Friday, July 31, 2020
Seven Department of Agronomy and Horticulture doctoral students are recipients of scholarships and fellowships for their high scholastic merit and research potential.Read Doctoral students receive awards for high scholastic merit and research potential
University finalizes mask delivery plans for fall semester Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is preparing to deliver some 60,000 cloth masks to its students, instructors, researchers and staff.Read full story at Nebraska Today
Nebraska among world’s best universities for ag, forestry Wednesday, July 29, 2020
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has ranked among the top 50 universities in the world for agriculture and forestry.Read full story at Nebraska Today
Husker team receives $1 million for projects to enhance soil health, productivity Thursday, July 23, 2020
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher’s team has received $1 million in grant funding for two separate projects designed to enhance the productivity and health of environmentally sensitive soils.Read full story at Nebraska Today
2020 Weed Management Field Days Available Online Monday, July 20, 2020
The 2020 in person Weed Management Field Days were not possible due to Covid-19. However, projects in this year's growing season were recorded for Virtual Field Days and are available online.Read 2020 Weed Management Field Days Available Online
Nebraska Environmental Trust awards $1.9 million in grants to university projects Thursday, July 16, 2020
Three Agronomy and Horticulture faculty have been awarded over $168,000 from the Nebraska Environmental Trust for new and continued work on Eastern redcedar invasion, herbicide environmental impact and incorporation of cover crops in Nebraska.Read full story at Nebraska Today
41 Agronomy and Horticulture students make CASNR Dean's List Thursday, July 9, 2020
Forty-one undergraduate students in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture have been named to the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Spring 2020 Dean’s List. Students must have a 3.75 minimum grade-point average on a four-point scale and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours to qualify. Agronomy and Horticulture students who qualified are listed below and at agronomy.unl.edu/casnr-deans-list.
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Baenziger awarded $650,000 for hybrid wheat research Wednesday, July 1, 2020
P. Stephen Baenziger, professor and Wheat Growers Presidential Chair in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, has received $650,000 for a project that has the potential to improve wheat productivity through the development of hybrid wheat varieties.Jhala receives NET grant to study atrazine alternatives Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Amit Jhala, University of Nebraska–Lincoln associate professor of agronomy and horticulture and Nebraska Extension weed management specialist, has received a three-year grant from The Nebraska Environmental Trust for a project titled "Detecting Atrazine Dissipation and Evaluating Herbicide Programs without Atrazine for Weed Control in Corn and their Environmental Impact Quotient: Research and Extension."
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