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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.

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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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Rangeland, landscape ecologist considers Nebraska dream job Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Nicholas McMillan started Jan. 1 as an assistant professor of grazing lands ecology with a joint appointment in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and the School of Natural Resources.

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Nebraska Plant Science Symposium Series set for April 25 Friday, March 24, 2023

Nebraska Plant Science Symposium Series set for April 25 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Union.

The 2023 Nebraska Plant Science Symposium Series – Growing the Future: Innovations in Plant Science – is set for Tuesday, April 25, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Graduate Lincoln Hotel.

The goal of the symposium series is to enhance agricultural scientific literacy, stimulate collaboration and help build interest in plant science careers.

NPSS 2023 committee members include graduate students Kyle Linders ¬– chair, Yuvraj Chopra – co-chair, Kristina Alas, Lexie Foster, Sydney Graham, Pragya Gupta, Hongyu Jin, Shohei Oguro, Andrea Rilakovic and Sanket Shinde.

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Nebraska to host Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean Conference Aug. 10–13 Thursday, March 23, 2023

Nebraska will host the Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean Conference Aug. 10-13.

Soy2023, the 19th in-person Biennial Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean Conference, is set for Aug. 10-13 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

The inaugural biennial conference on the Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean was held 36 years ago — Soy1986 — at Iowa State University, with USDA-ARS soybean geneticist, Randy Shoemaker, serving as the host.

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Stephenson named associate director of Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Thursday, March 23, 2023

Mitchell Stephenson has been permanently appointed to the role of associate director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. The appointment took effect Jan. 1, 2023.

Full story at IANR News