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State of the art research meets breeding for wheat’s future

By Mathew Reynolds, Wheat Physiologist at, CIMMYT First post of our “Global Collaboration” series Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world, currently providing about 20 percent of human calorie consumption. However, demand is predicted to increase by 60 percent within…

Isabel09/06/2019

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Interdisciplinary Science Communication Experiences in China

Picture: Dr. Felix Fritschi, University of Missouri, while talking with China Agricultural University graduate students Authors: Shannon K. King1,4, Jon T. Stemmle2, Robert E. Sharp3,4 1Department of Biochemistry, 2School of Journalism, 3Division of Plant Sciences, and 4Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia,…

Isabel09/06/2019

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“Fascination of Plants Day” FoPD2019

The 5th international "Fascination of Plants Day" 2019 (FoPD 2019) is set to be celebrated across the world under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) on the 18th of May. As you know, the goal is to…

Isabel01/05/2019

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An economist’s perspective on plant sciences: Under-appreciated, over-regulated and under-funded

David Zilberman Modified crops such as Golden Rice could have major benefits for people in developing nations. Image credit: IRRI Licensed under CC BY 2.0 By David Zilberman, Professor and Robinson Chair, Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley When I…

Isabel06/06/2018

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When lipids meet hormones: plants’ answer to complex stresses

This blog has been reposted with permission from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory. Unlike animals, plants can’t run away when things get bad. That can be the weather changing or a caterpillar starting to slowly munch on a leaf. Instead, they…

Isabel16/05/2018

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Reflections from the “Feed the Future” conference in Burkina Faso

By Atsuko Kanazawa, Igor Houwat, Cynthia Donovan This article is reposted with permission from the Michigan State University team. You can find the original post here: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory By Atsuko Kanazawa Atsuko Kanazawa is a plant scientist in the lab of…

Isabel24/01/2018

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Putting Big Data to Work with ARPA-E’s TERRA Program

This week we spoke to Dr. Joe Cornelius, the Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). His work focusses on bioenergy production and conversion as a renewable and sustainable energy source, transportation fuel, and chemical feedstock,…

Isabel03/11/2017

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State of the art research meets breeding for wheat’s future

Interdisciplinary Science Communication Experiences in China

“Fascination of Plants Day” FoPD2019

An economist’s perspective on plant sciences: Under-appreciated, over-regulated and under-funded

When lipids meet hormones: plants’ answer to complex stresses

Reflections from the “Feed the Future” conference in Burkina Faso

Putting Big Data to Work with ARPA-E’s TERRA Program

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