Plants & Plant Products News

Trees - Heal Thyself
National Impact at University of Massachusetts at Amherst | September 16, 2008

CSREES Awards More Than $9 Million in Grants to Study Fruit, Vegetables and Sunflower Genomes
News Release | September 16, 2008

Lesquerella: The Next Source of Biofuel
National Impact at Texas A&M University| July 31, 2008

DOE and USDA Announce More than $10 Million in Bioenergy Plant Feedstock Research
News Release | July 31, 2008

Scientists Unlock the Key to Rice Nutrition
National Impact at Mississippi State University | July 28, 2008

USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research
News Release | July 11, 2008

New Test Kits Help Manage Farm Nitrate Levels
National Impact at Nitrate Elimination Company | July 9, 2008

CSREES Anticipates Specialty Crop Research Initiative Funding Opportunity
Feature | June 16, 2008

Scientists Look for Clues into How Tree Populations Become Invasive
National Impact at University of Cincinnati | January 15, 2008

Researchers Unmask How Harmful Soybean Parasite Operate
National Impact at University of Missouri and Iowa State University | January 8, 2008

CSREES Partners Video Examines How Agriculture Is 'Fueling America'
Feature | January 3, 2008

Algae Opens Door to Producing Healthier Food
National Impact at the UCLA | November 29, 2007

Grant Enables Study of Effects of Biofuels
Production on Soils
National Impact at Washington State University

Scientists Link Key Gene to Response to Sunlight Exposure in Corn
National Impact at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington | November 13, 2007

Scientists Sequence a Cereal Killer
National Impact at the Broad Institute of MIT and
Harvard University | November 2, 2007

Trees: A Poplar Source for Biofuels
National Impact at North Carolina State University |
October 15, 2007

USDA Presents Discovery Award to University of California Researchers
News Release | October 12, 2007

CSREES Awards More Than $4.7 Million for Tomato and Potato Specialty Crops Genetic Research
News Release | October 11, 2007

Iowa State Professor's Genome Research Published in the Latest Issue of Science
National Impact at Iowa State University | October 11, 2007

CSREES IPM and NRCS Programs Build a Shared Vision for Growers and the Environment
Feature | October 10, 2007

Bees in Crisis
National Impact at Penn State University

USDA Announces New Funding for Bee Health and Protection
News Release | September 11, 2007

USDA Awards $6 Million to Advance Tree
Genomics and Breeding
News Release | August 30, 2007

Same Gene Protects From One Disease, Opens Door to Another
National Impact at Oregon State University | August 27, 2007

Pigweed Poses Challenge to Transformed Herbicide Industry
National Impact at the University of Arkansas |
August 24, 2007

Compound in Broccoli Could Boost Immune System
National Impact at the University of California |
August 20, 2007

Even Plants Need to Sleep
National Impact at the University of California-Davis |
August 13, 2007

In a Bug-Eat-Bug World, the U of M is Leading the Charge Against Soybean Aphids
National Impact at the University of Minnesota | July 24, 2007

USDA Announces Colony Collapse Disorder
Research Action Plan
News Release | July 13, 2007

Professor to Research "Resurrection" Plants
National Impact at University of Nevada, Reno | July 13, 2007

CSREES Celebrates National Pollinator Week
Feature | June 21, 2007

Agriculture and Energy Departments Fund $8.3 Million for Biofuels Research
News Release | June 7, 2007

MSU Professor Developing Hybrid Superturf
National Impact at Michigan State University | May 30, 2007

USDA Hosts Specialty Crop Research Workshop
News Release | April 26, 2007

Iowa State Plant Pathologists Detect Crop Diseases
from Satellites
National Impact at Iowa State University | April 23, 2007

Newly Discovered Plant Enzymes Could Lead to More Efficient -- and Less Costly -- Ethanol Production from Cellulose
National Impact at Cornell University | April 24, 2007

Researchers Help Find 'Master Switch' in Plant Communication
National Impact at University of Nevada - Reno |
March 30, 2007

Partnership to Prepare Biofuels Professionals
National Impact at University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
March 14, 2007

Predicting Pests: Combining Meteorology, Biology, and Information Technology
National Impact at Penn State University

Penn State program encourages large-scale organic waste recycling and composting
National Impact at Pennsylvania State University |
February 9, 2007

USDA Honors Texas A&M's Pankiw with Research Award
News Release | January 10, 2007

Wheat Gene May Boost Foods' Nutrient Content
News Release | November 24, 2006

New Research on Plant Steroids Improves
Plant Development
National Impact at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute | November 9, 2006

USDA-DOE Make Available $4 Million for Biomass Genomics Research
News Release | October 12, 2006

USDA Awards More Than $4.5 Million for Integrated Organic Research
News Release | September 13, 2006

Phytophthora Genome Sequence Project Targets Soybean Wilt, Sudden Oak Death Pathogens
News Release | September 1, 2006

Joint USDA-DOE National Renewable Energy Conference
Feature | August 28, 2006

New Flood-Tolerant Rice Offers Relief for
World's Poorest Farmers
National Impact at the University of California | August 18, 2006

U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture Fund Genomics Projects for Bioenergy Fuels Research
News Release | August 9, 2006

Preventing and Controlling the Plant Invasion
National Impact at the University of Connecticut |
August 7, 2006

USDA Funds Research Clarifying the Path
Steroid Signal Follows in Plants
National Impact at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute | August 7, 2006

CSREES Funds Research Examining the Genetics Behind the Formation of Maize
Feature | May 11, 2006

USDA Awards $5 Million for Barley Applied Genome Research, Education and Extension
News Release | March 31, 2006

Johanns Awards $5 Million for Applied Wheat Genome Research
News Release | February 16, 2006

USDA and DOE to Coordinate Research of Plant and Microbial Genomics
News Release | January 17, 2006

CSREES National Research Initiative Funds Study on Honey Bee Health
Feature | January 3, 2006

 

Last Updated: 09/16/2008