Mission:
The Plant Science Research Unit is a team of professional scientists dedicated to excellence in research. Our mission is to conduct basic and applied research on a broad range of crop plants including corn, small grains, and forages. Our research programs foster originality and creativity in the areas of genetics, genomics, breeding, pathology, physiology, and plant-animal interactions. We use problem-solving approaches to focus on long-term, durable solutions for regional, national, and international scientific investigations.