Researchers Berkley Walker and Hiroshi Maeda have been awarded a total of $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how plants compensate when they “overspend” the carbon that they take in during photosynthesis. Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They grab carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make sugars and other compounds, which …
Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, Animal Science graduate students, have been selected as Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows, which offers opportunities to further advance their impactful dairy research Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, graduate students in the MSU Department of Animal Science, have been selected as members of the 2024-2027 cohort for …
Jason Grostic spends his days caring for cattle he’ll never sell. His 400-acre farm is covered with empty fields that may never again grow crops. Feed bins sit mostly empty. Every pasture except one is off limits to the cows now stuck in his barn.Just a few years ago, Grostic Cattle Company was a booming …
The Michigan State University Industrial Assessment Center has received another $5 million in its work to make manufacturing and commercial operations more sustainable throughout Michigan and the broader United States. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, it extends the efforts of the MSU IAC that began in 2021 to …
On a cloudless day at a farm in Portland, Michigan, Bruno Basso inspects rows of small, leafy green plants that will eventually grow into towering cornstalks. He turns and tells Jeff Sandborn, who runs the farm, that the soon-to-be crops look great. Over the past decade, Basso and his research team at Michigan State University have worked …
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is undertaking the first National Nature Assessment, or NNA1, and has appointed four MSU researchers to author and lead several chapters. The NNA1 is a program to identify and take stock of U.S. ecosystems and the benefits they provide to the economy, health, climate, environment justice and national security. NNA1 will …
Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered two proteins that work together to determine the fate of cells in plants facing certain stresses. Ironically, a key discovery in this finding, published recently in Nature Communications, was made right as the project’s leader was getting ready to destress. Postdoctoral researcher Noelia Pastor-Cantizano was riding a bus to …
Unpredictable precipitation is one of the most challenging elements of being a farmer. Not enough moisture, and plant growth is hindered. Too much can saturate the soil while setting the stage for diseases to thrive. Recently, Michigan growers have experienced both extremes. Some of the driest and wettest months on record have occurred in the …
Matthew Daum, Ph.D., the newly appointed interim dean of CANR at MSU, steps into the role with a wealth of experience and expertise. As he embarks on this new chapter, Dr. Daum shares his perspective on leadership and his vision for CANR’s future. Matthew Daum, Ph.D., the newly appointed interim dean of the College of …
Michigan State University (MSU) has many scientists who prioritize their research based on the most urgent needs of Michigan’s fruit industries. This article highlights some of the exciting projects recently funded across MSU fruit researchers. This article is not an exhaustive list, and there are many excellent MSU research projects currently underway that are not …
