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Department of Plant Science

Department of Plant Science

Hort Show

Annual Penn State Horticulture Show slated for Oct. 23-24 at University Park

tiny plants salad

Small but mighty: Microgreens go from trendy vegetables to functional food

Lab Bench to Commercialization Grant Program

Eberly's 2022 Lab Bench to Commercialization grant recipients announced

with Molly Hanlon

After 41-year Penn State career, plant science professor Kathleen Brown retires

weed management researchers

No-till production farmers can cut herbicide use, control weeds, protect profits

nitrous oxide research

Nitrous oxide emissions, coming from legume cover crops, manure, can be reduced

mutant vs. wild typeHannah Schneider

Researchers identify a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn

Grants will aid College of Ag Sciences faculty in commercializing research

D. Elango with biomass sorghum

Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on PA farms

tiny cacao flowers

Discovery of flowering gene in cacao may lead to accelerated breeding strategies

header, turf research center

Staph infection turf study yields insight in coronavirus survivability on fields

researcher with corn

Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop

lead researcher

Climate-smart ag strategies may cut nitrous oxide emissions from corn production

Poa annua study header

Golf course turfgrass species 'remembers' if it was mowed, develops differently

root cross sections

Grant aimed at developing corn cultivars that grow deeper, stronger roots

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