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Amber Toussaint, a student enrolled in PRECS, looks through a microscope
Lauren Quinn | February 7, 2023

Summer of research at U of I boosts success of community college students

Kankshita Swaminathan and Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Erik Sacks, CABBI’s Deputy Theme Leaders for Feedstock Production, check out a field of miscanthus.
Office of Marketing Communications | January 19, 2023

CABBI and Crop Sciences team achieves first precision gene editing in miscanthus

Array of Amaranth plants arranged by color
Lauren Quinn | January 9, 2023

Want a natural food dye? Amaranth delivers, according to Illinois study

Headshots of lead RIPE researchers: Elizabeth Ainsworth, Stephen Long, and Don Ort
Illinois News Bureau | December 13, 2022

Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations extends RIPE funding with $34M grant

Sweet corn cobs laid on a black background
Lauren Quinn | November 22, 2022

Sweet corn sweltering in summer heat spells uncertainty for corn lovers

Babadoost crouches next to pumpkin plant in field
Lauren Quinn | November 21, 2022

Holiday favorite good to go for 2022

L to R: Elizabeth Ainsworth, Kaiyu Guan, Donald Ort
Lauren Quinn | November 15, 2022

Three ACES scientists rank among world's most influential

Aerial view of Miscanthus and other bioenergy crops. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer.
Office of Marketing Communications | November 9, 2022

CABBI team adds powerful new dimension to phenotyping next-gen bioenergy crop

Perennial rice variety PR25 in Menghai, Yunnan, China. Photo credit Shilai Zhang, Yunnan University
Lauren Quinn | November 7, 2022

Farmers in China, Uganda move to high-yielding, cost-saving perennial rice

Study author Heng-An Lin studying fungi in soybean field
Lauren Quinn | November 1, 2022

3,300 hidden fungi coat soybean plants: New research explains significance

Office of Marketing Communications | October 12, 2022

ASC wins grant to quantify phosphorus leaching from stream bank erosion

Lauren Quinn | October 11, 2022

Best way to estimate costs for invasive plant removal? Get out and dig