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Farmland being tilled
Lauren Quinn | March 28, 2023

New grant to reveal tillage effects on crop yield, farmland sustainability

D.K. Lee
Illinois News Bureau | March 24, 2023

Crop sciences professor named University Scholar

Jessica Rutkoski standing in a field of wheat
Lauren Quinn | March 15, 2023

Could AI-powered object recognition technology help solve wheat disease?

Lauren Quinn | March 13, 2023

How have Illinois soils changed over 120 years? U of I scientist needs your help

high tunnel
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment | March 7, 2023

iSEE seed-funds project on high tunnel farming with robotics

Nathan Schroeder standing in front of a computer screen in a lab
Lauren Quinn | March 7, 2023

WormAtlas expanding beyond C. elegans with support from NIH

Figure showing northern corn rootworm survey results across Illinois
Lauren Quinn | February 10, 2023

2022 Field crop disease and insect management report available

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