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Nanosatellites improve detection of early-season corn nitrogen stress

Date：Jan. 14, 2020 Category：Science&Research

For corn growers, the decision of when and how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply is a perennial challenge. Scientists at the University of Illinois have shown t...

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Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean

Date：Jan. 8, 2020 Category：Science&Research

Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a symbiotic mycorrhizal relationship. In exchange for a bit of sugar, the fungus acts as an extension of t...

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Discovery of new protein in tomato explains long-standing plant immunity mystery

Date：Dec. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade to switch on its defense mechanisms. One such mechanism involves sacrificin...

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U of Illinois economist forecasts US 2020 crop acreages

Date：Nov. 27, 2019 Category：Markets

The 2019 crop year will live long in the memory. A record amount of prevent plant acres, delayed harvest, and considerable dismay over USDA reports compounded t...

Developing red leaf blotch resistant soybeans through research in Africa

Date：Nov. 5, 2019 Category：Science&Research

The United States is the world’s leading producer of soybean and the second-leading exporter.

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University of Illinois announces center for digital agriculture

Date：Oct. 10, 2019 Category：Markets

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the creation of the Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA), a new center that brings together agricul...

Palmer amaranth’s molecular secrets reveal troubling potential

Date：Sep. 17, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer amaranth invading their fields. The aggressive cousin of waterhemp – itself a formidable adv...

University of Illinois study advances possibility of genetic control for major agricultural weeds

Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, two aggressive weeds that threaten the food supply in North America, are increasingly hard to kill with commercially available he...

Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects

Date：Jul. 10, 2019 Category：Science&Research

A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response to light

Scientists stack algorithms to improve predictions of yield-boosting crop traits

Date：Jun. 4, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Hyperspectral data comprises the full light spectrum; this dataset of continuous spectral information has many applications from understanding the health of the...

New mutations for herbicide resistance rarer than expected, study finds

Date：May. 29, 2019 Category：Science&Research

After exposing more than 70 million grain amaranth seeds to a soil-based herbicide, researchers were not able to find a single herbicide-resistant mutant.

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Natural plant defense genes provide clues to safener protection in grain sorghum

Date：Mar. 25, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Weeds often emerge at the same time as vulnerable crop seedlings and sneak between plants as crops grow. How do farmers kill them without harming the crops them...

Rising temperatures may safeguard crop nutrition as climate changes

Date：Jan. 23, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Recent research has shown that rising carbon dioxide levels will likely boost yields, but at the cost of nutrition. A new study in Plant Journal from the Univer...

Scientists engineer shortcut for photosynthetic glitch, boost crop growth 40%

Date：Jan. 4, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Plants convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis; however, most crops on the planet are plagued by a photosynthetic glitch, and to deal with it, evolv...

New approach will help geneticists identify genes responsible for complex traits

Date：Dec. 18, 2018 Category：Science&Research

In biomedical research, plant breeding, and countless other endeavors, geneticists are on the hunt for the specific genes responsible for disease susceptibility...

Breeding corn for water-use efficiency may have just gotten easier

Date：Nov. 19, 2018 Category：Science&Research

With approximately 80 percent of our nation's water supply going towards agriculture, it's fair to say it takes a lot of water to grow crops. In a climate with ...

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University of Illinois study identifies key drivers of corn photosynthesis

Date：Nov. 13, 2018 Category：Science&Research

We may not be able to see them, but plant leaves are riddled with tiny pores that open to bring in carbon dioxide, the gas converted into sugars through the pro...

Illinois study provides whole-system view of plant cold stress

Date：Oct. 30, 2018 Category：Science&Research

When temperatures drop, plants can’t bundle up. Stuck outside, exposed, plants instead undergo a series of biochemical changes that protect cells from damage. ...

Scientists from university of Illinois look to autonomous robots for weed-free crops

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Agriculture in the United States is a $200 billion dollar industry, $19 billion in Illinois alone. Recently, weed resistance to chemicals has caused losses of $...

Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance

Date：Jun. 5, 2018 Category：Science&Research

In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp, a weedy nemesis of corn and soybean farmers, has developed r...

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