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Pitch-perfect: Study of World Cup’s turfgrass may help crops yield more from less
Thanks to a new study led by Nebraska U, the official turfgrass of the 2022 World Cup may soon assist another goal: growing crops that yield more food with less fertilizer.
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50/50 shot breeds a decade of popcorn success
Through a decade-long project supported by Conagra Foods, a Nebraska research team led by David Holding has naturally bred new popcorn varieties that outperform today’s most popular kernels in their intrinsic nutritional value and taste.
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Study identifies connections among popcorn, microbiome, human health
IANR researchers have found that consumption of a new popcorn variety developed using conventional breeding techniques by David Holding, a professor with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, has a notably beneficial effect on the human microbiome.
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