Refining surge protector in crops could boost yields
A summer’s worth of missed opportunities to harvest light can cost cornfields, and those who farm them, a sizable portion of the potential harvests they yield in the fall. New findings from Nebraska’s Kasia Glowacka and colleagues could help change that.
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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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Niyorukundo extends grad students' leadership in popcorn research
Graduate students have played key roles in David Holding’s successful development of popcorn that offers increased nutritional benefits. Nebraska Today sat down with Jonathan Niyorukundo, the current grad student in Holding’s Beadle Center lab, to discuss the work and how it has shaped his academic path and career goals.
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Project aims to boost ag tech through improved field connectivity
Maximizing agricultural technology’s potential hinges on a tool that most fields lack: high-speed internet connectivity. An interdisciplinary Nebraska research team, led by computer engineer Mehmet Can Vuran, is trying to change that fact.
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Husker research hones in on sorghum’s genetic makeup to improve nitrogen efficiency
Nebraska’s Jinliang Yang is leading a multi-institutional effort to better understand sorghum’s genetic makeup in a quest to improve the crop’s nitrogen use efficiency.
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Husker-led team exploiting oilseeds’ potential in biofuels, bioproducts
Husker biochemist Edgar Cahoon is leading a team working to unlock the full potential of two oilseeds that may help meet the escalating demand for renewable fuels, industrial chemicals and other bioproducts.
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Research shows oilseeds’ potential for bioproduct creation
Husker biochemist Ed Cahoon and colleagues are researching vegetable oils with the potential to become environmentally friendly bioproducts.
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Six faculty earn professorships
Nebraska's Eve Brank, Rebecca Brock, Ronald Faller, Alexei Gruverman, Rebecca Roston and Leen-Kiat Soh have been awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.