Study explores value of Nebraska’s roadside restoration efforts
May 8, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. —The idea of a road trip across Nebraska can be appealing for a number of reasons, including the beautiful grasses and wildflowers found along roadsides throughout the state. Much of that vegetation has come from the revegetation practices of the Nebraska Department of Transportation which has teamed up with researchers from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to evaluate these efforts.
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Study of sorghum-munching aphids earns NSF award
April 17, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. — A tiny invader’s gooey march through U.S. sorghum fields continues to devastate crop yields, forcing some farmers out of the sorghum business despite the crop’s increasing importance.
Sequenced Genome of Ancient Crop Could Raise Yields
March 5, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. — Humanity has finally gotten to know one of its oldest, hardiest crops on a genetic level.
An international team has sequenced and mapped the genome of proso millet – a feat essential to raising yields of the drought-resistant crop in the Nebraska Panhandle and semiarid regions where population booms foreshadow food shortages.
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Experiments underscore overlooked aspect of defending corn from pest
February 27, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. — A chemical compound typically cast as a supporting actor in corn’s defense against a tiny pest might instead take a leading role, says a research-based rewrite from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Genes to proteins: Efforts enriching nutrition of popcorn, sorghum
February 18, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. — Two kernels of the same idea — cultivating protein quality in cereal grains — are reaching maturity at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The quality of protein often gets overshadowed amid the spotlight on its quantity. But that quality — the presence or absence of amino acids essential to the diets of humans and livestock — occupies the mind of Nebraska’s David Holding.
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Junior Faculty Earn Awards for Excellence in Research - 2018
The Agricultural Research Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln presented the 2018 Junior Faculty Recognition for Excellence in Research Award to Food Science and Technology assistant professor Ozan Ciftci and Biological Systems Engineering's Yufeng Ge on February 12th
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Husker research brings swine industry closer to broad virus protection
December 18, 2018
Lincoln, Neb. — After eight years of gathering data from more than 1,000 pigs infected with porcine circovirus 2, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have identified the gene associated with pigs' susceptibility to the deadly swine disease.
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Agricultural economists study how moral hazard affects crop insurance
November 28, 2019
Lincoln, Neb. — New research by agricultural economists at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln challenges traditional thinking on federal crop insurance.
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Nebraska hosts annual meeting of nationwide agricultural experiment station leaders
October 9, 2018
Lincoln, Neb. — The Agricultural Research Division at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln hosted the annual meeting of agricultural experiment station leaders from across the country Oct. 1-3 in Lincoln.
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University joins national ag research initiative
April 18, 2018
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has joined 15 other public and private universities in FedByScience, an effort to boost federal investment in agricultural research.