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The Aug. 24 event will provide an opportunity to see MSU’s research on these crops.

It's a great time of year to get outdoors! But, there are some potentially harmful critters waiting for you. Ticks have expanded their habitat in Michigan,

Spotting tar spot disease sooner Dispatching drones equipped with remote sensing technology in the air and taking smartphone images on the ground, a Michigan State University researcher is helping farmers more quickly predict and quantify tar spot, a disease found in maize crops.     “The fungus that causes tar spot likes cool temperatures and wet leaves,” said Addie Thompson, assistant professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences within the College of Agriculture ...

Have white markings on their backs that should be visible Can transmit Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and a few other tick-borne diseases Active from early May–November Will bite humans and pets Ingham, Eaton and Jackson County are just a few throughout the state with a known risk for Lyme disease, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Dorothy Leland is the vice president of Lymedisease.org, an advocacy organization. She said Lyme disease can have serious side ef...

Greenhouses are an invaluable resource for faculty and students, but to maintain MSU’s leadership in plant science, upgrades are critical. Strolling through the greenhouses on the campus of Michigan State University as part of her daily routine, Chrislyn Particka

Thursday, May 13, 2021 Humans have been harnessing microbial activity since our earliest efforts to turn barley into beer or grapes into wine. But beyond the ecological theories at the heart of fermentation, engineering whole bacterial communities has thwarted scientists because of the unpredictability of nature itself - species move in, species move out: change is constant. In findings published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a team of researchers at Yale’s West Campus have turned the ...

Center for PFAS Research May 4, 2021 Dr. Angela Wilsons research highlights insights about the potential impact of PFAS on human, animal, and plant health, their transport and absorption in soils, water, and air, and potential mitigation strategies. Dr. Angela Wilson is a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Her group investigates several different aspects of PFAS interactions using a variety of computational chemistry approaches to gain molecular-level insigh...

AgBioResearch MSU greenhouses: Infrastructure that leads to innovation Greenhouses are an invaluable resource for faculty and students, but to maintain MSU’s leadership in plant science, upgrades are critical. April 29, 2021 Greenhouses are an invaluable resource for faculty and students, but to maintain MSU’s leadership in plant science, upgrades are critical. Strolling through the greenhouses on the campus of Michigan State University as part of her daily routine, Chrislyn Particka is alw...

Improving virus management in the Australian wine industry April 22nd, 2021 By Vinehealth Australia Fiona Constable, the Research Leader for Microbiology, in the Microbial Sciences, Pests and Diseases group at Agriculture Victoria, says five things are critical for improving virus management in the Australian wine industry: understanding vectors, using high health planting material, improving surveillance, improving diagnostics and getting better at farm-gate hygiene. “We desperately need to ...

Facebook Lab focuses on addressing emerging forest diseases Michigan trees and the native and invasive diseases that attack them are at the center of research performed by Monique Sakalidis, MSU pr Post to Facebook Lab focuses on addressing emerging forest diseases Michigan trees and the native and invasive diseases that attack them are at the center of research performed by Monique Sakalidis, MSU pr Check out this story on FarmersAdvance.com: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2021/0...