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During the ninth week of the fall semester, Penn State students can attend downtown State College or on-campus events to break up homework and celebrate Homecoming week.
After successful collaborations with the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' Research Innovations with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) team, College of Agricultural Sciences researchers Christina Grozinger and Karen Fisher-Vanden sought to share this valuable resource with their colleagues through a seed grant competition.
The pollen floating in the air this season has a higher purpose than making allergies flare. Any crop farmer will tell you, an unpollinated plant wonât bear fruit or seeds. Pollination improves yields and quality. One out of every three bites of food is thanks to pollinators like bees, bats, birds or butterflies, so it is concerning that the number of pollinators is down. Anecdotally, it seems there are generally fewer insects than in the past. Remember taking an evening drive and finding your windshield covered in bugs? We see fewer bugs on the windshield these days. Insects didnât...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a $950,000 grant to a Penn State-led research team to expand on an online tool focused on conserving pollinator populations. With the grant, the research group will expand Beescape, an online decision support tool that integrates databases that provides bee resources. The expansion will focus on how to better guide beekeepers, growers and conservationists, and policymakers in evaluating risks and resources, according to Penn State News. The system, Beescape NexGen, and have a tool to assess the economic value of pollination services, include a refined s...
USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will lead a project to expand an online tool aimed at conserving pollinator populations and the ecosystem services they provide. Image: Grozinger laboratory USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation April 14, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of an...