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Washington University

September 9, 2022


Weedy rice has become herbicide resistant through rapid evolution - Aggressive, herbicide-resistant weed is a threat in nation’s largest rice production region


September 1, 2022


Seedy, not sweet - Ancient melon genome from Libya yields surprising insights into watermelon relative


July 6, 2022


Study points to Armenian origins of camelina, an ancient crop with aviation biofuel potential


November 5, 2020


Hydrogen bonds may be key to airborne dicamba - Looking at this herbicide in lab, researchers tease out the chemical interactions at play, and how they go wrong


July 3, 2020


How to build better highways in plants - Dixit lab at Washington University in St. Louis. finds motor proteins that create more stable tracks to deliver much-needed materials


May 6, 2020


Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution


March 27, 2020


Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution


March 10, 2020


Rice, know thy enemy: National Science Foundation grants $2.6M to study weedy invader


February 7, 2020


No clear path for Golden Rice to reach consumers - Seed choice study reveals flawed assumptions behind hotly debated GMO


February 5, 2020


Argonne and Washington University scientists unravel mystery of photosynthesis


December 23, 2019


‘Lost crops’ could have fed as many as maize - Experimental cultivation of seed crops lost to history reveals much higher yields than expected


December 18, 2019


Grain traits traced to ‘dark matter’ of rice genome


September 17, 2019


Hiding in plain sight - Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy imposters


August 14, 2019


Sticky proteins help plants know when — and where — to grow - New research uncovers a mechanism that keeps hormone auxin in its place


July 24, 2019


Putting the brakes on lateral root development - Research could help plants better cope with distinct soil conditions and environments


July 11, 2019


Mustering a milder mustard - Scientists reveal protein responsible for a bitter taste. But will it help us to eat our greens?


April 5, 2019


Rusted root: Weedy rice repeatedly evolves ‘cheater’ root traits


March 15, 2019


"Foundations for Agricultural Ecosystems" report now available for download


February 6, 2019


Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia - Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the OId World 7,000 years ago, study finds


September 4, 2018


Machine learning used for helping farmers select optimal products suited for their operation


July 22, 2018


Researchers engineer bacteria that create fertilizer out of thin air - Next step could be ‘nitrogen-fixing’ plants that can do the same, reducing need for fertilizer


April 13, 2018


Computer-simulated soybeans - Study, winner of the annual Olin Award for research, helps farmers optimize best seeds for a variety of planting conditions


April 3, 2017


Domesticated rice goes rogue - Weedy rice, which differs genetically from wild and crop rice, is adapted for undercover life in agricultural fields


January 25, 2017


New genetic engineering technique could help design, study biological systems - Technique works in organisms from bacteria to animals


June 3, 2016


Genetically modified Golden Rice falls short on lifesaving promises - GMO activists not to blame for scientific challenges slowing introduction, study finds


April 29, 2016


Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops 


November 6, 2015


Tomatoes get boost in growth, antioxidants from nano-sized nutrients


August 18, 2015


Monsanto Fund awards $1.9 million grant to Institute for School Partnership at Washington University


July 15, 2015


Smart cornfields of the future - Can scientists hack photosynthesis to feed the world as population soars?


May 1, 2014


A protein key to the next green revolution sits for its portrait - NolR is a master off-switch for the process that converts bacteria from free living to nitrogen-fixing





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