Sustainable crop production and food security
Safeguarding future food security for all with sustainably managed nutritious crops in diverse production systems, under a changing climate, with minimal loss to weeds and pathogens.
Plants and ecosystem health
Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation to secure ecosystem and human health and foster climate justice in diverse environments.
Plant production and ecosystem services in urban/peri-urban environments
Enhancing food access and ecosystem services for equitable human and ecosystem health in high population areas.
Biodiversity, evolution, and molecular mechanisms
Understanding plant processes from cells to ecosystems and harnessing fundamental knowledge of plants, their associated microbes, and their relationships with the environment.
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Three doctoral students supported by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellowship Program visited Washington, D.C. to advocate for agricultural science and learn about policymaking.
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New research confirms glyphosate-resistant waterhemp for the first time in New York state, with significant consequences for soybean growers, many of whom use the herbicide as their primary method of weed control.
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