The Dust Bowl was not only an agricultural disaster, affecting more than 100 million acres, but a humanitarian crisis. Some sources estimate that between 300,000 - 400,000 families from the Midwest were displaced and left homeless as their farms failed. The cause of the disaster...
I recently created a comic that explains how bioinformatics works. It’s a science comic, and while the science can get a bit murky the idea is that the comic part of the article will keep readers engaged and help them understand what’s going on. Making...
[gallery ids="291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308"] MU’s South Farm Research Center fields are filled with corn plants. But, not all of these plants are in perfect health. One of the most effective approaches scientists have to understand biological processes is to study mutants to understand what happens to the plant when...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J__J0RiFV8g[/embed] Although the purpose of the field experiment is to stimulate drought, random rows of plants throughout the field were chosen as controls. Controls are necessary for any experiment and usually serve two purposes. First, controls show that the system is behaving the way the researchers expect from previous knowledge, experience, and observation. Second, if something...
Originally published by CAFNR News Service By Stephen Schmidt When it came to studying the physiology and function of nodal roots of corn, Bob Sharp knew it was going to take an army. Fortunately, it did not take him very long to assemble an interdisciplinary team — six of whom are members of...
Originally printed in the Columbia Daily Tribune By Alan Burdziak Amid controversy surrounding the University of Missouri and the General Assembly’s barrage of budget cuts to the UM System, Gov. Jay Nixon visited Columbia on Thursday as he and other officials touted a $4.2 million grant the MU...