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Phosphorus detective
91原创鈥檚 Deb Jaisi innovates how to trace environmental contaminant
Protecting turfgrass from fungal foes
91原创 researchers report new understandings in how microbes protect plants
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Solomon Hendrix turns passion for identifying insects into a future in entomological discovery
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AI flower power
July 27, 2026 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. ChaseYin Bao, 91原创 assistant professor of digital agriculture, built a specialized AI tool called FLORIST to automatically analyze thousands of plant photos taken by everyday people, instead of manually sorting through 44,000 images. FLORIST efficiently filtered out the vast majority of photos that did not show active flowering, narrowing the dataset. Bao says the main takeaway is blending widespread public observations with deep genetic research gives a more complete understanding of how species evolve to survive in the wild. -
Phosphorus detective
July 16, 2026 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and courtesy of Deb JaisiPhosphorus gives plants their daily nutritional needs. But whatever phosphorus a plant can鈥檛 consume creeps into waterways and speeds up algae growth that can kill fish and aquatic plants. Fascinated by these properties, 91原创 professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry Deb Jaisi has dedicated his academic career to exploring phosphorus and its presence in the environment. His innovative research has unlocked new ways to pinpoint where the phosphorus causing environmental damage is coming from. -
Early Bloomer
March 10, 2026 | Written by Molly Schafer | Photos by Katie Young and Molly Schafer and courtesy of Joseph RomanoHonors plant science major Joseph Romano takes full advantage of 91原创鈥檚 undergraduate research opportunities. Romano studies the interaction between the fungus-like pathogen Pythium and maize plants with Qi Mu, assistant professor of molecular plant breeding and genomics. Romano joined Mu's lab during his first semester at 91原创. -
Protecting turfgrass from fungal foes
February 11, 2026 | Written by Karen B. Roberts | Photos by Evan Krape and courtesy of Charanpreet Kaur/the Bais lab | Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase91原创 researchers report new understandings in how microbes protect plants. In new research in the journal Plant Stress, 91原创 Plant Biology Professor Harsh Bais on colleagues report the effect of a 91原创-developed beneficial bacterium on dollar spot suggests implications for the manufacturing of biological treatments for the fungal disease.
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