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Roston talks crop resiliency research with RFD-TV

Extreme temperatures during the growing season can wreak havoc on crops, and are becoming more common. Husker researchers are working toward developing more resilient crops, and Rebecca Roston recently spoke with RFD-TV about these efforts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Click through to watch.

Husker researchers aim to help crops survive cold snaps

Nebraska’s Rebecca Roston is leading a team that recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue an innovative strategy for enhancing the cold tolerance of sorghum — and eventually, its close relative, corn.

Refining surge protector in crops could boost yields

A summer’s worth of missed opportunities to harvest light can cost cornfields, and those who farm them, a sizable portion of the potential harvests they yield in the fall. New findings from Nebraska’s Kasia Glowacka and colleagues could help change that.

Pitch-perfect: Study of World Cup’s turfgrass may help crops yield more from less

Thanks to a new study led by Nebraska U, the official turfgrass of the 2022 World Cup may soon assist another goal: growing crops that yield more food with less fertilizer.

50/50 shot breeds a decade of popcorn success

Through a decade-long project supported by Conagra Foods, a Nebraska research team led by David Holding has naturally bred new popcorn varieties that outperform today’s most popular kernels in their intrinsic nutritional value and taste.

Study identifies connections among popcorn, microbiome, human health

IANR researchers have found that consumption of a new popcorn variety developed using conventional breeding techniques by David Holding, a professor with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, has a notably beneficial effect on the human microbiome.

Niyorukundo extends grad students' leadership in popcorn research

Graduate students have played key roles in David Holding’s successful development of popcorn that offers increased nutritional benefits. Nebraska Today sat down with Jonathan Niyorukundo, the current grad student in Holding’s Beadle Center lab, to discuss the work and how it has shaped his academic path and career goals.