Plant Science and Technology

Aug. 30, 2023

Precision Agriculture Technology

Aug. 30, 2023

Floral Artistry and Management

Aug. 30, 2023

Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences

Aug. 30, 2023

Agricultural Systems Technology

Aug. 30, 2023

Plant Sciences

Aug. 30, 2023

Food and Hospitality Systems
Group photo of SAIFD students

Aug. 21, 2023

Mizzou Student Chapter of the American Institute of Floral Designers Win Awards at AIFD National Symposium in Chicago

The MU SAIFD Chapter placed 3rd in the nation in the student competition during the American Institute of Floral Designers National Symposium in Chicago, July 1-6.

July 5, 2023

Jaime Barros-Rios

The Barros laboratory is dedicated to conducting both fundamental research and applied biotechnology to tackle global challenges such as food security, climate change and the sustainable production of energy and commodity chemicals. Our work in the lab revolves around three main objectives: Enhancing stress tolerance, forage quality and CO2 sequestration in food and feed crops. Developing bioenergy crops to achieve sustainable production of fuels, chemicals and bioproducts. Generating trees with improved properties for the production of paper pulp. The primary focus of our research lies in understanding the metabolic processes related to plant cell wall composition, specifically focusing on the…
four women and one man all in white lab coats stand in a posed group amid shelves and counters of lab equipment

June 16, 2023

A Race Against Time

Phelipanche aegyptiaca, a parasitic plant commonly known as Egyptian broomrape, has been wreaking havoc on farmers’ crops in Africa and Mediterranean Europe since the ‘90s, and, in 2014, it found its way to the United States when it was discovered in a crop of tomato plants in northern California. The plant is difficult to detect and eradicate once it takes hold, but one University of Missouri researcher hopes to change that before the plant has the opportunity to spread to the Midwest.
Student team members hold plaques at awards banquet for quarter-scale tractor competition.

June 8, 2023

Torq’N Tigers Teams take 2nd and 5th places at ASABE Quarter-Scale Tractor Competition

The University of Missouri Torq'N Tigers had two teams compete in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this month, with one being named Performance Event Winner.