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March 1, 2024

Q&A With Chloe Collins

Chloe Collins is an MU Extension field specialist in dairy.

March 1, 2024

CAFNR Students Named Mizzou ’39

In the spirit of service that was the cornerstone of the 1839 founding of the University of Missouri, the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board presents the Mizzou '39 Award to 39 outstanding seniors each year.

Feb. 21, 2024

Postdoctoral fellow spotlight: Q&A with Ranjita Sinha

What is your research focus? My research is focused on understanding the physiological and molecular responses of plants to different combinations of abiotic stresses. While growing in field, crops are frequently challenged with various stresses, simultaneously or sequentially, negatively impacting overall yield and farmer’s earnings. I have been studying the impact of stresses that are predominantly present in fields, such as salt, heat, soil pollutants, high-light, drought, and their different combinations on crops such as rice, maize, soybean, and model plants like Arabidopsis thaliana. I am working to decipher the molecular responses of plants to stress combinations. Combinations of different…

Feb. 13, 2024

Get to know Elizabeth Wyss

Wyss is the Student Success Communicator in CAFNR Marketing & Communications

Feb. 8, 2024

Q&A with Gwen Funk

Gwen is a field specialist in horticulture based in Nodaway County.

Feb. 2, 2024

Graduate Student Spotlight: Q&A with Angelica Crosby

What is your research focus? I will be studying nutrient management in cotton grown in a peanut-cotton rotation. Why does this field interest you? Peanuts are still relatively new to the state, but we are seeing a lot of our cotton producers take interest and including them in their field rotations already. We know that peanuts as a leguminous crop host nitrogen-fixing bacteria and it is important for our growers to know how that could be affecting their cotton production in terms of fertilizer application. Why did you decide to come to Mizzou? I have actually worked for the MU…