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Growing Synergy Between the Lab and Field

Multidisciplinary MU team led by IPG conducts unprecedented research on corn's nodal roots

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 MU’s Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) — that was up to the task of tackling a topic that has been relatively…