It may be approaching winter in Kansas, but the field work on wheat genetics is going full steam for wheat scientist Jesse Poland.
10.09.2017
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Feeding a hungry world: How Kansas State University is improving global agricultural production
The world’s population is expected to grow from 7.5 billion people today to nearly 10 billion by the year 2050. Experts predict that the world’s farmers will have to produce as much food in the next 35 years as they have in the entire history of the world to feed everyone.
10.05.2017
Nearly $1 million grant to help university researchers develop prediction models for determining best new winter wheat varieties
A nationally funded project by Kansas State University wheat researchers could help determine more quickly which new candidate varieties of wheat will produce superior yields and baking quality.
06.27.2017
Kansas State University researchers identify gene to resist wheat streak mosaic virus
Kansas State University researchers have identified a gene that will provide resistance to the wheat streak mosaic virus, a disease that is currently causing economic losses in Kansas fields.
06.09.2017
Researcher, doctoral student receive federal fellowships to study grain crops, dairy production strategies
Two agriculture researchers at Kansas State University have received federal fellowships totaling $246,660 to study issues that affect local and worldwide food systems.
02.15.2017
