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Learn MoreChange Taking Root: Toward Perennial Agriculture
The Land Institute President Fred Iutzi asks "What if our agriculture could provide abundant food and simultaneously achieve real, long-term ecological sustainability?" Current farming methods ...
August 1, 2019 | 5:30 pm
Bosarge Education Center- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Interview with a Plant Scientist: Kathryn Turner, Crop Protection Genetics
What made you decide to focus on Crop Protection Genetics as a line of work? Since high school, I was interested in the diversity in biology, what was going on in the natural world,…
Scientific Publications
Genome mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling domestication traits of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium)
Abstract Allohexaploid (2n = 6x = 42) intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), abbreviated IWG, is an outcrossing perennial grass belonging to the tertiary gene pool of wheat. Perenniality would be valuable option for grain production,…
Building a botanical foundation for perennial agriculture: Global inventory of wild, perennial herbaceous Fabaceae species
Agroecosystems are constantly evolving to meet the needs of a growing population in a sustainable manner. Concerns about ecological impacts of agriculture, including soil loss, have focused attention on crops…
Cover crop species affect mycorrhizae-mediated nutrient uptake and pest resistance in maize
Abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can increase plant nutrient uptake and chemical defense production, both of which can improve plants’ ability to resist insect herbivory. Cover crops—non-commercial species planted in…