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Photosynthesis & Food Security

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The Photosynthesis & Food Security theme works to improve and future-proof crop photosynthesis to support global food security.

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U. of I. entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum describes how decades of basic research into insect biology led to the successful eradication of the New World screwworm, which has recently appeared again in southern U.S. states. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Research
What have decades of eradication efforts taught us about the New World screwworm?
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The initiative, called PROCESS, stands for Popcorn-Related Outreach Curriculum and Experiences for Student Success.
Outreach
Popcorn Pedagogy Reaching New Ears
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Catastrophic flooding in Central Illinois field in 2008
Research
Illinois scientists sound the alarm on field inundation, work with farmers to find solutions
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Diwakar Shukla, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
Research
Shukla receives Pivot Research Award to advance next-generation crop engineering
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Researchers used microbes to convert plastic waste into pyruvate, an essential energy source for microbes that use it to generate other useful products. As a proof-of-concept experiment, they converted polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, from plastic bottles into the blue dye indigoidine. Photo by Fred Zwicky
Research
Microbial assembly line makes plastic upcycling programmable
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Amit Rai, Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences
Research
Plants speak in chemicals — scientists are learning how to listen
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