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The Crops And Microbes for BioEconomy Resilience and Sustainability research theme is redesigning crops, microbes and ecosystems to produce next-generation biofuels and bioproducts.

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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
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Microbial assembly line makes plastic upcycling programmable
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Soybean cyst nematode. Image credit Esmaeil Miraeiz.
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Comprehensive genetic library for soybean cyst nematode could renew resistance, profitability for soybean growers
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Amit Rai, Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences
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Plants speak in chemicals — scientists are learning how to listen
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Tracy Lawson in the commercial-standard vertical farm in the University of Essex’s pioneering STEPS lab. / University of Essex
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Tuning in to fluorescence to farm smarter: monitoring plant light use saves indoor farm energy costs
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The biocatalyst developed by Wei's laboratory enables the recovery of phosphate, a vital plant nutrient, from biorefinery wastewater. / Katie Brady
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Renewable biological catalyst carries the potential to transform wastewater into phosphorus resource
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Representative 16-bit confocal microscope image of an open Zea mays stoma.
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New "Stomata in-sight" system allows scientists to watch plants breathe in real-time
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