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Growing the future of corn
October 20, 2026CFANS has featured APG faculty members Candice Hirsch, Rex Bernardo, and Jeff Coulter in their special coverage of corn and all the research and work that goes into Minnesota's largest crop.
APG represents at the CFANS Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition!
October 14, 2026Congrats to our Applied Plant Science grad students Adebisi Adeleke (who took second place) and Lovepreet Singh (who took third place), and of course to Sophie Schneblin, a Food Science grad student, who placed first.And cheers to APSer Lori Croghan, who was one of the 12 CFANS graduate students who took the stage Monday to share the significance of their research — in just three minutes, without the use of jargon or props — as part of this fast-paced science communication challenge.
New podcast on plant breeding
September 23, 2026Plant Breeding Matters, a new podcast created by APG Professor Rex Bernardo, is live!