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Christine Sprunger headshot
June 24, 2025
Christine Sprunger has been selected by the World Food Prize Foundation as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer! Her work in regenerative agriculture and soil health has transformed sustainable farming systems and positions her as a global leader in agri-food sustainability.
Tom Sharkey measures the rate of photosynthesis and isoprene being released by a soybean plant.
June 13, 2025
New research 40 years in the making from Tom Sharkey sheds light on how isoprene could provide a path for engineering plants that are more resilient to environmental change and pest outbreaks. But that benefit could come at an environmental cost.
Hatem Rouached in his lab
May 30, 2025
The world is running out of phosphorus. No phosphorus? No food. But Michigan State University researcher Hatem Rouached and his team are finding ways to help plants thrive where phosphorus isn’t present.
The inside of a new greenhouse at the MSU Plant Science Research Greenhouse Facility. A newly installed energy curtain can be seen above.
May 1, 2025
Renovations to the facility include a new headhouse and greenhouses. The final stage is expected to be complete by November 2026.
Drummond's rockcress (Boechera stricta) in flower in a meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
May 1, 2025
PRI Fellow Derek Denney is part of a team of scientists that revealed even common plant species that may not be showing obvious signs of decline could still be affected dramatically by climate change.
Hatem Rouached headshot
April 22, 2025
Dr. Hatem Rouached, assistant professor in the MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and the Plant Resilience Institute, is the recipient of a 2025 CANR Established Mid-Career Researcher Award.