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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Plant Resilience Institute

News

Thomas Sharkey headshot
July 8, 2024
Green Gold: Turning Trees Into 'Biofactories'
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Tom Sharkey, plant resilience institute
PRI faculty member Thomas Sharkey is part of a team of researchers reporting new findings that could help engineer poplar trees to produce high value chemical compounds.
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Tom Sharkey
November 9, 2023
How plants are adjusting to less daylight
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Daylight Savings, Tom Sharkey, photosynthesis
MSU researcher Tom Sharkey discusses how plants adapt to decreased sunlight after the time change.
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