Professor Jan Leach s a co-investigators working on a $5.5 million NSF funded study that will serve as proof of principle that genome editing can be used to optimize quantitative traits in rice, such as height, yield and disease resistance.
Do green schools make for better learning environments? Do green, healthy schools support higher student test scores? Researchers at Colorado State University plan to find out.
After three seasons growing in the challenging conditions of the Rocky Mountains, 10 perennial plants have been named "Top Performers" by researchers at Colorado State University.
Seven Teams and three Fellows receive support to advance sustainability research and cross-campus collaboration.
As leading global figures in agriculture gather in Abu Dhabi, UAE March 9-11 for the “Global Forum for Innovation in Agriculture,” they will be joined by CSU administrators and researchers.
Researchers at Colorado State University are investigating the weighty topic of antibiotic resistance – an issue with ramifications for global food safety and public health – by tracking the genetic footprints of drug-resistant bacteria.
Over the last five years, Plant Select has provided over $150,000 for new plant trials at the Plant Environmental Research Center, for demonstration gardens at the Remington Street location, and for shrub and tree trials at multiple sites throughout Colorado.
CSU researchers recently completed a comprehensive review of the environmental fate and toxicity of biocides commonly used in hydraulic fracturing.
The Agricultural Experiment Station funds more than 240 faculty members from 15 academic departments in seven colleges, and the work of these faculty members reaches from the Fort Collins campus to seven research centers around the state.