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  • New! Seminar Announcement: Gibberellins Suppress Lateral Root Formation in Poplar, Friday 11/20 More
  • Dr. Lea-Cox has received a $5.16M Specialty Crops Research Initiative Grant from USDA! More>>
  • New! November Newsletter
  • Dr. Coleman receives $3.2 Million NSF Grant to Study Nitrogen Cycling and Storage in Poplars. More >>
  • Dr. Zhu receives $250,000 NSF Grant to study Molecular Mechanisms of ABA Biosynthesis Under Drought Stress. More >>
  • Hot! Job prospects, interest in environment drawing more college students to agriculture schools, read more @ newsday.com
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