University of MissouriMizzou researcher tries to crack code on soybeans
February 18, 2012
The soybean. Just a humble legume wrapped in a funny pod.
But the beans are worth a bundle these days - more than $33 billion nationally in 2010, and $2.6 billion in Missouri alone. On Friday, American soybean exporters, in fact, sold more than 2.9 million metric tons to China in the biggest deal of its kind ever, underscoring just how valuable the crop has the potential to be.
Recruitment video for the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri
March 12, 2012
Recruitment video for the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. Located within the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR), The Division of Plant Sciences offers opportunities within the emphasis areas: Horticultural Science & Design, Crop Management, Turfgrass Science, and Breeding, Biology, & Biotechnology.
Soybean Video of National Center for Soybean Biotechnology
December 01, 2011
The Soybean Center recently completed a video of the overall goal and research programs.
Building Better Soybeans
February 17, 2012
The National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) at the University of Missouri has begun a project to sequence the DNA of 1,008 commercially important soybean varieties. The effort is designed to provide a multifold increase in genetic data to breeders to create improved soybeans that are more productive, more disease tolerant and have improved nutritional quality.
A promising new soy product emerges from a Mexico Mo., plant science center
February 18, 2012
The Missouri Plant Science Center has been a boon for its first and only tenant, Soy Labs LLC. The California nutritional supplement company moved to the center in Mexico, Mo., in March, just as the roughly $12 million project wrapped up and the center opened its doors.