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Fifteen Penn Staters selected for Bayer Crop Science mentoring program

March 24, 2025

A pile of button mushrooms with one upside down mushroom on top

Harnessing mushroom microbiomes for better crop development

January 24, 2025

Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco

Jimenez-Gasco leads Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

January 22, 2025

red delicious apple

Penn State awarded grant for workforce development for Spanish-speaking farmers

December 10, 2024

Research awards lined up on a table with a blue tablecloth

College of Ag Sciences celebrates faculty, staff achievements in research

December 10, 2024

A split screen image of mycelium growing on fabric in a petri glass at left and a close up view of the textiles once fully grown at right.

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers

October 15, 2024

Close up photo of a seedling growing in the dirt

Q&A: Using a new approach to shine a light on hidden plant microbes

October 01, 2024

College of Ag Sciences doctoral student wins national foundation award

September 04, 2024

Rolling field with rows of crops under a blue sky

Research teams receive $1.1 million to study microbiomes in agriculture

August 28, 2024

Grants will provide real-world learning experiences for College of Ag students

July 30, 2024

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

June 03, 2024

LEAD21 Penn State

College of Ag Sciences faculty, extension leader engage in leadership program

April 22, 2024

A katydid on a yellow flower of the yellow eyed grass

Yellow-eyed grasses may have more insect visitors than previously thought

April 11, 2024

John Pecchia holding a tub of mushroom compost and smiling

Fungi into the future

January 29, 2024

Research Awards College of Ag Sciences

College of Ag Sciences recognizes faculty, staff for research achievements

November 21, 2023

Button mushrooms in a wicker basket on a table

$7M grant funds project to develop new ways to protect mushroom crops

November 16, 2023

Sharifa Crandall

Plant pathologist to research plant diseases in organic vegetables

October 24, 2023

Geiser stands in the woods holding a large yellow orange fungus

Penn State professor elected to Mycological Society of America leadership

September 12, 2023

Carolee Bull stands with several of her teammates

Penn State faculty member elected to plant pathology society leadership

August 02, 2023

Close up of a beef with a banded pattern indicative of beech leaf disease

Under the canopy: Penn State researchers study beech leaf disease in PA forests

June 22, 2023

Mariah Kidd, dressed in a burgundy blouse, smiles for a portrait

Penn State student awarded prestigious NSF grant for nematology research

May 17, 2023

Penn State doctoral student receives prestigious agriculture research fellowship

May 08, 2023

A group of award winners

Penn State Global announces 2022-23 faculty, staff, student awards

April 07, 2023

Five Penn State faculty elected to 2022 cohort of AAAS Fellows

January 31, 2023

Southern Cameroonian refugees attending mushroom webinar

Penn State assists Cameroonian refugees with specialty mushroom ventures

January 17, 2023

Close up of maize seedlings in a sunny field

Corn-colonizing fungus may help the crop repel disease, grow larger

December 14, 2022

Samples of mycelium being grown on biomaterials are shown on the platform of a table saw.

New grant looks to biomaterials to help reduce construction waste

December 13, 2022

A hand holding a globe with mountains in the background

Global mentoring program builds skills, international connections for students

December 01, 2022

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Latinx Agricultural Network earns national award for uplifting Latino community

November 07, 2022

Gugino named assistant dean for graduate education in College of Ag Sciences

October 07, 2022

Sara Hricko holding a basket of apples and smiling

Full circle on the farm: Penn State alum returns to help educate Pa. growers

September 28, 2022

A researcher on a tractor in the middle of a field

Soybean virus may give plant-munching bugs a boost in survival

September 13, 2022

The Microbiome Center team lined up in multiple rows smiling and looking at the camera

New dual-title graduate degree in microbiome sciences now available

August 31, 2022

Plant pathologist Donald Davis retiring from Penn State after more than 50 years

August 12, 2022

greenhouse research

Above-ground microbial communities that quell plant diseases can be developed

July 11, 2022

Plant pathology graduate student receives prestigious research fellowship

June 14, 2022

rotten grape cluster

Plant pathology grad student receives NSF fellowship to study grapevine disease

June 13, 2022

Penn State Extension educational kiosk at the Sugar Valley Produce Auction

Penn State Extension expands resources for growers at produce auctions

June 08, 2022

Evans Family Award recognizes plant pathology graduate student

June 04, 2022

Postharvest fruit decay study at Penn State

USDA grant to aid Penn State scientists in exploring postharvest fruit rot

May 26, 2022

Graduate student selected for Young Scientists Cohort at World Food Forum

May 26, 2022

Plant pathology professor remembered for impact on turfgrass industry, students

May 16, 2022

Mushroom operation aided by Penn State

Penn State’s Mushroom Research Center helps spawn East African farm

April 25, 2022

Graduate student Research Expo Award Winners

Gamma Sigma Delta lauds outstanding College of Ag Sciences faculty, students

April 05, 2022

The base of the MycoKnit showing the yarn-knitted textiles on which mycelium-based composites will grow.

Interdisciplinary Penn State team awarded SOM Foundation Research Prize

March 31, 2022

College of Ag Sciences, Pretoria partnership

Alliance between College of Ag Sciences, University of Pretoria yields benefits

March 18, 2022

Penn State-developed genome-editing technology licensed to Inscripta

March 17, 2022

Ag. Sciences students top all US universities with $1.1M in USDA funding

February 14, 2022

A structural mycelium-based component prototype.

Stuckeman School professor receives research grant for biodegradable structures

December 02, 2021

Penn State professor helps spearhead global plant-health conference in France

November 17, 2021

Mike Peck and potatoes

Penn State potato research program chips in with valuable insights for industry

October 15, 2021

Tar spot of corn

Plant pathologists at Penn State head investigation into tar spot disease in Pa.

October 01, 2021

U.S. soybean, corn yields could be increased through use of machine learning

September 29, 2021

Button mushrooms

USDA grant supports Penn State research on mushroom industry automation

September 28, 2021

Plant pathology professor receives Excellence in Teaching Award

August 19, 2021

Fairway grass disease

Cutting edge: Clinics at Penn State help citizens, industry solve lawn problems

May 26, 2021

Oranges with citrus greening disease

CRISPR/Cas technology could enable early diagnosis of devastating citrus disease

May 10, 2021

Innovative platform developed at Penn State monitors pests, predicts problems

April 27, 2021

Soil microbiome

Rebuilding soil microbiomes in high-tunnel agricultural systems focus of study

February 08, 2021

Feral honey bees looking out of hole in shed

Feral colonies provide clues for enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens

January 19, 2021

College of Agricultural Sciences announces 2020 Staff Laureate Award winners

December 03, 2020

Fungal Jungle mushroom

'Fungal Jungle' course continues to be hands-on learning despite virtual format

October 21, 2020

Plant pathologist at Penn State to aid NASA study on pathogen dispersal

October 08, 2020

Bull elected fellow of American Phytopathological Society

August 24, 2020

Bitter rot apples

Research helps explain source of pathogen that causes bitter rot disease

August 13, 2020

Penn State Microbiome Center and GALT enter collaboration to advance research

August 04, 2020

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