CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: crop yield

You say genome editing, I say natural mutation

10/19/2023

CSHL scientists have discovered that evolution and genome editing in crops are less predictable than previously thought. Read the story »

Cocktails & Chromosomes: Uprooting climate change

9/21/2023

Pull up a stool to watch CSHL Associate Professor Ullas Pedmale speak about plants and climate change at Industry bar in Huntington, NY. Watch the video »

Cocktails & Chromosomes gets corny

8/10/2023

In the best way possible! CSHL Professor David Jackson talked about corn genetics. Plus, we gave away tickets to Tony Award-winning musical Shucked. Watch the video »

Climate-control technology future-proofs plants

6/13/2023

Take a virtual tour of CSHL’s new state-of-the-art growth chambers with plant biologist Ullas Pedmale. Watch the video »

New CSHL technology controls the weather and time itself

6/8/2023

State-of-the-art plant growth chambers at CSHL allow scientists to mimic the effects of climate change on crops around the world. Read the story »

Digging up the deep-rooted secrets of perennial corn

3/10/2023

Perennials may hold the key to sustainable farming. CSHL scientists are decoding the genes that let these plants withstand the test of time. Read the story »

CSHL groundcherry research bears new fruits

10/31/2022

New genetic blueprints for two types of groundcherry may help strengthen food supplies and reveal how plants evolve. Read the story »

What shedding light on plant growth could mean for cancer

6/13/2022

CSHL researchers have found a new way to control plant growth by manipulating proteins involved in the process of detecting light. Read the story »

How tweaking genes keeps corn and rice on your plate

5/18/2022

CSHL scientists leveraged lessons from the corn genome to improve another global staple crop, rice. Read the story »

New CSHL website brings together sorghum researchers

5/9/2022

Plant researchers and breeders are now using a website created by CSHL to get the latest intel on sorghum crop research. Read the story »

The race to protect sweet corn

4/22/2022

Breeding a variety that can withstand disease and taste better too Read the story »

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For plant geneticists, some genes are double the trouble

3/28/2022

It pays to check whether genetic tweaks that improve one kind of crop could get foiled by backup genes in a different crop. Read the story »

Plants fight for their lives

1/31/2022

As arable land disappears, a genetic tweak might secure the world’s food supply. Read the story »

Plants: RNA notes to self

1/13/2022

CSHL scientists discovered a way plants send messages between cells using RNA and a protein escort. Read the story »