The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Establishing a Pan-Epigenome for Cattle and Sheep is a newly funded $1.3 million dollar USDA NIFA grant that is being led by Animal & Veterinary Sciences Associate Professor Stephanie McKay, in collaboration with Darren Hagen, PhD, at Oklahoma State University, and Brenda Murdoch, PhD, at the University of Idaho. Continue reading “McKay Funded for Cattle and Sheep Pan-Epigenome Research”
Plant Biology Associate Professor Jill Preston recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to work with the Joint Genome Institute to sequence several grass genomes. Continue reading “Plant Biology Biofuel Research Funded”
The University of Vermont Extension Maple program and the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) were co-hosts for the 2021 Vermont Maple Conference, held on December 8 to 11, 2021. The conference offered a mix of online and in-person learning with 15 informative sessions led by maple industry experts, maple producers and researchers including many from UVM. Continue reading “The 2021 Vermont Maple Conference”
During August, 2021, Eric Bishop von Wettberg was awarded a subcontract for the New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute (NRR-BII). The aim of this institute is to develop tools and training for students to examine the role of roots in regenerative agriculture and native habitat restoration. At UVM, Wettberg’s activities involve establishing a long-term intercropping trial of kernza, a perennial relative of wheat that can be used for baking and brewing, growing alongside alfalfa or clovers. Continue reading “Institute Funding Trains Students in Regenerative Agriculture”
Plant and Soil Science Associate Professor Eric Bishop von Wettberg announced the publication of research in the journal Nature by a collaborative group of Wettberg’s colleagues abroad, and led by Dr. Rajeev Varshney at ICRISAT, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Continue reading “Chickpea Whole Genome Sequencing to Improve Crop Production”