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Food security
Crop researcher focuses on better food production (Aug. 15, 2022)
Climate change expected to help weeds more than corn (July 15, 2022)
Climate change demands near perfect weed control in soybean (April 11, 2022)
Weather variations place more pressure on weed management (Oct. 11, 2021)
U.S. Farm Report Oct. 9, 2021, College Roadshow feature
Managing weeds in variable weather: insights from data mining (Sept. 30, 2021)
Think climate change is bad for corn? Add weeds to the equation (Sept. 7, 2021)
Variable weather makes weeds harder to whack (Feb. 8, 2021)
Farming becoming riskier under climate change (March 27, 2017)
Food and fuel: a model for bioenergy feedstock/vegetable double-cropping systems
(May 7, 2015)
Vegetable legumes (edamame, lima bean, snap bean)
Cover crop could solve problems for edamame growers (October 13, 2020)
New planting guidelines could boost edamame profits (March 13, 2020)
Early-killed rye shows promise in edamame (Mar. 7, 2018)
Snap beans hard to grow in cover crop residue (Feb. 16, 2017)
Getting to know, getting to grow, edamame (Feb. 15, 2017)
Edamame waits in the wings: soybean cousin searches for place in U.S. farmland (Sept. 26, 2016)
One step closer to commercial edamame production in the U.S. (Feb. 4, 2016)
I want my edamame (Feb. 8, 2016)
Cool beans - Illinois farmer experiments with edamame
(Nov. 12, 2015)
Research charts a course for increasing edamame acreage
(April 30, 2015)
Recent herbicides labeled for edamame could mean more U.S. production of the crop (March 17, 2014)
Edamame given star role in latest UI Agronomy Day tour
(Aug. 17, 2012)
A boost to U.S. edamame production
(Feb. 2011)
Sweet Corn & Popcorn
Sweet corn yield at the mercy of the environment, except for one key factor (August 24, 2023)
Canned, frozen corn industry struggling across US growing regions (July 10, 2023)
Illinois study reveals genetic secrets of America's favorite snack (June 27, 2023)
Sweet corn sweltering in summer heat spells uncertainty for corn lovers (Nov. 11, 2022)
Sweet Discovery: U of I research finds potential for sweet corn growers (Aug. 1, 2022)
Corn develops density tolerance over time (Feb. 17, 2022)
Illinois research shows how dicamba could be safely used in sweet corn (Feb. 8, 2022)
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement (Nov. 7, 2021)
Growing sweet corn at higher densities doesn't increase root lodging risk (May 10, 2021)
Sweet corn growers, processors could dramatically increase yield, profit (Oct. 8, 2019)
Sweetening the deal (Nov. 18, 2018)
In sweet corn, workhorses win (Jan. 17, 2018)
Atrazine alternatives in sweet corn (July 12, 2016)
Sweet corn genes related to crowding stress identified (March 15, 2016)
Transgenic sweet corn no more susceptible to Goss's wilt disease (Feb. 17, 2016)
Sweet corn 'stress test' offers efficient way to identify high-yielding hybrids (Oct. 5, 2015)
Better sweet corn research, better production
(Jan. 22, 2014)
Can sweet corn be grown using less atrazine?
(2013)
Tolerating neighbors: competition in sweet corn
Disease and weed duo can devastate sweet corn yields
(Feb. 29, 2012)
Less competitive sweet corn varieties can result in higher weed pressure (Feb. 20, 2012)
U of I research elevates sweet corn production
(Feb. 2012)
A seedy solution to controlling weeds?
(Feb. 13, 2012)
Sweeten up your profits with the right hybrids
(Jan. 23, 2012)
A quarter century of sweet corn observations
(Dec. 22, 2011)
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement (Oct. 7, 2021)