College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Mississippi State University releases celebration hybrid bermudagrass

Mississippi State University’s Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station officially released Celebration Hybrid™ Bermudagrass (experimental name…

September 23, 2022

Image Alternative Text: Cover of Science Advances, featuring art art design by Joe MacGown

MSU ant curator contributes to global biodiversity map project

September 20, 2022

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New MSU interdisciplinary design studio to explore the future of Mississippi’s coastline

September 08, 2022

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MSU research contributes to significant rise in regional catfish farming productivity, use of cost-saving technology

Mississippi State University research and outreach has contributed to a 59% productivity increase over the past decade in a crucial stage of catfish…

September 06, 2022

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Retired MSU professor releases novel with Gulf Coast plot

August 25, 2022

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MSU recognized nationally for conservation work

August 24, 2022

Image Alternative Text: Raja Reddy works with rice plants at the MAFES Soil-Plant-Atmosphere-Research facility.

MSU’s Reddy working to ‘tackle’ future farming challenges

August 10, 2022

Image Alternative Text: Pictured, left to right, are participants in the MSU/USDA Graduate Summer Research Experience Program: Rito Medina, Mirhossein Karimi, Luke Fuhrer, Xiaoying Li, Chintan Maniyar, Emma Schultz, Ajaya Dahal, Dhiraj Srivastava, Eric Fiah, and Sabyasachi Biswas.

MSU partners with USDA to give ‘impressive’ grad students summer research experience

August 01, 2022

Image Alternative Text: Grass developers aMSU faculty researchers Brian Baldwin and Jesse Morrison look at “Robusto” switchgrass growing at the MAFES R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center at Mississippi State University.

Three Mississippi State-bred switchgrasses hit the market

July 27, 2022

Image Alternative Text: Left to right: Mike Mulvaney, MSU associate professor of plant and soil sciences and Hartwig chair; Dru Carey, agricultural and biological engineering graduate student from Olive Branch; Wes Lowe, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering; and John Wallace, research associate II, are pictured with planting equipment.

MSU assesses industry precision tools for planting, better crops, grower success

July 25, 2022

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MSU students gain experience in natural resource policy during summer Demmer Scholars program in D.C.

July 20, 2022

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Four MSU doctoral candidates, one postdoc selected for SEC’s Emerging Scholars Program

July 19, 2022