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Results show path to breeding corn with better growth and C sequestration under drought, as summarized in this news article
November 21, 2022
Undergraduate researcher Samuel Walker and Ph.D. candidate Jagdeep Singh Sidhu won oral presentation competitions at the 2022 Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America annual meeting. Samuel was placed second in the 2022 research symposium division. His mentor, Jagdeep, won the 5 min rapid and poster competition in the Plant Genetic Resources division. Jagdeep and Sam’s research project answers crucial questions related to the evolution of ploidy and its relationship with resource acquisition. This work is important for the discovery of novel resource-efficient traits, which are urgently needed provided the crisis of climate change.
November 21, 2022
Jonathan Lynch has been recognized as a 'highly cited researcher 2022' by Clarivate. This year’s list identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers over the last decade that rank in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication in the Web of Science citation index. Jonathan was among 10 Penn State researchers receiving this recognition.
January 28, 2022
Jonathan Lynch has been recognized as a 'highly cited researcher 2021' by Clarivate. This year’s list identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers between 2010 and 2020 that rank in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication in the Web of Science citation index. Jonathan was among 10 Penn State researchers receiving this recognition.
January 28, 2022
"Comparative phenomics of annual grain legume root architecture", by Jimmy Burridge, Harini Rangarajan, and Jonathan Lynch (Crop Science 2020 60:2574-2593, DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20241) received the '2021 Outstanding Paper in Crop Physiology and Metabolism Award' from the Crop Science Society of America.
December 22, 2021
Our work to develop a protocol to screen cowpea seedlings for root traits that help them tolerate drought and infertile soils common in Africa, led by Mohammed Saba and Jimmy Burridge, is highlighted in this CSA news article.
December 22, 2021
Our research to develop common bean lines with better roots and hence greater yield under drought and low soil fertility common in low input agroecosystems of Africa and Latin America is highlighted in this CSA new article.
September 2, 2021
April 1, 2021
Amelia Henry receives humanitarian award
March 31, 2021
Jagdeep Sidhu receives research award
February 15, 2021
German language discussion of the recent discovery of MCS starting at 01:10:40
February 15, 2021
A previously unknown root trait allows some cereal plants to grow deeper roots capable of punching through dry, hard, compacted soils, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest that harnessing the inherited characteristic could lead to crops better able to deal with a changing climate.
January 5, 2021
CSA news highlights Roots lab efforts in breeding better beans for Africa, focusing on two recent papers in Crop Science
December 8, 2020
Jagdeep Sidhu has secured $3000 funding from the College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate Student Competitive Grant Program sponsored by the College of Agricultural Science’s Office for Research and Graduate Education. He will using these funds to investigate how root cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost.
November 18, 2020
The 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list features researchers who have demonstrated considerable influence in their chosen field through publication of multiple works that have been cited by a significant number of their peers during the last decade.
November 9, 2020
Stephanie Klein awarded ASPB early career contributor
November 4, 2020
News story highlighting lab publication on bean root architecture reaches almost 6 million viewers
October 14, 2020
Mohamed Hazam's sweet corn root image won an award from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research
October 14, 2020
PhD student Jagdeep Sidhu was awarded Outstanding Agricultural Graduate Student Award from the AASIO
September 2, 2020
A recent Roots Lab publication on bean root architecture was highlighted in the Crop Science Society of America
June 9, 2020
January 23, 2020
Jonathan Lynch was included on the 2019 list of one of the most highly cited researchers in the sciences
December 6, 2019
Jonathan Lynch received the life-time honor of AAAS Fellow this year.
October 18, 2019
Chris Strock's 3D maize root images were included on the cover of the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany
September 16, 2019
A recent Roots Lab paper on laser ablation tomography and root pathogen/microbe imaging is highlighted in Penn State News
August 19, 2019
DEEPER Project Manager and Post-doc, Molly Hanlon, received the 2019 Outstanding Post-Doc Award
July 16, 2019
Alden Perkins and Stephanie Klein designed a demo for the Millennium Scholars at the Roots Lab fields
