Department News
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October 11, 2017Congratulations to Brian Lauer, IT Support Staff for PSS and Entomology Departments. Brian, a 6-year member of the Plant and Soil Sciences Department was awarded the 2017 outstanding staff in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment in the Technical/Paraprofessional Category. A portion of his duties include creating new user accounts, assisting with web site development and maintenance, and installing UK site licensed software.
Faculty and staff who nominated Brian said of him:
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October 10, 2017With hemp’s reintroduction into the United States as a part of research pilot programs in 2014, scientists need to learn much about the crop to help farmers improve yields to make it sustainable and economically viable. In a recent article published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment scientists identify top research needs to help guide scientists interested in studying hemp. -
October 6, 2017Earth would look a whole lot different without plants rooted firmly in the ground. A University of Kentucky researcher was among the group of international scientists that recently sequenced the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Liverworts were among the earliest plants to live on land.
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