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Research and innovation in crop genetics and plant breeding are essential for ensuring food security, sustainable agriculture, and the adaptation of crops to changing environmental conditions. Advances in these fields have allowed for the development of crops with improved yields, increased resistance to pests and diseases, and enhanced nutritional quality.
Feeding growing populations is placing increasing demands on improving crop productivity. Research activities focus on utilizing advanced crop genetics and plant breeding techniques to develop higher-yielding crop varieties with enhanced disease resistance as well as identifying optimal production practices which support enhanced plant development and growth.
(Video 09/08/23) Irrigation was a lifeline for most of Louisiana’s sweet potato farmers. As harvest approaches, most growers think they have a decent crop.
(08/15/23) Some of the most innovative minds in agriculture from across the country gathered to share ideas on numerous topics at a multistate meeting.
(08/09/23) AgCenter holds agronomic crops school for producers to interact with researchers.
(Video 07/27/23) Last year, Louisiana led the nation in sugarcane production. Much of the credit goes to the variety development at the Sugar Research Station.
(07/21/23) The LSU AgCenter held its 40th annual sugarcane field day on July 19 in St. Gabriel.
(Video 07/14/23) Hot, sunny weather has quickly matured rice crops across Louisiana, and combines will soon begin harvesting what is expected to be a good crop
(Video 07/14/23) The reniform and Southern root-knot nematodes are the two most common nematodes found in Louisiana agricultural fields.
(07/11/23) Identifying climate-smart strategies for water management is the goal of a three-year rice study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(06/30/23) The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station held its 114th annual field day June 28.
(06/20/23) Producers from across the state gathered for a commercial vegetable field day June 14 at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.
(05/30/23) Vegetable growers all over Louisiana are facing Southern bacterial wilt and bacterial spot in tomatoes and pepper production.
(05/02/23) LSU AgCenter plant pathologist Sara Thomas-Sharma has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study soybean disease.
(02/22/23) Scientists continue to learn more about roseau cane die-offs, roseau cane scale and solutions to these problems.
(02/14/23) AgCenter corn and grain sorghum specialist Matt Foster will be a featured speaker at the USDA's Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington, D.C.
