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AMES, Iowa – In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south. 

AMES, Iowa — The Plant Breeding Award Committee announces Venkata Naresh Boddepalli as the Spring 2026 recipient of the C. R. Weber Award for Excellence in Plant Breeding.

AMES, Iowa — April 15th, 2026 — Iowa State University (ISU) graduate students, Venkata Naresh Boddepalli, Yue Liu and Leocade Azonhoumon have been selected as 2026 Borlaug Gradua

PhD Candidate, Plant Breeding | Iowa State University
President and Co-chair, 13th Raymond F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium

AMES, Iowa — March 26, 2026 — The 13th Annual Raymond F.

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University, Associate Professor, and plant breeder, Dr. Arti Singh has received a competitive grant from the U.S.

AMES, Iowa — The Raymond F.

Two Iowa State University (ISU) graduates—Betsabe Mantilla Pérez and Songlin Hu—have been selected as members of the 2026 Bayer Crop Science

AMES, Iowa — January 5, 2026 — The Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University has announced the recipients of the prestigious C.R. Weber Award for Excellence in Plant Breeding for Fall 2025.

Research Director Dr. Randall Wisser Visits Iowa State University for Plant Breeding Workshop and Upcoming Seminar

Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding Hosts Fall Reception at Agronomy Hall

Ames, Iowa — October 16, 2025

Graduate Student in Plant Breeding | Iowa State University