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UMD Researchers Sequence Genome of World’s First Farmed Crop

Ancient Wheat Could Safeguard Global Food Supply by Boosting Drought, Disease Resistance of Modern Strains

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Study Finds Sea-level Rise Is Swallowing Farms in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia

UMD Researchers, Colleagues Found 19,000 Acres of Farmland Converted to Marsh in 6 Years

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UMD Study Shows Tree Species Diversity Is Good for Spiders—and Us

More Eight-legged Crawlers Means Fewer Natural Pests

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5 Mosquito Myths and 1 Truth That Really Bite

UMD Environmental Science and Technology Researcher Separates Fact From Fiction on Maryland’s Warm-Weather Nemesis

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What You Need to Know About the Approaching Menace to Maryland Trees

UMD Expert Offers Advice to Protect Your Yard From Beech Leaf Disease, Other Invasive Threats

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Finding Her ‘Repurpose’

Entomology Alum’s Startup Works to Protect Farmers and Reduce Plastic Waste

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From the Spice Cabinet to the Medicine Cabinet?

UMD Researchers Investigate Whether Common Cooking Ingredients Hold a COVID Cure

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The Blob That Ate Your Beach Vacation?

UMD Experts Wade Into the Facts, and Fiction, of Florida’s Seaweed Problem

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$1.2M USDA Grant Bolsters UMD Research to Help Farmers Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Web-based Calculator to Help Growers Nationwide Precisely Manage Cover Crops, Nitrogen Fertilizer

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Get Ticks Off, Not Ticked Off

Wildlife Ecologist Explains How to Stay Safe Outdoors This Summer

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5 Ways to Combat Climate Doomism

Extension Specialist Offers Practical Tips—and Hope—Through Popular Webinars

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Why This Bird Flu Is Different

UMD-Led Study Finds New Avian Influenza Requires Urgent Coordinated Response

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