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Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

students dye fabric at pot

Dye-ing for More Natural Colors

Plant Sciences Class Combines Chemistry, Art and History as Students Create Plant-, Insect-Based Dyes

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USM Named to Top 10 of Nation’s Patent-Producing Universities

University of Maryland, College Park Awarded 59 Patents in 2023

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Collage of two researchers with closeup of a beehive in the background; one is wearing a scarf and glasses and the other is in an apple orchard

Pollinators, Pesticides and Peaches

Professors’ Blog Expands Access to Agricultural and Nature Information for Spanish Speakers

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wheat

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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corn in field damaged by saltwater intrusion

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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Red apples on tree

Apples, Adapted

New Fruit From UMD Could Weather Changing Climate and Labor Shortages to Boost Grower Profits

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Aaliyah Flores stands near stained glass windows in her office

A Peek Inside … Aaliyah Flores’ Office in Plant Sciences

‘More Is More’: Administrative Assistant Shares Ethos Behind Vibrant, Verdant Space

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student in wheat field

Safeguarding a Crop to Feed the Future

Researchers Work With Wheat to Increase Disease, Pest Resistance

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Rendering of bridge near water

Students Channel Animal Instincts to Create Urban Spaces

Summer Design Course Explores Human, Wildlife Cohabitation

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closeup of strawberries in boxes

Insight From an ‘Inside-out Fruit’

Strawberries’ External Seeds Helped UMD Researcher ID Mechanism for Fruit and Seed Development in Flowering Plants

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UMD Team Wins EPA’s Green Infrastructure Design Competition


Plan Would Reduce Runoff, Expand Green Space, Emphasize Campus Creek

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Lettuce

Could Stressed Plants Be Healthier Plants?

$600K USDA Grant Funds Study on How Drought, Light and Temperature Could Improve Nutrition and Pathogen Resistance in Kale, Lettuce

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