Photosynthesis research is absolutely nothing like a real life horror movie. Why do you ask?

I went to Schnable Lab field in Havelock with CHIDANAND ULLAGADDi this morning. We have seen common rust (left) and southern rust (right) in some of inbred line and hybrid line. I was really excited to see them in Lincoln. Thank you for showing all rust pathogens! James Schnable 🌽🍄

It's been a corny summer for our lab and our collaborators Kasia Glowacka and Saet-Byul Kim here in the University Of Nebraska's Center for Plant Science Innovation. unl.edu/psi/september-…

A big thank you to 6 grad students, 4 techs, 2 postdocs and 2 professors who spent this Saturday harvesting and husking corn. One field harvested, three more to go. #cornhuskercorn

Another successful harvest! Today, the Schnable Lab completely harvested our Inbred HIPS corn field in Lincoln. 800 plots and ~4800 ears were collected in around 3 hours! Photo by Lina López C

We are pleased to welcome on Dr. James Schnable as the next Nebraska Corn Checkoff Presidential Chair. Dr. Schnable will serve Nebraska corn growers and continue research that is valuable in bettering their operations. We are excited about the new collaboration! #NECorn

Correction: CML281. Jonathan Turkus is calling these banana bunch ears.

I am always having to look up the precise definitions of different growth stages of corn. This is a great one for flowering to harvest (R1-R6). agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/… Thanks RL (Bob) Nielsen !

The cleanest manhattan plot we’ve ever produced in my lab. Part of a new preprint led by Vladimir Torres, PhD linking genes to roles in determining flowering time using expression data using RNA collected from nearly 700 kinds of maize (corn). (1/7) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

It has been a truly wonderful experience working with you, Lina López C . I will miss you and all you have contributed to the Schnable Lab. But I am happy knowing you will flourish out East! Take care and best of luck! 😁 I will keep an eye out for your X posts!

Only five months into her masters and Harshita has already mapped genes controlling flowering in a 700+ sorghum diversity panel using GWAS and TWAS. Hard to believe this is her first poster presentation ever.

Fast Flowering Mini-Maize is a fun variety. When I grew the A line in the greenhouse, it was only 15-20inches (38-51cm) tall. So short! However, if it is stressed, it may be even shorter! In the Schnable Lab 2021 nursery. there was a drought. Some FFMM were less than 10in/23cm!

Great story by Samantha Grove on how new technology and artificial intelligence is changing corn farming. Features Michael Tross @NikeeShrestha2 & Jensina Davis as well as Don Batie with some great photos by Lina López C. nebraskanewsservice.net/state/fields-o…

My old man told me multiple times to always have a pickup truck on hand. He is absolutely right ! Rituraj Khound drove hundreds of ears, solar panels, poles, and a weather station from Scottsbluff to Kearney. I hiked it the rest of the way to Lincoln.

First time growing inbred sorghum next to inbred maize (maize is in the background and sorghum is in the foreground. They were planted on the same day. Amazing how quickly maize creates biomass by comparison.

Through the magic of GoPro cameras I'm getting a first person view of Jonathan Turkus install the prototype #NSFfunded "wearable" water use sensors my research team is using to track the water use of individual corn plants minute by minute. #cornhuskercorn

Oc-19 is a cool maize variety. Gorgeous purple, white, and green leaves. However, it is apparently a pain to bulk out due to not producing much pollen. Kyle Linders is trying an alternative measure to encourage pollen shed. Pls message if you had issues with Oc19 & found a fix