College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

News

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  MSU AgBioResearch adds four faculty to Administrative Fellows Program

  Published on December 9, 2025
  The program helps CANR faculty gain hands-on experience with research administration.

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  MSU research helping drive Michigan’s dry bean industry

  Published on December 1, 2025
  Michigan State University AgBioResearch scientists are working closely with dry bean growers and industry organizations to address challenges from the field to the finished product.

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  MSU researcher honored with prestigious Soil Science Research Award

  Published on November 17, 2025
  MSU AgBioResearch scientist Bruno Basso was recently awarded the Soil Science Research Award from the Soil Science Society of America.

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  Exploring Climate Change Impacts on Upper Peninsula Soils

  Published on November 16, 2025
  An exciting new project launched this year in the Kravchenko Lab and it promises to have a broad impact across PSM and the wider Michigan research community.

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  Spartans on the Move

  Published on November 16, 2025
  Inspired by the Fall 2025 Spartan Bus Tour

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Events

• Nov 26

  Spring 2026 - PLP 893 Applied Molecular Evolution and Genetics of Microbes

  November 26, 2025 – January 9, 2026

• Nov 26

  Multivariate Data Analysis Techniques in Ecology

  November 26, 2025 – January 9, 2026

• Dec 8

  MSU Turf School

  December 8, 2025 – December 11, 2025 Begins at 8 a.m. on Monday and concludes at 5 p.m. on Thursday Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd., East Lansing, MI 48824

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In The News

• New lesson plans hope to teach people what mushrooms do for the planet

  Published on November 29, 2025
  

• Regenerative transition costs are tractable

  Published on November 17, 2025
  

• ASA, CSSA and SSSA congratulate the 2025 award recipients and Fellows

  Published on November 4, 2025
  

• MSU opens renovated greenhouse facility to public, aims to benefit MI agriculture

  Published on November 3, 2025 by Michigan Farm News
  

• World Cup watch: MSU students, staff ready for global competition, to showcase sod

  Published on June 3, 2025 by Michigan Farm News
  

Student Research Assistant Spotlight

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  MMG undergrad Alassane Sow enjoys working as a research assistant in PSM

  Published on January 18, 2024
  Microbiology major crosses the street for his part time job as a research assistant in the Bonito lab

Graduate Spotlight

• PSM Graduate Students earn accolades at Tri Societies 2025 CANVAS conference

  Published on December 5, 2025
  

• Meet the 2025 PSM Fellowship Awards

  Published on November 21, 2025
  

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  Spencer Fleming Defends Master’s Thesis on Fertilizer Management in Michigan Crops

  Published on November 16, 2025