Grant Supports Deep Dive into Microbes

UD RESEARCH TEAM wins prestigious $1 million Keck Foundation grant to unlock microbial ‘black box’ Even in sediment cores extracted more than a mile beneath the ocean floor, you’ll find them. Tiny organisms only a cell in size chug along ever so slowly. Jennifer...

Lima Bean Resistance

UD RESEARCHERS INCLUDING SHAWN POLSON work to predict disease resistance in lima beans When downy mildew epidemics strike, they are a plague to lima bean growers in Delaware, which produces over 60 percent of the nation’s crop for canning and freezing. Using a...