News Archive: Research
UK Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day is approaching
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jul. 11, 2016
The field day is July 28 in Princeton.
UK Turf Research Field Day is July 14
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jun. 14, 2016
Topics incude pollinators, cool-season grasses, warm-season grasses and weeds and diseases.
UK study links tobacco microbial communities, carcinogen formation
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jun. 6, 2016
UK research shows it's more than just high heat and high humidity causing increased TSNAs in tobacco.
Maxwell Place’s white oaks have stories to tell, jobs to do
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on May. 20, 2016
Two white oaks at Maxwell Place on the UK campus, trees that probably have witnessed much of the campus history, have been adopted so others will know their story.
UK study examines climate change effects on tall fescue, endophyte
By
Katie Pratt
Published on May. 9, 2016
In the study, tall fescue and endophyte responses to warmer and wetter conditions varied based on the genetics of each.
UK cow's view of move in day at the new barn

By
Aimee Nielson
Published on May. 4, 2016
A UK dairy cow's view of the new barn.
Hunt receives University Research Professorship
By
Jenny Wells
Published on May. 3, 2016
Arthur Hunt received one of 17 University Research Professorships.
USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture director to visit campus May 6
Published on May. 2, 2016
Ramaswamy will give a seminar titled, "Perfect Storm to Nutritional Security," Friday morning in the college's Cameron Williams Hall in the Plant Sciences Building.
12 UK students, alumni win NSF research fellowships
By
Whitney Hale
Published on Apr. 21, 2016
Sarah Barney, a 2014 natural resources and environmental science graduate, is among UK’s newest NSF fellows.
Plant signals travel different routes to turn on defense
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Apr. 21, 2016
The most recent study by UK plant pathologists Pradeep and Aardra Kachroo shows the pathways important chemcials use to turn on disease resistance in plants.