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The Purdue Center for Plant Biology (CPB) is an interdepartmental alliance of faculty who share an interest in basic plant biology research and are committed to enhancing graduate training in plant sciences. The focus of the Center is basic plant science, which we define as research that aims to provide a clearer understanding of processes that impact the biology of plants, irrespective of future application.
 

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Soybean ressearchrs
Researcher uses automated imaging technology for fast detection of destructive soybean pest

Lei Zhang, assistant professor of plant nematology, is on the lookout for the soil-borne roundworm called soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Zhang can’t see the microscopic parasite with his eyes, but technology available in the Ag Alumni Seed...

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Soybean ressearchrs
Researcher uses automated imaging technology for fast detection of destructive soybean pest

Lei Zhang, assistant professor of plant nematology, is on the lookout for the soil-borne...

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A shaved ice machine sprinkles snow over young arabidopsis plants to freeze the whole plant at once.
The perks and pitfalls of ‘plastic’ plants

Imagine broccoli’s short, sparse and ugly cousin, and you have Arabidopsis thaliana. It is...

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Arabidopis flower
The Keys to Unlocking Plant Reproductive Behavior

If you took a biology class in high school, you probably learned that flowering plants reproduce...

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Xing Liu and Kankan Wang use the Stop Flow Machine.
Breaking down the biochemical pathways of protein degradation

Proteins are more than just important nutritional units to track in your diet. They are encoded...

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A scientists dips a tube of petunia petals into liquid nitrogen to freeze it for tissue harvest.
Stop and smell the volatile secondary metabolites

As Ying Li steps through the door, Natalia Dudareva stops mid-sentence to spin around and meet...

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The walnut plantation at Martell Forest.
Detection & Prediction: How technology is fighting a future of tree diseases and invasive insects

The black walnut tree (Juglans nigra), prized for its rich, dark color in hardwood furniture and...

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