Boyce Thompson Institute

The Boyce Thompson Institute (previously: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research) is an independent research institute devoted to using plant sciences to improve agriculture, protect the environment, and enhance human health

Could microscopic soil roundworm compounds really protect major crops from pests and pathogens?

Protecting crops from pests and pathogens without using toxic pesticides has been a longtime goal of farmers. Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute have found that compounds from an unlikely source – microscopic soil roundworms – could achieve this aim. As described in research published in the May 2019 issue of Journal of Phytopathology, these compounds helped protect major

Could microscopic soil roundworm compounds really protect major crops from pests and pathogens?

The promise of algal biofuels increases with bioreactors on a chip

For over a decade, companies have promised a future of renewable fuel from algae. Investors interested in moving the world away from fossil fuel have contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the effort, and with good reason. Algae replicate quickly, requiring little more than water and sunlight to accumulate to massive amounts, which then

The promise of algal biofuels increases with bioreactors on a chip

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July 24, 2024 • On a rocky hillside in Colorado is a “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes — along with cameras livestreaming the whole thing. July 23, 2024 • A fossil of an armadillo ...
On This Day in Yonkers History…
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover By Mary Hoar, City of Yonkers Historian, Chair of Revolutionary Yonkers 250, President Emerita Yonkers Historical Society, recipient of the 2004 Key to History, Member of ...
Groundcherry gets genetic upgrades: Turning a garden curiosity into an agricultural powerhouse
Imagine a small fruit that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple, wrapped in its own natural paper lantern. That's the groundcherry (Physalis grisea) - a little-known relative of ...
Unraveling the origin and global spread of the potato blight pathogen
This research provides significant insights ... Silvia Restrepo, lead author of the study and president of the Boyce Thompson Institute, highlighted the broader impact, stating, "Our work not ...
Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why
I study plant evolutionary biology, and recently worked with fern biologist Fay-Wei Li at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell ... the foundation for further research into the evolution ...

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Sean M. Boyce
Sean M. Boyce, of Charlotte, MI, age 32, passed away on July 18, 2024. Visitation will be held at the Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. as well as on ...
Groundcherry gets genetic upgrades: Turning a garden curiosity into an agricultural powerhouse
For over six years, a team of scientists led by Dr. Joyce Van Eck at the Boyce Thompson Institute has been running the "Physalis Improvement Project." The goal is to transform groundcherry from a ...
Unraveling the origin and global spread of the potato blight pathogen
Silvia Restrepo, lead author of the study and president of the Boyce Thompson Institute, highlighted the broader impact, stating, "Our work not only unravels the past migrations of P. infestans ...
Lionel Boyce on Marcus’ Journey on ‘The Bear’: ‘He Is Not OK In the Way That He Thinks He Is’
“I think he’s OK, but he’s still in the part of grief that feels like after you hurt yourself and get up real quick, and you’re like, ‘Yep I can walk,’ Boyce said of Marcus losing his ...
Boyce Thompson
Boyce Thompson is the author of six books, including Innovations in Mass Timber due out in May 2024. For 17 years, Thompson served as the editorial director of Builder magazine, which named the ...