HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssues Careers & Education MentoringMentor or mentee? An early career perspective July 19, 2020 News & Perspectives PublicationsCall for papers: NSE special section July 16, 2020 Publications update July 16, 2020 Science policyEndless Frontiers Act reimagines National Science Foundation July 16, 2020 NewsKnow your community: Applied soybean research July 16, 2020 August 2020 issueVolume 65, Issue 8Inside this issueWheat stem rust is found worldwide, and the possibility of virulent, recombinant strains could mean yield losses that disrupt local and global economies. Resistant wheat varieties are the most economical means of combatting this fungus, particularly in developing countries. A recent Journal of Plant Registrations article documents resistance genes in a unique “nested association mapping” population. See story on p. 6. Cover photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota, David L. Hansen. People In memoriamIn memoriam July 21, 2020 Member NewsNew members July 16, 2020 Science FeaturesA nested association mapping population for wheat stem rust resistance July 22, 2020 Gypsum finds a way to get to the root of the acidity problem July 21, 2020 Science briefsKeeping lead dust down with clay clumps July 21, 2020 Kernza perennial grain cultivar released by the University of Minnesota July 16, 2020 Warm-season annuals mitigate summer foraging slump July 16, 2020 Elevated phosphate concentrations in Iowa groundwater July 16, 2020 Biomass crop to conserve cultivated histosols July 16, 2020 Are allelopathic cover crops impacting row crops? July 16, 2020 Researchers project high costs from harvest compaction July 16, 2020 Conservation tillage rebuilds surface soil organic carbon content July 16, 2020 Biosolids improve anthropogenically disturbed urban turfgrass system July 16, 2020 Red parent soils create wetland problems July 15, 2020 Students Building a C.V. during grad school July 16, 2020