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  • Vineyard in Colmar, France, where co-author Christoph Bertsch teaches at the Laboratoire Vigne Biotechnologies et Environnement, Université de Haute-Alsace.

    Wine-Drinkers of the World Rejoice! New Research, Led by UMass Amherst, Finds Key to Billion-Dollar Problem

    Grapevine Trunk Diseases, or GTDs, are the bane of vineyard owners worldwide, and as of 2012, were responsible for more than $1.5 billion in annual economic damages. While researchers have long known that a host of pathogenic fungi combine to gang up on grapevines, the mechanics of how these GTD-causing fungi work has remained a mystery. 

  • Ashley Keiser stands on a platform overlooking the mountains on a beautiful partly cloudy day

    Ashley Keiser: Lover of Plant and Soil Communities

    There aren’t many people who say things like, “I always really liked nitrogen… It’s just an element that has really struck me.” Ashley Keiser is one of those people. Her passion for all-things ecosystem ecology is infectious.  

  • Construction worker types on a tablet while standing near six wind turbines

    UMass Amherst Emerges as Offshore Wind Workforce Training Leader with Newest Grant Award

    The Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently announced that a team led by UMass Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected to receive $220,000 in grant funding to support the growth of the UMass Clean Energy Extension’s (CEE) Offshore Wind Professional Certificate Program.

  • giant hogweed

    Why Confronting Invasive Species Is One of the Best Ways to Prepare for Climate Change

    New research, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, finds that the ecological effect of invasive species alone is comparable to the combined effects of invasives plus warming temperatures, drought or nitrogen deposition. This suggests that a critical preparation for climate change is to manage invasive species at the local level.

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