Innovating agriculture from the lab to the field

The Center for Plant Science Innovation (PSI) is an interdisciplinary research, development, and training program in plant sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. PSI includes 21 faculty members from five academic departments and three colleges who advance plant science research in Metabolic Biochemistry, Stress Biology, Genetics, and Epigenetics. PSI scientists apply their research to the development of crops with improved productivity and higher value by turning laboratory innovations into real-world applications. The work of PSI addresses global food security and the profitability of agricultural producers.

2025 PSI Heuermann Awards

Shilu Dahal in the lab

Shilu Dahal
Rojas Lab

Jensina Davis

Jensina Davis
Schnable Lab

Taiwo Dele-Osibanjo

Taiwo Dele-Osibanjo
Obata Lab

Sapana Ghimire

Sapana Ghimire
Rojas Lab

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2025 PSI Plant Science Symposium

October 9-10, 2025 | Willa Cather Dining Complex

Join us at the 2025 PSI Plant Science Symposium, where we will explore Next Generation Crop Improvement: From Prediction to Practice and Mechanism. October 9 & 10, 2025 at the Willa Cather Dining Center. Featured speakers include:

Elizabeth “Toby” Kellogg
Danforth Plant Science Center

Scott Allen Jackson
University of Georgia

Josh Cuperus
University of Washington

Christine Diepenbrock
University of California - Davis

Davide Sosso
Heritable Agriculture

Registration will open this summer.

a picture of the symposium in 2023

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Winter 2024

Hear from our director and the PSI Heuermann Graduate Award winners, see photos of our faculty and students, read about a new method for estimating evapotranspiration, and more.

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