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Jan. 22, 2026

Rewilding corn reveals what its roots forgot

Researchers are tapping corn's wild ancestor to uncover what modern cultivation may have lost - traits that help naturally balance nitrogen in agricultural soils.

UArizona Partnership with Tribal Communities Knocks Out Pests, Not the Environment

Oct. 29, 2021

A 30-ton robot scans a field in central Arizona at the Maricopa Agricultural Center.

This 30-Ton Robot Could Help Scientists Produce the Crops of the Future

Aug. 13, 2020

Arizona has what ARID Center researchers call “the climate of tomorrow, today.” Scientists are using a 30-ton robotic field scanner in the state to study plant genetics and hopefully develop stress-resilient crops.

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