<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/fields-of-breeders-dreams-targeted-crop-improvements.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>02/03/2021</pubDate><title>Fields of breeders' dreams: A team effort toward targeted crop improvements</title><description>Feb 3, 2021 - In a new paper published in <em>Nature</em>, a team including MSU's David Lowry examined the use of switchgrass plants in fighting climate change to improve crop growth.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="Fields of breeders' dreams: Targeted crop improvements"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/field-of-breeders.jpg" alt="Fields of breeders' dreams: Targeted crop improvements"/></image></item>