<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/the-new-york-times-digs-142-year-old-beal-seed-experiment.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>04/23/2021</pubDate><title>The New York Times digs 142-year-old Beal seed experiment</title><description>Apr 23, 2021 - Four EEB faculty are featured in the story of MSU's venerable Beal seed viability project which every 20 years digs up bottles to understand mechanisms of plant survival.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="The New York Times digs 142-year-old Beal seed experiment"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/nyt-digs-142.jpeg" alt="The New York Times digs 142-year-old Beal seed experiment"/></image></item>