Scientist Ru Zhang is studying heat stress memory of plant cells; research that could help breed more heat-resilient crops.

STL Magazine spotlights the St. Louis bioscience ecosystem and the Danforth Center's role in driving regional agtech innovation.

Andrea Eveland shares why drought-resistant crops like sorghum are looked to as an alternative to corn as farmers face unpredictable weather.

As storms intensify across the Corn Belt, new research identifies short-stature corn as a scalable defense against wind damage.

Danforth Center spinout Agrela Ecosystems grows PheNode platform from plant research into transportation infrastructure and specialty crops.

Danforth Center President Giles Oldroyd recently sat down with Kate Grumke from 90.7’s St. Louis on the Air.

Mitigating environmental threats may have a simpler solution than you might imagine. Scientists at the Subterranean Influences on Nitrogen and Carbon Center (SINC) are looking to the underground world to discover new ways to create a sustainable future.

A new grant will fund a multi-institutional effort to improve how sorghum captures and manages energy through photosynthesis.

Danforth Center scientists publish a sorghum pangenome in Nature, revealing hidden genetic diversity to accelerate breeding of drought- and heat-resilient crops.

St Louis Magazine has selected Danforth Center President Giles Oldroyd, PhD for their 2026 “St. Louis Business 500” list.

Purple Plants that Report Pollutants

Antonio Brazelton, a scientist at Danforth Center, is working to improve a crop with a rich cultural history: collard greens.

The Plant Growth Facility (PGF) team has spent over a decade developing innovative was to manage pests without relying heavily on chemical pesticides. One of our most successful efforts has been an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program built around beneficial arthropods—insects and mites that act as natural predators to common plant pests.nks to a six-week program led by our Baxter Lab.

At BioSTL’s Global AgriFood Innovation Summit, Danforth Center President Giles Oldroyd, PhD, spoke about how we can grow our food in a way that’s better for our planet, and for farmers.

Spearhead Bio, is one of eleven companies included on St. Louis Business Journal’s “Startups to Watch 2026” list.

Danforth Center Principal Investigator Katie Murphy, PhD, receives the Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis for excellence in science education.

Getu Beyene Duguma, PhD, is a Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Learn more about Getu's research.

The Danforth Plant Science Center elects Cary Fowler, PhD, 2024 World Food Prize laureate and global food security leader, to its Board of Directors.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is part of a newinternational initiative to establish a Centre of Excellence for Crop Biotechnology at the RwandaAgriculture and Animal Resources Development B...

Researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center are pioneering tools that allow grain crops such as corn, wheat, and barley to act as living biosensors, turning purple in the presence of certain chem...