Summary
This REU Site award to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, located in Lincoln, NE, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2026-2028. This REU Site in the field of Plant Pathology will provide students with laboratory and field research experiences investigating how pathogens cause diseases in plants and the strategies that plants use to fight those pathogens. Understanding plant diseases is essential to developing targeted strategies to control pathogens and mitigate their economic impact on farmers and to food security worldwide. Students in this REU Site