This newly isolated and sequenced promoter from the soybean Msg gene is preferentially active in the soybean pod, not in the seeds. It can be used in the genetic engineering of plants in the legume family for improved disease resistance traits without creating any adverse byproducts in the seeds. Not only can this gene be used to prevent crop yield loss due to disease and pests, but also to increase the control and precision with which further improvements can be engineered into legume crops.

This unique and highly effective insecticide chemically induces insects to accumulate high levels of tetrapyrroles, which causes insect death when exposed to daylight, and even when used in darkness. This reaction creates an insecticide to which insects will have a much more difficult time building resistance. As a result, it will lengthen the useful life and cost-effectiveness of the insecticide.

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a highly productive late-season red apple tree. Resistant to apple scab disease, the tree produces apples of exceptional "Juliet". Co-op 43 is the 15th apple cultivar developed by the cooperative breeding program between the University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Rutgers University.

This technology is a process for preparing biodegradable resins comprised of corn zein and fatty acids and forming the resins into sheets, thin films, and similar products useful in a broad range of food packaging and agricultural applications. Corn zein-based Biodegradable Resins present an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) have discovered a gene for soybean aphid resistance in the soybean cultivars Dowling and Jackson. The soybean aphid was identified in the Midwestern United States as a significant infestation in July of 2000 and has since expanded to twenty-one states and other parts of North America.

A new process that uses a combination of sieving and elutriation/aspiration to separate traditional DDGS into two components: clear fiber and DDGS with enhanced or enriched characteristics such as low-fiber (LF), High Protein (HP) content.

Working together, researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Sinaloa, Mexico, have developed a new method of nixtamalization, the process of treating corn in an alkaline solution, that yields a higher-quality masa dough and/or instant masa flour than traditional nixtamalization processes.

This technology is a new method for the genetic screening of dairy cattle. Researchers at the University of Illinois, in collaboration with Israeli dairy researchers, have isolated a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on the Bovine ABCG2 gene in Holstein Cows which increases the fat and protein content of milk. Using a DNA test kit, farmers can quickly and easily isolate the "super-producers" within their herd. Once the cattle have been identified, farmers can use selective breeding to increase the overall net production of their cows.