<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-08-seeding-the-field.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Discovery Science,Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast>mps,plantbiology,prl,plantresilience</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>08/12/2025</pubDate><title>Seeding the Field: How MSU researchers helped pioneer a model organism</title><subTitle>How the development of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism led to innovation in the plant sciences, agriculture and human health</subTitle><description>How the development of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism led to innovation in the plant sciences, agriculture and human health</description><highlights/><author>Kara Headley</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/arabisopsis-square.JPG" alt="Four green plants in a tray"/></image></item>