<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-and-events/news/how-do-crops-cope-with-stress.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>09/22/2021</pubDate><title>How do crops cope with stress?</title><description>MSU plant molecular biologist Michael Thomashow’s research has always been fueled by a pretty simple question: How the heck does that work?</description><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/thomashow2.PNG" alt="A close up of a leaf"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/thomashow-square.png" alt="Michael Thomashow"/></image><tags><tag>Thomashow lab</tag></tags></item>