Tag: gene editing

UF/IFAS awarded 1st Ph.D. plant breeding program in Florida, one of few in USA

Posted: July 13, 2021

Working in labs and fields across Florida, a new generation of students will start earning a Ph.D. in plant breeding from the University of Florida – the first program of its kind in Florida and… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Citrus, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, corn, crops, Elaine Turner, environmental benefits, Fiber, forage, gene editing, genetics, global food security, hunger, Lettuce, new program, peanuts, Ph.D., plant breeding, strawberries, tomatoes, Vance Whitaker

UF professor earns national award for innovative research

by BLOGS.IFAS

Posted: August 12, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. — Researcher. Scholar. Change agent. Nian Wang, a professor at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been recognized for all of these roles by… Read More

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops

Tags: American Phytopathological Society, citrus greening, citrus research, Citrus Research and Education Center, gene editing, Microbiology and Cell Science, Nian Wang, Ruth Allen award

Microbiologist at UF/IFAS Citrus REC works toward a successful greening treatment

by Brad Buck

Posted: July 11, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In the same year the University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center celebrates its 100th anniversary, Nian Wang believes he may be close to finding the “off switch” for greening, the… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS

Tags: 100th anniversary, Citrus Research and Education Center, CRISPR, gene editing, Greening, Microbiology and Cell Science, News, Nian Wang