Tag: EMBRAPA

Hands holding seeds in a Petri dish and a test tube

Semillas cultivadas en Florida formarán parte de un experimento de agricultura espacial en una misión de SpaceX


July 29, 2025

Creado por Meredith Bauer, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. Aspectos destacados: Investigadores de University of Florida enviarán semillas a la Estación Espacial Internacional para estudiar cómo los vuelos ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultura, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Banco De Semillas De UF, Berro De Thaliana, Cabo Cañaveral, Cápsula Dragon, Condiciones Extremas, EMBRAPA, Espacial, Espacio, Español, Estrategia Espacial, Fuera Del Espacio, Genes, Genetica, Instituto Espacial Astraeus De UF, Investigadores, Jaguar Space, Laboratorio De Plantas Espaciales, Laboratorio De Plantas Espaciales Del Departamento De Horticultura, Luna, Marte, Microgravedad, Planeta Tierra, Plantas, Producción De Alimentos Y La Purificación Del Aire, Pruebas Genéticas, Resilencia, Resilencia De Plantas, Semillas, Space X, Spanish, Tierra, University Of Florida, Vance Whitaker, Vuelos Espaciales, Wagner Vendrame
A view looking down two rows of mature sorghum growing in a field in Hastings, FL.

Investigating and improving soil microbes to help sorghum adapt to climate change


April 2, 2025

Changing climate conditions that challenge global food production have researchers studying microbiomes and genetic engineering to improve crop resilience. A project getting underway is focused on beneficial bacteria in sorghum’s root mucilage ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Climate Change, EMBRAPA, Mucilage, Nitrogen Fixation, Soil Microbial Ecology, Soil Nutrient Management, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sorghum, Sunny Liao
Several cattle graze in a pasture also used to grow pine trees.

Researchers to examine how integrated crop-livestock systems can enhance agricultural resilience and sustainability


December 4, 2024

The UF/IFAS-Embrapa Collaborative Climate Change Research Fund is backing a study on integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS). Embrapa is the state-owned research corporation affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. The study aims ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Climate Change, Clyde Fraisse, EMBRAPA, Global Food Systems Institute, Index-based Insurance, Integrated Crop-livestock Systems, Jose Dubeux, Nikos Tziolas, Sarah Strauss, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

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