Tag: nitrogen fixation

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

by Mike Loizzo
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

Natural ponds remove nitrogen more effectively than stormwater ponds

by Brad Buck
July 30, 2024

Summer brings daily storms in the Sunshine State, and with the rain, you need to control flooding in some neighborhoods. Florida is swimming in 76,000 stormwater ponds. Designed to control flooding, stormwater ponds are not as effective as ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: AJ Reisinger, Audrey Goekner, Denitrification, Dinitrogen Gas, Ecosystems, Flooding, Natural Ponds, Neighborhoods, Nitrogen, Nitrogen Fixation, Pollutants, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Stormwater, Stormwater Ponds, Subdivisions
Nodules on the roots of a legume

UF/IFAS scientists take next steps toward crops that make their own nitrogen

by Samantha Murray
January 27, 2022

Most crops need fertilizer to get enough nitrogen, an essential building block of life. Only a few plants have evolved nodules that host nitrogen fixing bacteria, microbes that convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Matias Kirst, News, Nitrogen Fixation, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

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