Tag: genome

Could an 8 million-year-old gene help the citrus industry? UF researchers think so

by Brad Buck
February 7, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- After 100 years of assertions about the roots of citrus, a global group of scientists – including a University of Florida professor – has traced the evolutionary history of Florida’s signature crop up to 8 million ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Breeding, Citrus Research And Education Center, DNA, Fred Gmitter, Genome, Genome Sequencing, Greening, History, Nature, News, Resistance, Tolerance

UF/IFAS research could lead to more and healthier sorghum

by Brad Buck
July 25, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has identified two areas of the sorghum genome that could boost the plant’s resistance to the anthracnose disease. This finding could ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biofuel, Genome, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Sorghum, Wilfred Vermerris

Grants to help UF researchers grow pine trees faster, produce more energy

by Brad Buck
December 2, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida researchers will use $1.45 million in federal grants to develop trait-prediction models and accelerate the growth of loblolly pine trees to produce more bioenergy. In his grant application, UF associate ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Forests
Tags: Bioenergy, Faster Production, Genome, Trees

Strawberry genome-sequence will lead to better fruit for consumers

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 4, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An international team of scientists led by the University of Florida and Virginia Tech is the first to publish the DNA sequence for the strawberry — a development ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Folta, Genome, Rosaceae, Strawberry

UF researchers find potential malaria treatment may extend to Legionnaires’ disease, botulism

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 7, 2009

Caption at the bottom of the page. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found that a potential strategy for treating malaria also extends to the bacteria behind maladies such as Legionnaires' ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Hanson, E. Coli, Folate, Genome, John Hyde, Legionnaire, Malaria, PTPS, Valérie De Crécy-Lagard

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