Tag: Matias Kirst

UF researcher investigating ‘plant diamond’ as a carbon removal powerhouse

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
December 4, 2023

Three-year Energy Earthshot project awarded $1.7M from U.S. Department of Energy What surrounds a single grain of pollen may be one of the world’s best, most indestructible carbon removal tools available to humankind. A University ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbon Removal, Carbon Sequestration, Matias Kirst, Plant Science, Pollen, Poplar, Roots, U.S. Department Of Energy

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

Five UF/IFAS faculty members elected AAAS fellows

by Samantha Murray
January 26, 2022

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected five UF/IFAS faculty members to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AAAS Fellows, J. Scott Angle, Katie Sieving, Matias Kirst, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences, Tony Romeo, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Yuncong Li

UF Researchers Link Gene from Ancient Virus with Plant Stature

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 11, 2020

By Kim Scotto-Kelley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A new study from the University of Florida links the ability of plants to grow to great heights to a 500-million-year-old interaction between a virus and a type of algae. “The majority of today’s ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Genomics, Matias Kirst, Plant Genetics, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology Program, Research, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Trees

UF researchers awarded $7M grant to improve how plants get nitrogen, reduce pollution

by Brad Buck
October 2, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A team of researchers at the universities of Florida and Wisconsin-Madison will use a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to pinpoint genes that could improve plants’ ability to access nitrogen, an essential ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Featured Hot Topic, Fertilizer, Forest Resources And Conservation, Grant, Matias Kirst, News, Nitrogen, Pollution, Poplar Trees, Trees

Two UF/IFAS doctoral grads start genetics company

by Brad Buck
October 16, 2015

Leandro Neves Marcio Resende GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two former doctoral students from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are running a genetics startup company in Gainesville and recently were recognized ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Genotyping, Matias Kirst

UF technique to help pine forests adapt to climate change, bioenergy use

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 6, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A breakthrough in pine tree breeding will lead to forests better adapted to climate change and bioenergy use, University of Florida researchers report. The improved ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Breeding, Gary Peter, Genetics, Matias Kirst, Pine, University Of Florida

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