Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Sims Lab
Led by Andrew Sims · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The Sims Lab studies forest genetics, focusing on improving slash pine and loblolly pine through genetic research, breeding, and technology transfer. They use genomic and quantitative approaches to enhance forest resilience and quality.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program (CFGRP)
A partnership between UF, state agencies, and industry to improve forest genetics and commercial deployment.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Genetic Control of Pitch Canker Response in Southern Pine and Southern Pine Hybrids
2023 · Forests
Tests whether pine tree families resist pitch canker disease.
- Screening of Persea borbonia clones for resistance to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola
2022 · Forest Pathology
Screens Persea borbonia clones for resistance to laurel wilt.
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