Steven Smith

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Plant Science | Associate Professor, Natural Resources | Associate Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP

Sch of Nat Resource&Enviro-Res

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Research Area

plant genetics, ecosystem restoration, climate change, invasive species, ecology, plant reintroduction, ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation, impacts of climate change, species distribution

Optimizing Seed Production and Stand Establishment of Two Minimum-Input Turfgrass Species
2017·$22.7K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
turfgrass, seed production, stand establishment, optimization, minimum-input
Low Maintenance Grasses for Water Conservation for Golf Course Roughs
2015·$51.6K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
grasses, water conservation, golf course, low maintenance, roughs
Completion of report and related work on results of buffelgrass aerial herbicide application study
2013·$15K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
vegetation management, ecological impact, agricultural research, invasive species control, ecosystem restoration
Predicting Buffelgrass Greenup to Improve Fuels Treatment Efficacy (UAZDS-372)
2011·$22.1K / $44.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
vegetation, wildfire, ecology, prediction, fuels
Develop Habitat Suitability Models to Improve Detection of Dendroctonus Rhizophagus, a Novel Pine Bark Beetle, in the Mexico-US Transborder Region
2010·$20.4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
habitat suitability models, pine bark beetle, detection, transborder region, mexico-us

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Recent

Precipitation and time effects on vegetation change in Southern Arizona abandoned farmland

2024

vegetation change, precipitation, southern arizona

Tomato cultivars that produce fruit at high temperature were selected for distinct pathways promoting enhanced pollen tube performance under temperature stress.

2024

plant genetics, temperature stress, pollen tube performance, crop improvement, plant breeding

A quarter century of vegetation change on abandoned farmland in southern Arizona.

2023

ecological succession, land management, ecosystem restoration, vegetation dynamics, abandoned farmland

Food gardens for sustainable diets in the Anthropocene book chapter)

2022

food gardens, sustainable diets, anthropocene, sustainability, nutrition

The SEEL motif and members of the MYB-related REVEILLE transcription factor family are important for the expression of LORELEI in the synergid cells of the Arabidopsis female gametophyte

2021

transcription factor, gene expression, plant development, female gametophyte, cell biology

Multi-phase US spread and habitat switching of a post-Columbian invasive, Sorghum halepense

2016

invasive species, habitat ecology, plant biology, ecological spread, biogeography

Arabidopsis CALCINEURIN B-LIKE10 functions independently of the SOS pathway during reproductive development in saline conditions

2016

plant genetics, reproductive development, salinity tolerance, stress response, signaling pathways

Assessing Emergence of a Long-Lived Monocarpic Succulent in Disturbed, Arid Environments: Evaluating Abiotic Factors in Effective Agave Restoration by Seed

2015

plant ecology, ecosystem restoration, arid environment, succulent adaptation, seed germination

ARP6 Controls Female Meiosis In Arabidopsis Partly By Activating DMC1 Expression In Megasporocytes

2014

meiosis, gene regulation, plant genetics, reproductive biology, chromosome recombination

Plant reintroduction in a changing climate. Promises and perils. Book review.

2013

plant reintroduction, climate change, ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation, impacts of climate change

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Conservation of Natural Environments
Sustainable Earth: Natural Resources and the Environment
Our Place in Nature: Biology and the Environment
Grazing Ecology and Management
Field Botany

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Steven Smith

Research Area

Grants(7)

Optimizing Seed Production and Stand Establishment of Two Minimum-Input Turfgrass Species

Low Maintenance Grasses for Water Conservation for Golf Course Roughs

Completion of report and related work on results of buffelgrass aerial herbicide application study

Predicting Buffelgrass Greenup to Improve Fuels Treatment Efficacy (UAZDS-372)

Develop Habitat Suitability Models to Improve Detection of Dendroctonus Rhizophagus, a Novel Pine Bark Beetle, in the Mexico-US Transborder Region

Publications(61)

Precipitation and time effects on vegetation change in Southern Arizona abandoned farmland

Tomato cultivars that produce fruit at high temperature were selected for distinct pathways promoting enhanced pollen tube performance under temperature stress.

A quarter century of vegetation change on abandoned farmland in southern Arizona.

Food gardens for sustainable diets in the Anthropocene book chapter)

The SEEL motif and members of the MYB-related REVEILLE transcription factor family are important for the expression of LORELEI in the synergid cells of the Arabidopsis female gametophyte

Multi-phase US spread and habitat switching of a post-Columbian invasive, Sorghum halepense

Arabidopsis CALCINEURIN B-LIKE10 functions independently of the SOS pathway during reproductive development in saline conditions

Assessing Emergence of a Long-Lived Monocarpic Succulent in Disturbed, Arid Environments: Evaluating Abiotic Factors in Effective Agave Restoration by Seed

ARP6 Controls Female Meiosis In Arabidopsis Partly By Activating DMC1 Expression In Megasporocytes

Plant reintroduction in a changing climate. Promises and perils. Book review.

Collaborations(12)

Elise Gornish

Laura Lopez Hoffman

Aaron Lien

George Ruyle

Mitchel Mcclaran

News(4)

Registration Open for Spring 2018 Humanities Seminars

Council Allows Students to Reuse Courses that Meet Requirements for Two Programs

Senate Finishes Committee Elections in Final Meeting

Hancock Elected Vice Chair of Faculty

Courses(6)

Conservation of Natural Environments

Sustainable Earth: Natural Resources and the Environment

Our Place in Nature: Biology and the Environment

Grazing Ecology and Management

Field Botany