Miguel Pineros

USDA-ARS Robert W. Holley Center Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section

Pineros is a Research Plant Physiologist at the USDA-ARS Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health.

For more information please reach out at miguel.pineros [at] usda.gov (miguel[dot]pineros[at]usda[dot]gov) or map25 [at] cornell.edu (map25[at]cornell[dot]edu) or visit Google Scholar.

Interests

Crop adaptation to soil abiotic stresses

Bioavailability of iron, zinc and phytochemicals

Contact Information

map25 [at] cornell.edu

Miguel in the news

Kenong Xu stands in an orchard and measures a weeping apple branch in an orchard at Cornell AgriTech

News

July 20, 2023

Gene variation makes apple trees ‘weep,’ improving orchards

Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture – branches growing downwards – in apple trees, a finding that could improve orchard fruit production.

Cornell AgriTech
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section