Peaches are popular, with annual national production of about 806,000 tons. To help keep pests and diseases from damaging the fruit, growers can place bags around individual peaches, University of Florida researchers say. David Campbell, a UF/IFAS post-doctoral researcher, led new research, funded by a…
Read More University Of Florida Study: Place Bags On Peaches To Help Keep Pests, Diseases Away
If you hopped over to the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center and tasted the craft beer made from hops grown by scientists at the University of Florida, you’d notice it’s a little bitter, but researchers and brewers say that’s just what they want. On…
Read More Tasty Craft Beer Brewed From University Of Florida IFAS-Grown Hops
While Florida is known as the winter strawberry capital of the world, you can plant strawberries at home now. Yes, fall is officially here – even if the temperatures don’t always match the calendar date. That means the air is soon going to get a…
Read More Florida Fall: A Time To Grow And Eat Your Own Strawberries At Home
As Mexico increases tomato exports across the world, including to the United States, prices plummet for American growers, including those in Florida. That practice could cost American growers as much as $252 million per year — or 27% in revenue — if imports from Mexico…
Read More Tomato Trade With Mexico Could Cost U.S. Growers $250M A Year, UF Study Shows
Funding for student fellowships is included in a new $1.4 million, three-year National Science Foundation grant that faculty from the University of Florida and Florida A&M University (FAMU) will use to train a diverse workforce for potential careers in artificial intelligence. The UF Institute of…
Read More UF/IFAS, FAMU Win $1.4 Million Grant To Teach AI To More Diverse Students
Florida growers produced 606 million pounds of fresh-market tomatoes last year, which brought in $463 million in revenue. But with competition from places like Mexico, farmers are always looking for an edge – to grow more and bigger fruit. That’s why University of Florida scientist…
Read More UF Scientist Works On Improving Tomato Production, Size – Presents Latest Research This Week
A veteran Florida Sea Grant UF/IFAS Extension agent will now work in a larger role to help mitigate harmful algal blooms nationwide. For 17 years as an Extension agent, Betty Staugler has been based at the UF/IFAS Extension Charlotte County office, helping coastal residents, anglers…
Read More Veteran Florida Sea Grant Agent Takes New Role As Liaison At Federal Level – Expertise In Harmful Algal Blooms
In the eye of hurricane season, you need hardy trees that can withstand the strong winds that come with the storms – and which can topple trees. That’s why University of Florida tree scientists Ryan Klein and Andrew Koeser study the variables that can lead…
Read More Timmmberrr! … University Of Florida Experts Try To Take Subjectivity Out Of Tree-Falling Assessments
Florida watermelon growers, the most productive in the nation, face two new viruses. But finding a disease is the first step to managing it, says a University of Florida scientist who helped pinpoint the diseases. From 2017-2020, Florida was the No. 1 state in watermelon…
Read More Scientists Find New Watermelon Viruses In Florida; Help Available
When we plant the same trees over and over again, we create urban forests that are vulnerable to being wiped out by invading pests and diseases, a University of Florida researcher says. Deb Hilbert wants to avoid tree deaths. In fact, she and her colleagues…
Read More You Can Have It ‘Made In The Shade’ By Planting More Diverse Trees