You may have seen small trees in white shrouds on hills along the highways. They protect citrus trees from the Asian citrus psyllid and therefore, citrus greening disease. New University of Florida research shows the trees grown under the individual protective covers (IPCs) also grow…
Read More Mesh Bags Protect Citrus Against Greening, May Improve Tree Health And Fruit Quality Later
Florida’s strawberry season doesn’t return until December. But University of Florida scientists work year-round to support an industry with a $500 million-a-year farm-gate value in Florida. Among their research endeavors, UF/IFAS scientists search for ways to help growers control diseases that can damage strawberries. Most…
Read More University Of Florida Scientists Use AI Algorithm To Improve Strawberry Disease Detection
Instead of taking what the broker or retailer feels like paying, small- and medium-sized farmers who sell directly to consumers should track costs, determine what they want to earn and set their own produce prices, University of Florida experts say. Growers should base their prices…
Read More When Pricing Produce To Sell Directly To Consumers, Farmers Urged To Know Their Costs
Trees can provide much-needed shade in cities, thereby reducing the “heat island” effect. Such benefits underpin the growth of urban tree planting campaigns across the globe. But they can also topple in storms, generating headaches and possibly heartache — a salient point as we enter…
Read More UF Study Sheds Light On Challenges, Recommendations Of Managing Urban Trees And Storms
Summer brings daily storms in the Sunshine State, and with the rain, you need to control flooding in some neighborhoods. Florida is swimming in 76,000 stormwater ponds. Designed to control flooding, stormwater ponds are not as effective as natural ponds at removing nitrogen, a pollutant…
Read More Natural Ponds In Florida Remove Nitrogen More Effectively Than Stormwater Ponds
Crave that cup of coffee in the morning? Globally, consumers drink more than 2.2 billion cups daily. Someone grows all that joe: More than 100 million farmers worldwide produce coffee. Coffee beans consumed across the globe come from two species: Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora,…
Read More University Of Florida Scientists Study How To Bring You ‘Climate-Smart Coffee’
As we celebrate National Blueberry Month in July, a University of Florida dietitian says the fruit could be called “power berries.” “Blueberries have fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese and potassium, and they have some of the highest antioxidant levels of all the common fruits…
Read More Power Through July With National Blueberry Month
The world’s oceans absorb about 30% of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which does not bode well for Florida’s 825 miles of coastline. Carbon dioxide can contribute to ocean acidification — a reduction in the pH of the ocean — which puts some forms of…
Read More University Of Florida Experts Warn Of Potential Peril Caused By Ocean Acidification
An orange teeming with antioxidants and other health benefits may be a shot in the arm for consumers and citrus growers, if the fruit is stored at cool temperatures, a new University of Florida study shows. But it’s too soon to know if the so-called…
Read More Cooling ‘Blood Oranges’ Could Make Them Even Healthier – A Bonus For Consumers
Florida strawberry growers can use less pesticide and save money as they try to control a mighty pest known as chilli thrips, University of Florida research shows. An invasive pest in the southeastern United States, chilli thrips was introduced to the United States from Southeast…
Read More UF Study Shows How Strawberry Growers Can Use Less Pesticide To Control Destructive Chilli Thrips