Author: Lourdes Mederos

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Free Workshop Explores Vanilla Cultivation In Florida, Puerto Rico, And U.S. Virgin Islands

Free Workshop Explores Vanilla Cultivation In Florida, Puerto Rico, And U.S. Virgin Islands

Xingbo Wu, plant breeder and geneticist at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), is the principal investigator conducting resear [...]
Everglades Farmers Gain Powerful Ally In Disease Control With New UF/IFAS Plant Pathologist

Everglades Farmers Gain Powerful Ally In Disease Control With New UF/IFAS Plant Pathologist

Monica Navia-Urrutia examines for presence of root rot or disease at a local grower’s field. Photo by Avery Harrison, UF/IFAS EREC. Farmers in th [...]
Behind The Scenes: How UF/IFAS Risk Assessments Sustain Florida’s $191M Aquaculture Industry

Behind The Scenes: How UF/IFAS Risk Assessments Sustain Florida’s $191M Aquaculture Industry

UF/IFAS professor Jeffrey Hill and master’s degree student, Meghan Eaton, are measuring water temperature as part of a risk assessment. (UF/IFAS) [...]
University Of Florida Researchers Develop New Model To Predict Invasive Species Spread

University Of Florida Researchers Develop New Model To Predict Invasive Species Spread

Argentine black and white tegu – one of the invasive reptiles in the study. Courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Science tel [...]
Cracking The Burmese Python Code: New Data Zeroes In On Game-Changing Strategies

Cracking The Burmese Python Code: New Data Zeroes In On Game-Changing Strategies

Megan Angelis and Kyle Findley (By Kevin Pavlidis) In a groundbreaking study, University of Florida scientists statistically analyzed large amount [...]
Citizen Science And Why It Matters, UF/IFAS Experts Explain

Citizen Science And Why It Matters, UF/IFAS Experts Explain

Bioblitz plant species identification event (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS Photography) Have you ever noticed unusual plants, animals or insects in your ar [...]
UF/IFAS Launches ‘Hopper Heroes’ Initiative To Track Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, And Treehoppers

UF/IFAS Launches ‘Hopper Heroes’ Initiative To Track Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, And Treehoppers

Brian Bahder demonstrates a technique for capturing hoppers in a variety of environments. UF/IFAS photography Spotted a tiny, colorful critter hop [...]
University Of Florida Secures $300K NSF Grant To Address Phosphorus Pollution In South Florida Ecosystems

University Of Florida Secures $300K NSF Grant To Address Phosphorus Pollution In South Florida Ecosystems

These freshwater channels and canals shown in South Florida are types of waterways where interventions could be deployed. Courtesy UF/IFAS Jehangir B [...]
UF/IFAS Scientists Develop Method For Detecting DNA Of Invasive Snakes In Florida

UF/IFAS Scientists Develop Method For Detecting DNA Of Invasive Snakes In Florida

Brian Bahder in his lab at the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center Courtesy UF/IFAS Scientists at the University of Florida have [...]
UF/IFAS And Florida Sea Grant Secure $250K NOAA Grant To Cultivate Seaweed Aquaculture

UF/IFAS And Florida Sea Grant Secure $250K NOAA Grant To Cultivate Seaweed Aquaculture

Ashley Smyth with her wave machine model at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead. Atlantic subtropical seaweed is makin [...]
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