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Springtime gardening with iconic Florida citrus trees

by Brad Buck
March 20, 2025

Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you’re interested in growing something that will blossom in your yard. The spring gardening season is a good time for planting a citrus tree in your yard. Such trees used to be a common site around Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: 'UF RedLime', 'UF SunLime', Brite Leaf Nursery, Citrus Breeding, Citrus Research And Education Center, Dooryard Citrus, Finger Limes, Fred Gmitter, Home Citrus, Jude Grosser, Nate Jameson, Nurseries, Oranges, Planting, Spring Gardening, Sugar Belle
Close up of finger lime fruit on gray table

Finger Limes: An HLB-Tolerant Prospect for Florida Growers

by Eva Sailly
March 19, 2025

Finger limes appear as a promising choice to growers searching for alternative citrus crops thriving in Florida. The Australian Lime Improvement Program hosted the most recent Finger Lime Field Day to highlight ongoing research and market ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Finger Lime, Finger Limes, Florida Citrus, Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services, Food And Resource Economics, Food Trend, FRED, HLB, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing, Manjul Dutt, Plant Breeding, Psreu, Taste, UF/IFAS PSREU
A black and white image generated by artificial intelligence showing a close up of several nanofertilizer particles.

Exploring Nanofertilizers: A New Chapter in Sustainable Agriculture

by Mike Loizzo
March 14, 2025

A newly published book chapter co-authored by Dr. Jonas Pereira de Souza Jr., and Dr. Davie Kadyampakeni explores the potential of nanofertilizers in modern agriculture. The chapter appears in Nanofertilizers in Agriculture, a book from the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Davie Kadyampakeni, Fertilizer, Jonas Pereira De Souza Jr., Nanofertilizer, Nutrient Management, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

Researchers explore breakthrough approach to combat devasting citrus greening disease

by Brad Buck
January 8, 2025

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. While the genetically modified tree has only been tested so far in the lab and the greenhouse, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Bacillus Thuringiensis, Bacterium, Biotechnology, Bryony Bonning, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Trees, Entomology And Nematology, Field, Greenhouse, HLB, Huanglongbing, Lab, Lukasz Stelinski, Pest Control, Phloem, Protein, Psyllids

Southern scientists use artificial intelligence to reduce costs, labor on farms

by Brad Buck
September 17, 2024

Scientists throughout the South are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help growers save labor costs and time, spray with precision, detect diseases, control food quality, maintain animal health and help grow wheat.   University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Daniel Lee, Drones, Fort Valley State University, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Land-grant Universities, Nathan Boyd, Oklahoma State University, Precision Ag, Precision Agriculture, Precision Weed-spraying, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Strawberries, Tree Canopy, University Of Georgia, Variable-rate Fertilizer, Virginia Tech, Water, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF study shows orange peel extract may improve heart health

by Brad Buck
May 28, 2024

Orange peels may hold a key to better cardiovascular health, new University of Florida-led research shows. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women and people of most racial and ethnic groups, according to the Centers for ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Cardiovascular Health, Citrus Research And Education Center, Extract, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Waste, Juice Processing, Orange Juice, Orange Peels, Yu Wang

Blackberries in Florida may become even more nutritious in the future

by Brad Buck
April 24, 2024

Blackberries are already known for their health benefits, and someday, they might provide even more antioxidants than the ones you buy now, say University of Florida researchers. UF/IFAS researchers are trying to breed and grow blackberries, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidants, Blackberries, Citrus Research And Education Center, Environmental Horticulture, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Health, Metabolites, UF/IFAS Plant Breeding, Yu Wang, Zhanao Deng

Global food and beverage industry representatives to come to Orlando to learn latest flavor research

by Brad Buck
January 17, 2024

Flavor comes from a combination of nature and science. Food and beverage industry representatives from across the world will gather in Orlando in March to learn the research behind unique tastes and aromas. Scientists from the UF/IFAS Citrus ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Aroma, Artificial Intelligence, Beverages, Citrus Research And Education Center, Dairy, Flavor, Food, Food Science And Human Nutrition, International Flavor Summit, Precision Ag, Research, Science, UF Center For Smell And Taste, Yu Wang
bright red strawberries held in the palm of two hands

It’s a first: UF scientists find ethyl vanillin in a UF/IFAS-bred strawberry

by Brad Buck
November 14, 2023

University of Florida scientists have found ethyl vanillin -- an aroma compound in many artificial vanilla-flavored food products -- in a UF/IFAS-bred strawberry. This is a key finding for the food and beverage industry and for the UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Ethyl Vanillin, Food And Beverages, Medallion, Strawberries, Strawberry Breeding, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Vance Whitaker, Vanilla, Yu Wang

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