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UF awarded $5 million in NIFA grants to battle citrus greening disease

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October 24, 2023

University of Florida scientists will elevate their efforts to control citrus greening, with about $5 million in grants from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). NIFA, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, split funding ... READ MORE

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Tags: Amit Levy, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology, HLB, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing, Integrated Pest Management, John Chater, Jose Chaparro, Lukasz Stelinski, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang, Nifa, Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Citrus Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA

UF/IFAS professor honored as 2023 Fellow of the Entomological Society of America


July 26, 2023

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. — The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected UF/IFAS entomologist Lukasz Stelinksi one of six new Fellows of the Society for 2023. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Psylllid, Citrus Research And Education Center, Disease Management, Entomological Society Of America, Entomology And Nematology, Fellow, Lukasz Stelinski, Plant-insect Interactions

Start 2023 with an educational workshop on citrus insect, mite, and nematode management January 19


December 20, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, FL – Pest management in citrus is continually changing as new discoveries are found and as pests develop resistance to treatments.  A workshop on citrus insect, mite and nematode management will be held Thursday, January 19 from ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Larry Duncan, Lauren Diepenbrock, Lebbeck Mealybug, Lukasz Stelinski, Pest Management

University of Florida/IFAS awarded over $16 million in research grants to fight citrus disease


November 9, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty have secured over $16 million in new funding to advance research projects to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that threatens the Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fernando Alferez, Grants, HLB, J. Scott Angle, John Chater, Jude Grosser, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Lukasz Stelinski, Megan Dewdney, Nian Wang, Rootstocks, Ruth-borger, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA, Zhonglin Mou

Microscopic molecules can fight citrus greening bug with less insecticides

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September 18, 2015

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- Researchers with the University of Florida and several other institutions have found a way in laboratory tests to use 200 times less insecticide and yet still kill as many insects that carry the devastating citrus greening ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lukasz Stelinski, University Of Florida

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