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Graduate Student Feature: Vicnie Leandre, Food Science

by Jessie Erwin

December 7, 2020

A warm welcome to Vicnie Leandre, a graduate student pursuing her M.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Vicnie is from Haiti and has been working on a sorghum-based pasta under the mentorship of her advisor, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh. While looking ... READ MORE

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Tags: American Society Of Baking Product Development Competition, ASBE, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Extruder, Food Incubator, Food Science, Food Science Degree, Food Science Graduate Degree, Food Science Student, Food Sustainability, Masters-fshn-graduate-feature, Pasta Extruder, Sorghum, Sorghum Pasta, What Does A Food Scientist Do, Why Food Science Is Important

Precautions for Grazing and Harvesting Forages After a Frost

by Kevin Korus

January 28, 2020

There are several warm-season forage species grown in Florida that can accumulate toxic compounds after experiencing stress conditions or frost. The toxins produced are called cyanogenic glucosides which are readily converted to prussic acid ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock,
Tags: Livestock, Sorghum

Mandatory Dicamba Training March 16th

by Chris Vann

February 26, 2018

Florida Mandatory Dicamba Resistant Crop Training Video - Lafayette County Extension Office Friday, March 16th from 10:00 am - Noon In a recent ruling from EPA, "Auxin Specific Training" is now required before anyone uses a dicamba ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Corn, Crops, Dicamba, Extension, Farming, Forage, Interactive, Mandatory, Small Grain, Sorghum, Training, Video

UF/IFAS-developed sorghum cultivars can produce thousands of gallons of ethanol

by Brad Buck

December 13, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sweet sorghum is not just for breakfast anymore. Although sorghum is a source for table syrup, scientists see a future in which we convert sorghum to biofuel, rather than relying on fossil fuel. That potential just grew ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ethanol, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Sorghum, Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant, Wilfred Vermerris

UF/IFAS research could lead to more and healthier sorghum

by Brad Buck

July 25, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has identified two areas of the sorghum genome that could boost the plant’s resistance to the anthracnose disease. This finding could ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biofuel, Genome, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Sorghum, Wilfred Vermerris

White Sugarcane Aphid Spreading Across North Florida

September 12, 2014

A new aphid pest of sorghum has rapidly spread throughout north Florida this summer. Last year the white sugarcane aphid was reported causing damage in Texas, Louisiana, and in the western part of Mississippi. It has now moved eastward into ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Field Crops, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Alert, Pest Management, Sorghum, White Sugarcane Aphid

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