A scientist who has led Florida’s fresh fruit citrus growers, harvesters, and packers in their efforts to sustain fruit shipped domestically and to points on the other side of the world was recognized with a University of Florida,… Read More
Writer: Ken Gioeli The public is invited to release an insect approved by a federal agency against one of Florida’s most invasive vines–the air potato. The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences… Read More
A devoted science fair judge, mentor, and research scientist recognized for expertise with entomopathogenic fungi has been recognized by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences with a Superior Accomplishment Award. Pasco Avery is a… Read More
Contest Submissions: Jan 15 to March 31, 2018 Note: Entries are taken by e-mail only (Robin Koestoyo, koestoyo@ufl.edu) PURPOSE: To promote citriculture, support the IRREC Citrus Horticulture program, and encourage horticulture-related photography. All citrus-related subjects are welcome, including… Read More
An inventive fruit tree researcher has joined the University of Florida’s Indian River Research and Education Center. Lorenzo Rossi is the center’s first-ever root biology professor and will support the university’s statewide Institute of Food and Agricultural Science’s… Read More
Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi and his research colleagues won a national award at the recent American Society of Horticultural Sciences annual meeting for work completed on a biofeedback system to measure photosynthetic light efficiency inside precision grow houses. Ferrarezi… Read More
A University of Florida research professor has been recognized along with a team of international scientists with a prestigious award for water and energy conservation in irrigation practices. The National Water and Energy Conservation Award was presented by… Read More
Seventy years of service to growers in the world’s renowned grapefruit production region will be celebrated Nov. 16 as officials with the University of Florida IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce recognize its anniversary… Read More
Dorien Oppelaar is an international visiting scholar at the University of Florida working in citrus diseases. Oppelaar had contributed to analyze the genomes sequences of a citrus fungal pathogen which causes a disease that steals fruit and… Read More
Zhenli He, professor of soil fertility and environmental chemistry and associate director for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC), will be honored for outstanding research contributions made… Read More
