As 2019 came to a close, I took a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of IRREC research scientists, students, and staff members. Choosing which to highlight for the “2019 IRREC Top 12 Achievements” was no easy task…. Read More
Mike Adams spends $250,000 every year to manage Brazilian peppertrees spread over the 40,000-acre ranch where his family has developed the Braford breed of cattle since 1937. Adams recounts years when the invasive tree from South America overtook… Read More
Young Xiaoping Xin stood tall in front of her elementary school classmates in Xi’an, China, her voice projects throughout the classroom as she shares what she had learned from assigned readings. Her teacher, Jiaqi Fan, with black, flowing… Read More
Eduart Murcia, 24, has never known a day without fresh fruit and vegetables. A locavore and an undergraduate student intern at a research facility, Murcia’s work is to explore methods to manage and sustain freshwater for agriculture. Murcia… Read More
Vero Beach native Jonathan Capen is in pursuit of a research science career to help protect crops that have for so long brought economic prosperity to the area he calls home. At 21, Capen has chosen a career… Read More
Sena Demirden, 21, has her career ambitions on target. A visiting scholar from Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University in Turkey, Demirden’s career aspiration is to work as a research scientist in biological control, with expertise in the application of natural… Read More
University of Florida officials recognized a team of research scientists with a High Impact Research Publication award for an article published in the May 2018 edition of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, an international scholarly science journal. The publication,… Read More
AIR POTATO BEETLES AT WORK Bernadette Stange leaned backward like a palm tree yielding to wind, balancing herself on the forest floor under a dome of 2-story high pine trees tangled with ropes of vines dressed in polished… 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 St Lucie County… Read More
An aspiring scientist and native of Haiti, Sharpton Budji Toussaint recently arrived at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center. Sharpton will serve as a visiting scholar in Alan Wright’s… Read More
