The UF-IFAS annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) breeding program began in the early 1980s with a focus on developing improved varieties with higher forage yield and enhanced disease resistance, resulting in more than 30 cultivar releases. This ... READ MORE
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UF/IFAS scientists are making significant strides toward understanding and solving society’s grand challenges, creating practical solutions to current and emerging threats to our environmental and socio-economic systems, and having positive ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureDr. Dubeux was selected as the 2020 UF/IFAS International Fellow Awardee because of his career-long commitment to international research and collaboration. His research focus is developing sustainable livestock production systems, particularly ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthScientist Assesses West African Laboratories and Builds Management Program Richard P. Fethiere of the Agronomy Department of IFAS at the University of Florida collaborated with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems as a ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthCongratulations to Drs. Chrissy Alba, Cathy Fahey and Luke Flory for their composition, Global change stressors alter resources and shift plant interactions from facilitation to competition over time, on being selected to win the 2020 Robert ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthCongratulations to one of our two Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award recipients – Dr. Luke Flory! The promotion of independent thinking is a common thread found in Dr. Flory’s courses. An associate professor in the UF Agronomy Department, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthCongratulations to Dr. Fredy Altpeter for being awarded the 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award to be awarded at the 2020 World Congress on In Vitro Biology. The Society of In Vitro Biology established the Distinguished Scientist Award in ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureAgriculture’s grand challenge of feeding the world’s growing population while protecting the environment just got a big boost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) awarded eight institutions ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthDr.Gettys and her graduate students travelled to the Texas Aquatic Plant Management Society (TAPMS) in Bryan TX in November 2019. They gave presentations and her students swept the awards! Mohsen Tootoonchi (PhD student; right) and Ian Markovich ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & YouthThe Agronomy department’s very own Dr.Kevin Kenworthy was featured on TV20’s Farm Fact segment. You can see it here. Congratulations, Dr.Kenworthy! For more information about CitraBlue™, please click here. From TV20: Floridians ... READ MORE
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