Category: UF/IFAS Extension

O Earthstar of Wonder, Earthstar of Potted Plants

by Gillian McGuire
December 19, 2024

While you have undoubtedly seen a star upon a Christmas tree, have you ever seen this star-shaped mushroom growing from the soil of your potted plants? This holiday season, I am reminded of the Earthstar mushroom. Earthstars Are Growing Slightly I ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ask IFAS, Department Of Plant Pathology, EDIS, Holidays, Horticulture Industry, Houseplants, Mushrooms, Plant Pathology Department

EDIS/Ask IFAS Top 100 Publications for 2024

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
December 3, 2024

Drumroll, please! Announcing the top 100 Ask IFAS publications for 2024 and the top 20 Spanish publications. Note: Many publications with improved rankings on this list were revised in 2024. An easy way to keep your publications "fresh" ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2024, EDIS Authors, EDIS Data

Accommodations and Accessibility Features in Virtual Events

by Gillian McGuire
October 11, 2024

Virtual meetings have increasingly become the norm for hosting professional, educational, and/or recreational events. They allow access to people across geographies, schedules, and abilities. However, simply starting a video conference for your ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Accessibility, Agricultural Education And Communication Department, Ask IFAS, Event Planning

Choosing Images for Ask IFAS Publications

by Amanda Quintos
August 16, 2024

Imagine you are working on a manuscript that you want posted to Ask IFAS. You may want to include images so you can better illustrate your points, or so you can break up the text in the finished HTML and PDF versions of your publication. Proper ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, Attribution, Images, Photos

Grow Nutritious Purslane at Home

by Gillian McGuire
August 2, 2024

Summer in Florida brings forth many things: onerous heat, perpetual rains, exciting vacations, and renewed physical activity. Before the cool fall harvest and reclusive winter, it is not too late to enjoy this season of growth. Purslane (Portulaca ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ask IFAS, Health, Nutrition, Vegetable Gardening

Tips and Tricks for EDIS Authors: Accessible Charts and Graphs

by Susan Gildersleeve
July 19, 2024

Many EDIS publications use charts and graphs to clarify points and provide a visual representation of data. Charts and graphs can help readers understand complex ideas. Unfortunately, people with low vision and color vision deficits can have ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Accessibility, EDIS Authors

Creative Commons License: A New Era for EDIS Publications

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
February 19, 2024

Starting with new publications and major revisions released after January 1, 2024, UF/IFAS is releasing EDIS publications under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Open-access ... READ MORE

Category: , Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Copyright, Creative Commons, EDIS, EDIS Authors, EDIS Journal, Open Access, Open Access Publishing, Open Content

How to Communicate Changes Using Adobe Acrobat: Tips for EDIS Authors

by Gillian McGuire
February 2, 2024

Congratulations, EDIS author! You have made it to the production stage of publishing with the EDIS journal. Your EDIS editor just sent you the PDF version of your work. What do you do now? They asked you to review the proof edits and make any ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Ask IFAS, EDIS Authors, EDIS How To

¿Qué se requiere para publicar en español en EDIS en 2024? / What is required to publish in Spanish on EDIS in 2024?

by Heidy Ramirez
January 10, 2024

Desde hace más de quince años, nuestro sitio web (ahora diseñado como una revista académica "EDIS" para gestión de manuscritos enviados y "Ask IFAS" para interacción con las audiencias de Extensión) ha contado entre sus publicaciones ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Authors, EDIS, Espanol, Extension, Spanish, Traducción, Translation

EDIS/Ask IFAS Top 100 Publications for 2023

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
December 14, 2023

Here they are! The Top 100 Ask IFAS publications of 2023, and a separate table with the Top 20 Spanish publications. This year’s top performing publications have a few interesting factors: Nonnative Monkey Populations made the front ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: EDIS Authors, EDIS Data

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