Category: Crops

Papaya plants reduce the need for pesticides on tomatoes in Florida, new UF study finds

by BLOGS.IFAS

June 29, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for a high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Whiteflies can be biologically controlled in Florida greenhouse tomatoes, according to a new University of Florida study, which helps reduce the need for pesticide ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Biological Control, Entomology And Nematology, Florida, Greenhouse Tomatoes, Lance Osborne, Papaya, Wasp, Whitefly, Yingfang Xiao

Pomegranates could become new cash crop for Florida, UF researcher says

by BLOGS.IFAS

June 1, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Supplies of a nutritious and popular fruit could increase in Florida in the next few years, thanks to the research of a University of Florida professor emeritus. William ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Green Sea Farms, Pomegranate, Water Conserv II, William Castle

UF: Insecticide resistance developing in psyllid that carries citrus disease

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 9, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In Florida’s war against citrus greening, producers face a new threat -- the insects they’re fighting are becoming less sensitive to insecticides, according ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Entomology And Nematology, Florida, Psyllid, Stelinski

UF researcher’s work takes Florida a step closer to disease-resistant grapes

by BLOGS.IFAS

April 27, 2011

Click here for high resolution image GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dennis Gray may not be able to control Florida’s humidity, but he wants to help popular grape varieties shrug off diseases that thrive in muggy weather, and open up new markets ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Cisgenic, Disease Resistance, Grape, Grapes, Gray

UF researcher creates plan to protect U.S. banana supply

by BLOGS.IFAS

March 8, 2011

Click here for high resolution version. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The banana consumers know today could disappear from U.S. store shelves because of a tropical disease, just as its predecessor did more than 50 years ago, and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Banana, Panama Disease, Ploetz, Tropical Race Four

Maria Gallo named UF/IFAS agronomy chairman

by BLOGS.IFAS

January 21, 2011

Click for high-resolution image GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Maria Gallo, a molecular genetics professor, has been named chairman of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ agronomy department. Jack Payne, UF’s ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agronomy, Chairman, Jack Payne, Maria Gallo

UF receives $7.9 million to improve food security and human nutrition in Mozambique

by BLOGS.IFAS

January 20, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida has secured a four-year, $7.9 million award to lead a unique new collaboration among experts in the U.S. and Brazil to improve agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Africa, Bowen, International Programs, Mozambique, Usaid

Strawberry genome-sequence will lead to better fruit for consumers

by Ken Gioeli

January 4, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An international team of scientists led by the University of Florida and Virginia Tech is the first to publish the DNA sequence for the strawberry — a development ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Folta, Genome, Rosaceae, Strawberry

Old-time vegetables offer new opportunities to Florida farmers, UF experts say

by BLOGS.IFAS

January 21, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Vegetables of yesteryear may offer Florida farmers a brighter tomorrow, say University of Florida experts who'll be teaching a workshop on commercial production of trendy "heirloom" varieties this weekend. These crops ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Work & Life

Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

by BLOGS.IFAS

December 3, 2009

Caption at the bottom of the post. Click for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination. Thanks ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Food Safety, UF/IFAS
Tags: Anita Wright, Ariena H. C. Van Bruggen, E.coli, Salmonella

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