https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWyDzmyO1e4 Stephen Brown shows you how to tell if a fan (Latan) palm will survive cold damage. READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, HorticultureCaption at end of story. Click here for high-res image GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Red imported fire ant invasions around the globe in recent years can now be traced to the southern U.S., where the nuisance insect gained a foothold in the 1930s, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeClick here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida officials announced Wednesday that construction of a much-needed conference center will begin soon at the university’s Plant Science Research and Education ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFASCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, LivestockClick 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/IFASCaption 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/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Most people wouldn’t be inclined to show a passion for insects, but in a state that is home to several major seaports and provides a year-round climate where, on the average, a new species of insect is introduced each ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida-led group of international scientists has assembled the genome sequences for two citrus varieties—sweet orange and Clementine mandarin—marking a first for citrus. The Clementine mandarin sequence ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Tiny threatened shorebirds on Florida’s west coast not only survive hurricanes, they seem to benefit from the storms’ aftereffects, according to new research findings that contradict conventional wisdom. The findings ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, ConservationCaption 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
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