GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Southern Jewel, the latest grape variety issued by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is high-yielding, disease resistant and produces fruit in big bunches. IFAS developmental biology ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS ExtensionClick here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When it comes to fighting fires, it's usually the guy with the hose that gets all the hero worship. But as ever-increasing temperatures and droughts bring a greater threat from ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, CropsGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Most would identify the tree by its often troublesome, spiky "gumballs," but what many call the sweetgum tree also goes by another name, thanks to its distinctive, reptilian bark: the alligator tree. So it may be fitting ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFASCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A newly discovered gene may be the key to producing fuel ethanol more efficiently from trees, and the University of Florida researchers who identified it have ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFASCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Invasive Cuban tree frogs are spreading through Florida, but a new University of Florida study suggests their impact could weaken as they move farther north, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & DiseaseCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2009/07/07/bed-bugs-multimedia/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Bedbug infestations are notoriously hard to eliminate, but University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFASCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent weeks of heavy rain have left conditions statewide ripe for a Fourth of July rife with mosquitoes. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & DiseaseGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Fuel isn't the only product derived from petroleum. Byproducts of the refining process are used to create other substances, such as plastics. However, in the race to replace our dependence on petroleum with biofuels, these ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plans for a new cellulosic ethanol research and demonstration plant to be built by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are being revamped for a location closer to Gainesville. IFAS officials ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchA study done by the National Institute of Health regarding pesticide usage and pesticide residues in homes; pesticides and colorectal cancer; and pesticides and diabetes is summarized in this UF/IFAS publication: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI216 READ MORE
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