GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida mosquito researchers are watching with a wary eye as dengue virus returns to the state after more than 50 years. By late last week, 20 cases of locally transmitted dengue had been confirmed in Key ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation's most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production. After years of genetic ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sugar Belle — a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market — will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production. The mandarin ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS ExtensionCaption at bottom of the page. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Dissecting owl pellets and reconstructing animal skeletons inside can be a gruesomely great educational experience for youngsters - so much so, that demand for ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionCaption at bottom of page. Click for full image. The oyster lover's axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an "r" in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCaption at bottom. Click here for full image. The Caribbean spiny lobster is one of Florida's top commercial seafood species, with an annual $27 million harvest -- but a recently discovered virus is killing the crustaceans and threatening ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Food Safety, Invasive SpeciesCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2009/09/17/eden-multimedia/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When scientists discuss Everglades restoration, one phrase pops up again and again -- "getting ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS ResearchCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Marine sponges may not look like apartment buildings, but to shrimps, juvenile lobsters and other animals in Florida Bay, the puffy filter-feeders provide one of ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureGAINESVILLE, 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, Crops