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UF team finds ‘alligator tree’ bacteria might improve cellulosic ethanol production

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 27, 2009

GAINESVILLE, 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/IFAS
Tags: Alligator Tree, Cellulosic Ethanol, Hemicelluloses, James Preston, Sandia National Laboratories, Sweetgum Tree

Mosquitoes aplenty this July Fourth bring disease concerns for North Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 1, 2009

Caption 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 & Disease
Tags: Culex Nigripalpus, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, EEE, Entomology And Nematology, Jonathan Day, Medical Entomology, Mosquitoes, Ochlerotatus Infirmatus, Picaridin, Roxanne Collelly, Virus

UF food scientists call for new science in food safety

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 19, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some University of Florida food scientists say U.S. food safety procedures need to get out of the 1960s and into the era of biotechnology. Back then, America's scientists devised a system to ensure astronauts' food stayed ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Food Safety, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Anita Wright, Bacteria, Biofilms, Biotechnology, Food Safety, Genetics, HACCP, Maria Gallo, Max Teplitski, Microbiology

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