Category: Invasive Species

UF study: Cloning insect-fungus duo kills 500 million trees

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 11, 2017

By: Ellison Langford; Media Contact: Beverly James, 352-273-3566, beverlymjames@ufl.edu GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Laurel wilt disease has killed as many as half-a-billion trees. And, a new study by a researcher with the University ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: News, Red Bay Beetle, Red Bay Tree, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation

UF/IFAS entomology department, others take top spots in global ranking

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 7, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Center for World University Rankings has named the University of Florida entomology department first in the world among more than 26,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education. Other programs in the UF Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Entomology And Nematology

NISAW 2017: The Kudzu Bug

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 6, 2017

Kudzu bugs on soybeans. Photo credit: Jennifer Bearden A few years ago, Florida is extended a warm welcome to a new pest – The Kudzu Bug! The kudzu bug was first documented in the US in 2009 in Northeast Georgia. It has quickly spread throughout ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: 2017, Kudzu, NISAW, Panhandle Outdoors

NISAW 2017: Bamboo

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 4, 2017

Bamboo shoots can grow as tall as 70 feet. Photo credit: Carrie Stevenson Standing in the midst of a stand of bamboo, it’s easy to feel dwarfed. Smooth and sturdy, the hollow, sectioned woody shoots of this fascinating plant can tower as tall ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: 2017, Bamboo, NISAW, Panhandle Outdoors

NISAW 2017: Cuban Treefrog—Invasive Invader in Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 2, 2017

Guest Blogger – Dr. Steve A. Johnson, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida Cuban Treefrog. Photo credit: Steve Johnson The National Invasive Species Council ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: 2017, Cuban, Florida, Invader, NISAW, Panhandle Outdoors, Treefrog—Invasive

New UF/IFAS scientist brings latest technology to battle against invasive species

by Lourdes Mederos
February 20, 2017

FORT PIERCE, Fla.— Carey Minteer, a research professor with expertise in the use of biological controls to manage invasive plants, has joined the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Florida has the most invasive ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS

Lionfish in the Bay!

by Betty Staugler
February 16, 2017

Late last month, an FWC officer observed a lionfish swimming off the Laishley Pier in Punta Gorda. This is the third documented lionfish sighting inside Charlotte Harbor, and it’s also the most up harbor. Laishley Pier is actually on the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation
Tags: Charlotte Harbor, Invasive, Lionfish, Peace River, Red Grouper, Scorpionfish

Kakkar joins UF/IFAS Extension as invasive insect specialist

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 15, 2017

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Garima Kakkar is joining the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to help the state fight invasive pests. Kakkar, an expert in invasive insects, is a UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County Multicounty ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

Irula tribesmen and detector dogs help UF/IFAS and FWC remove pythons in Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 24, 2017

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --- The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are working together on unique projects to target Burmese pythons ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

Nature Coast research internships give UF students an edge

by Samantha Murray
January 12, 2017

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Last summer, Cory Gillis found himself waking before dawn at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, where he’d been assigned to track the breeding calls of the northern bobwhite ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research

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