Category: Invasive Species

UF researchers find potential malaria treatment may extend to Legionnaires’ disease, botulism

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 7, 2009

Caption at the bottom of the page. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found that a potential strategy for treating malaria also extends to the bacteria behind maladies such as Legionnaires' ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Hanson, E.coli, Folate, Genome, John Hyde, Legionnaire, Malaria, PTPS, Valérie De Crécy-Lagard

New technique for vulture population estimates could aid control efforts, UF researcher says

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 5, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For months, Erik Anderson tried to persuade a flock of vultures to stop roosting at Santa Fe College's main campus in northwest Gainesville. In the end, the vultures ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Birds, Formula, Lethal Control, Michael Avery, Population, Vulture, Wildlife

Predatory mite could put the bite on invasive crop pest, UF researcher says

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 28, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Chilli thrips sound more like a snack food than an agricultural menace, but these tiny insects threaten ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Cindy McKenzie, Greenhouse, Invasive, Lance Osborne, Mite, Thrips

UF researchers in the midst of state’s largest-ever soil carbon study

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 1, 2009

Caption at bottom of page. Click here for high resolution. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Three women hop into their truck to begin their workday, and almost immediately begin dishing the dirt. No, really -- actual dirt. Spodosols, Histosols, Ultisols, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species
Tags: Sabine Grunwald, Soil

Fern Gene Reduces Arsenic in Model Plant; Could Make Rice Safer, UF Expert Says

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 25, 2009

Caption at bottom of page. Click here for high resolution. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Chinese brake fern accumulates huge quantities of arsenic, but one of its genes caused a model plant to do just the opposite, a discovery that surprised University ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species
Tags: Andrew Meharg, Bala Rathinasabapathi

New Disease May Cost Florida’s Avocado Industry Millions, UF Experts Warn

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 26, 2009

By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 273-3567 Sources: Jonathan Crane - jhcr@ufl.edu, (786) 255-5878 Edward "Gilly" Evans - eaevans@ufl.edu, (305) 246-7001 x272 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida's avocado industry, the nation's second-largest, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Edward "Gilly" Evans, Jonathan Crane

Factsheet: Exotic Invasives with Yellow Flowers Easy to Spot Now!

by Doug Caldwell "Dr. Dougbug"
December 6, 2008

Naples Daily News Dec. 6, 2008 Above: The earleaf acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) grows to 40 feet tall and has elongate leaves with parallel veins. Photo: Stephen Brown. UF/IFAS Lee Co. Extension. Right, above: ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Acacia Auriculiformis, Christmas Senna, Collier County, Doug Caldwell, Earleaf Acacia, Exotic Pest Plant, Glaucous Cassia, S. Surattensis, Stephen Brown

UF Doctoral Student Uses High-Tech Method to Solve Greece’s Tough Mosquito Problem

by Patricia Standeford
October 27, 2008

By: Mickie Anderson - (352) 273-3566 Sources: Alex Chaskopoulou - andahask@ufl.edu, (352) 392-2326 Phil Koehler - pgk@ufl.edu, (352) 392-2484 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida doctoral student from Greece is helping ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alex Chaskopoulou, Entomology And Nematology, Phil Koehler

UF Entomologists Warn Floridians New Roaches May Be on the Way

by Patricia Standeford
October 8, 2008

By: Mickie Anderson - (352) 273-3566 Sources: Phil Koehler - pgk@ufl.edu, (352) 392-2484 Roberto Pereira - rpereira@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1901 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As if Floridians aren't bugged enough by roaches, a growing interest ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Entomology And Nematology, Phil Koehler, Roaches, Roberto Pereira

Grants to Help UF Experts Build Carbon Sciences and Climate-Response Programs for Ag, Natural Resources Industries

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 16, 2008

By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 273-3567 Sources: Jim Jones - jimj@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1864 x289 Tim Martin - tamartin@ufl.edu, (352) 846-0866 Mark McLellan - mrm1@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1784 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new grants will enable ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Climate Change, Jim Jones, Mark McLellan, Tim Martin

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