Caption 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 & DiseaseGAINESVILLE, 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/IFASCaption 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/IFASCaption 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/IFASCaption 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 & DiseaseCaption 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 SpeciesCaption 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 SpeciesBy: 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 & DiseaseBy: 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 & LifeBy: Mickie Anderson - (352) 273-3566 Sources: Michael Avery - michael.l.avery@aphis.usda.gov, (352) 375-2229 Jim Lindsay - jim.lindsay@fpl.com, (561) 691-7032 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When monk parakeets began to infiltrate the ... READ MORE
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