Category: Natural Resources

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

A Million Trees (stand alone photo – no story available)

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 16, 2009

View Photo In this photo released from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Lee County 4-H members Korina Chilcoat, 16, right, and Abigail Winslow, 11, dig a hole to plant a South Florida slash pine tree ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS
Tags: Arbor Day Foundation

UF Researcher Helps Test Next Generation Plug-In Hybrid Car Technology

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 9, 2008

By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Source: Pierce Jones - piercejones@ufl.edu, (352) 392-8074 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Fluctuating gas prices and environmental concerns are leading many to electric-powered cars, and a new University ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Pierce Jones

Ingram to Discuss Food-Friendly Ethanol

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 23, 2008

By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Source: Lonnie Ingram - ingram@ufl.edu View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In the last two years, the price of gasoline in the U.S. has doubled - leaving the nation scrambling for ways to meet fuel needs. With ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Ethanol, Lonnie Ingram

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

UF Celebrates ‘Historic’ Land Gift

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 5, 2008

By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Source: John Hayes - hayesj@ufl.edu, (352) 846-0643 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Officials from the University of Florida and The Nature Conservancy met today to formally celebrate the largest land gift ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS
Tags: John Hayes, Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, The Nature Conservancy

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