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Community garden filled with sunflowers and other plants, with a small yellow house and parked cars in the background.

New MREC faculty member to expand urban horticulture efforts in central Florida

by Stella Canfield
September 28, 2026

Horticultural scientist Seunghyun Choi has joined the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) to lead an urban horticulture research program focused on ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CEA, Food Is Medicine, Greenhouse, Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Plant Propagation Laboratory, Seunghyun Choi, Urban Agriculture
Lance Osborne using an eye loupe to examine a flower in a Mid-Florida Research and Education center greenhouse.

Expert entomologist inducted into Integrated Pest Management Hall of Fame

by Stella Canfield
July 13, 2026

Lance Osborne at the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center has been inducted into the 2026 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Hall of Fame by the Southern IPM Center. As one of three selected for the honor, the award recognizes Osborne’s ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Award, Biological Control, CEA, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, IPM Hall Of Fame, Lance Osborne, Southern IPM Center
Person in a blue shirt tending to variegated plants with green and white leaves.

From greenhouse to patent: Two new pothos cultivars take root

by Stella Canfield
June 4, 2026

After years of breeding and evaluation at the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC), two new pothos cultivars, Snowy Stream and Green Isle, have been patented for their distinctive foliage characteristics in one of the world’s ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Breeding, CEA, Cultivars, Horticulture, Indoor Foliage, Jianjun Chen, National Horticulture Foundation, Patents, Pothos, Richard Henny

Papaya banker plant system strengthens biological control of whiteflies

by Stella Canfield
March 24, 2026

A new study finds that papaya banker plants can strengthen control of the sweet potato whitefly, one of the most damaging pests in ornamental crop production. Published in the journal “Biological Control,” the research highlights a promising ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Banker Plants, Biological Control, CEA, Cindy McKenzie, Lance Osborne, Papaya, Pests, Poinsettias, Whiteflies, Whitefly

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