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What is a nativar and why use them in the landscape?

by Tia Silvasy
August 4, 2024

What is a nativar? A nativar is a cultivated variety of a native plant. Nativars have the same drought-tolerance and local adaptations as straight natives, but may also have improved form or other traits desirable for urban landscapes. A ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida, Cultivar, Florida Native Plants, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Native, Pollinator, Tsilvasy

Machine-harvestable tomatoes available from UF/IFAS; growers hope cultivars can help lower labor cost

by Brad Buck
April 25, 2024

Ever since Florida farmers have been growing tomatoes, they’ve picked them by hand or hired laborers. It’s painstaking work that might be made easier soon with machine-harvestable tomatoes developed by University of Florida scientists. Now ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Cultivar, Florida, Florida Tomato Committee, Growers, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Hybrid, Jay Scott, Jessica Chitwood-Brown, Machine Harvesting, Michael Schadler, Plant Breeding, Sam Hutton, Tomatoes
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¿Planea cultivar sus propias hierbas? Especialista de UF/IFAS le ofrece consejos básicos para iniciar su huerto

by Luz Bahder
April 10, 2023

Esta primavera disfrute del Mes Nacional de los Jardines con hierbas cultivadas en su propia casa. Cada mes de abril, esta celebración reúne a jardineros, grupos de amantes de la jardinería y principiantes para compartir consejos y ofrecer ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Condiciones Del Suelo, Cultivar, Español, German Sandoya Miranda, Hierbas, Huerto, Jardín, Mes Nacional De Los Jardines, Patio, Primavera, Sembrar, Spanish, UF IFAS Everglades Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS, Variedad

New blueberry variety honors benefactor and UF alumnus Alto Straughn

by Melinda Souers
October 29, 2020

When Patricio Muñoz developed the University of Florida’s newest blueberry variety, he wanted to name the fruit in honor of Alto Straughn, a longtime, strong supporter of UF’s blueberry breeding program. “A ‘sentinel’ is a watcher ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: 'Sentinel', Alto Straughn, Blueberry, Cultivar, Horticultural Sciences, Market, Patricio Munoz, Smell, Taste

UF/IFAS Hopes to Grow Vanilla, Meet Consumer Demand

by Brad Buck
June 12, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For dessert, how about a scoop of ice cream flavored with vanilla from Florida’s farmers? Because so many consumers enjoy vanilla, University of Florida scientists hope to help Florida farmers grow the bean. Consumers ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agribusiness, Alan Chambers, Cultivar, Disease, Elias Bassil, Flavor, Horticultural Sciences Department, News, Tropical Research And Education Center, Vanilla

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