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UF/IFAS indigo field trials yield success as synthetic dyes lose appeal

by Kristie Popa
February 24, 2021

Scientists at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center have just completed a series of field trials designed to test the viability of growing the indigo plant that produces the iconic natural blue dye used in denim ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Denim, Environmental Benefits, Geoffrey Meru, Indigo, Indigofera, National Science Foundation, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, Wagner Vendrame

Bringing the Indigo Back to the Panhandle

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 25, 2015

With great interest I read this week that the Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation in central Florida has begun a project to reintroduce the federally listed Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais cooper) to the Florida Panhandle; where there ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Back, Bringing, Indigo, Panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors

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Bringing the Indigo Back to the Panhandle

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