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Thanks to NASA, farmers may ask, ‘Hey Alexa, what’s the best way to keep my soil healthy?’

by Brad Buck
July 29, 2025

Someday soon, farmers might use technology equivalent to Siri or Alexa to check the status of their soil’s quality. Anastasia Kritharoula, a doctoral student in the Soil Science Artificial Intelligence lab of the University of Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Anastasia Kritharoula, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Farmers, Generative AI, Grant, NASA, Nikolaos Tziolas, Non-expert Users, Prec-ag, Soil, Soil Health, Soil Science Artificial Intelligence Lab, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Water
Un hombre con un traje de Blue Origin posando frente a un edificio

Biológo espacial viajó al espacio este jueves 29 de agosto

by Luz Bahder
August 23, 2024

Creado por Meredith Bauer, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. ¿Cómo se adaptan las plantas al espacio? Esta es la pregunta que University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) espera ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Blue Origin, Centro Interdisciplinario De Investigacion Biotecnologica, Cohete, Cohete New Shepard De Blue Origin, Division De Ciencias Biologicas Y Fisicas De La NASA, Entorno Espacial, Espacio, Espacio Subhorbital, Español, Esperimento Supervisado Por Un Investigador, Experimento, Exploracion Espacial, Expresion Genetica, Genes, Instituto Espacial Astraeus De UF, Instituto Espacial Astraeus De University Of Florida, Investigacion, Investigacion Biologica, Investigadores, Jordan Callaham, KFTs, Laboratorio De Plantas Espaciales De UF, NASA, NASA Flight Opportunities, Plantas, Rob Ferl, Robert Ferl, Spanish, Tubos, Tubos De Fijacion Del Centro Espacial Kennedy, UF, UF-IFAS, Vuelo
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Veteran UF/IFAS scientist named interim chair of environmental horticulture

by Brad Buck
December 18, 2023

Wagner Vendrame, a 22-year veteran of UF/IFAS, has been named interim chair of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, effective Jan. 1. Vendrame, spent most of his career at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center. While ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Dean Kopsell, Environmental Horticulture, Interim Chair, Micropropagation, NASA, Robert Gilbert, Tropical Research And Education Center, Wagner Vendrame

Sept. 18 Science Cafe talk will focus on UF/IFAS space biology research

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 14, 2012

Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty will lead the first Science Café of the fall, titled “Going Boldly: Astrobiology, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Archive, Astrobiology, Florida, Florida Museum Of Natural History, ICBR, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Center For Biotechnology Research, NASA, Rob Ferl, Robert Ferl, Science Cafe, Space, Space Biology, University Of Florida

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