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Potato breeding program launches out of UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center

by Tory Moore

April 18, 2023

Highlights · UF/IFAS has launched a potato breeding program based out of Hastings. · These varieties will be developed to withstand Florida’s intense growing pressures including heat, humidity, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, Plant Breeders, Plant Breeding, Potatoes, TCAA, UF/IFAS Plant Breeding, UF/IFAS Varieties, Varieties, Variety

From Romania to Canada and Germany, new UF scientist will use AI to help plant breeding, other farm applications

by Brad Buck

July 26, 2022

As a young child in Romania’s second-largest city, Cătălin Voiniciuc loved visiting his grandparents’ farm in a remote village. “While enjoying many aspects of farm life -- from the vineyard to the vegetable garden -- little did I ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Canada, Cătălin Voiniciuc, Cell Walls, Crops, Germany, Glycans, Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeders, Romania

Say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ with a plant – maybe even one bred by UF/IFAS

by Brad Buck

April 28, 2022

As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, you can make mom feel special in any number of ways: Some of your options include fixing her breakfast, taking her out for dinner and/or buying her flowers or a plant. Mother’s Day is May 8, and flora ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Caladium, Coleus, David Clark, Environmental Horticulture, Family, Gift, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Joanna Courtemanche, Mother's Day, Petunia, Plant Breeders, Plant Breeding, Plants, Zhanao Deng

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