Tag: Sorghum

small yellow flowers bloom on sunn hemp in a field of sandy soil.

Cover Crops in Sandy Soil: Legumes and Grasses Differ in Nitrogen Cycling

by Mike Loizzo
October 29, 2025

Florida’s sandy soils typically have low organic matter and high permeability. That means a greater risk of nutrient leaching before a plant or tree can use what it needs. Cover crops are an option for improving soil fertility because they ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbon, Cover Crops, Inorganic Nitrogen, Juma Bukomba, Legumes, Mary Lusk, Nitrogen, Sandy Soils, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sorghum, Sudangrass, Sunn Hemp
A view looking down two rows of mature sorghum growing in a field in Hastings, FL.

Investigating and improving soil microbes to help sorghum adapt to climate change

by Mike Loizzo
April 2, 2025

Changing climate conditions that challenge global food production have researchers studying microbiomes and genetic engineering to improve crop resilience. A project getting underway is focused on beneficial bacteria in sorghum’s root mucilage ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Climate Change, EMBRAPA, Mucilage, Nitrogen Fixation, Soil Microbial Ecology, Soil Nutrient Management, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sorghum, Sunny Liao

Graduate Student Feature: Vicnie Leandre, Food Science

by Jessie Erwin
December 7, 2020

A warm welcome to Vicnie Leandre, a graduate student pursuing her M.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Vicnie is from Haiti and has been working on a sorghum-based pasta under the mentorship of her advisor, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh. While looking ... READ MORE

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Tags: American Society Of Baking Product Development Competition, ASBE, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Extruder, Food Incubator, Food Science, Food Science Degree, Food Science Graduate Degree, Food Science Student, Food Sustainability, Masters-fshn-graduate-feature, Pasta Extruder, Sorghum, Sorghum Pasta, What Does A Food Scientist Do, Why Food Science Is Important
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Mandatory Dicamba Training March 16th

by Chris Vann
February 26, 2018

Florida Mandatory Dicamba Resistant Crop Training Video - Lafayette County Extension Office Friday, March 16th from 10:00 am - Noon   In a recent ruling from EPA, "Auxin Specific Training" is now required before anyone uses a dicamba ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Corn, Crops, Dicamba, Extension, Farming, Forage, Interactive, Mandatory, Small Grain, Sorghum, Training, Video

UF/IFAS-developed sorghum cultivars can produce thousands of gallons of ethanol

by Brad Buck
December 13, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sweet sorghum is not just for breakfast anymore. Although sorghum is a source for table syrup, scientists see a future in which we convert sorghum to biofuel, rather than relying on fossil fuel. That potential just grew ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ethanol, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Sorghum, Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant, Wilfred Vermerris

UF/IFAS research could lead to more and healthier sorghum

by Brad Buck
July 25, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has identified two areas of the sorghum genome that could boost the plant’s resistance to the anthracnose disease. This finding could ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biofuel, Genome, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Sorghum, Wilfred Vermerris

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