Tag: Zhonglin Mou

University of Florida/IFAS awarded over $16 million in research grants to fight citrus disease

by Ruth Hohl Borger
May 15, 2026

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty have secured over $16 million in new funding to advance research projects to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that threatens the Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fernando Alferez, Grants, HLB, J. Scott Angle, John Chater, Jude Grosser, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Lukasz Stelinski, Megan Dewdney, Nian Wang, Rootstocks, Ruth-borger, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA, Zhonglin Mou
Person in a hat holding a booklet stands near lush green bushes on a sunny day.

A protein can help make some citrus more tolerant to the deadly citrus greening disease – and it’s safe

by Brad Buck
May 15, 2026

Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight the disease. Scientists have developed ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: AtNPR1, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Growers, Crop Transformation Center, Eric Triplett, Greening Resistant, Greening Tolerant, Hamlin Oranges, Microbiology And Cell Science, NuCitrus, Pathogen, Symptoms, Toxic, Transgenic, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Food And Drug Administration, USDA Research Farm, Zhonglin Mou
Una naranja con manchas verdes en su cáscara.

Una proteína segura podría ayudar a que los cítricos sean más tolerantes a la letal enfermedad del enverdecimiento

by Luz Bahder
May 15, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  La enfermedad del enverdecimiento de los citricos, conocida como citrus greening o Huanglongbing (HLB), ha devastado los cultivos de cítricos en Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Arabidopsis NPR1, AtNPR1, Brócoli, Calidad, Centro De Transformación De Cultivos De UF/IFAS, Citricos, Citrus Greening, Coliflor, Control De Psílidos, Defensa Natural, Departamento De Entomologia, Diaphorina Citri, Enfermedad, Enverdecimiento De Los Cítricos, EPA, Eric Triplett, Español, FDA, Gen, Genes, Genetica, Hamlin, HLB, Huanglongbing (HLB), Infección, Inmunidad Vegetal, Insectos, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jugo De Naranja, Microbiología Y Ciencia Celular, Naranjas, NuCitrus, Patogenos, Plantas Libres De Patógenos, Proteina, Proteína Natural, Psílido Asiático De Los Cítricos, Psílidos, Rendimiento, Sintomas, Spanish, Tolerancia, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, USDA, Vegetales, Zhonglin Mou
Close-up of a researcher using fine tweezers to handle a small green plant sample on a glass slide under bright laboratory lighting.

Inside UF’s PMCB Program Shaping Interdisciplinary Scientists

by Eva Sailly
April 30, 2026

UF's Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (PMCB) Graduate Program grew from the understanding that addressing complex challenges in plant science requires collaboration.   Built Against the Grain Dr. Indra Vasil joined UF in 1967, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Horticultural Sciences Department, Hunter Strickland, Indra K. Vasil, Julia Ball, Ph.D., Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology, PMCB, Student, Teaching, Zhonglin Mou

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