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Smart irrigation for lettuce: Research highlights how deficit irrigation can support growers in heat and drought scenarios

by Joe McQueen
February 18, 2026

New UF/IFAS research shows that reducing irrigation volume while increasing frequency can help lettuce growers save water, reduce production costs, and maintain crop yield, even under heat and drought stress. Sandra Guzman, assistant professor of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: #SmartIrrigationandHydrologyLab, Heat, IRREC, Lettuce

The Hidden Fungi That Could Transform How We Protect Crops

by Joe McQueen
January 30, 2026

Researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Indian River Research and Education Center’s (IRREC) Entomopathogenic Fungi Research Laboratory are investigating fungal endophytes and their potential ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #citrusgreening, #EPF #EntomopathogenicFungi

Harvest underway at UF/IFAS Millennium Block, providing new hope for Florida’s citrus future

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
January 22, 2026

Highlights: UF/IFAS launches harvest for the Millennium Block, a seven-year, 5,000-tree research project in Fort Pierce designed to identify citrus varieties and rootstock combinations that show tolerance to citrus greening, which devastates ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Millennium Block

Fort Pierce research center to host open house; Indian River Lagoon and citrus production to be featured

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
October 15, 2025

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) will host its annual open house on Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2199 South Rock Road in Fort Pierce, offering ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

UF intern spends summer growing skills in plant pathology

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
September 2, 2025

Ryan Cantrell, an undergraduate student at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, hasn’t been spending his summer soaking up the Florida sun. Instead, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS

Local UF/IFAS leader and national leader requests survey response

by Robin Koestoyo
March 11, 2025

FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Mark Kistler, a proven national leader in agricultural and natural resources, invites your views on topics to support strategic positioning efforts in your community as we move further into the dynamic 21st century. Kistler ... READ MORE

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UF/IFAS Doctoral scholar investigates powdery fungal mildew on watermelon crops

by Robin Koestoyo
February 12, 2025

FORT PIERCE, Fla.—Rezel Borines, a University of Florida graduate student pursuing a doctoral degree in the Plant Pathology Department in Gainesville under the supervision of Nicholas Dufault, and, is also carrying out work for part of ... READ MORE

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Fort Pierce native honored by University of Florida

by Robin Koestoyo
February 12, 2025

FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Fort Pierce native and career scientist Audrey Beany stands alone for recognition in the UF/IFAS’s Health Care and Physical Sciences category for a Superior Accomplishment Award announced this week by university officials. Recognition ... READ MORE

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Tags: #Audrey Beany, #UFIFASSuperiorAccomplishmentAward, SLC4-H

Calling Agricultural and Natural Resources Experts to Participate in Strategic Positioning Session

by Robin Koestoyo
December 10, 2024

FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Mark Kistler requests the region’s agricultural and natural resources representatives to attend a strategic positioning session to impart their observations on the important topics. LOCALS INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE AND ... READ MORE

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University of Florida professor and postdoc inducted to Sigma Xi

by Robin Koestoyo
November 18, 2024

FORT PIERCE, Fla.---An inventive professor and her equally innovative postdoc are now members of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society founded in 1886. Sigma Xi is an “international honor society whose members are scientists and ... READ MORE

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Tags: #SandraGuzman, #SmartIrrigationandHydrologyLab, #STEPS, @SigmaXi

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