FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Flavia Zambon welcomed more than 60 attendees, including citrus growers, state regulators and journalists, at the UF/IFAS 2024 Millennium Block Field Day on November 7.New citrus varieties show citrus greening tolerance ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture,
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Lukas Hallman ponders a hypothesis he formed four years ago: “How can we sustainably improve nutrient management of citrus trees under citrus greening disease?” Earned MSc and Ph.D. at UF/IFAS IRREC under the direction ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Professional Development
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Dr. Flavia Zambon recently hosted guests from her native Brazil’s São Paulo State, one of the world’s most prominent citrus production regions. Brazilian citrus industry stakeholders visit the Indian River citrus ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Florida vegetable growers rank second overall in the United States for total vegetable sales and third for corn production. Fresh corn contributes more than $1 million annually to the state’s economy. While ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Hurricane Debby, the 2024 Hurricane season’s first storm, plundered coastal communities along Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 1 Hurricane on Sunday, Aug. 4 and Monday, Aug. 5. However, along Tampa and into the middle ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Natural Resources, Water
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---In this national Smart Irrigation month, we honor graduate student Eduart Murcia for his work in bringing the next generation of advanced irrigation technology to Florida food producers. Murcia is a current Ph.D. student ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---A doctorate candidate who works to understand the most serious citrus disease worldwide has been recognized by American Society for Horticultural Science leaders as an outstanding graduate student. Lukas Hallman, now in ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Professional Development,
University of Florida citrus and vegetable researchers will present the latest scientific findings for food production at the 78th Florida Citrus Show on April 3. UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center partners with AgNet Media ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops,
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---A woman in science with expertise in nanotechnology for crop production has been honored with a prestigious award. Xiaoping Xin is a postdoctoral research associate at the UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---It is the season to give, and Jaya Nepal wants to share his research findings with food producers in the world’s sandy soil regions. “With less than 4% of the globe’s sandy soil regions utilized for crop production, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture