An inventive fruit tree researcher has joined the University of Florida’s Indian River Research and Education Center. Lorenzo Rossi is the center’s first-ever root biology professor and will support the university’s statewide Institute ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi and his research colleagues won a national award at the recent American Society of Horticultural Sciences annual meeting for work completed on a biofeedback system to measure photosynthetic light efficiency inside ... READ MORE
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A University of Florida research professor has been recognized along with a team of international scientists with a prestigious award for water and energy conservation in irrigation practices. The National Water and Energy Conservation Award ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Professional Development,
Seventy years of service to growers in the world’s renowned grapefruit production region will be celebrated Nov. 16 as officials with the University of Florida IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce recognize its anniversary ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Dorien Oppelaar is an international visiting scholar at the University of Florida working in citrus diseases. Oppelaar had contributed to analyze the genomes sequences of a citrus fungal pathogen which causes a disease that steals ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease,
Zhenli He, professor of soil fertility and environmental chemistry and associate director for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC), will be honored for outstanding ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Research,
An aspiring scientist and native of Haiti, Sharpton Budji Toussaint recently arrived at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center. Sharpton will serve as a visiting scholar ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources,
Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences scientists at the Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce, each who have made internationally important contributions to soil science have been recognized ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASA UF professor and two colleagues have published a book in which the three scientists offer the world’s most innovative techniques for managing an essential nutrient in food production soils. With the world’s population expected to reach ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research,