Month: July 2009

UF team finds ‘alligator tree’ bacteria might improve cellulosic ethanol production

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 17, 2021

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Most would identify the tree by its often troublesome, spiky "gumballs," but what many call the sweetgum tree also goes by another name, thanks to its distinctive, reptilian bark: the alligator tree. So it may be fitting ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alligator Tree, Archive, Cellulosic Ethanol, Hemicelluloses, James Preston, Sandia National Laboratories, Sweetgum Tree

UF researchers receive $643,000 federal grant to study wood-quality gene for fuel production

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 17, 2021

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A newly discovered gene may be the key to producing fuel ethanol more efficiently from trees, and the University of Florida researchers who identified it have ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Archive, Cellulose, Ethanol, Kirst, Lignin, Paper, Poplar, Pulp, Wood

Cold weather may reduce Cuban tree frogs’ impact as they move north, UF researchers say

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 17, 2021

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Invasive Cuban tree frogs are spreading through Florida, but a new University of Florida study suggests their impact could weaken as they move farther north, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archive, Cuban Tree Frogs, Invasive Species, Johnson, McGarrity

UF researchers turn up the heat on bedbugs with new low-tech treatment method

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 17, 2021

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2009/07/07/bed-bugs-multimedia/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Bedbug infestations are notoriously hard to eliminate, but University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Archive, Bed Bugs, Entomology, Entomology And Nematology, Phil Koehler

Mosquitoes aplenty this July Fourth bring disease concerns for North Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 17, 2021

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent weeks of heavy rain have left conditions statewide ripe for a Fourth of July rife with mosquitoes. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archive, Culex Nigripalpus, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, EEE, Entomology And Nematology, Jonathan Day, Medical Entomology, Mosquitoes, Ochlerotatus Infirmatus, Picaridin, Roxanne Collelly, Virus

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