GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- While a commercially available cure for crop-killing citrus greening remains elusive, University of Florida researchers have developed a tool to help growers combat the insidious disease: an efficient, inexpensive and ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two faculty members and a county Extension director exemplify UF/UFAS’ efforts to help solve global issues and have earned the UF/IFAS International Awards for 2014. Edward “Gilly” Evans, ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASAmanda Ford GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences doctoral student has won a $25,000 fellowship to continue studying probiotics. Amanda Ford, conducting research under the guidance of Wendy ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & LifeTAMPA, Fla. --- Nearly 20 students from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences were treated to an all-expense paid trip to the 54th annual American Seed Trade Association's 54th annual Vegetable & Flower ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. ─ To paraphrase an old TV show title, Perhaps “Father (does) Know Best.” Female students who said their dads were “involved” in their lives as teens are more likely to use protection when having sex in college, a ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, Work & LifeSee cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A camera can accurately count freshwater fish, even in the thickest of underwater vegetation, a key finding for those who manage fisheries and control the invasive plant hydrilla, new University of Florida ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFASSandra Wilson GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After 15 years as an environmental horticulture faculty member at the UF/IFAS research center in Fort Pierce, Sandra Wilson was honored when asked to take over the department at the university’s main ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Professor Tony Andenoro is a determined man, bent on figuring out how to feed the world’s population when it grows to 9 billion people by the year 2050 – and he wants help in solving that problem ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Nick Place, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences dean and director for Extension, was accepted for the Food Systems Leadership Institute, an executive leadership development program for high-level ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionSee cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – If three American metro areas are any indication, few people ride their bicycles to a bus or train station to commute to work, and those who do only travel an average of 1 to 2 miles. That suggests ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life