Month: August 2015

UF/IFAS scientists: Sterilize tools before pruning Canary Island date palms to prevent lethal fungal disease

by Brad Buck
August 31, 2015

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- UF/IFAS scientists urge people to sterilize their pruning tools before and after they trim their Canary Island Date Palm trees to avoid spreading a deadly disease. Monica Elliott, a ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Pathogen

UF/IFAS researchers awarded National Science Foundation grants to study animals in their environment

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 28, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Knowing where animals choose to spend their time and why they may have chosen those areas is fundamental to conserving our nation's wildlife. Two researchers from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Robert McCleery, University Of Florida

Larkin Appointed Associate Dean for Research at UF/IFAS

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 28, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sherry Larkin, a professor in the Department of Food and Resource Economics in the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has been named Associate Dean for Research. “Dr. Larkin is an excellent ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS forestry professor earns top global award

by Brad Buck
August 28, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- After three decades of outstanding forestry research, A UF/IFAS professor will receive one of the top global awards in his field. Eric J. Jokela, a professor of silviculture – managing and producing better forests ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS
Tags: School Of Forest Resources And Conservation

Threats Prompt Reallocation of Biotech Education Funds

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 27, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida will re-allocate a donation intended to improve the public’s understanding of science after public threats to the researcher. The Monsanto Company donated $25,000 to support the Talking Biotech ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS

New mobile site gives info on water policies, research

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 27, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Florida — Need information about water policies in a pinch? A new program from the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education helps people access and decipher complicated policy information in the palm of your hand. The PIE Center’s ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS scientist to spread knowledge at World Avocado Congress

by Brad Buck
August 27, 2015

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With the laurel wilt pathogen threatening the Florida avocado industry, a UF/IFAS tropical fruit scientist will lend his expertise at the World Avocado Congress in September in Lima, Peru. Jonathan ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocados, Jonathan Crane, Laurel Wilt, Pathogen, Tropical Research And Education Center

Mating with the wrong insect may cut yellow fever mosquito populations

by Brad Buck
August 27, 2015

Asian tiger mosquito Yellow fever mosquito GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Asian tiger mosquitoes can drive down yellow fever mosquito populations when the female chooses the wrong male with which to mate, UF/IFAS scientists say. Both insects transmit ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Asian Tiger Mosquito, Chikungunya, Dengue, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mating

UF food pantry grand opening set for Sept. 1

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 26, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida will hold a grand opening on Sept. 1 for the Field and Fork Food Pantry. The event will take place at 10 a.m. at Newell Drive, west of the Food Science and Human Nutrition building. The food pantry ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS

Citrus Health Management Areas staving off greening with coordinated pesticide spraying

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 26, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- What’s a little pesticide among neighbors? For Florida citrus growers, it could mean saving their trees that are under attack from the virulent citrus greening bacterium threatening to destroy the state’s $10.7 billion ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Entomology And Nematology, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida

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