Category: Pests & Disease

Yellow Fever, Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Both Adept at Transmitting Zika

by Brad Buck
April 25, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes found in Florida -- and infected with the Zika virus -- are good at transmitting the virus, new University of Florida research shows. Zika can make people sick and in rare cases may ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, Aedes Albpictus, Barry Alto, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Rebecca Zimler, Zika Virus

UF Graduate Students Utilize “Skype in the Classroom” to Teach the Science of Mosquitoes, Careers in Entomology

by Dana Edwards
April 2, 2019

Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals in the world. Now middle and high school student across the globe will have an opportunity to hear directly from scientists at the University of Florida about how they are working to prevent mosquito-borne ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, CALS, Center For Public Issues Education, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Entomology And Nematology, Mosquitoes, News

UF/IFAS Master Gardeners Gear Up for Spring Festivals, Plant Sales

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 18, 2019

ORLANDO, Fla. – Spring is around the corner, and Master Gardeners across central Florida are gearing up for festivals and plant sales. The UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardeners Volunteer program, part of the University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, EVENTS, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Festival, Lake County Extension, Marion County Extension, Master Gardener, News, Orange County Extension, Osceola County Extension, Plant Sale, Seminole County Extension, Sumter County Extension, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

UF/IFAS Researchers Help Industry Keep Central Florida Green

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 13, 2018

By Beverly James APOPKA, Fla. – As the lead horticulturalist for Echo Conversions Group, Inc., Kyle Petersen knows his way around plants. But he was still surprised to learn so much more about insects, weeds and fertilizer use when he participated ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Class, Extension, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, News, Scouting, UF/IFAS

UF Research Center Celebrates 50 Years of Keeping Central Florida Green

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 22, 2018

APOPKA, Fla. – Few residents may think of the University of Florida and a team of researchers when they look at their trees, shrubs, or vegetable gardens. But, UF scientists’ research on pests, urban landscaping and local food systems has ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: 50 Anniversary, Central Florida, Horticulture, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, News, UF/IFAS, Urban Landscape

UF/IFAS Extension Helps Residents Prepare for Fall Gardening

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 18, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With the intense heat and humidity of summer behind us, now is a great time to spruce up your garden with lots of fall veggies, flowering annuals and perennials, says a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Extension, Fall, Garden, News, Plant, UF/IFAS

UF Plant Clinic First Line of Defense for Growers, Landscapers, Homeowners

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 17, 2018

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – The homeowner has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new, high-end home in an expensive subdivision. But the white colonial was covered in tiny black spores. Lynn Griffith, a horticultural consultant and expert on ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: News, Plant Clinic, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS

Tiki Hut Looking Shabby? It Could Be a Hungry Caterpillar, UF Experts Say

by Samantha Murray
July 18, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- No, they didn’t come for a Mai Tai. If you spot caterpillars hanging around your Tiki hut this summer, your new guests could be chewing up the roof, according to University of Florida experts in a recent publication. “Two ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Caterpillar, News, Tiki Hut

UF Study: Mosquito that Feeds on Worms, Leeches Can Carry Deadly Diseases

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 12, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time in more than 100 years, researchers have found that a species of mosquito feeds on the blood of earthworm and leeches, instead of frogs and toads like most other species. A study by University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Leeches, Mosquito, News, UF/IFAS, Worms

UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory Director Inducted into Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association Hall of Fame

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 10, 2018

By Kim Scotto GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When Craig Watson, Director of the University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, got his first aquarium at age 7, he couldn’t have predicted the important role that fishing and aquaculture ... READ MORE

Category: EVENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Hall Of Fame, News, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, UF/IFAS, Watson

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