GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Deep in the soil, underneath your pretty trees, shrubs, plants and vegetables, lurks a fungus lethal to all of them. But University of Florida plant pathologist G. Shad Ali has a tiny silver bullet to kill it. Ali and ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Forests, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchPictured top (left to right) Robert Fletcher, Michelle Danyluk and Bin Gao; second row (left to right) Zhenli He, Jose Eduardo Santos and Gary Peter. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Six University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Food Safety, Forests, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) holds its annual Spring Celebration, there’s plenty of focus on the School’s storied past, but the event also salutes current students, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Want to know what that weird palm is growing in your backyard? How about that scraggy tree? The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has a new book coming out that will help: “Trees: North ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, UF/IFASSee cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Forest managers would prefer to use prescribed burns every few years to help prevent costly wildfires and rebuild unhealthy ecosystems, but hurdles like staffing, budget, liability and new development ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFEUF/IFAS Professor Ed Gilman GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Global experts, including three from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, will share knowledge at an international symposium focused on the economics ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFASMichael Andreu GAINESVILLE, FLA ─ Westwood Middle School will return to woods near their campus next week as part of a tree study they’re doing with University of Florida scientists. The sixth graders began the second of three studies ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, UF/IFASCutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Warm temperatures and a wet landscape increase soil’s ability to store carbon, which in turn helps mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new University of Florida study covering 45 years of ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFECutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s urban tree-planting program works well: 93 percent of the trees planted were still alive up to five years after they were planted, a new University of Florida study shows. UF researchers attribute ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFEGAINESVILLE, Fla.— Ramachandran P.K. Nair, distinguished professor in the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ school of forest resources and conservation, is this year’s recipient of the Award in Forest ... READ MORE
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