By: Carole L. Jaworski Source(s): Jane Polston (941) 751-7636 Ernest Hiebert (941) 392-7246 GAINESVILLE—A new virus that could ruin Florida’s $500 million tomato industry and spread throughout the South has been detected by researchers with the University of… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source: Jonathan Day (561) 778-7200 GAINESVILLE—If mosquitoes and other insects are taking a bite out of your summer fun, don’t bother with one of those electric bug zappers, says a University… Read More
Q: The first Blue Book began in what time, it wants to convey to you is what is the concept? A: The first of the Blue Book began in 1845, Cheap Tiffany Jewelry currently displayed in the lobby of the… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source: James Lloyd (352) 392-1901, ext. 124 GAINESVILLE—If you want to know where all the fireflies have gone, the world’s leading authority on them has some advice: Look for them. But you may have to… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Joseph Knapp (941) 956-1151 John Capinera (352)392-1901, ext. 111 Norm Nesheim (352) 392-4721 GAINESVILLE—Is the pesticide malathion dangerous or safe? The way malathion is being used in Hillsborough, Polk and Manatee counties to fight… Read More
By: Carole L. Jaworski Source: Cornelis G. Hoogeweg, Arthur H (352) 392-1951 GAINESVILLE-A new computer software program, developed by a University of Florida graduate student from the Netherlands, will help protect Florida’s drinking water from pesticide contamination. With… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source: Andrew Hanson (352) 392-1928 ext. 334 GAINESVILLE—A University of Florida professor reports finding “the missing link” in how tiny ocean algae produce a chemical substance that influences cloud formation in… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Garret Evans (352) 392-1868 Sam Sears (352) 395-0680, ext. 54382 GAINESVILLE—Extension agents in North Dakota — long trusted advisers for crop, business and home advice — now find flood victims turning to them for… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): John Foltz (352) 392-1901, ext. 130 James Meeker (352) 372-3505 GAINESVILLE—A tree-killing beetle has invaded the Ocala National Forest and by the time its work is done the face of the forest could be… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 WASHINGTON, D.C.—A team of scientists and two faculty members from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will receive 1996 Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Read More
